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Events for January 14 – January 20

Wednesday, January 14
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN) – Showcases and Quarter-Finals – 11:00 am - ?
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 7:30-12:00
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, January 15
Hotel Bourre Bonne – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN) – Showcases and Quarter-Finals – 11:00 am - ?
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Doug Henthorn – 8:00-12:00
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Micah Kesselring (appalachian country blues) – 10:00
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, January 16
Circa 1856 Louisville – Mike Hood – 8:00-10:00
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
International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN) – Showcases, Youth Showcase and Semi-Finals – 11:00 am - ?
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Nick Moss Band – 8:00 - $28
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jon Strahl / Tom Arnold and the Fallin' Angels – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Stone Blue (blues/rock) 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 9:00 - $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, January 17
Hitching Post Inn – Robby Cox Blues Band – 8:00-12:00
Holsopple Brewing – Shumate Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $10
International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN) – Finals – 12:00 pm - ?
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Raptors MC Winter Blues Party (Perryville, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00 - $15 each/$25 couple
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hired Gun / Late Night Revelators – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Subourbons (rock/blues) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/blues) 9:00 - $7
The Whirling Tiger - Joslyn and The Sweet Compression (r&b/soul) – 8:00
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
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, January 18
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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mansion Hill Tavern Blues Jam – 7:00-10:00
Pepper's Ridge Winery (Rockport, IN) – Tommy Stillwell, Bobby Clark & Rod Austin (acoustic) – 2:00-5:00

Zanzabar – A Celebration of Life for Larry Holt featuring music from da Mudcats, Lickety Split and Bleu Phonque – 5:00
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, January 19
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
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) (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, January 20
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Mitchell Fine Arts Center (Lexington, KY) - Bigg Sugg & the Jazz Funkers (jazz/funk/blues) – 8:00
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 Warren Shacklette Experience – 7:30-11:30

All dates subject to change without notice.

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