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Events for April 22 – April 28

Wednesday, April 22
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Brown County Music Center (Nashville, IN) – Kenny Wayne Shepherd – 7:30
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 – 7:30-12:00
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, April 23
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by Russ Bucy – 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 the Mojomakers / Rebekah Meldrum – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Larry Ferguson & Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Two Lane Liquors & Bar – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
Waterfront Park – Chow Wagon with V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
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, April 24
Bluegrass Tavern (Barstown, KY) - Shumate Blues Revival – 8:30-11:30
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - Tom Arnold and the Fallin' Angels – 8:00-11:00
Brown County Playhouse (Nashville, IN) - John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band with special guests Paul Holdman and Gordon Bonham – 7:30
Champions Bar & Grill (Richmond, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 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 - $10
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
The Ketch Seafood Grill (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 6:00-9:00
Mad Paddle Brewstillery (Madison, IN) - Vaguely Familiar Band (blues/rock) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Gina and Johnny – 8:00
O'Neill's Pub (Lexington, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) and Vanguard (rock) – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Burns and Ballard / The Warrior Kings – 8:00-12:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Reverend Horton Heat (rockabilly/psychobilly), Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (blues/soul) and Pinata Protest (tex-mex/punk) 7:30 / Matt Woods (roots/blues) 10:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Shadows of Passion (Pat Benatar Tribute) 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) 9:00 - $7
Whiskey Thief Distilling Co - Brooks Giles Blues, Grooves and BeBop – 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, April 25
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Big Daddy Caddy – 8:00-11:00
Fiesta Mexicana (4507 Bardstown Rd) – Area 52 (folk/blues/r&b) – 6:00
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
Locals Tavern (Versailles, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 8:00-12:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Bratcher & Frazier – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Hikes Point Chuck Wagon – Two stages with several acts including The Rhythm Cats and Music City Stones – 11:00 am-11:00 pm
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – OTIS with special guest Danny Garwood – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rolling Oven (Versailles, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 5:00-7:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Who Doo Phyllis / Jon Strahl – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Duck and Cover (rock) 4:30 / Bag of Hammers (rock) 9:30 - $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
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, April 26
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) – The Love Handles – 2:00
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, April 27
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Scrapper and Skeleton – 7:30-10:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
Waterfront Park – Chow Wagon with Soul Circus (variety) – 8:00-11:00
Waterfront Park – Miller Lite Stage with Soul Kitchen (funk/soul/r&b) – 4:00-7:00
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, April 28
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Manchester Music Hall (Lexington, KY) - Marc Broussard (funk/blues/r&b) and Sway Wild (indie folk rock) – 8:00
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 Warren Shacklette Project – 7:30-11:30

All dates subject to change without notice.

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