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Events for July 8 – July 14

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Wednesday, July 8
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, July 9
Barrel 53 (Lexington, KY) – Scott “Woody” Wilson and Dane Allen Sadler – 7:00-10:00
Brown-Pusey House (Elizabethtown, KY) - Tavern in the Garden presents Laurie Jane & The 45s – 6:00-9:00
The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Your Favorite Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
The Depot at NoCo⁣⁣ (Jeffersonville, IN) – Summer Jams with Joslyn and The Sweet Compression (r&b/soul) – 8:00-9:30
Louisville Musicians Union (1436 Bardstown Rd) - Hosting a Watch Party for an Educational Webinar on Copyright Basics for Musicians - RSVP at musu...@louisvillemusicians.org – 2:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – John Ford Blues Society – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Thursday Night Blues Jam with Denny Thornbury & The Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – The Boneyard Trio – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight – 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, July 10
Bicentennial Park (Madison, IN) – Jimmy Davis Band 6:30 / Funk Mojo Daddy 7:30
Brown County Playhouse (Nashville, IN) – Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show – 7:30
Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) – Big Cat and the Prowlers (blues/rock) – 7:00-10:00
First String Bar and Grill - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) – 8:00
The Fox Den - V-Groove (r&b/blues/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
Mad Paddle Brewstillery (Madison, IN) - Vaguely Familiar Band (blues/rock) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Tempted Souls Band (blues/r&b/soul) – 8:00
Old North Bar (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – TBA
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Warren Shacklette Experience 6:30 / Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) 9:00 - $7
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, July 11
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Black Cat & The Bones – 8:00-11:00
Capone's Downtown Speakeasy (Shelbyville, IN) - The Barnstormers (blues/soul/funk) – 8:30-11:30
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) – Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) and Jason Kyle Smith (folk) – 7:00-10:00
Harrison County Popcorn Fest (Corydon, IN) – The Travlin Mojos – 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Hitching Post Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 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
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Dane Sadler Band – 7:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – CFG & The Family Band (blues/rock/soul) – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – The Revelators – 8:00
Moose Lodge #1081 (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 7:00-11:00
New Directions – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 9:00-12:00
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) – Big Mo and the Phat Groove – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tailfin Cadillacs (blues/soul/rock) 6:30 / Bag of Hammers (rock) 9:00 - $7
Village Green Park (Fairfield, OH) – Cincy Blues Festival with BITS Band 2:30 / Vudu Chile 3:05 / Pawl Corner Band 3:45 / Just Another Mojo Jam 4:25 / Piper and the Hard Times 5:45 / Brandon Santini 7:30 / Mud Morganfield with Noah Wotherspoon and David Burke
Vintage Lanes (Madison, IN) - Jordan Wilson (blues/funk/soul) – 9:00-11:00
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, July 12
Bruen Bunker (Midway, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 3:00-6:00
Farnsley-Moremen Landing – Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social with V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) (1:30-2:30) – 1:00-5:00
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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Matt Waters (funk/blues/soul) – 2:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Rachel Crowe and Jonathan New – 1:00
Village Green Park (Fairfield, OH) – Cincy Blues Festival with Chuck Brisbin & The Tuna Project Noon / Jamie Carr Band 1:00 / Angela Combs Band 2:00 / Lady Joya Band 3:00 / Ralph and the Rhythm Hounds 4:00 / Noah Wotherspoon & The Just Strange Brothers 5:00
Willow Park – Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series with The Saints (r&b/soul/funk) – 7:00-9:00
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, July 13
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Banjerdan – 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, July 14
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) – 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.

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