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Events for September 2 – September 8

We hope you will join us on Thursday, September 10 as the KBS takes part in its first Give for Good Louisville campaign, our largest annual community-wide day of online giving, hosted by the Community Foundation of Louisville.
The funds raised by the KBS will be used exclusively for creating a mural dedicated to Louisville native and blues pioneer Sylvester Weaver.
To make your donation on September 10, go to the GFGL website at https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/

Wednesday, September 2
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
The Last Refuge – Dimestore Dandy (1920-30's blues, country, and hot jazz) – 7:00

Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-11:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Open Jam with The John Burgard Band – 7:30-11:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) – Weekly Jam – 7:00-9:00

Thursday, September 3
The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Gravy Bird – 7:00-10:00
Headliners Music Hall - Sheryl Rouse Music Video Premiere – 7:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reece Murray Band (blues/rock/jazz) – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Thursday Night Blues Jam with Denny Thornbury & The Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Southside Denny – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson and Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Radio/Internet Streaming
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) – Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 1:00-2:00 pm


Friday, September 4
AERO Club – The Moon Dogs (rock/blues) – 8:00
Backstretch Bar and Grill (Lexington, KY) – Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 7:30-11:30

Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - BA Blues (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
The Burl (Lexington, KY) – Blue City Ball with several acts including Tee Dee Young – 5:00-11:00
Captain's Quarters – Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 7:00-11:00
Cocktails TOO (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00-12:30

The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Green's Sunset Grooves (jazz/blues/soul) – 7:00-9:00

Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $10
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-9:00
Mad Paddle Brewstillery (Madison, IN) – Blues Night with Justin Dwayne Chappell & The Band – 7:00

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Magnolia Boulevard (blues/soul/psych jam) – 8:00 - $23
The Nashville House (Nashville, IN) – JC and Jason – 5:00-8:00
Railroad Café & Lounge (Mitchell, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Another Fine Mess / Mojo Gumbo – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tailfin Cadillacs (blues/soul/rock) 6:30 / Rock Slide (rock) 9:30 - $7
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts on three stages including The Zydwinders (zydeco) (11:45 am), Frankie Raymore & the Groovemasters (funk/soul) (8:00) and The T.M. Project (r&b/soul) (9:00)
19th Hole Sports Bar & Grille (Nashville, IN) - Homemade Jam acoustic (blues/rock/soul) – 7:00-10:00

Radio/Internet Streaming
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 8:00-9:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, September 5
Black Rabbit (122 Sears Ave) - Marjorie Marshall and The Marshall Law Band – 7:00-10:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – The Januarys (blues/rock/funk) – 8:00-11:00
Brown County Playhouse (Nashville, IN) – Simply the Best - A Tribute to the music of Tina Turner – 7:30

Cocktails TOO (Lexington, KY) – Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 9:00-12:00
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) – Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 6:00-9:00
Crow's Hat Tavern (Lancaster, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 8:00-11:00

Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
KingFish (River Rd) – Stillery Row (rock/blues) – 7:00-11:00
The Kentucky Hug (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Lincoln County Courthouse (Stanford, KY) – Wilderness Road Music Fest with the Donovan Howard Band – 6:00-9:00
Lock & Keel Pub & Grill (Tell City, IN) - Bobby Clark Band with Tommy Stillwell – 8:00-Midnight

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Ralph and the Rhythm Hounds – 8:00
Nickel Plate District Amphitheater (Fishers, IN) - Fishers Blues Fest with Mojo Gumbo 5:00 / Jr Clark Band 6:00 / Dylan Triplett 7:15 / Judith Hill 8:30
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-4:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (blues/rock) – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
The Riverstage (Jeffersonville, IN) – Jammin' in Jeff with End of the Line (Allman Brothers tribute) and Magnolia Boulevard (blues/soul/psych jam) – 7:00
Scott County Farmer's Market (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 9:00 am-12:00pm
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) - Tumbling Dice (funk/rock/blues) – 8:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hole Shot Blues / Django Knight – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues 9:30 - $7
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts on three stages including Jme Strchild & Dream Factory (funk/soul) (5:00), Night Breeze (r&b) (7:00), the Walnut Street Rhythm & Blues Band (8:00) and Tee Dee Young (blues) (9:30)
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – All That Jazz hosted by Juan Leone, a collection of jazz, blues and gospel from the late 1950s to the early 1970s - 8:00-10:00 am

