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Jan 28-Feb 1, 2020 |
36th International Blues Challenge Beale
Street
Memphis TN
Web Site |
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KBS Entrants:
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Band: Blackjack Davey and the Rhythm Kings
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Solo/Duo: Carnes and Shew
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Youth: Jacob McDaniel
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Best Self-Produced CD:
“Mr. Little Big Man”
Screamin' John and TD Lind
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Last Year's Events -
(Most festivals are held the same time
each year - make your plans now for next year) |
May 10-11, 2019 |
International
Bar-B-Que Festival
Owensboro KY |
Friday, May 10
Several acts including OTISSaturday, May 11
Several acts including The Beat Daddys |
Web Site

Schedule of Events |
May 25, 2019 |
BBQ, Blues and Bikes
Festival
Elizabethtown KY |

Web Site |
Cherry Lot Stage
Mike Milligan & Steam Shovel
Lisa Mann
Chris Antonik
Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics
Cha Wa
Historic State
Theater
Austin Walkin’ Cane
Hurricane Ruth Featuring Guitarist Scott Holt
Scotty Bratcher
The Rad Trads
Selwyn Birchwood
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May 26, 2019 |
10th Edition
Blues Between
the Bridges

9079 Old Richmond Road
Lexington KY 40515
(I-75 Exit #99) |

Music at 4:15
Clay Gilliam and the No Pressure Blues Band
Paul Childers
Laurie Jane and the 45's
Biscuit Miller
Johnny Rawls
Ronnie Baker Brooks
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Presented by:

Tickets $20 * Rain or Shine
No Bottles, Cans, Coolers Allowed
Lots of seating but Blankets & Lawn Chairs are okay
Web Site |
May 31 - Jun 1, 2019 |
10th Annual Germantown-Schnitzelburg
Blues
Festival@ the intersection of Hickory & Burnett
Streets |
 
Facebook Event Page
Facebook Group |
Friday, May 31
7:00-8:00 - Rusty Ends and Hillbilly
HooDoo
8:30-10:00 -
The Travlin Mojos
10:30-12:00 -
The VillEffect
Saturday, June 1
4:00-5:00 -
Tailfin Cadillacs
5:30-6:30 -
D.J. Rice and the Payin' Dues Blues
Band
7:00-8:00 -
King Bee and The Stingers
8:30-10:00 - Tee Dee Young with
special guest Sheryl Rouse
10:30-12:00 -
100 Proof with Special Guests
FREE ADMISSION
Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the show
A portion of the proceeds go to Kids Cancer Alliance
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Jun 12-15, 2019 |
29th
Annual
WC Handy Blues Festival
Henderson KY |
Wed |
Jun 12 |
The Beat Daddys, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’
Paxton,
Jonathan Long, and Vanessa Collier |
Thu |
Jun 13 |
Ben Prestage,
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers,
and Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band |
Fri |
Jun 14 |
Blues 4U, the Gough-Martin Blues
Band & Tramp,
the Keesha Pratt Band, Coco Montoya,
and Chicago Plays The Stones |
Sat |
Jun 15 |
Harris James, Ben Prestage,
Jontavious Willis,
the Altered Five Blues Band, Ruthie Foster,
and Southern Hospitality |
Complete
Festival Schedule |
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Facebook Page |
Jun 21-22, 2019 |
Louisville
Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
@ The Water Tower
River Road at Zorn Ave
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Schedule Presented by
Four Roses Bourbon
and the
Bisig
Impact Group
KBS Members
receive free admission to both days
with current membership card !
Must Join or Renew by June 1
NOTE: This Event is a month earlier than last year

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Friday |
The Saints
Big Poppa Stampley
Toronzo Cannon |
Saturday |
The Revelators
King Bee & The Stingers
Laurie Jane and the 45s
Little Ed & the Blues Imperials |
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Jul 19-20, 2019 |
26th Annual
Master Musicians Festival
Somerset KY |
Several acts including
Cedric Burnside and Johnny Conqueroo
Web Site
Facebook |
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Jul 6, 2019 |
4th Annual
Burdette Blues
Festival
Burdette Park
Evansville IN |
R.J. Rigdon & Gary Jones
Muddy Gutt
Blues4U
Beyond Blu
Facebook Event |
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Jul 13, 2019 |
Cincy Blues Fest
Smale Riverfront Park
Cincinnati OH |

