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Events for December 17 – December 23

Wednesday, December 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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mason Johnson Trio – 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, December 18
Cabin Restaurant & Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by Gordon Bonham, Rex Miller and Matt Brookshire – 7:00-10:00
Howser Tavern (Frankfort, KY) – GDSM (David Harrod and Shaun Cohorn) – 7:00-11:00
Hotel Bourre Bonne – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00-11:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Serafini (Frankfort, KY) – DJ Rice – 5:30-8:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Slingshots – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & 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, December 19
Azur Restaurant & Patio (Lexington, KY) – Ronn Crowder – 7:00-10:00
Cellar Bar & Grille (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00-11:00
Grandview Tavern (Fort Mitchell, KY) – Gina and Johnny Duo – 7:00-10:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
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
Lenny’s Lounge - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 9:00-12:30
Maiden City Brewing (Paris, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:30-10:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Dudley Taft – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Davy Knowles – 8:00 - $25
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Sassy Bleu (Lexington, KY) – The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:30-9:30
Shamrock Bar & Grill (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Django Knight / Central Blues Co – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bluefield Soul (soul/funk/blues) 6:30 / Bag of Hammers (rock) 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, December 20
Buskirk-Chumley Theater (Bloomington, IN) – A Magical Motown Christmas – 7:30
CannaBuzz Bar (Lexington, KY) – Dane Sadler Band – 8:00-11:00
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
Jeffy Ruby's (Lexington, KY) – Hole Shot Blues Band – 8:30-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Jeremiah Johnson – 8:00 - $23
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Scott County Farmer's Market (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – IKE / Blackjack Davey – 8:00-12:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Whiskey Bent Valley Boys (folk/bluegrass/old-timey) – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tailfin Cadillacs (blues/soul/rock) 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 9:00 - $7
Urban Chick Bar and Bottle Shop (Newport, KY) – The Cheryl Renee and Shorty Starr Show – 6:00
19th Hole Sports Bar & Grille (Nashville, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 8:00-11:00
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, December 21
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 - 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
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 – 5:00-6:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, December 22
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
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, December 23
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) – 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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