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Events for May 21 – May 27
Kentuckiana
Blues Society MEMBERS TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Win 2 tickets to see
Shemekia Copeland at
Headliners Music Hall on Friday, June
13th!
To enter, just send an email with your full name and contact
information
prior to midnight on May 31st to
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Drawing
will be held Sunday June 1st.
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Wednesday,
May 21
Brown
County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central
Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis –
7:00-9:00
Frank's
Whiskey Place – Jam hosted by Frank's Whiskey Trio –
8:00-11:00
Mansion
Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mason Johnson Trio – 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,
May 22
Brown
County Music Center (Nashville, IN) - Little Feat
(rock/country/blues) – 7:30
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and
Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 -
$10
Kenwick
Table (Lexington, KY) - Lee Carroll Trio (jazz/funk/blues) with
special guests Robert Frahm and Zach Brock – 5:30-7:30
KingFish
(River Rd) – Bike Nite with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern
rock) – 6:00
Port
Hole Inn (Unionville, IN) - Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by
High Street Jack – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick
Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery
Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Rebekah Meldrum – 8:00-12:00
Stevie
Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson &
Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) –
Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm
Friday,
May
23
Charles
Brooking Park (Georgetown, KY) – Horsey 100 with music by Mo Bell
(blues/r&b/rock) – 4:00-8:00
The
Enchanted Forest & Music Hall (New Albany, IN) - Runaway Souls
(pop/rock/soul) and Mike Hood's Funky Friends –
8:00-11:00
Fourwinds Lakeside Inn & Marina (Bloomington, IN) -
Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 6:00-10:00
The
Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays –
8:00-10:00
Hitching Post Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern
rock) – 9:00
Hotel
Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 -
$35
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) –
8:00-11:00
Mansion
Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Shaun Booker Dammit Band –
8:00
Mojo's
Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Mike Zito with Jax Hollow – 8:00 -
$28
Papa
Smoke Pizza (Harrodsburg KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators
(blues/roots rock) - 7:00-10:00
Proud
Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) –
6:00-10:00
Ricky
B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) –
5:00-10:00
Slippery
Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Rory Connolly / Johnny Rawls –
8:00-12:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Carolyn
Wonderland / Scotty Bratcher / Ricky Nye Inc – 8:00
Stevie
Ray's Blues Bar – da Mudcats 6:30 / Tailfin Cadillacs
(blues/soul/rock) 9:00 - $7
Switchyard Park (Bloomington, IN) –
Food Truck Friday with King Bee & The Stingers – 7:00
WUKY
(91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright –
9:00-11:00 pm
Saturday,
May
24
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
Barrel
53 (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band –
8:00-11:00
Divercity
Festival (Lexington, KY) – Tee Dee Young / Honeychild (dance) –
5:00
Dreaming Creek Brewery (Richmond, KY) - Sparky Greene &
the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) - 3:00
Elks
Lodge #8 (Klondike Lane) – Pool Fun-raiser with Big Cat and the
Prowlers (blues/rock) – 7:00-11:00
Equus Run Vineyards (Midway,
KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 12:30-3:30
The Fox Den –
Sweet Lady (rock/blues) – 9:00
General Butler State Resort Park
(Carrollton, KY) - Jordan Wilson Coalition (blues/funk/soul) –
7:00-9:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends
(funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $35
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett
Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Mansion
Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Marriott
City Center (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) –
8:30-11:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut
Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Miguel's
Restaurant (Frankfort, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) –
6:30-10:30
Ricky
B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) –
5:00-10:00
Rising Star Casino (Rising Sun, IN) - Rock N Roll Heart
(Eric Clapton Tribute) – 8:00
Slippery
Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tom
Harold and the Fallen' Angels / Johnny Rawls
– 8:00-12:30
Stevie
Ray's Blues Bar – Duck and Cover (rock) 6:30 / Soul Kitchen
(funk/soul/r&b) 9:00 - $7
Sunset Marina and Resort (Lancaster,
KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00
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
Wildside Winery
(Versailles, KY) – Hole Shot Blues Band – 1:00-4:00
WMKY (90.3
FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock –
8:00 pm-Midnight
Sunday,
May 25
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
Backstretch Bar &
Grill (Lexington, KY) – Sunday Jam hosted by Stubby Phillips and
The Screwdrivers (blues/rock/soul) – 3:00-7:00
Captain's
Quarters – Soul Circus (variety) – 7:00-11:00
The
District Versailles (Versailles, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) –
2:00-5:00
Hard
Truth Hills Distilling Co (Nashville, IN) – King Bee & the
Stingers – 2:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the
Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Lou
Lou on Market - NOLA Style Blues/Jazz Jam hosted by Jim Masterson and
the Good Thieves – 6:00-9:00
LRS102.com
– The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
Mansion
Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mansion Hill Tavern Blues Jam –
7:00-10:00
Proud
Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Blues
Between The Bridges with the Hole Shot Blues Band 1:00 / Stephen Poe
& The Ravens 4:00 / Treyvon King 6:30
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
21st
In Germantown – Blues, Brews & Barbecue with the Highway 31
Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
Monday,
May
26 – Happy Memorial Day
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
Break Room at Pepper (Lexington, KY) – Deep Mud
(blues/rock) – 6:00-8:00
Mansion
Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Johnny Burgin with Ben Levin and Noah
Wotherspoon – 7:00 - $15
Mercurios
Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Slippery
Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Kara Cole – 7:30-10:30
Tee
Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band
& Friends (blues/jazz) – 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,
May 27
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) – Joe Waters – 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) – Albert Nolting
and Ruben Guthrie – 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.
For
additional, upcoming blues events, check out the KBS website.
If
you have a question, please send us an email.
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