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Events for August 5 – August 11

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Wednesday, August 5
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 – Tyrone Cotton – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-11:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – Sam Morrow (southern rock/blues/country funk) – 7:00
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, August 6
Brown County Music Center (Nashville, IN) - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (swing/jazz) – 7:30
The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Piney Woods and the Harrodsburg Horns – 7:00-10:00
Joe's Older Than Dirt – NSRA After Party with Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 9:00-1:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Thursday Night Blues Jam with Denny Thornbury & The Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Mirror Twin (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hughes Taylor – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with 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, August 7
Azur Restaurant and Patio (Lexington, KY) – DJ Rice – 7:00-10:00
Bandana’s (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 7:00
Banners (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-12:00
Edwardo’s Pizza & Subs (Williamstown KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:00-11:00
Ernie's Tavern (Bloomfield, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 7:00
First String Bar and Grill - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) - 8:00
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
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
The Kentucky Hug (Frankfort, KY) - Dane Sadler Band featuring Dr Keith McCutchen – 7:00-10:00
Mad Paddle Brewstillery (Madison, IN) - Vaguely Familiar Band (blues/rock) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Willie Phoenix and the Soul Underground – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill (Harrodsburg, KY) – Greg Schaber – 6:30-9:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Roller / Ghost Town Blues Band – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – da Mudcats 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 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, August 8
All Porked Out (Pleasurville, KY) – Robby Cox Blues Band – 5:30-8:30
Azur Restaurant and Patio (Lexington, KY) – Ronn Crowder – 7:00-10:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Amanda Webb Band (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Fiesta Mexicana (4157 Bardstown Rd) – Area 52 (folk/blues/r&b) – 6:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Mad Paddle Brewstillery (Madison, IN) - BA Blues (blues/rock) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Smokin' Zeus – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar - Jay and Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) – 7:00-10:30
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Selwyn Birchwood – 8:00 - $28
Our Lady of Perpetual Hops (New Albany, IN) - Laurie Jane and The 45s and Jane Rose & The Deadends (rockabilly/r&b) – 8:00
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
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Mojo Gumbo / Danny Garwood & Company – 8:00-12:30
Slow Time (Cloverport KY) - Bobby Clark Band with Tommy Stillwell – 7:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – Ricky Nye Inc – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / Andrea Tanaro 9:30 - $7
Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) - Summer Soul Fest with Matixando 5:00 / Big Dog 6:00 / Keith Beatty and the Bayonets 7:15 / The Late Night Revelators 8:30 / The Dynamics 9:45
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, August 9
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) – Floyd and Don – 2:00
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – Selwyn Birchwood – 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, August 10
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – John Ford – 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) – 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 11
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) – Rebekah Meldrum – 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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