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Events for July 29 – August 4

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Wednesday, July 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

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 30
Barrel 53 (Lexington, KY) – Scott “Woody” Wilson and Dane Allen Sadler – 7:00-10:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reece Murray Band (blues/soul) – 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 O2R – 7:00-10:00

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
Southgate House Revival (Newport, KY) - Sebastien Bordeaux (old-timey/blues/rock) – 8:00
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 31
Ace's Bar & Grill - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) - 7:00
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 – Celebrating the life of Freddie George – 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
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Mojo Blues Cats – 8:00

Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – DiscomBOBulated / The Why Store – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – St Landry Parish Band (cajun) 6:30 / The Bottle Trees (rock/blues) 9:30 - $7
Warder Parks (Jeffersonville, IN) – Summer Concert Series with The Moon Dogs (rock/blues) – 7:00-9:00
Waterfront Grille and Gathering (Winchester, KY) – Ronn Crowder – 7:00

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, August 1
AERO Club of Louisville - The Slingshots – 8:00-11:00
Bedford Boat Club (Bedford, IN) - Dame's Rocket (rock/blues) – Noon
Chinkapin Brewing (Georgetown, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 7:00-10:00
Flanagans Ale House - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) - 7:00
Grand Theatre (Frankfort, KY) - Cherry Poppin' Daddies (swing/ska-punk/rockabilly) and Davina & The Vagabonds (blues/jazz) – 7:30
Hitching Post Inn – Empty Arms Band (blues/southern rock) – 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
KingFish (River Rd) - The Moon Dogs (rock/blues) – 7:00-11:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Jamie Carr Band – 8:00
Owl Creek Lodge - The Subourbons (rock/blues) – 8:00-10:00
Prodigy Vineyard & Winery (Frankfort, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 1:00-3:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (blues/rock) – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Hired Gun / Marty "Big Dog" Mercer – 8:00-12:30
State Theater (Elizabethtown, KY) - Big Black Cadillac (funk/soul/blues) 7:00-9:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) 6:30 / Hug It Out (pop/rock) 9:30 - $7
Taste of Bloomington (Bloomington, IN) – Several acts including The Dynamics (r&b/funk/blues) 7:25 and King Bee & the Stingers 9:25 – 3:00-10:00
Vintage Lanes (Madison, IN) - Jordan Wilson (blues/funk/soul) – 9:00-11:00
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 2
Bruen Bunker (Midway, KY) - Mo Bell (blues/r&b/rock) – 4:00-7:00
Equus Run Vineyards (Midway, KY) – Tunes in the Vines with Dane Sadler Band – 2:00-4:30
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
KingFish (Jeffersonville, IN) - Stone Blue (blues/rock) – 4:00-8:00
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
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, August 3
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam – 6:00-9:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Marisa Fullenkamp – 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, August 4
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) – Chris Shaffer 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.
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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