Events for June 11 – June 17

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Events for June 11 – June 17

Wednesday, June 11
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Brown County Music Center – Buddy Guy – 7:30
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Frank's Whiskey Place – Jam hosted by Frank's Whiskey Trio – 8:00-11:00
Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, KY) – Dustin Douglas & the Electric Gentlemen 5:00 / Parker Barrow 7:00 / Ghost Town Blues Band 9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-12:00
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, June 12
Albert O Jones Park (717 S 23rd St) - Sheryl Rouse Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 11:00 am
Central Bank Thursday Night Live (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 5:00-8:00
Douglass Park (Lexington, KY) - Positive Movement Band (jazz/blues/r&b) – 6:00-8:00
Filson Historical Society - I’m Glad About It: History of Gospel Music in Louisville Panel Discussion – 6:00-7:00
Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, KY) – Waylon Thibodeaux 5:30 / Dwyane Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers 8:00
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 and the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Mary Miller Riverboat – Cruise with the Juggernaut Jug Band – Noon-2:00
Port Hole Inn (Unionville, IN) - Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by Homemade Jam – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Sara Phoebe and Benito DiBartoli – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) – Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm

Friday, June 13
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Black Cat & the Bones – 8:00-11:00
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:30-11:30
Derby City Gaming (Downtown) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 9:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, KY) – Blues4U Noon / Tinsley Ellis 1:30 / Cedric Burnside 3:00 / Joanne Shaw Taylor 5:00 / D.K. Harrell 7:00 / Tab Benoit with special guest J.D. Simo 9:00
Headliners Music Hall – Shemekia Copeland / Sweet Lady – 7:00-12:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $35
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Louisville Thoroughbred Society (209 E Main St) - Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mister Mann and the Mojo Band – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Robsion Park – Lyndon Summer Festival with Soul Circus – 7:00-9:30
Shamrock Bar & Grill (Nicholasville, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Late Night Revelators – 8:00-12:00
Smoke N’ Bourbon (Danville, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 8:00-10:00
Stephen Foster Concert Series (Bardstown, KY) - Juggernaut Jug Band – 7:00-9:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Clark Band (variety) 6:30 / Jimmy Davis Band 9:00 - $7
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, June 14
American Legion Post #18 (Bloomington, IN) - The Dynamics (r&b/funk/blues) – 7:30-10:30
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
Ashwood Place (Frankfort, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – Noon-3:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:00-11:00
Country Heritage Winery (Nashville, IN) - Paul Bertsch Trio (blues/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Dog Haus Biergarten (New Albany, IN) – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, KY) – William Branaman Street Strut People's Parade 10:00 am / Doug MacLeod Noon / Michael Gough Group featuring John Martin 1:30 / Dylan Triplett 3:00 / Curtis Salgado 5:00 / Ana Popovic featuring Fantastafunk 7:00 / Larkin Poe 9:00
Hard Truth Hills Distilling Co (Nashville, IN) – The Super Chief Band (blues/rock) 6:00 / Elizabeth Lee (singer/songwriter) 7:00 / Jason Wells Band (blues/rock) 8:00
Hitching Post Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 9:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $35
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Kosair Shrine Center (4120 Bardstown Rd) - Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 3:00-6:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Gina and Johnny – 8:00
Prodigy Vineyards & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:00-10:00 am
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rusty Gator Fork & Ale (Bedford, IN) – Blues & BBQ with Black Cat and the Bones 3:30 / Tailfin Cadillacs 6:00 / King Bee and The Stingers 8:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight – 8:00-12:00
Vernon Lanes - Shumate Blues Revival (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
WFPK (91.9 FM) – 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
Wight-Meyer Winery (Shepherdsville, KY) - Rock Bottom Band (rock/blues) – 7:00-10:00
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight

Sunday, June 15 – Happy Father's Day
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
The Burl (Lexington, KY) - Allman Butter Band (Allman Brothers tribute) – 8:00
Captain's Quarters – Soul Circus (variety) – 6:00-10:00
The Fox Den - Jordan Wilson (blues/funk/soul) – 9:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Lou Lou on Market - NOLA Style Blues/Jazz Jam hosted by Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves – 6:00-9:00
LRS102.com – The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mansion Hill Tavern Blues Jam – 7:00-10:00
WHAY (98.3 FM) (Whitley City, KY) - Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Show – 6:00-10:00 pm
Wildside Winery (Versailles, KY) – Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00 am
Willow Park – Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series with da Mudcats – 7:00-9:00
WLLV (101.9 FM/1240 AM) - 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, June 16
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) – 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
Lyric Theatre (Lexington, KY) – WoodSong's Old-Time Radio Hour with Charlie Musselwhite and Pete Mancini (rock/americana) – 6:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Ricky Nye – 7:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Phil Pierle (solo) – 7:30-10:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 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, June 17
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
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) – Bike Nite with the Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 6:00
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) – Sara Phoebe and Benito DiBartoli – 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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