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Events for April 29 – May 5

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Wednesday, April 29
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Lou Lou on Market – V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 8:00-12:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Floyd and Don – 7:00

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 30
The Burl (Lexington, KY) - Thee Sinseers (r&b/soul) – 8:00
The Cabin Restaurant and Lounge (Bloomington, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam with Ladies Sing the Blues featuring Lauren Robert, Mona Skirvin and Bryn Crowsong – 7:00-10:00
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
Kenwick Table (Lexington, KY) – Robert Frahm Trio – 5:30-7:30

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The Lucky Losers – 8:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Lamont Gillispie Harp Blowout featuring Jay Jackson, Eddy Weigleb, Rick Cain, Denny Thornbury and Gino Simpson – 7:00-10:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00

Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Zach Day – 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, May 1 – Oaks Day
Blind Squirrel – V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 9:00-12:00
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 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00

Lou Lou on Market – Soul Circus (variety) – 8:00-12:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Willie Phoenix and the Soul Underground – 8:00
Railroad Café & Lounge (Mitchell, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues)
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Gordon Bonham / Nigel Mack and the Blues Attack – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – The Travlin Mojos 6:30 / Atomic Groove Machine (rock) 9:00 - $10
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, May 2 – Derby Day
Belterra Casino Resort (Florence, IN) - Chuck Brisbin and Marcos Sastre – 8:00-11:00
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – The 1-4-5's – 8:00-11:00
Cocktails Bar & Grill (Lexington, KY) - Southside Underground Rhythm & Blues Band – 9:00-12:00
Garage Bar – Five Below Band (rock/blues) - 1:00-5:00
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
Jeff Ruby's (Lexington, KY) – Holeshot Blues – 8:30

Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 8:00
Old North Bar (Lexington, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
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
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The Morgan After Band / Funky Mojo Daddy – 8:00-12:30
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – 8:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 7:30-11:30 - $7
VFW Post #1181 – Robby Cox Blues Band – 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, May 3
Golden's Pub & Deli (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 5:00
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
Louisville Palace – The Black Keys (garage rock/punk blues) – 8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – The 1865 (bluesgrass/southern gospel/blues) – 2:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) - Rachel Crowe and Jonathan New – 1:00
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, May 4
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:30-9:30
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – The McGuire's – 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, May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Headliners Music Hall - Live Dead & Brothers: An All-Star Celebration of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band – 8:00
Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant (Lexington, KY) - The VSP Band (soul/r&b) – 6:00-9:30
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.

We list places offering music within a 100 mile radius of Louisville.
If you are a local/regional blues musician or venue and would like us to consider your event for our weekly email and monthly newsletter calendars,
please email us the information to gi...@kbsblues.org.

For additional, upcoming blues events, check out the KBS website.
If you have a question, please send us an email.

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