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Events for August 27 – September 2


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*** KBS IBC DEADLINE EXTENDED to MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST ***
Looking for Bands and Solo/Duo acts to enter our contest at Stevie Ray's on September 7. Deadline to enter pushed back one week. For more information or to enter, click the link:

https://kbsblues.com/blues-challenge-1

or call 502-724-9971.

Wednesday, August 27
Al's Bar (Lexington, KY) - SUMPP (alt/indie) / Hambone Skinny (blues/punk) / Period Sex (metal) - 8:00 - $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

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, August 28
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Gus Page (soul/blues/americana) – 7:00-9:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
New Direction Bar & Grill – Soul Circus (variety) – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Big Daddy Caddy (rock/funk/blues) – 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 – Bike Nite with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens (Crestwood, KY) – Bourbon and Botanicals with the Sheryl Rouse Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:30-9:00

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, August 29
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - BA Blues (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Easterseals Bluegrass (Lexington, KY) – The Kentucky Bash with Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 6:30
The Grüv 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 – 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) – Dudley Taft – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Parker Barrow (blues/southern rock) – 8:00 - $23

Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Cosmic Situation / Big Mo and the Phat Groove – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Subourbons (rock/blues) 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) - $7
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts on three stages including The Zydwinders (zydeco) (11:45 am), Big Poppa Stampley (7:00), The Ultimate Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) (9:30) and Tee Dee Young (9:30)
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 30
Blue Heron Winery (Cannelton, IN) – Bobby Clark and Tommy Stillwell – 7:00-9:00
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) - The Barnstormers (blues/soul/funk) – 8:30-11:30
Clark’s Tarvern (Loretto, KY) – Shumate Blues Revival – 7:00
Cocktails TOO (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 9:00-12:00
The Electric Lady (Madison, IN) - Creedence Cooper & The Hardly Knowers (rock) 6:30 / Vaguely Familiar Band (blues/rock) 7:00 / Heather Redman & The Reputation (soul/rock) 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

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Shaun Booker Dammit Band – 8:00
Music on the Porch Day (Madison, IN) – Gary Applegate and Joe Rock – 3:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hole Shot Blues Band / Late Night Revelators – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Stone Blue (blues/rock) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/blues) 9:00 - $7
Village Green Park (Fairdale, KY) – Village Green Concert Series with V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Whispering Hills RV Park (Georgetown, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 7:00-10:00
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts
on three stages including the Walnut Street Rhythm & Blues Band (8:00)
Radio/TV/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
KET-TV - The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown at the Kentucky Center for the Arts March 2024 – 2:00 pm
WFPK (91.9 FM) (Louisville, KY) – Saturday Night Blues Party with Sheryl Rouse – 7:00-10:00 pm
WFYI (90.1 FM) (Indianapolis, IN) - The Blues House Party hosted by Matthew Socey – 8:00-10:00 pm
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight

Sunday, August 31
The District Versailles ( Versailles, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-5:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kamp Kennedy Marina (Lancaster, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00

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
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts on three stages including Robbie Bartlett (blues/r&b/jazz) (3:00), Tanita Gaines (7:00), Frankie Raymore & the GrooveMasters (funk/soul) (8:00), Toni Green (r&b/blues/soul) (8:00) and Carly Johnson (jazz/r&b/soul) (9:30)
Winzerwald Winery (Bristow, IN) – Bobby Clark and Tommy Stillwell – Noon-3:00

Zanzabar - Brian Curella & Hot Jive Stew – 7:00
Radio/TV/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
KET-TV - The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown at the Kentucky Center for the Arts March 2024 – 9:00 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
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
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, September 1 – Happy Labor Day
The Dock (Leavenworth, IN) - Bobby Clark Band with Tommy Stillwell – 3:00-7:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart – 7:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Doug Henthorn – 7:30-10:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
WorldFest (Belvedere) – Several acts including The Eleventh Hour (blues/jazz/r&b) (4:00), Tyrone Cotton (5:00), The VillEffect Band (soul/blues/jazz) (5:00) and the Hotsauce Brass Band (NOLA) (6:00)
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
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, September 2
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) – John Ford – 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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