WFYI (90.1 FM) (Indianapolis, IN) - The Blues House Party hosted by Matthew Socey – 8:00-10:00 pm
WKMS (91.3 FM) (Murray, KY) – State Line Blues hosted by Lew Jetton – 7:00-9:00 pm
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight

Sunday, September 6
Captain's Quarters – Soul Circus (variety) – 6:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kamp Kennedy Marina (Lancaster, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-Midnight
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00

Nickel Plate District Amphitheater (Fishers, IN) - Fishers Blues Fest with The Blues Brothers Triumphant Tribute 5:00 / King Bee & the Stingers 6:00 / Mathias Lattin 7:15 / Jontavious Willis 8:30
Norton Commons (Prospect, KY) – Sips at Sundown with The Ultimate Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:30-8:30

WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts on three stages including Tyrone Cotton (blues) (2:00), Robbie Bartlett (blues/r&b/jazz) (3:00), The Eleventh Hour (blues/jazz/r&b) (5:00), Tanita Gaines (blues) (7:00), Big Poppa Stampley (blues) (8:00), Toni Green (soul) (8:00) and Carly Johnson (r&b/funk) (9:30)
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – That Driving Beat hosted by James & Uwe. That Driving Beat is an all-vinyl radio dance party spinning 1960s soul, rhythm & blues, garage rock, pop, and other movers and shakers from the 1960s! These tunes come from Detroit to Memphis, Muscle Shoals to London, New York to New Orleans, and anywhere else upbeat dance tunes and juke joint anthems were getting laid down and pressed on wax. You can call some of it Northern Soul, most of it Mod, but it's all got That Driving Beat – 6:00-8:00 pm
LRS102.com
(Louisville, KY) – The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 1:00-2:00 am
WFPK (91.9 FM) (Louisville, KY) – WFPK Blues Party with Sheryl Rouse – 9:00 pm-12:00 am
WHAY (98.3 FM) (Whitley City, KY) - Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Show – 6:00-10:00 pm
WLLV (101.9 FM/1240 AM)
(Louisville, KY) - The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown hosted by Marjorie Marshall – 4:00-6:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, September 7 – Happy Labor Day
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts including Studio Code 502 Productions (funk/r&b) (4:00), The VillEffect Band (r&b/funk/soul) (5:00), One Groove (soul/jazz) (5:00), The Fellas (Motown) 6:00) and the Hot Sauce Brass Band (NOLA) (6:00)
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – Night Train Cocktail Lounge hosted by Brian Manley. The lounge rides into the past, featuring music and lost sounds from the 1860s to the 1970s. The show follows the rails amid a mix of directions, including surf, soundtracks, garage, proto-punk, pop, No Wave, jazz, composed, blues, comedy, cylinder and 78 recordings, rock n roll, old country, field recordings from around the world and whatever is scratched onto warped vinyl hidden in the the bottom of those boxes tucked away in your grandmother's attic – 8:00-9:00 pm
WDNS (93 FM) (Bowling Green, KY) – The Lowdown Hoedown with Greg Martin – 7:00-10:00 pm
WFHB (91.3 FM) (Bloomington, IN) – Blue Monday hosted by Blues Doc Bob – 9:00-11:00 pm
WPBK (102.9 FM) (Stanford, KY) - Buried Alive in the Blues with Walt Knies – 9:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 7:00-9:00 pm

Tuesday, September 8
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Iroquois Amphitheater - Blues Traveler (rock/blues/soul), Gin Blossoms (rock/pop) and The Spin Doctors (rock/funk/pop) – 6:00
Off Broadway Taproom (Madison, IN) – Open Mic hosted by Jimmy Davis – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Chandler Carter – 7:30-11:30

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tuesday Night Jam with The Lindsey Lane Band – 7:30-11:30

All dates subject to change without notice.

We list places offering music within a 100 mile radius of Louisville.
If you are a local/regional blues musician or venue and would like us to consider your event for our weekly email and monthly newsletter calendars,
please email us the information to gi...@kbsblues.org.

For additional, upcoming blues events, check out the KBS website.
If you have a question, please send us an email.

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