Blues’ Muse – Devou Park
August 2 @ 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Blues’ Muse
(No dogs, just Hep cats! Ragtime, Blues & Early Jazz…. )
7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 2, 2025
Devou Park Band Shell, Covington KY
Admission is free, contributions encouraged.
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The KSO’s Newport Ragtime Band uncovers the roots of America’s pop music history from spirituals to the music of Betty Boop. You will clap, sing and chair dance along to the authentic sounds of 1898-1936.
A TANK Shuttle Bus will depart every half hour from Covington Catholic High School (CCHS) on Dixie Highway starting at 6 p.m through 7:30 p.m., for $2 each way. Chairs and coolers are allowed on buses. At the end of the program, shuttle buses line Band Shell Blvd. to return immediately to the CCHS parking lot.
Seniors and others who wish to avoid crowds are invited to attend the Saturday 10:00 a.m. dress rehearsal 
Register for concert updates and a chance to win over $500 in prizes
Register now to receive concert up-dates and a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card plus a pair of tickets to the KSO’s entire 33rd season (5 concerts Oct – May) — a total value of $500. A $25 gift card drawing (e.g. Kroger, UDF, Amazon etc.) will be held five days after each Summer program, and the grand prize winner will be chosen on Friday Sept 6th. To enter the drawing, all you have to do is register and complete that concert’s post-concert survey. The survey responses help the KSO secure foundation grants.
There is no admission charge for this concert. However, we encourage and appreciate contributions of $5 per person. Your generosity keeps the music playing!
Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Picnics welcome. Concessions will be available. Parking is free.
Tangie Wyatt and Deondra Means, Vocalists
On the Program
| Song |
|
| “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” | Traditional |
| Spiritual Medley “His Eye is on the Sparrow” “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” “This Train” |
Traditional |
| “The Entertainer” | Scott Joplin |
| “St. Louis Blues” | W.C. Handy |
| “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” | Clarence Muse |
| “Dark Town Strutters’ Ball” | Shelton Brooks |
| The Queen Rag | Floyd Willis |
| “Castle Walk” | James R. Europe |
| “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” | Lil Hardin Armstrong |
| “Minnie the Moocher” | Cab Calloway |
| Intermission | |
| “The Jumpin Jive” | Cab Calloway |
| “Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out” | Jimmie Cox |
| “12th Street Rag” | Euday Bowman |
| “Black Bottom Stomp” | Jelly Roll Morton |
| “You Gotta Ho-De-Ho / Scat Song”
from Betty Boop’s Old Man of the Mountain |
Billy Hill/Frank Perkins |
| “Weary Blues” | Artie Matthews |
| Fats Waller Medley “Ain’t Misbehavin’” “Honeysuckle Rose” “Yo’ Feet’s Too Big” “The Joint is Jumpin’ |
Fats Waller |
| ‘When the Saints Go Marching In” |
Traditional |
**This program will be streamed live on this website only, on Sunday August 3 at 7:30 p.m. **
For more information, call (859) 431-6216.