Festival Web Site
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Presented by

Saturday, July 13
BITS Band, Trouble Waters,
Ben Levin Band with Special Guest Phillip Paul,
Leroy Ellington's Sacred Hearts Band,
G. Miles & The Band of Helping Hands,
The Blues Beatles, and Lil' Red & the Rooster
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Aug 10-11, 2019 |
Annual
Bloomington Boogies:
The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival
Bloomington IN |

Bloomington Boogies |
Saturday, August 10
Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, Alfred "Uganda" Roberts,
Scott Patterson and more
Sunday, August 11
Josh Christina, Michael Drexler, Anju Marie Chandy,
Kid Kazooey, Noah Selo,
Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi Duo,
Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, Keith McCutchen,
Henri Herbert, Craig Brenner, Alfred "Uganda"
Roberts,
Bob Seeley, Judy Carmichael, Jean-Pierre Bertrand,
Scott Patterson, and Ben Toury
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Aug 17, 2019 |
Capital City Blues and
River FestivalRiverview Park
Frankfort KY |
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Ward Oates Amphitheater, Frankfort KY
6:00pm – 10:00pmMusic by
Tullie Brae & Robbie Bartlett
Tickets & Info
Facebook Page |

Facebook Page |
Aug 16-18, 2019 |
Madison Ribberfest
Madison IN |

Ribberfest Web
SiteHotline: 800-559-2956 |
Fri |
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Sat |
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Big Poppa
Stampley and
Voodou Gumbo
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The
Kilborn Alley Blues Band
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Shawn
Pittman
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Altered
Five Blues Band
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Indigenous
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Tommy
Castro and the Painkillers
with Special Guest Magic Dick
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Madison Ribberfest |
Aug 22-24, 2019 |
29th Annual
Hot August BluesKenlake State Resort
Park
Hardin KY |

Park
Web Site
Festival Web
Site
Tickets $30 in advance and $40 at the
gate |
Thu |
Opening Night Jam by Adam & The H Bombs
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Fri |
TJohn
Sutton Band
Alonzo Pennington w/ the Xtraordinary Gentlemen
Jonathon Long |
Sat |
AnNightfish
Gough-Martin Blues Band
The Beat Daddys
Boscoe France
Big Al & The Heavyweights
The Memphis All Stars
Reba Russell Band
Joanna Connor |
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Aug 22-24, 2019 |
20th Annual
Bean Blossom Blues Fest
Bill Monroe Music Park
Bean Blossom IN |
 Bean
Blossom Blues Web Sites |
Thu |
Opening Night Jam w/ The 1-4-5's |
Fri |
Noah Wotherspoon
The Tony Holiday Band
Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Ban
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Sat |
Gordon Bonham
Damon Fowler
Cedric Burnside
Ruf Record's Blues Caravan 2019 with Ina Forsman
Ally Venable
Katarina Pejak
The Record
Company
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Full Schedule |
Sep 13-14, 2019 |
Blues at the Crossroads Terre Haute IN |

Blues at the Crossroads Web
Site |
Friday |
Main Stage
- Milk Walker
- South City Revival
- Against the Clocks
- Monte Skelton & Team Skelton
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Verve Stage
- Tommy Kelly
- The Nobodies
- Soupbone Blackwater Mission
- The Nerve
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Saturday |
Main Stage
- Jazz Metamorphosis
- Midnight Motive
- James Neary and the Bevy Blues
- Blind Mississippi Morris
- Jennie Devoe
- Austin Sterling
- COFRESI
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Verve Stage
- Nick Gibbs
- Jeff Randall and The Cohorts
- Cosmic Situation
- Jazz Metamorphosis
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Sep 14, 2019 |
National Jug Band Jubilee Louisville KY |
Free Admission
Noon to 11 PM
Brown-Forman Amphitheater @ Waterfront ParkJim Kweskin,
Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band,
Steel City Jug Slammers, The Juggernaut Jug Band,
Jake Leg Stompers, The Cincinnati Dancing Pigs,
and Miss Maybell & “Ragtime” Charlie Judkins |

