Open Jams
Sunday
- Lou Lou on Market - NOLA Style Blues/Jazz Jam hosted by Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves - 6pm
Monday
- Mercurio's Music & RestoBar - Jam Night - 6:00
Tuesday
- BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Road) - Open Stage - 8:30pm
- Bud's Tavern (Jeffersontown, KY) - Blues Jam - 6pm
- Stevie Ray's Blues Bar - Tues Night Blues Jam - 8:30pm
Wednesday
- Central Hotel (Madison, IN) - Open Mic - 7pm
- Frank's Whiskey Place - Jam - 8pm
- Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis IN) - Blues Jam - 8pm
- Stevie Ray's Blues Bar- Open Jam - The John Burgard Band - 8pm
- Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington KY) - Open Mic - 7pm
Thursday
- Stevie Ray's Blues Bar - Thursday Night Throwdown - 7pm
- Bloomington, Indiana Blues Jam- Various Locations in Bloomington- 7pm
Festivals 2026
- May 9 Bloomfield Barbeque, Blues & Brews (Bloomfield, IN)
- May 24 Blues Between The Bridges (Lexington, KY)
- June 5-6 Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival (Louisville, KY)
- June 6 Kentucky Blues Music Festival (Mt. Vernon, KY)
- June 13 Midway Bourbon and Blues Festival (Midway, KY)
- June 17-20 Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival (Henderson, KY)
- June 27 Cumberland’s Blues, Beer and BBQ (Cumberland, IN)
- July 4 Crescent Hill Art and Music Festival (Louisville, KY)
- July 11-12 Cincy Blues Festival (Cincinnati, OH)
- July 18 Appalachian Blues Festival (Huntington, WV)
- July 25 Cumberland’s Blues, Beer and BBQ (Cumberland, IN)
- August 8 Summer Soul Festival (Bloomington, IN)
- August 22 Cumberland’s Blues, Beer and BBQ (Cumberland, IN)
- August 22 Diamond Teeth Mary Blues & Arts Festival (Huntington, WV)
- August 27-29 The Southern Indiana Blues Festival (Bean Blossom, IN
- September 4-6 Roots and Heritage Festival (Lexington, KY)
- September 12 McCormick's Creek State Park Arts, Blues & BBQ Festival (Spencer, IN)
- September 12 Blues in the 'Burg (Brownsburg, IN)
- September 24-27 Bourbon & Beyond Festival (Louisville, KY)
- October 3 National Jug Band Jubilee (Louisville, KY)
- October 3 Bloomington Blues Fest (Bloomington, IN)
- October 9-10 Garvin Gate Blues Festival (Louisville, KY)
- October 10 Haunted Huntingburg Blues Festival (Huntingburg, IN)
- November 7 Queen City Blues Fest (Harrison, OH)
more free tickets!
Not even a drawing! Our friends at Live Nation Kentucky have given us MORE TICKETS to the Devon Allman show August 30! GA-20 is the opener for this. If you know, you know. GRAB THESE TICKETS! This show is NOT TO BE MISSED!! Email john@kbsblues.org before 3:00 PM tomorrow (Thursday, August 27) and let him know who will be claiming the tickets!