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Events for May 13 – May 19

Wednesday, May 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
The Last Refuge – Dimestore Dandy (1920-30's blues, country, and hot jazz) – 7:00
Manchester Music Hall (Lexington, KY) - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 8:00
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 – 8:00-11:30
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 14
Atelier Louisville - Mississippi Delta Style Slide Guitar Workshop with Walter Lay – 5:30
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The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by the Steve Houk Band – 7:00-10:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – John Ford Blues Society – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight – 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
Whirling Tiger – Albert Castiglia – 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 15
AERO Club of Louisville – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:30
Backstretch Bar & Grill (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:30
Black Type Brewing (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
The Broadway Theater – Derby City Motown Revue – 7:00
Gatton Park (Lexington, KY) – Houndstock Festival featuring several artists including the Treyvon King Band (8:15-9:45) – 5:00-10:00
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
The Kentucky Center - Paul Thorn (americana/southern rock/blues) with special guest Scott Miller (southern rock/alt country) – 8:00
The Ketch Seafood Grill (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
The Last Refuge - Elijah Wald (folk blues) – 7:30
Lucky Pint Irish Pub and Kitchen (Somerset, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Easy Tiger – 8:00
Marriott Lexington Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa (Lexington, KY) - Five Below Band (blues/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Mellwood Tavern – Tom Browning and Tyrone Cotton – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Albert Castiglia – 8:00 - $28
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Big Mo and the Phat Groove / Late Night Revelators – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Clark Band (variety) 6:30 / RetroSonic (rock) 9:00 - $7
Switchyard Park (Bloomington, IN) – Food Truck Friday with King Bee & The Stingers – 7:00
Trifecta Glass Art Lounge (Lexington, KY) - Keith Hubbard and Sherri McGee featuring Harlan Cecil – 8:30-10:30
Vernon Lanes – Muleskinners – 7:00-10:00
Xencia Bites & Bar (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Zanzabar - Magnolia Boulevard (blues/soul/psych jam) and Scott T Smith (folk blues) – 8:00
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 16
ATOM Fest (Harrodsburg, KY) – A benefit for Honor Flight Kentucky featuring several acts including the Five Below Band (rock/blues) (7:00) – 2:00-11:00
The Broadway Theater – Derby City Motown Revue with Sheryl Rouse performing as Gladys Knight – 7:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Gordon Bonham Trio – 8:00-11:00
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Kids Cancer Alliance benefit with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 3:30
Gatton Park (Lexington, KY) – Houndstock Festival featuring several artists including Tee Dee Young (7:30-9:00) – Noon-9:00
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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – JD Simo and Luther Dickinson – 8:00 - $39
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shamrock Bar & Grill (Nicholasville, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Blues Ambassadors / Big Dog Mercer – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tailfin Cadillacs (blues/soul/rock) 6:30 / The Hi Tones (r&b/rock/funk) 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 17
The Broadway Theater – Derby City Motown Revue – 7:00
The Fox Den - Jordan Wilson (r&b/soul/pop) – 9:00
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
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Floyd and Don – 2:00
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, May 18
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam with the Rhythm Cats – 6:30-9:30
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
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, May 19
AMEN House Russ' Kitchen (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 5:30-6:30
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) – Matt "Heartbreak" Hill – 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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