Events for July 2 – July 8

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Kentuckiana Blues Society
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Events for July 2 – July 8

KBS members! Win 2 tickets to see Gov’t Mule at the
Iroquois Amphitheater Friday July 27th, courtesy of Live Nation Kentucky!
To enter, just send an email with your full name and contact information
prior to midnight on Friday July 4th to Jo...@kbsblues.org.
Drawing will be held Saturday, July 5th.
Not a member? Not a problem...join on our website at https://kbsblues.com/

Wednesday, July 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
Frank's Whiskey Place – Jam hosted by Frank's Whiskey Trio – 8:00-11:00
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 3
Captain's Quarters - Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Port Hole Inn (Unionville, IN) - Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by Tom Harold and the Fallin' Angels – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Zach Day – 8:00-12:00
Springfield Main Street (Springfield, KY) – Independence Day Celebration with Soul Circus (variety) – 5:00-10:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Two Lane Liquors & Bar – Bike Nite with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) – Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm

Friday, July 4 – Happy Independence Day
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) - 7:00-10:00
Derby City Gaming (Poplar Level) - Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 9:00
Engine House Pizza Pub (Winchester, KY) – Ronn Crowder “Last Call” album release party – 6:00-9:00
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 - $35
Joe's Older Than Dirt - Derby City Shakedown (blues/rock) – 9:00
Lake Reba Park (Richmond, KY) – Fourth of July Celebration with several acts including Tee Dee Young (8:00) – 5:00-10:00
Lock & Keel Pub & Grill (Tell City, IN) - Bobby Clark Band with Tommy Stillwell – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Tootsie Sugars (rock/blues/funk) – 8:00
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Bardstown, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 6:00-9:00
Pour Bros Craft Taproom (Bloomington, IN) – One man band Jack Willis – 9:00-12:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Rock Between the Bridges with several acts including the Five Below Band (rock/blues) (8:20) – 1:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blind Mississippi Morris – 8:00-12:00
Sojourn East Church (2501 Rudy Lane) – Windy Hills Fourth of July Celebration with Double Dog Dare (blues/folk) – 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Muleskinners with special guest Amy Johnson 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) 9:00 - $7
Story Inn Bed and Breakfast (Nashville, IN) – Stars, Stripes and Story with The Hammer and the Hatchet, Logan Rush, Flick & Rainwater and King Bee & the Stingers – Noon to Dusk then fireworks
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, July 5
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
Herrington Lake (Harrodsburg, KY) – Rogers Raft Up with the Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 1:00
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) – Mojo Blues Cats – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Mellwood Tavern – Tom Browning and Tyrone Cotton – 8:00
Moondance Amphitheater (Lexington, KY) – Red, White & Blues with Treyvon King 5:30 and Tee Dee Young 7:00
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-4:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Jonathan New and Rachel Crowe – 1:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Scott County Farmers Market (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) and Jason Kyle Smith (folk) – 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Blues Ambassadors – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Highway 31 Blues Band 6:30 / Pawn Shop Guitar (variety) 9:00 - $7
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 6
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
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Robert Frahm and Friends – 5:30-7:30
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
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 7
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
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart (solo) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – John Ford – 7:30-10:00
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, July 8
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) – Chris Shaffer 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.

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.

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