Events for July 30 – August 5

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Events for July 30 – August 5

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Wednesday, July 30
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
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) – Weekly Jam – 7:00-9:00

Thursday, July 31
Douglass Park (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:00-8:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reese Murray Band (blues/rock/funk) – 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) – Another Fine Mess – 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 1
Azur Restaurant and Patio (Lexington, KY) – D.J. Rice – 7:00-10:00
Backstretch Sports Bar and Grill (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:30
Clark County Casting and Conservation Club (Utica, IN) - Derby City Shakedown Acoustic(blues/rock) – 7:00
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
Kentucky Expo Center – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) at the Hot Rod Nationals – Noon-5:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart Band – 8:00
Marriott Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa Mansion (Lexington, KY) – Music at the Mansion with the Five Below Band (rock/blues) - 6:00-10:00
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) – Mojo Gumbo / Nick Harless and Soulshaker – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Stone Blue (blues/rock) 6:30 / Chris Canas Band 9:00 - $7
Radio/Internet Streaming
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, August 2
Barrel 53 (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Captain's Quarters – Jimmy Davis Band – 7:00-11:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown KY) – Donovan Howard – 7:00-10:00
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) – Gary Applegate and Joe Rock – 6:00-9:00
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
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Dane Sadler and Scott Wilson – 7:00-9:00
The Ketch Seafood Grill (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Noah Wotherspoon Band – 8:00
Marriott Griffin Gate Golf Resort & Spa Mansion (Lexington, KY) – Bluegrass Corvette Cruise-In with the Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Merle's Whiskey Kitchen - Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) – 8:00-11:30
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
Shorty's Bar and Grill (Bedford, IN) – Homemade Jam – 7:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hired Gun / Piper and the Hard Times – 8:00-12:30
Smyrna Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) 6:30 / Chris Canas Band 9:00 - $7
2 Fisted Willies (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) –9:00
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 3
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
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Rusty Ends and Hillbilly Hoo Doo CD Release Party with Zeno Jones and special guests - Doors open at 4:00 / Zeno plays at 4:30 / Rusty Ends and Hillbilly Hoo Doo starts at 5:30
Pepper's Ridge Winery (Rockport, IN) – Tommy Stillwell, Bobby Clark & Rod Austin (acoustic) – 2:00-5:00
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 4
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart (solo acoustic) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Phil Pierle (solo) – 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

Tuesday, August 5
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
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.

We list places offering music within a 100 mile radius of Louisville.
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