Events for August 13 – August 19

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Events for August 13 – August 19

Wednesday, August 13
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reece Murray Band – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
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, August 14
Behringer-Crawford Museum (Covington, KY) – Noah Wotherspoon, Ricky Nye & Ben Levin – 6:00-9:00
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 Top Hat Blues Revue – 7:00-10:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:00
Red Bicycle Hall (Madison, IN) – Ribberfest Pre-Party with Vaguely Familiar 7:00 / Gina & Johnny Band 8:00 / Tad Robinson 9:30 / Super Jam 10:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Serafini (Frankfort, KY) – DJ Rice – 5:00-8:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tommy Whiskers – 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
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 1:00-2:00 pm

Friday, August 15
AERO Club of Louisville – The Slingshots – 8:00-11:00
Flanagans Ale House - Derby City Shakedown Acoustic (blues/rock) – 7:00
Grandview Tavern (Fort Mitchell, KY) – Gina and Johnny Duo – 7:00-10:00
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
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
KingFish (River Rd) – Blues Redemption – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – CFG & The Family (soul/funk/blues) – 8:00
Marriott City Center (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:30-11:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 8:00 – SOLD OUT
Old Fort Harrod State Park (Harrodsburg, KY) - Pioneer Days of Mercer County Kentucky with the Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00-10:30
Ribberfest (Madison, IN) - Jordan Wilson Coalition with Jimmy Davis 6:00 / Bywater Call 8:00 / GA-20 10:00 - $50
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill (Harrodsburg, KY) – Greg Schaber – 6:30-9:30
Slainte Public House (Georgetown, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:30-10:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Magnetically Aligned / Tas Cru – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Duck and Cover (rock) 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) - $7
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, August 16
Broadway Barrels (Lawrenceburg, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) - 8:30-11:30
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Amanda Webb Band (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) – Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:30-11:30
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Jimmy Davis – 9:00
Fraternal Order of Eagles (Jeffersontown, KY) - Molly Johnson Foundation's Benefit with Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 5:00-10:00 - $10/$20/$25
Gravely Brewing – Brian Curella & Hot Jive Stew – 7:00-10:00
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
Kamp Kennedy Marina (Lancaster, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Kentucky State Fair – Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 7:30-11:45
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - Stillery Row (rock/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 8:00
The Maples Park (Crestwood, KY) – Soul Circus (variety) – 4:00-7:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 8:00 – SOLD OUT
Ribberfest (Madison, IN) - BG Johnson Band (in-between Beer Garden Blues) / Jeff Shew & The Late-Night Crew 11:30 am / Jack Whittle 1:30 / Ricky Nye Inc featuring Noah Wotherspoon 3:30 / Ben Chapman 5:30 / Robert Jon & The Wreck 7:30 / Shemekia Copeland 9:30 - $50
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Salt River Brewing Co (Shepherdsville, KY) – Shumate Blues Band – 6:30
Sassy Bleu Fine Southern Dining (Lexington, KY) – Dane Sadler Band – 6:00-9:00
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) – High Street Jack (rock/blues/soul) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tad Robinson / Tas Cru – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bluefield Soul (soul/funk/blues) 6:30 / Atomic Groove Machine (rock) 9:00 - $7
Triple Crown Country Club (Union, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 6:00
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
WFPK (91.9 FM) (Louisville, KY) – 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, August 17
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kentucky State Fair – Soul Circus (variety) – 3:00-6:30
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) – Ivy Ford – 7:00-10:00
Mellwood Tavern - The Allmanacs (Allman Brothers tribute band) – 4:00
21st in Germantown - Bluefield Soul (soul/funk/blues) – 6:00
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
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
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 – 5:00-6:00
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, August 18
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Ben Levin Porch Session with Noah Wotherspoon – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Albert Nolting and Ruben Guthrie – 7:30-10:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
Lyric Theatre (Lexington, KY) – WoodSong's Old-Time Radio Hour with Matt Anderson and Elizabeth McCorvey – 6:30
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
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, August 19
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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