Events for July 23 – July 29

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Events for July 23 – July 29

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Wednesday, July 23
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
The Burl (Lexington, KY) - Shakey Graves (americana/blues/folk) – 7:30
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Love Handles – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-12:00
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, July 24
Blockhouse (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by Tim O'Malley & the Usual Suspects – 7:00-10:00
The Elkhorn Tavern (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jon Strahl – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Radio/Internet Streaming
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) – Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm

Friday, July 25
Banners (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-12:00
Brown-Forman Amphitheater (Waterfront Park) – The Big Stomp with several acts including The Record Company (blues/rock) (9:30-11:00) – 5:00-11:00 - $50
Brown County Playhouse (Nashville, IN) - Late Night Revelators – 7:30
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Derby City Gaming (Downtown) - Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 8:00
Doc's Pour House (Elizabethtown, KY) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 8:00-12:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $10
Iroquois Amphitheater – Gov't Mule (rock/blues/jam) – 7:30
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Louisville Thoroughbred Society (209 E Main St) - Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 6:30-9:30
Ludlow Bromley Yacht Club (Ludlow, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Memphis Rhythm Review – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Brandon Miller Band – 8:00 - $20
Old North Bar (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Rachel Crowe Band – 6:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Sassy Bleu (Lexington, KY) – Dane Sadler Band – 6:00-9:00
Shorty's Bar and Grill (Bedford, IN) – Homemade Jam – 7:00-11:00
Sig Luscher Brewery (Frankfort, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Dave Muskett – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Saints (r&b/soul/funk) 6:30 / RetroSonic (rock) 9:00 - $7
Warder Park (Jeffersonville, IN) - The Moon Dogs (rock/blues) – 7:00-9:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, July 26
Belterra Casino Resort (Florence, IN) - Chuck Brisbin and Marcos Sastre – 8:00-11:00
Bluegrass Barrel House (Richmond, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00
Bluegrass Powersports (Harrodsburg, KY) – Grand Opening with The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) – Gary Applegate and Joe Rock – 6:00-9:00
Equus Run Vineyards (Midway, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 4:00-6:30
Fourwinds Lakeside Inn & Marina (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 6:00-10:00
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
The Last Refuge – Tyrone Cotton – 5:00-8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Shaun Booker Dammit Band – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Poplar Street Restaurant (Seymour, IN) - BA Blues (blues/rock) – 7:00
Red Bicycle Hall (Madison, IN) - ZZ Top Tribute Show with Jimmy Davis, Kerry Mefford and Danny Lee Cook – 8:00 - $15 advance/$20 day of show
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Phil Pierle – 8:00-12:00
Soul on the Road Block Party (Campbellsville, KY) - Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 8:00-10:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – Luke Windland with special guests The 1865 (bluesgrass/southern gospel/blues) – 6:00 - $10 advance/$15 day of show
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Warren Shacklette Experience 6:30 / TBA 9:00 - $7
The Vault (Harrodsburg, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 8:00-11:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
WFPK (91.9 FM) – Saturday Night Blues Party with Sheryl Rouse – 7:00-10:00 pm
WFYI (90.1 FM) (Indianapolis, IN) - The Blues House Party hosted by Matthew Socey – 8:00-10:00 pm
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight

Sunday, July 27
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - Stone Blue (blues/rock) – 4:00-8:00
KingFish (River Rd) - The Eleventh Hour (blues/jazz/r&b) – 4:00-8:00
Lou Lou on Market - NOLA Style Blues/Jazz Jam hosted by Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mansion Hill Anniversary Party with the Noah Wotherspoon Band, Jamie Carr Band and CFG & the Family – 7:00 – Free
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Garvin Gate Blues Festival Benefit with Laurie Jane & the 45s 2:00 / LSD Band featuring David Harrod 3:30 / Jay & Those Other Guys 4:30 / da Mudcats 5:30 / The Revelators 6:30 / The Stray Cat Blues Band (with a possible appearance by Greg Martin!) 7:30 - $10 (or more) donation
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Albert Castiglia Band – 8:00 - $25
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
LRS102.com – The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
WHAY (98.3 FM) (Whitley City, KY) - Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Show – 6:00-10:00 pm
WLLV (101.9 FM/1240 AM) - The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown hosted by Marjorie Marshall – 5:00-6:00
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, July 28
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Ben Levin with Aron Levin Porch Session – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Marisa Fullenkamp (acoustic) – 7:30-10:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
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, July 29
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Open Mic hosted by Louisville Fats & the Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) –Open Mic – 7:00
Off Broadway Taproom (Madison, IN) – Open Mic hosted by Jimmy Davis – 7:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tom Kiefaber Duo – 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.

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