Events for August 26 – September 1

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Events for August 26 – September 1

The deadline to apply for the KBS Blues Challenge is Monday, August 31!
The Contest will take place on Sunday, September 13 at Stevie Ray's.
Band and Solo/Duo winners receives a cash prize, studio recording time,
will play at the KBS Anniversary Party on November 7 and will be
the KBS representatives to the International Blues Challenge
in Memphis, TN next January 2027!
More information is available online at
https://kbsblues.com/blues-challenge-1

Wednesday, August 26
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Koch-Marshall Trio with Greg Koch (blues/rock/jazz) – 8:00 - $28
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 Moon Crazy – 6:30-11:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) – Weekly Jam – 7:00-9:00

Thursday, August 27
Bill Monroe's Music Park (Morgantown, IN) – Southern Indiana Blues Fest with the Bloomington Blues Group All-stars Blues Jam – 7:00-10:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) - Scrapper & Skelton – 7:00-9:00
Hop Atomica – Hot Swing Beans (jazz/blues/gypsy) – 7:30-9:00
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) - Lee Carroll Trio (jazz/funk/blues) – 5:30-7:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Farm Cat – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Thursday Night Blues Jam with Denny Thornbury & The Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Newport on the Levee (Newport, KY) – Gina and Johnny – 7:00-9:00
The Real BA Colonial - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 6:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Jonathan Ellison – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Two Lane Liquors & Bar – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 8:00
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, August 28
Bill Monroe's Music Park (Morgantown, IN) – Southern Indiana Blues Fest
Hippy Hill Stage – Tim O'Malley Noon / Homemade Jam 2:00 / Dicky James 4:00 / Tailfin Cadillacs 6:00
Main Stage – Keith Beatty and the Bayonets 1:00 / Rock Bottom with Charlie McCoy 3:00 / Mandalyn and the Hunters 5:00 / King Bee & the Stingers 7:00 / The Devon Allman Project 9:00
Buttermilk Festival (Bardstown, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 8:00-10:45
Gatton Park (Lexington, KY) - Give 8/28 Lex Community Day with Tee Dee Young – 8:00
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
Kentucky State Fair – Bud Tent with Soul Circus (variety) – 7:30-11:30
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Noah Wotherspoon Band – 8:00
Old North Bar (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
O'Neill's Pub (Lexington, KY) - Five Below Band (rock/blues) and The Strangerz (rock) – 8:00-12:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch / Jon Strahl – 8:00-12:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch / Jon Strahl – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Stella Vees 6:30 / V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) 9:30 - $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, August 29
Backstretch Bar and Grill (Lexington, KY) – The Stella Vees – 8:00
Bill Monroe's Music Park (Morgantown, IN) – Southern Indiana Blues Fest
Hippy Hill Stage – Marty Barrow and Borrowed Time Noon / The Remedy 2:00 / Jimmy Davis and the Mercury 7 4:00 / Jason Wells 8:00
Main Stage – Highway 9 1:00 / Gina and Johnny 3:00 / Gordon Bonham 5:00 / Jonathan Ellison 7:00 / John Primer with special guests Reverend & Breezy Peyton 8:00
Bluegrass Harley Davidson (2755 Terra Crossing Blvd) – Bourbon, Barbecue and Mayhem with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 4:00-11:30
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – The Snakehandlers – 8:00-11:00
California Park (1600 St Catherine St) – California Days with Night Breeze and Marshall Law & Friends – Noon-8:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) and Friends – 8:00-11:00
Cummins Ferry RV Park and Campground (Salvisa, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 5:00-8:00
Flanagan's Ale House - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) – 7:00
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
Kentucky State Fair – Bud Tent with V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 3:30-6:30
Kentucky State Fair – BeerFest at the Hitching Post Tent with Zeno Jones – 1:00-4:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols 1:00 / CFG & The Family Band (blues/soul/rock) – 8:30
Midway Summer Block Party (Midway, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 7:00-10:00
Norton Commons (Prospect, KY) – Sips at Sundown with The Ultimate Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:30-8:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Groovetime / The Warrior Kings – 8:00-12:30
Smoketown Block Party & Ribbon Cutting (754 S Hancock St) – Several artists including Tanita Gaines, Freda Holt, Sheryl Rouse and Hannah Drake – 2:00-6:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Jay and Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) 6:30 / Atomic Groove Machine (rock) 9:30 - $7
Summers on the River (Charlestown, IN) – Stone Blue (blues/rock) – 8:00
Switchyard Park (Bloomington, IN) – Granfalloon Concert Series with Durand Jones & The Indications (soul/r&b/funk) – 6:00
Vintage Lanes (Madison, IN) – Tyrone Cotton 7:00 and Jordan Wilson (blues/funk/soul) 9:00
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, August 30
Bruen Bunker (Midway, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 3:00-6:00
Equus Run Vineyards (Midway, KY) – Tunes in the Vines with Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 2:00-4:30
Garage Bar – Tyrone Cotton – 1:00-4:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Kentucky State Fair – Bud Tent with Zeno Jones – Noon-3:00
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mercury Ballroom – Devon Allman and GA-20 – 8:00
Mojo's Boneyard (Evansville, IN) – Bywater Call – 8:00
Sanctuary Church - One More Dance: A Celebration of Life for Cheryl Jaggers – 2:00
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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, August 31
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Dave Muskett – 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, September 1
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) – Fusion – 7:30-11:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) – OTIS (blues/rock) and Chris Matthews (americana/alt-country) – 7:00
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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