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Events for August 27 –
September 2
WIN
TICKETS! North Mississippi Allstars at Mercury Ballroom!
KBS
members! Win 2 tickets to see the North Mississippi All Stars on
their Still Shakin' tour Saturday October 4th at Mercury Ballroom,
courtesy of Live Nation Kentucky! To enter, just send an email with
your full name and contact information prior to midnight on Saturday,
September 6th to Jo...@kbsblues.org. Drawing will be held Sunday,
September 7th. Not a member? Not a problem...join right
here!
https://kbsblues.com/
***
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.
For
additional, upcoming blues events, check out the KBS website.
If
you have a question, please send us an email.
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