Events for September 23 – September 29

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Events for September 23 – September 29

Wednesday, September 23
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
The Last Refuge – Laren J Rapp – 7:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-11:30
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 24
Brown-Pusey House (Elizabethtown, KY) - Tavern in the Garden presents Laurie Jane & The 45s – 6:00-9:00
Kentucky Exposition Center – Bourbon and Beyond with several acts including Gary Clark Jr – 11:00 am-11:00 pm
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Lee Carroll Trio (jazz/funk/blues) – 5:30-7:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Big Dog – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Zach Day – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson and 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 25
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) – Canvas Rock Relief with several acts including Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band (7:00) – 6:00-11:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Green's Sunset Grooves (jazz/blues/soul) – 7:00-9:00 - Free
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 - Derby City Shakedown (rock/blues) – 8:00
Kentucky Exposition Center – Bourbon and Beyond with several acts including the Marcus King Band and St Paul and the Broken Bones – 11:00 am-11:00 pm
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mister Mann and the Mojo Band – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 7:30
Miguel's Restaurant (Frankfort, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:30-10:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Bella Rayne Band – 8:00 - $23
Old North Bar (Lexington) – Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 6:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Gordon Bonham / Jordan Wilson Coalition – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) 9:30 - $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, September 26
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:30
Ferguson House Bistro (Nashville, IN) – JC and Jason – 5:00-8:00
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 Exposition Center – Bourbon and Beyond with several acts including Durand Jones and the Indications – 11:00 am-11:00 pm
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart Band – 8:00
Persimmon Festival 5K Walk, Run and Fun Run (Mitchell, IN) - The Bloomington Jazz Orchestra 4:30 / The 454 Drive Band (rock/r&b) 6:00 / The Dynamics (r&b/funk/blues) 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Mojo Blues Cats / Reece Murray Band – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Warren Shacklette Experience (psych jam) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/blues) 9:30 - $7
Talon Winery (Lexington, KY) – Donovan Howard – 4:00-7:00
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 – 7:00-9:00 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, September 27
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kentucky Exposition Center – Bourbon and Beyond with several acts including Joan Osborne – 11:00 am-11:00 pm
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Blues Jam with Doug Hart - 7:00
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, September 28
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Sara Phoebe and Benito Dibartoli – 7:30-10:00
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) – King Bee and The Stingers Live - 8 :00
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 29
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Off Broadway Taproom (Madison, IN) – Open Mic hosted by Jimmy Davis – 7:00
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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