Jug Band Jubilee Web Site
Facebook Page |
Sep 14, 2019 |
Lake Cumberland Blues, BBQ and Arts Festival Somerset KY |
Music by:
Taylor Fox
Holiday & Mullins,
The Lake Cumberland Blues Jam Band,
The Catdaddies, The Blue Crawdads,
the Rachel Crowe Band,
and the Ghost Town Blues Band
Facebook - Lake Cumberland Blues Society |
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Sep 20-22, 2019 |
Bourbon & Beyond Louisville KY |
Bourbon and Beyond
Louisville KY
KY Fair & Expo Center
Friday, September 20
Several acts including the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Saturday, September 21
Several acts including Samantha Fish and Cedric Burnside
Sunday, September 22
Several acts including Southern Avenue and ZZ Top
Full Music Schedule
Bourbon and Beyond |
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Sep 27-28, 2019 |
NABBB Fest
New Albany IN |
New Albany Blues Brews &
BBQ Festival Bicentennial Park
Downtown New Albany |
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Oct 6, 2019 |
Big Rock Jazz and Blues Festival Douglass Community Center, Louisville |

Music by
Brazukas, The Buzzard,
and The Stray Cat Blues Band featuring Greg Martin
Louisville Jazz Society
Facebook Festival Page |
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Oct 11-12, 2019 |
24th Annual
Garvin Gate
Blues
Festival Garvin Place
@ Oak Street |

Blues for Youth on Saturday
GGBF Web Site |
Gavin Gate Blues Fest Schedule
Friday |
Four
Roses Stage (Oak & Garvin Place) |
Laurie Jane & The 45s
Studebaker John & The Hawks
Billy Flynn Blues Review featuring
Willie Buck & Wallace Coleman
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Down in the Alley Records Stage
(Oak @ 4th) |
Jordan Wilson Coalition |
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Saturday |
11:00am-1:30pm |
Blues for Youth Activities
(details coming) |
Saturday |
Four
Roses Stage (Oak & Garvin Place) |
LTD
Blues
da Mudcats
Sheryl Rouse & The Bluez Brothers
The Stella Vees
The Mike Wheeler Band
Screamin’ John & TD Lind
The Hazel Miller Band |
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Down in the Alley Records Stage (Oak @ 4th) |
The
Revelators
King Bee & The Stingers |
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Blues for Youth @ Garvin Gate Saturday, October 13, 2018
11:30am-1:30pm
A day of learning beginner’s harmonica and
enjoying BLUES music for ALL AGES
Thanks to our sponsors:
 
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Blues for Youth Schedule
12:15 pm |
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12:45 pm |
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1:00 pm |
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1:30 pm |
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2:00 pm |
Start of Garvin Gate Blues
Festival |
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Previous Year's Events -
(Most festivals are held the same time
each year - make your plans now for next year) |
Feb 2-3, 2018 |
Winter
Blues & Heritage FestivalDuke Convention Center
Cincinnati OH |
 2018 Winter Blues & Heritage Festival
@ Duke Convention Center
Cincinnati OH
Cincy
Blues Winter Blues Fest |
Headliners:
Tinsley Ellis,
Noah Hunt,
Jane Lee Hooker,
Samantha Fish
Presented by:
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Aug 16-26, 2018 |
Kentucky State Fair
KY Fair & Expo Center |
KY State Fair
Web Site
MySpace
FaceBook
Twitter |
Live Music daily in the
Food & Music Tents
Plus additional concerts
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Sep 7-8, 2018 |
Kentucky State BBQ Festival
Danville KY |
Friday, September 7
Rachel Crowe and Tee Dee YoungSaturday, September
8
Paul Childers and Dillon Carmichael
KY BBQ
Festival |
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Sat, Sep 29, 2018 |
3rd Annual
Burdette Blues FestivalEvansville IN |

