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Events for June 3 – June 9

Wednesday, June 3
Bandana’s (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 6:00
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
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, June 4
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by the Top Hat Blues Review – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Rebekah Meldrum – 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, June 5
AERO Club – Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 8:00-11:00
Bedford Boat Club (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 8:00
Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival
Outdoor Stage - Donovan Howard Trio (6:30-7:30), The Sonny Moorman Group (8:00-9:00) and The Weavers (9:30-11:00)
Check's Cafe - Highway 31 Blues Band (7:00-10:00)
Zeno Jones busking next to the KBS tent between acts

The GrΓΌv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hitching Post Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 9:00
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 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Gina & Johnny – 8:30
The Melroy (Lexington, KY) - Dane Sadler Band – 7:00-10:00

Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Joel Gragg & the Filaments – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Saints (r&b/soul/funk) 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 9:00 - $7
4th Street Bar & Grill (Columbus, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:00-11:00

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, June 6
Azur Restaurant & Patio (Lexington, KY) – Ronn Crowder – 7:00-10:00
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) – Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Fleur de Lis Farm (Prospect, KY) - 16th Bourbon & Bowties benefiting Norton Children’s Hospital with music by the Robbie Bartlett Band – 6:30-10:00 – Sold Out
Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival
Outdoor Stage - John Burgard Band (3:30-4:30), Cat Campbell & The $2 Pistols (5:00-6:00), Holeshot Blues (6:30-7:30), Toni Green (8:00-9:00) and Highway 9 Blues Band (9:30-11:00)
Check's Cafe - Tailfin Cadillacs (7:00-10:00)
Zeno Jones busking next to the KBS tent between acts

Good Times Charitable Gaming (New Castle, KY) – Robby Cox Blues Band – 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 Blues Music Festival (Mt Vernon, KY) – Nat Myers, Donovan Howard Trio and Tee Dee Young – 6:00

Locals Tavern (Versailles, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:00-12:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Merle's Whiskey Kitchen - Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) – 8:00-11:30

Portland Festival – Several acts including the Shumate Blues Revival (3:00) – 3:00-11:00
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-4:00

Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Russell Lee Park – Southwick & Cotter Homes Day with music by Sheryl Rouse (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 9:00-1:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – J R Clark Band – 8:00-12:00
Spring Street Bar & Grill – Spring Street Wing Fest with Solar Flannel (6:00) – 2:00-8:00

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) 6:30 / Bag of Hammers (rock) 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, June 7
Bryant Park (Bloomington, IN) - Top Hat Blues Review – 5:30
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
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, June 8
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam with the Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
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, June 9
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) – 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.
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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