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Events for September 3 – September 9

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Wednesday, September 3
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
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, September 4
Blockhouse (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by The Blockhouse Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
Brown-Pusey House (Elizabethtown, KY) - Tavern in the Garden presents Laurie Jane & The 45s – 6:00-9:00
Fireman's Chili Cook Off (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-8:30
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
KingFish (River Rd) – Bike Nite with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 6:00-10:00
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) – Tres Amigos – 8:00-12:00
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Micah Kesselring (country blues) – 8:00
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, September 5
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 7:30-10:30
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown KY) - Mo Bell and Jason Smith (blues/r&b/rock) – 10:15-11:30
Ernie's Tavern (Bloomfield, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Golden Nugget Tavern - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 9:00-12:00
Grandview Tavern (Fort Mitchell, KY) - Chuck Brisbin, Joe Ventre and Mike Kraemer (r&b/blues/rock) – 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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mister Mann and the Mojo Band – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rose & Jim's Bar & Grill (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tyler Poe / Hunter Lee Band – 8:00-12:30
Smoke n' Bourbon (Danville, KY) – Jaidon Smith Revue (blues/rock) – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / Pawn Shop Guitar (variety) - $7
Whiskey Thief Distilling Co – Mike Hood's Mellow Down Easy Band – 8:00-11:00
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, September 6
Arbuckle Acres Park (Brownsburg, IN) - Blues in the 'Burg with Justine Blazer 4:00 / John Nemeth 5:00 / Shaun Booker Dammit Band 6:00 / Shemekia Copeland 7:00 / King Bee & the Stingers 8:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown KY) - Mo Bell and Jason Smith (blues/r&b/rock) – 10:15-11:30
Dale Fall Fest (Dale, IN) – Several acts including 2 Miles Back (3:30-7:00) – 7:00 am-Midnight
Foodie Fest 2025 (712 Brent St) – Several acts including The Get Down Band, Tyrone Cotton & Screamin' John, The Sheryl Rouse Band and V-Groove - 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Foodie Fest 2025 After Party (Logan Street Market) – Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) – 7:30-10:00
High Stakes Harley-Davidson (Florence, KY) – Birthday Bash with the Mojo Blues Cats – Noon-3:00
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
Louisville Pride Festival (Bardstown Rd & Grinstead Dr) – Several acts including Robbie Bartlett (blues/r&b/jazz) (2:00-2:30)
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 8:00
McCormick's Creek State Park (Lawrence, IN) - Arts, Blues & BBQ Festival with Will Scott 11:00 / Gravy Bird 11:45 / Dicky James 12:45 / Black Cat & The Bones 1:45 / Big Dog 2:45 / Tim O'Malley & The Unusual Suspects 4:00
Miguel's Restaurant (Frankfort, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:30-10:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Koch-Marshall Trio with Greg Koch (blues/rock/jazz) – 8:00 - $228
Norton Commons – Sips at Sundown with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:30-8:30
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-4:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) - 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Reece Murray Band / Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Laurie Jane & the 45s 6:30 / Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) 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
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, September 7
Evans Orchard and Cider Mill (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – Noon-3:00
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
KingFish (River Rd) - The Eleventh Hour (blues/jazz/r&b) – 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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mansion Hill Tavern Blues Jam – 7:00-10:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Unfortunately, the KBS Blues Challenge has been postponed – more information will be shared in the near future
Talon Winery (Lexington, KY) – Donovan Howard – 3:00-6:00
Talon Winery (Shelbyville, KY) - Double Dog Dare (blues/folk) – 3:00-6:00
Vernon Lanes – Celebration of Life for Michael P Murphy with the Greg Foresman Band, The Get Down, The Muleskinners and Murph's Friends – 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
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, September 8
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jimmy D Rogers – 7:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
21st in Germantown – da Mudcats and Margarita Monday - 7:30-9:30
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, September 9
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) – Chris Shaffer 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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