The Juke Joint (PBS 106.7fm)

18/08/2025

Another edition of The Juke Joint has been sent out into the ether. Check it out!

https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-juke-joint/2025-08-17/13-00-00

17/08/2025

JUKE JOINT GIG GUIDE 17th AUGUST 2025

SUNDAY 17th AUGUST

2:30pm, Mister Sippy, Richmond Bowls Club, Richmond

3pm, Geoff Achison & The Algo Rhythms, St Andrew’s Hotel, St Andrews

3pm, Kid James, Dave Cantrell, Til Vex & Andrew Lindsay JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIBUTE, Fitzroy Bowls Club, Fitzroy

3pm, Michael Pollitt, Oydis Bar, Ashburton

4pm, Elwood Blues CLub BLUES JAM, The Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea

4pm, Kelly Auty & Brian Fraser, The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne

4pm, Southern Lightnin’, Scottie’s Garage, Seaford

4pm, Shaun Klinger & The Heavy Kicks, The Rainbow, Fitzroy

4pm, The Sons of Blues, The Woodlands, Coburg

5pm, STINGO BLUES presents Bill Barber + BLUES JAM, The Yorkshire Stingo, Abbotsford

5pm, Charlie Bedford, The Westerport Hotel, San Remo

MONDAY 18th AUGUST

TUESDAY 19th AUGUST

7:30pm, MBAS presents Spoonful + BLUES JAM, Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club, Kensington

WEDNESDAY 20th AUGUST

7:30pm, Kathleeen Halloran; Zevon Lee, Shotkickers, Thornbury

THURSDAY 21st AUGUST

7pm, Matt Arthur & The Lazybones, George Lane, St Kilda

7:30pm, HUME BLUES CLUB presents The Mish Mash Mamas + BLUES JAM, Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury

9pm, Andrew Swann with Blues Roulette, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

FRIDAY 22nd AUGUST

7pm, Pat Powell & The Blues Roulette Big Band, Emerald RSL, Emerald

8:30pm, Brett Mosley, The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne

9pm, Frankie & The Bad Cats; Oscar LaDell, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

SATURDAY 23rd AUGUST

8pm, Chicago Dime, The Inkerman Hotel, St Kilda

8pm, The Dusty Dimes, The Thornbury Local, Thornbury

9pm, Pat Powell & The Blues Roulette Big Band, The Lomond, Brunswick East

9pm, Laurel & The Painkillers; The Lone Vanguard, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

SUNDAY 24th AUGUST

1:30pm, VOODOO BOOGIE feat The Detonators; Rod Paine & The Full Time Lovers; Collard Greens & Gravy, Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL, Oakleigh

2pm, WOW presents Pat Powell & The Blues Roulette Big Band, Newport Bowls Club, Newport

17/08/2025

Getting down for another week at The Juke Joint. We've got the latest from Roomful of Blues and Kirk Fletcher, gospel blues from Leo "Bud" Welch, Chicago blues from Magic Slim and plenty more.

Out your radio today form 13:00 (AEST) on PBS 106.7FM Melbourne and streaming on demand at

Classic & Contemporary Blues with Matt Frederick

13/08/2025

11/08/2025

Another week done at The Juke Joint. Dig it any time you please, anywhere in the world: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-juke-joint/2025-08-10/13-00-00

10/08/2025

JUKE JOINT GIG GUIDE 10th AUGUST 2025

SUNDAY 10th AUGUST

2:30pm, Mister Sippy, Richmond Union Bowling Club, Richmond

3pm, The Phil Para Band; 68 Love Revival, The Wickers Club, Elsternwick

3pm, Christine Manetta Culture Combo, Coburg RSL, Coburg

4pm, Elwood Blues Club BLUES JAM, The Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea

4pm, Checkerboard Lounge, The Rainbow, Fitzroy

4pm, Craig Woodward & Friends, The Catfish, Fitzroy

4pm, Blues Roulette feat Jesse Valach, The Woodlands Hotel, Coburg

5pm, STINGO BLUES presents Ian Collard + BLUES JAM, The Yorkshire Stingo, Abbotsford

5pm, Deadnecks JERRY DAY CELEBRATION, Lulie Tavern, Abbotsford

6:30pm, Harmaniax, Bar Open, Fitzroy

TUESDAY 12th AUGUST

6:30pm, MBAS MEMPHIS BAND CHALLENGE HEAT ONE feat: Blues Sapphire; Minnie & The Moonrakers; The Big John Blues Experience; The Cam Walter Blues Band; The John Williams Blues Band; Ozone Street, Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club, Kensington (Note: NO JAM)

8pm, Catfish Gumbo, The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne

WEDNESDAY 13th AUGUST

6:30pm, MBAS MEMPHIS BAND CHALLENGE HEAT TWO feat:The Otis Namrell Trio; Phil Coyne & The Wayward Aces; Cold Snap; Zevon Lee; Chicago Dime, Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club, Kensington

6:30pm, The Deep South Brass 8, Queen Victoria Night Markets, CBD

7pm, “The Chris Wilson Cheersquad” feat Shane O’Mara; George Wilson; Barb Waters; Van Walker, Carl Panuzzo; Shannon Bourne, DJ Max Crawdaddy & MORE,Northcote Social Club, Northcote

7:30pm, Kathleen Halloran; Xani, Shotkickers, Thornbury

8pm, Laurel & The Painkillers, The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne

