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Events for September 17 – September 23

WIN TICKETS! Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers at the Louisville Palace!

KBS members! Win 2 tickets to see Bill Murray with Albert Castiglia and Mike Zito on Sunday November 9th at the Louisville Palace courtesy of Live Nation Kentucky! To enter, just send an email with your full name and contact information prior to midnight on Saturday, October 11th to Jo...@kbsblues.org. Drawing will be held Sunday, October 12th. Not a member? Not a problem...join right here!
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Wednesday, September 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, September 18
Blockhouse Bar (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Group Jam hosted by Black Cat and the Bones – 7:00-10:00
Give for Good Louisville – Louisville's Annual Day of Giving – All Day Long https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/

Hotel Louisville – Toni Cole and Billy Ross (r&b/blues/soul) at Jerry Green and Friends – 8:00 - $10
Mitchell Fine Arts Center (Lexington, KY) – Uptown – A Celebration of Motown and Soul – 7:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Rebekah Meldrum – 8:00-12:00
Spring Street Bar & Grill – Fundraising Kickoff for the 2026 National Jug Band Jubilee with the Bill Livers String Ensemble and the Catherine McBride Trio – 6:00-9:00
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, September 19
Benson Marina Boat Dock (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:30-9:00
Derby City Gaming (Poplar Level) - Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 9:00-1:00
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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Electric Indigo – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Eric Gales – 8:00 - $82
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Southside Denny / The Blues Ambassadors – 8:30-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Highway 31 Blues Band 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) 9:00 - $7
Talon Winery (Lexington, KY) – Donovan Howard – 6:00-9:00
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, September 20
Boyle Co Farmer's Market (Danville, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 9:00 am-Noon
Finn's at Patoka Lake (Birdseye, IN) - Tommy Stillwell with Bobby Clark Band – 8:00-11:00
Gerstle's – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
High Stakes Harley-Davidson (Florence, KY) – Mojo Blues Cats – Noon-3:00
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
Manchester Music Hall (Lexington, KY) – Allen Stone (soul/r&b) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Prestige Grease – 8:00
Marriott City Center (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:30-10:30
Mom's 6th Annual Walk a Mile in Our Shoes (600 W Jefferson St) - Sheryl Rouse (r&b/funk/blues) – 1:00-3:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Scott County Farmer's Market (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell and Jason Smith (blues/r&b/rock) – 9:00 am-Noon
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jesse Kramer and the 317 Crew / Django Knight – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Warren Shacklette Experience 6:30 / Soul River Brown & The Foundation Band (funk/soul/blues) 9:00 - $7
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
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
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, September 21
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Little Hunting Creek Park (Prospect, KY) - Summer Concert Series with the Sheryl Rouse Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 6:30-9:00
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
Midway Fall Festival (Midway, KY) – Several acts including the Dane Sadler Band (10:00-11:30 am) - 10:00 am-5:00 pm
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
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, September 22
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Angela Combs – 7:00
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, September 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) – Tom Kiefaber 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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