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Events for June 17 – June 23

Wednesday, June 17
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 – Holeshot Blues – 7:00-10:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – John Ford Blues Society – 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
Speed Museum Cinema - Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul – 7:00 - $8 members/$12 nonmembers
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
WC Handy Blues & BBQ Festival (Henderson, KY) – Ghalia Volt 5:00 / Piper and the Hard Times 7:00 / Texas Headhunters 9:00

Thursday, June 18
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Arkley Boge – 7:00-10:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Jonathan New and Rachel Crowe – 6:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Sara Phoebe and the Mojomakers – 8:00-12:00
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Micah Kesselring (country blues/americana) – 10:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
WC Handy Blues & BBQ Festival (Henderson, KY) – Zydeco Night with Waylon Thibodeaux 5:30 / Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers 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, June 19
American Turners (River Rd) - Tattoo Babylon (Rolling Stones) – 8:00 - $10
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Big Dog – 8:00-11:00
Eagle Point Golf Resort (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 7:00-10:00
The Fishtank (Lexington, KY) - Deep Mud (blues/rock) and Rogues' Harbour (rock) – 9:00
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 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) – Bourbon Sour – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00
The Real BA Colonial - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 6:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shorty's Bar & Grill (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – 7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Black Cat and the Bones / King Bee & the Stingers – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Revelatros / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 9:00 - $7
WC Handy Blues & BBQ Festival (Henderson, KY) – David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach Noon / Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport 1:30 / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band 3:00 / Chambers DesLauriers 5:00 / Tommy Castro & the Painkillers 7:00 / Ana Popovic featuring Fantastafunk 9:00
Wild Turkey Trace Golf Course & Restaurant (Lawrenceburg, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 7:00-11:00
Zanzabar – Travis Bolt (outlaw country/blues) and Caleb Lee Hutchinson (country) – 8:00
4th Street Bar and Grill (Columbus, IN) - BA Blues (blues/rock) – 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 20
AERO Club of Louisville - The Slingshots – 8:00-11:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Mojo Gumbo – 8:00-11:00
Deer Run Park (Nashville, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 6:00-9:00
Dreaming Creek Brewery (Richmond, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) with special gues Alicia New – 6:00-8:00
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
Jeff Ruby's (Lexington, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 8:30
The Ketch Seafood Grill (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
KingFish (River Rd) – Stillery Row (rock/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Lyndon Summer Festival – Soul Circus (variety) – 7:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – John Nemeth – 8:00
Mike's Music & Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) - Third Street Band (rock/blues) – 7:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Madam Radar – 8:00 - $28
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (blues/rock) – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Late Night Revelators / The Warrior Kings – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Stone Blue (blues/rock) 6:30 / King Bee & the Stingers 9:00 - $7
Waterfront Park Great Lawn - Kentuckiana Pride Festival featuring several acts including the Sheryl Rouse Band (3:25 pm) - Noon-10:00
WC Handy Blues & BBQ Festival (Henderson, KY) – Blues 4U Noon / McKinley James 1:30 / Eric Johanson 3:00 / The Cold Stares 5:00 / Shemekia Copeland 7:00 / The Record Company 9:00
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 21
The Burl (Lexington, KY) - Allman Butter Band (Allman Brothers tribute) – 8:00
Golden's Pub & Deli (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 5:00-7:00
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 22
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Meg Williams and Travis Bowlin – 7:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam with the Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Southside Denny – 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, June 23
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) – Django Knight (acoustic) – 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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