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Events for June 18 – June 24

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Wednesday, June 18
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) – Cat Campbell and the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Jonathan New and Donovan Howard – 6:00
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, June 19
Block House (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by The Reckoning – 7:00-10:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - Scrapper & Skelton – 7:00-9:00
Coleman Crest Farms (Lexington, KY) – SoulFeast with several acts including Tee Dee Young – 5:00-9:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
House of Jane (Madison, IN) - Songwriter Sessions with Jordan Wilson (blues/funk/soul) and Keagan Hatton (appalachian/southern rock/country) – 7:00-9:00
Manchester Music Hall (Lexington, KY) - Ally Venable Band (blues/rock) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Joe Waters – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
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
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, June 20
Bardstown Community Park (Bardstown, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 7:00-9:00
Blackacre State Nature Preserve And Historic Homestead – Sunset Music Series with V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 7:00-9:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Paul Bertsch Band (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 7:30-10:30
Check's Cafe – Highway 31 Blues Band – 7:30
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) – Amanda and Brian Webb (blues/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Grandview Tavern (Fort Mitchell, KY) – Gina and Johnny – 7:00
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
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Doug Hart Band – 8:00
Marriott City Center (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:30-11:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Alastair Greene and Chris Duarte - $29
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Dane Allen Sadler and the Messina Bros with special guests Jack Smith and Big Joe Linville (blues/NOLA funk) – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - High Street Jack (rock/blues/soul) – 9:00-1:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Mojo Gumbo – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / RetroSonic (rock) 9:00 - $7
Veteran's Memorial Park (West Point, KY) - Jay and Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) – 6:00-10:00
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, June 21
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
Backstretch Bar & Grill (Lexington, KY) – Stubby Phillips and The Screwdrivers (blues/rock/soul) – 8:00-11:30
Ernie's Tavern (Bloomfield, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Hard Truth Hills Distilling Co (Nashville, IN) – Zion Crossroads (variety), Taylor Hernly (singer songwriter), High Street Jack (rock/blues/soul) – 6:00-9:00
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
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Miguel's Restaurant (Frankfort, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:30-10:00
Old Forester's Paristown Hall – Rockin' the Blues for Rescues to support the Kentucky Humane Society with Tee Dee Young and the Top Shelf Band – 8:00 - $39/$49
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 9:00-1:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blackjack Davey – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Lou's Blues Revue (blues/rock) 6:30 / Lindsey Lane Band (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
Wildside Winery (Versailles, KY) – Dane Allen Sadler (blues/NOLA funk) – 1:00-4:00
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight
2 Fisted Willies (Lexington, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00-1:00

Sunday, June 22
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
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - Stone Blue (blues/rock) – 4:00-8:00
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
Manchester Events (Lexington, KY) – SoulFeast Gospel Brunch – 11:00 am-2:00 pm
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
Whirling Tiger - Ally Venable Band (blues/rock) – 8:00 - $20/$25
Willow Park – Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series with Laurie Jane and the 45s – 7:00-9:00
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, June 23
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
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Steve Robbins Duo – 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, June 24
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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