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Upcoming Events


Madison Theatre
Covington KY


Fri May 10 Delbert McClinton

Madison Theatre


Lake Cumberland
Blues, Boats & BBQ Fest
State Dock
(Jamestown, KY)


Saturday, May 11

Little T&A, Debora Renee & Two Weeks Old, One Shot Johnny, Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof, da Mudcats, Them Bones,
The KingBees, Inner City Blues Band,
Pat Morley and the Sound Crew


Lake Cumberland Blues Fest

Jim Porters Good Time Emporium Logo

Fri May 17 Grand Marquis CD Release Party

Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium

Old Louisville SpringFest


Friday & Saturday
May 17 & 18
First Street @ Ormsby


Old Louisville SpringFest
Pitt Academy
29th Annual Bar-B-Q Pitt Festival Pitt Academy

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Dinner 4:00pm-8:00pm
Music at 5:00pm


Pitt Academy


Belterra Casino
Florence IN


Sat May 18 Blues, Brews & BBQ w/ The Stacy Mitchhart Band

Belterra Casino

Lyric Theatre (Lexington, KY)

Monday, May 20 - Joe Louis Walker / Aoife O'Donovan

http://www.woodsongs.com/

WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Lexington KY


Monday,
May 20
Joe Louis Walker
Aoife O'Donovan

Lyric Theatre     Wood Songs


BBQ, Blues and Bikes Festival
Elizabethtown KY

Saturday, May 25, 2013
Noon-10:00pm

Music by One Shot Johnny, Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof, D Man and the Alley Hounds and the Blooze Brothers Band

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BBQ Blues Fest

Blues Between the Bridges
@ Riptide on the River
Lexington KY


Sunday, May 26 Ronn Crowder, RC & the NightShades, Sofa King Deluxe, Robbie Bartlett, G. Busy Blues Revue and Tee Dee Young

G Busy     Riptide on the River

Chick Ridge Bike Rally
Hardinsburg KY

Thursday & Friday, May 30 & 31
The Beat Daddys

http://www.chickridge.com/

Headliner's Music Hall Logo


Sat May 11 Devil Makes Three /
Jonny Fritz
Sat Aug 10 Pokey LaFarge /
The Tillers

Headliners Music Hall

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar Logo

Fri May 10 Mike Milligan & Steam Shovel
Fri May 17 Studebaker John and the Hawks
Sun Jun 2 KBS Blues Challenge / Bands

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar


Sun May 26 The Charles Walker Band

Hideaway Saloon

Uncle Slayton's


Sun Jun 2 Peter Case / Joel Timothy

Uncle Slayton's


Germantown-Schnitzelburg Blues Festival

May 31-Jun 1, 2013
6:30pm to Midnite

Friday - River City Blues Band, King Sonic and the Gordon Bonham Blues Band

Saturday - The Jaywalkers, Mr. Jimmy and Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof

Free Admission
Bring a lawn chair


Festival on Facebook


Fri Jun 7 Paul Thorn Band /
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Wed Jun 26 Gregg Allman

Iroquois Amphitheater
Tickets available at
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Smokin' on the River
at the Riverstage
Jeffersonville IN


Friday
June 14
Hogtown Blues Band, Benjamin Davis Group, G. Miles & the Hitmen and Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues
Saturday
June 15
Jim Masterson Band, The Rib Tip Kings, Little T&A and The Nighthawks

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WC Handy Blues Fest

Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival
Henderson KY

June 8 - 15

http://www.handyblues.org/


Louisville Blues & Barbecue Festival
@ The Water Tower


July 19-21, 2013
Line-Up TBA


Blues & Barbecue Festival

Maple Inn Tavern
9416 Taylorsville Rd


Sun Aug 11 KBS Blues Challenge /
Solo-Duo

Maple Inn Tavern

2012 KBS Winners

2012 Sylvester Weaver Award
to Howard Rosenberg



KBS Prez Gary Sampson (L) and KBS Blues Curmudgeon Keith Clements (R)
present the Weaver Award to
Howard Rosenberg (center)
for his work with the
Garvin Gate Blues Festival
and as a long-time local blues supporter


 

2012 Blues Contest Winners
for best Blues
Band, Solo/Duo, CD, Youth


Band Winner
Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof Blues Band
Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof Blues

Solo/Duo Winner
Joe Debow & Danny Henderson
Joe & Danny
Joe Debow & Danny Henderson


Best Self-produced CD

Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof Blues

Youth Showcase
TBD
No 2012 Entries


Winners got Automatic Entry to the Blues Foundation's
International Blues Challenge, January 29, 2013 thru Saturday February 2, 2013.
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Monthly Board Meeting

Monthly meetings are currently held at
The Pizza Place, 2931 Richland Ave
(off Taylorsville Road @ Hikes / Browns Lane)

7:00 pm Apr 3, 2013 The Pizza Place
7:00 pm May 8, 2013
Postponed for Derby
The Pizza Place
7:00 pm Jun 5, 2013 The Pizza Place


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

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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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