River Basin Blues Society
EvansvilleBlues.com |
Saturday, Sep 29
- Ryan Rigdon and the Primal Roots
- 2Miles Back
- CTO
- Alonzo Pennigton
- King Bee and the Stingers
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Nov 17, 2018 |
KBS 30th Anniversary Celebration
New Direction Bar & Grill |
 Big
KBS 30th Celebration |
Music by:
The Stray Cats
KBS 2018 Blues Challenge Winner
New Direction Facebook Page |
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Past Events
that have changed - Please research availability |
May 15-16, 2015 |
Old Louisville Springfest
First Street @ Ormsby |
Web site
No Live Music for 2017 |
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May 16, 2015 |
31st Annual Bar-B-Q Pitt Festival
Pitt Academy - Louisville |
Web Site
Music by The King Bees and Da Mudcats
starting at
5:30
Discontinued in 2016 |
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Jun 2-3, 2017 |
Muddy Roots
Spring WeekenderBrown County IN |
Facebook Event
Page |
Friday, June 2
Pearls Mahone, Toe Knee Tea, Brooke Blanche,
Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Mountain Sprout,
Left Lane Crusier and Jimmy Duck Holmes
Saturday, June 3
Joe Henry, Billy Cook, Matt Heckler, Rock Bottom String Band,
Jayke Orvis, Pine Hill Haints, O'Death,
Joseph Huber and the Legendary Shack Shakers |
Jun 18, 2016 |
2nd
Annual
Blues Harbor Fest
(formerly Lake Cumberland Blues, Boats & BBQ Fest)State Dock @
Lake Cumberland
(Jamestown KY)
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Music by: Blues and Greys, The
KingBees and Les Dudek
Festival Web Site
State Dock Web Site
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Jun 12-13, 2015 |
Smokin' on the River
BBQ,
Blues & Brew FestivalAt RiverStage
Jeffersonville IN |

Smokin' on the River
Visit the Fest on Facebook |
Friday, June 12
Billy Byrd & Pen Bogert, The Tarnations, The Stella
Vees,
The Beat Daddys and Tinsley Ellis
Saturday, June 13
Randy Colvin, Tyrone Cotton & Screamin' John,
the
Dallas Cole Band, Butch Williams,
the Bell Bottom Blues Band and the
Vanessa Davis Group
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Sep 5-6, 2014 |
Roots and Heritage Festival Downtown
Lexington KY |
Friday, September
5
Nellie "Tiger" TravisSaturday, September 6
Lakeside and Harold Melvin's Bluenotes
Roots Fest Ky |
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Sep 11-12, 2015 |
Bands & BBQ
at the PointPoint Park,
Carrollton KY |
NOTE - It appears the music is no longer Blues,
possibly all Country
Carroll
County Website |
Friday
Sept 11 |
6pm - The Louden Mundane Band
8pm - County Wide |
Saturday
Sept 12 |
11am - 12pm: Will Wallace
12pm -2pm: Nobody'z Bizzness
2pm -4pm: Jordan Wilson Trio
4pm - BBQ Awards
5pm - Van Waylon
7pm - Josh London
9pm - Sparechange Millionairres |
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Sep 12, 2015 |
Fort Knox Blues Fest |
Visit Web Site |

Toronzo Cannon, Edward David Anderson,
Jarekus Singleton and Nick Schnebelen
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Sep 15, 2017 |
4th Annual Smoketown GetDown for Democracy Shelby & Lampton Streets |
Music by:
Yared Sound, Str8Diamonds Dance Team,
Otis Junior & The Jesse Lees,
Junior J & Piff the Dragon, and The Afrophysicists.Free Admission
KFTC Web Site
Facebook Event |
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