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In future issues of our newsletter, Blues News, we will begin running profiles of local blues bands. If you would like to have your band considered for a future edition and you play in the Kentuckiana area, please go to the Band Profile Info page to send us the information.

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Upcoming Events

 
2010 KBS Blues Competitions
  Date Place Entry Deadline
Band Jun 27, 2010 Stevie Ray's Blues Bar Bryant-Stevens Band
Solo/Duo Aug 15, 2010 Lisa's Oak Street Lounge Jimi V & Screamin' John
Youth Sunday,
Oct 17, 2010
Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church Oct 1, 2010
CD     Oct 1, 2010
 

Jim Porters Good Time Emporium
Friday, Sep 3, 2010
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
with Bob Stroger
also Bluestown

$10 advance / $12 day of show
(Free for KBS members w/ card)


Friday, October 1 – Charlie Musselwhite

Jim Porter's

Vernon Club
Friday, Sep 3, 2010
9:00pm - 12:30am

The Stacy Mitchhart Band

$5 Cover
(Free for KBS members w/ card)

The Vernon Club

E. P. Tom Sawyer State Park
Saturday, Sep 4, 2010

BMX Event
Free Admission

1:00 Pink Spiders (alternative)
2:30 Karaoke w/ Will Jones Rock Show
4:00 Josh Garrett & the Bottomline
7:30 Stacy Mitchhart Band

Sep 3 & 4  KingBees @ 7:30
The Predators @10:30
   
Sep 12 American Heart Assoc Benefit w/ The Kingbees, Clay Street Blues All Stars, The Clark Band and more
Oct 10 Ricky Mason Memorial Show

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar

Blues To The Point
Carrollton KY

Sep 10-11, 2010

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Garvin Gate Blues Festival
Oct 8 & 9, 2010


Schedule

Horseshoe Indiana Casino
Saturday, October 9

Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang

Horseshoe Indiana Casino

The Kentucky Center
Saturday, October 23

Eighty Eight Shades of Blue

with Harry Pickens, Lee Carroll,
Joe Turley and Caroline Dahl

Kentucky Center


Saturday, November 13 – KBS 22nd Anniversary Party
@ The Vernon Club
Music by Jimi V & Screamin' John + Acts TBA
More Details Coming Soon

2010 KBS Winners

2010 Sylvester Weaver Award


Winner TBA @
Garvin Gate Blues Festival

 

2010 Blues Contest Winners
for best Band, Solo/Duo, Youth, CD


Bryant-Stevens Band
Bryant-Stevens Band


Jimi V & Screamin' John



Youth


Best CD


Winners got Automatic Entry to the Blues Foundation's
International Blues Challenge, Jan 20-23, 2010
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Monthly Board Meeting

We are currently seeking a new place (and possibly day and time) for our monthly meetings. Lisa's Oak Street Live will have live music at 6:00pm on Wednesdays with Muji Fuji.

7:00 pm Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 Zepplin Café
1036 E. Burnett Ave
7:00 pm Oct 6, 2010 TBD
7:00 pm Nov 3, 2010 TBD
7:00 pm Dec 1, 2010 TBD


(Meetings are usually held on the 1st Wed of every Month unless otherwise stated)

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Previous Blues Bar Poll Results:

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar 375 (53%)
Zena's Cafe 176 (25%)
Lisa's Oak Street Lounge 46 (6%)
Air Devil's Inn 39 (5%)
Phoenix Hill Tavern 16 (2%)
Other 10 (1%)
703 Total votes

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The Kentuckiana Blues Society was founded in 1988 and is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and perpetuation of the Blues Tradition in all of its forms. We are located in Louisville Kentucky and serve what is called Kentuckiana (the Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana area)


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