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Events for December 10 – December 16

Wednesday, December 10
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Kentucky Center Bomhard Theater - Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Creole Christmas – 7:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Love Handles – 7:00
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, December 11
The Enchanted Forest & Music Hall (New Albany, IN) - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) and Zu Zu Ya Ya (r&b/soul/psych rock) – 7:00
Hotel Bourre Bonne – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Mellwood Tavern – Tom Browning and Tyrone Cotton – 8:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Sara Phoebe and the Mojo Makers / Cardboard Dale – 7:30-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Two Lane Liquors & Bar – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
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, December 12
Banners (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-12:00
Derby City Gaming (Downtown) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Goodwood Whiskey Row – Highway 31 Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
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) – Mojo Blues Cats – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar - Jay and Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) – 7:00-10:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Mike Zito – 8:00 - $28
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 9:00-1:00
Sassy Bleu (Lexington, KY) – Dane Sadler Band – 6:30-9:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Warrior Kings / Rebekah Meldrum – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Clark Band (variety) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/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, December 13
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) - The Barnstormers (blues/soul/funk) – 8:30-11:30
Elks Lodge # 2816 (Winchester, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 7:00-10:00
Gerstle's - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) – 8:00-12:00
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) – Gina and Johnny – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Another Fine Mess / King Bee & the Stingers – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / Doorway (tribute to The Doors) 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
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, December 14
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 – Dare to Care Benefit with The Muleskinners, ZuZu YaYa, Kathleen Hoye, The Route 15 Trio and Jay Robert Goldstein & The Coal Mine Canary – Bring a canned good for admission – 5:00-9:45
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 – 7:00-10:00 pm
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 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, December 15
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Xmas Party with Ben Levin and Noah Wotherspoon – 7:00
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) – 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, December 16
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) – Gordon Bonham – 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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