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Events for August 6 – August 12

Wednesday, August 6
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
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Open Jam with The John Burgard Band – 7:30-11:30
The Summit at Fritz Farm (Lexington, KY) - Laura Ellen Penn and Keith Hubbard – 6:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) – Weekly Jam – 7:00-9:00

Thursday, August 7
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – John Ford Blues Society – 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 Big Dog – 7:00-10:00
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) – The Warrior Kings – 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

Friday, August 8
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
Check's Cafe – Highway 31 Blues Band – 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 - $10
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
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - The Moon Dogs (rock/blues) – 7:00-11:00

Louisville Palace – The Black Crowes (southern rock/blues/jam) - 7:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mister Mann and the Mojo Band – 8:00
Mellwood Tavern – Tom Browning and Tyrone Cotton – 9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight / The Shaelyn Band – 8:00-12:30
Smoke n' Bourbon (Danville, KY) – Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:00-10:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – da Mudcats 6:30 / The Brass Pack (70's & 80's rock) - $7
Talon Winery (Lexington, KY) – Donovan Howard – 6:00-9:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, August 9
Barrel 53 (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Beecher Terrace Days - Sheryl Rouse Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 10:00 am-9:00 pm
Broadway Barrels (Lawrenceburg, KY) – Donovan Howard – 8:30
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) – Top Hat Blues Revue – 8:30-11:30
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
Midway Block Party (Midway, KY) – Hole Shot Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
Neon Nights (Nicolasville, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rolling Oven (Versailles, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 6:00-8:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 9:00-1:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – David Weld and the Imperial Flames / Zach Day – 8:00-12:30
Space (Evanston, IL) - Rusty Ends and Hillbilly HooDoo CD Release Party – 4:00-6:00
St Joe’s Picnic – Soul Circus (variety) – 8:00-10:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Lou's Blues Revue (blues/rock) 6:30 / TBA 9:00 - $7
Upland Brewing Co (Bloomington, IN) – Summer Soul Fest - Keith Beatty 5:00 / Big Dog 5:45 / Matixando 7:00 / King Bee & The Stingers 8:15 / The Dynamics 9:30 - $20
Vernon Lanes Underground – Hippie Reunion with Doorway (tribute to The Doors) and Animal Tracks (The Animals) – Doors at 4:00/Music at 5:00 - $10
Winzerwald Winery (Bristow, IN) – Beyond Blu – 1:00-4:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
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
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, August 10
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
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) – Mansion Hill Tavern Blues Jam – 7:00-10:00
Middletown Festival – Soul Circus (variety) – 5:30-7:30
Radio/Internet Streaming
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
LRS102.com – The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
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, August 11
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Joe Waters – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jack Whittle (acoustic) – 7:30-10:30
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) – 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
21st in Germantown - Mudcats and Margarita Monday - 7:30 PM – 9:30

Tuesday, August 12
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
Gerstle's - Derby City Shakedown (blues/rock) – 8:00-12:00

KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 6:00-10:00
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) – Reverend Robert and Washboard Shorty – 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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