THURSDAY 14th AUGUST

7pm, “The Chris Wilson Cheersquad” feat Shane O’Mara; George Wilson; Barb Waters; Van Walker, Carl Panuzzo; Shannon Bourne, DJ Max Crawdaddy & MORE,Northcote Social Club, Northcote

7pm, The Tonalists, Bar 303, Northcote

7:30pm, HUME BLUES CLUB presents Bronnie Gordon + BLUES JAM, Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury

8pm, El Bebe; The Southbound Snake Charmers; The Snake Preachers, Stay Gold, Brunswick

9pm, Blues Roulette w/ Tim Stout, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

FRIDAY 15th AUGUST

7pm, Rod Paine & The Fulltime Lovers (ALBUM LAUNCH!), George Lane, St Kilda

7pm, Checkerboard Lounge, Kindred Bandroom, Footscray

9pm, Conqueror Root; Mighty Matt Wallace, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

SATURDAY 16th AUGUST

7:30pm, Nardia, Mt Martha Bowls Club, Mt Martha

7:30pm, Sonourous (NZ), Kew Courthouse, Kew

9pm, The Maskell-Love Band; Dan Dinnen, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

8:30pm, DJ Diddy Wah presents “A Date With Elvis”, The Old Bar, Fitzroy

9:30pm, The South East Gents, The 12 Bar, Belgrave

SUNDAY 17th AUGUST

1:30pm, VOODOO BOOGIE feat Collard Greens & Gravy; Rod Paine & The Fulltime Lovers, The Detonators, The Bundy Hall, Bundalaguah

10/08/2025

Time to take another trip to The Juke Joint. We've got got new bluse from Devon Allman, Mississippi sounds from Garry Burnside and Stud Ford & Will Coppage, Australian blues from Mister Sippy and Checkerboard Lounge plus an awful lot more on the side of the plate.

Coming out your radio today from 13:00 (AEST) on PBS 106.7FM Melbourne and streaming live or on-demand at

Classic & Contemporary Blues with Matt Frederick

04/08/2025

Another week done at The Juke Joint. Listen on demand or check out the full, annotated playlist:

https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-juke-joint/2025-08-03/13-00-00

03/08/2025

JUKE JOINT GIG GUIDE 3rd AUGUST 2025

SUNDAY 3rd AUGUST

3pm, Phil Para Band, Scottie’s Garage, Seaford

3pm, The Pearly Shells, Fitzroy Bowls Club, Fitzroy

4pm, Dan Dinnen and Shorty, The Rainbow, Fitzroy

4pm, Chicago Dime, The Catfish, Fitzroy

4pm, Elwood Blues Club BLUES JAM, The Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea

4pm, The Michael Meeking Band, The Woodlands Hotel, Coburg

5pm, The Moreland City Soul R***e, The Lomond, Brunswick East

5pm, Jumpin’ Jethro Whitikar, The King of Tonga, Elwood

5pm, The Danny Walsh Banned, The Union Hotel, Brunswick

5pm, STINGO BLUES feat Nat Allison + BLUES JAM, the Yorkshire Stingo, Abbotsford

5pm, INTERNATIONAL BLUES DAY feat T.K. Reeve; Doggerel; Benny Peters & The Mistreaters; Rod Paine; Blues Roulette feat Iseula & Justin Yap, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

6:30pm, The Steamboat Whistlers, Bar Open, Fitzroy

MONDAY 4th AUGUST

7:30pm, The NBA Blues Jam, the Woodlands Hotel, Coburg

TUESDAY 5th AUGUST

8pm, MBAS presents The Jarrod Shaw Duo + BLUES JAM, Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club, Kensington

WEDNESDAY 6th AUGUST

8pm, Kathleen Halloran; Taryn, Shotkickers, Thornbury

THURSDAY 7th AUGUST

7:30pm, HUME BLUES CLUB presents The Dollar 20 Blues Band + BLUES JAM, Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury

9pm, Blues Roulette with Oscar Ladell, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

FRIDAY 8th AUGUST

6pm, Charlie Wooton & Arlene DeLay (USA) w/ Geoff Achison, The Piano Bar, Geelong

9pm, The Hoodoo Men; Ben J Carter, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

SATURDAY 9th AUGUST

1pm, Charlie Wooton & Arlene DeLay (USA) w/ Geoff Achison, The Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick

7pm, Jittery Jack (USA), Fitzroy Bowls Club, Fitzroy

7:30pm, 32 Bars vol 2 ALBUM LAUNCH, Bar 303, Northcote

8:30pm, The Heavy Kicks, Cherry Bar, CBD

9pm, Sammy Owen Blues Band, 12 Bar, Belgrave

9pm, Nick Charles & Mick Pealing, The Lomond, Brunswick East

9pm, The Maskell-Love Band, The Drunken Poet, West Melbourne

9pm, VP and The Jumper Leads; Tony J King, Beneath Driver Lane, CBD

SUNDAY 10th AUGUST

2pm, WoW presents Peppercreek Revival, Newport Bowls Club, Newport

2pm, Ezra Lee & Damon Smith, Beav’s Bar, Geelong

03/08/2025

Another session going on at The Juke Joint. We've got fresh music from Buddy Guy, Rory Block, Jungle Jim Smith and Collard Greens and Gravy plus a huge pile of classic and unearthed tunes from Fenton Robinson, Junior Wells (Official) and a whole lot more.

Tune in today from 13:00 (AEST) on PBS 106.7FM Melbourne and stream any time at

Classic & Contemporary Blues with Matt Frederick