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Events for January 21 – January 27

Concert Ticket Giveaways
We are kicking off the new year with ticket drawings for the two concerts:
Tab Benoit on Thursday, February 26.
Robert Jon & The Wreck on Tuesday, March 10.
Both shows are at the Mercury Ballroom and start at 8:00 pm.
Entries will be accepted starting January 18 and must be received by
midnight, February 7. Send to Jo...@kbsblues.com.

The drawing will be held on Sunday, February 8.
If you are only interested in one show, specify which with your entry.
Want to enter in both, give us your priority in the chance the randomizer picks you for both.
Won before, no problem - new year, new chances.

Wednesday, January 21
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
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 – 7:30-12:00
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, January 22
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
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Gordon Bonham – 8:00-12:00
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, January 23
Derby City Gaming (Downtown) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Eagles Club (Jeffersontown, KY) – Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 7:30-10:30
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Headliners Music Hall - Benefit for Theresa Brenzel with Juanita & Friends, King Kong, The Get Down, Bone Stack, Hey Bo Diddley, Shimona and more – 7:00 - $15 advance/$20 day of show
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
Jeff Ruby's (Lexington, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 8:30
Joe's Older Than Dirt - Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart Band – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) - High Street Jack (rock/blues/soul) – 7:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight / Mojo Gumbo – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / Bag of Hammers (rock) 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, January 24
Banners (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-12:00
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) – Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 6:00-9:00
Fiesta Mexicana (4507 Bardstown Rd) - Area 52 (folk/blues/r&b) – 6:00
Hitching Post Inn - Jay and Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) – 8:00-11:00
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) – Johnny Roy and Jim Pat Turner (blues/southern soul) – 7:00-9:00
The Last Refuge – Tyrone Cotton – 7:15
Madison Theater (Covington, KY) - Gary Burbank Celebration Of Life with Sonny Moorman, The Bluebirds, and The Recreational (rock) – 5:00 - $25 advance/$30 day of show
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Dudley Taft – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shamrock Bar & Grill (Nicholasville, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Mule Haggard / Big Dog Mercer – 8:00-12:30
Smyrna Inn – Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Muleskinners 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
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, January 25
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) – Los Swamp Monsters – 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, January 26
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
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) (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, January 27
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 – 7:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Albert Nolting and Ruben Guthrie – 7:30-11:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tuesday Night Jam with the Warren Shacklette Experience – 7:30-11:30

All dates subject to change without notice.

We list places offering music within a 100 mile radius of Louisville.
If you are a local/regional blues musician or venue and would like us to consider your event for our weekly email and monthly newsletter calendars,
please email us the information to gi...@kbsblues.org.

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