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Events for July 1 – July 7

KBS members! Win 2 tickets to see The Devon Allman Project Sunday August 30 at the Mercury Ballroom, courtesy of Live Nation Kentucky!
To enter, just send an email with your full name and contact information prior to midnight on Saturday, July 11th to Jo...@kbsblues.org.
Drawing will be held Sunday, July 12th.
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Wednesday, July 1
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 2
The Cork (Lexington, KY) – Blues & BBQ at The Cork with the Bryan Himes Trio (blues/soul) – 8:00
Historic Eagle Cotton Mill (Madison, IN) – Madison Regatta Kickoff Party with the Jimmy Davis Band – 5:00-8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Angela Combs (blues/soul/funk) – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Thursday Night Blues Jam with Denny Thornbury & The Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam hosted by the Amanda Webb Band – 7:00-10:00
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) – Canned Tuna – 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 3
Derby City Gaming Hotel (Poplar Level Rd) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 9:00-1:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hard Truth Hills Distillery (Nashville, IN) – Jennie DeVoe (soul/blues) and the White Lightning Boys (bluegrass) – 6:00-9:00
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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Noah Wotherspoon Band – 8:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Rusty Anchor Lakeside Saloon (Bloomington, IN) - Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 9:00-1:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Shaelyn Band – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Subourbons (rock/blues) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/blues) 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 4 – Happy 250th Birthday to the USA!
Brannon Crossing (Nicolasville, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 8:00-11:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Forest Gras Band (blues/rock/funk) – 8:00-11:00
Caesars Casino (Elizabeth, IN) – Derby City Shakedown (blues/rock) – 9:00
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 7:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – All White Party and Jerry Green Birthday Celebration – 7:00 - $10
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) – Johnny Roy's FingerLickin' Blues – 7:00-9:00
Lover's Leap Vineyards & Winery (Lawrenceburg, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 2:00-5:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Doug Hart Band – 8:00
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Bardstown, KY) – July 4th Picnic and Fireworks with Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) – 6:00-8:00
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 2:00-4:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Riverstage (Jeffersonville, IN) – Jammin' in Jeff with several acts including Detroyia and the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) (5:00-7:00) – 4:00-10:00
Shelby County Fairgrounds (Shelbyville, KY) – 4th of July Family Funk Fest 2 with Sheryl Rouse, Fredie Jackson and Benny J – Noon-9:00 - $35/$45/$55
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Steve Robbins – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 6:30-1:00 - $7
Story Inn Bed and Breakfast (Nashville, IN) – King Bee & the Stingers – 7:30
Waterfront Grille and Gathering (Winchester, KY) – Ronn Crowder – 7:00-10:00
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 5
Bryan Park (Bloomington, IN) – Jason Wells Band and Big Dog – 5:30
The Elkhorn Tavern (Lexington, 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 - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Floyd and Don – 2:00
Moondance Amphitheater (Lexington, KY) - Summer Nights in Suburbia: Red, White & Blues with Tee Dee Young – 7:00-9:00
Willow Park – Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series with da Mudcats – 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 6
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Dave Jersh – 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 7
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 6:00
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) – Jake Towe 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.

We list places offering music within a 100 mile radius of Louisville.
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