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Events for May 27 – June 2

Wednesday, May 27
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
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, May 28
The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by O2R – 7:00-10:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mister Mann and the Mojo Band – 8:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Mojo Gumbo – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Two Lane Liquors & Bar – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
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, May 29
Bluegrass Barrel House (Richmond, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00-12:00
Beargrass Creek Tavern- V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 7:00-11:00
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
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 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Joe's Older Than Dirt – Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 9:00-1:00
The Ketch Seafood Grill (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Bratcher & Frazier – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Matthew Curry Band – 8:00 - $23
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Doug Henthorn / The Elect – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bluefield Soul (soul/funk/blues) 6:30 / The Decades (variety) 9:00 - $7
Whiskey Thief Distilling Co - The Revelators – 8:00-11:00
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, May 30
Amsden Station Restaurant & Bar (Versailles, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 7:00
Banners (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-12:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00
Doc's Pour House (Elizabethtown, KY) - Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) – 8:00
The Eagles Club (Jeffersontown, KY) – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 6:00
Fiesta Mexicana (4157 Bardstown Rd) – Area 52 (folk/blues/r&b) – 6:00
Friendship Tavern & Restaurant (Friendship, IN) - Slow Gin (blues/psych rock) – 8:00
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
Kosair Shriners (4120 Bardstown Rd) – Kosair Kruise In with Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mojo Blues Cats – 8:00
Miguel's Restaurant (Frankfort, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:30-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slainte Public House (Georgetown, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:30-10:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jon Strahl / Tom Harold and the Fallen Angels – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Doctor Doctor (variety) 6:30 / Atomic Groove Machine (rock) 9:00 - $7
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, May 31
Bruen Bunker (Midway, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 3:00-6:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
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, June 1
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam with the Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Brandon Boerner –7:30-10:00
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) (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, June 2
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
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) – Sara Phoebe and Benito Dibartoli – 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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