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•WED MAY 25
The Bard’s Town: St. James Hotel; 9 p.m., $3
BBC, 4th Street: Songwriters Showcase with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free
Blu: Craig Wagner & Carly Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Emily Clark Band; 8 p.m. (R)
Chick Inn: Erin; 6 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Tennesse Tramp, Ryan Niemiller; 8 p.m., $10
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7 p.m., free
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: CJ Malonee, Clint Ackerman, Russ Wallace; 7:30 p.m.
11th Frame: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Yarn
Gilbert’s Bar & Grill: Blues Jam hosted by Jimmy G & the Sidewinders; free (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Guitar Emporium: Taylor Guitars Road Show; 7 p.m., free
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Open Mic; 8 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room: Open Stage hosted by the Fuck Munkys; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Jenna Mattingly & Dave Wilson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
JazzyBlu: Mix Wednesdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m. (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Walnut St. Blues Band; 8:30 p.m., free; Karaoke; 9 p.m. (Melody Bar) (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 6 p.m., free (R)
Magnolia Bar & Grill: Get Down Wednesdays with Sleepy T.; 11 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Charlie Logsdon & Dan Boone; 8:30 p.m.; Relic; 9:30 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Po’ Brothers, KTO, The Over-reactors; 10 p.m., Shake Your Booty Contest; 1 a.m. (R)
Prime Lounge: Wine Down Wednesday with DJ K-Dogg;10 p.m., free (R)
River Bend Winery: Katy Rene; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Two Far Gone; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Indie Rock Showcase; 9 p.m., $4
TK’s Pub: Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Pleasant’s: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Waterfront Park: Over the Rhine, Cabin, Harper Blynn; 6 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Karaoke (R)
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band with Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
•THU MAY 26
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Attack of the Pacifists; 8 p.m., $5
Belvedere: Abbey Road on the River
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Cahoots: Daikaiju, Bu Hao Ting; 9 p.m., $5
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 6 p.m., free (R)
Club 21: German Shepherd, Chime Hours, Alcohol Party; 9 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Tennesse Tramp, Ryan Niemiller; 8 p.m., $10; Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5 (R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Kit Karma, Nick Peay, Adam Hardesty; 8 p.m.
El Nopal, Goose Creek: The Louisville Blues; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Jessup & the Get Downs
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 10:30 p.m., free
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Handsome; 10:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Hurstbourne: Bluegrass Anonymous Jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Improv: Marvin Dixon, Rayzor; 8 p.m., $15
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: FattLabb; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: U-Call it Dance Party with Ron Wallace; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Swing Dance Lessons; 7 p.m.; Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Magnolia Bar & Grill: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Molly Malone’s, Highlands: Andrea Davidson; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Goast; 9 p.m. (R)
Mulligan’s Pub & Grille: Singer/Songwriter open mic with Thomas Bowman & Denny Wheatly
Phoenix Hill Tavern: 3rd Tri, Rock Brigade
Saddle Ridge: Thursday Throwdown with DJ KoKo
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Senor Iguana’s, Shelbyville Road: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Starbase Q: “Lyrically Spoken” open mic & karaoke; 10 p.m.
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Edgehill Ave.; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Midnight Hour Sound System; 10 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: Brent James & the Contraband, The Douglas Lucas Band; 9 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
U of L Bird Recital Hall: Kathleen Karr, flute & Stephen Mattingly, guitar; 8 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Open Mic Night with John Mark (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band with Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
Zeppelin Café: Blues Jam: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 9 p.m., free (R)
•FRI MAY 27
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: KY Shakespeare presents “Taming of the Shrew”; 7:30 p.m., free; Best of the Bottom; 11 p.m., $5-$7
Belvedere: Abbey Road on the River
Big Blue Country: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Bistro 42: Dev & Doug
The Bodega at Felice: Jamie Duvall; 7:30 p.m., free
Buckhead, Jeffersonville: Mike Willett and friends; 8 p.m., free
Check’s Cafe: Pat Younger; 8 p.m., free
Chestnut House: Spoonboy, Eat This McKinley, Great Scots, Antique TV, Mowgli
Churchill Downs: Eight Inch Elvis; 4:30 p.m., free; Dawn Landes and the Hounds; 8:15 p.m., $10
Comedy Caravan: Tennesse Tramp, Ryan Niemiller; 8 & 10:15 p.m., $15
Corner Door: Tom Boone & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Dat Kjun: Karaoke; 8 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Supertruck, Klondike, The Slow Rush, The Debauchees; 8 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s Steakhouse: Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
11th Frame: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Le Butcherettes; 7 p.m., $25 adv., $30 DOS
Gaslight Tavern: DJ Chad; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Germantown Café: DJ, Karaoke with Traveling Salvation Road Show (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Season At Sea, The Amber Aeronaut, The Dammit; 10 p.m., $5
Glassworks: Workers, The Bad Reeds; 8 p.m., $10
Golden Nugget: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10:30 p.m., $5
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Judea; 10 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Slack Jawed Yokels; 10:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Hurstbourne: Karaoke; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes; 8 p.m., free
Improv: Marvin Dixon, Rayzor; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $17 each
Irish Exit: DJ Mel Wiggins
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Java Brewing Co., Prospect: Barefoot Best Friends; 5 p.m, free
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m.; Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Christabel and the Jons, Rick Bartlett’s Rockin’ Soul Revue, Bella Blue, George Bracken Blues Band; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: Twicemade Records’ Freak Central Free Fridays; free (R)
KFC Yum! Center: Zac Brown Band, Blackberry Smoke; 7 p.m., $45
Mozz: Wagner, Fitzgerald & Hyman; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s Bar and Grille: Bluestown; 9 p.m., free
The 930 Center: Jubalson, The Foxery; 7:30 p.m., $8 adv., $10 DOS
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: The Ruins of December; 7 p.m., free
O’Neal’s Sports Bar: The Over-reactors; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Six Miles South, Benjamin Davis Group, Mind Petrol; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: The Mandelbrots; 10 p.m.
Rush Inn: Karaoke; 8 p.m. (R)
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free (R)
Senor Iguana’s, Shelbyville Road: Salsa night; 10 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Black Magic Marker
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Boogiemen, HighBall Red Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Hillbilly Casino; 10 p.m., $7
TK’s Pub: Kirby’s Dreamland; 10 p.m.
Union Station: 5 Pack Band; 10:30 p.m.
U of L Comstock Concert Hall: You Wang and the Huston-Todd Guitar Duo; 4 p.m., $20 or $10 for students & seniors; Stephen Robinson; 8 p.m., $20 or $10 for students & seniors
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: CunninLynguists, Homeboy Sandman, Actions in the Streets, 345; 8 p.m., $10
WFPK: Live Lunch: Kri and Hettie; noon, free, first come, first seated; members at $120 level or above receive priority seating
Wyandotte Tavern: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Zanzabar: Cougar Express, Good Girl; 9:30 p.m., $5
Zazoo’s: The Swindlers; 9 p.m., $5
•SAT MAY 28
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Bank Street Brewhouse: Troubadours of Devine Bliss; 8 p.m.
The Bard’s Town: “Blacklisted Comedy”; 8 p.m., $3; Hazy Jane; 10 p.m., $3
Belvedere: Abbey Road on the River
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 8 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Tennessee Tramp, Ryan Niemiller; 8 & 10:15 p.m., $15
The Connection: DJ Chad Jack
Corner Door: Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m., free
The Dandy Lion: Animal City, Slithering Beast; 7:30 p.m., $5
Dark Star Tavern: The Prankster Trio; 9 p.m. (R)
Derby City Espresso: Little Brothers, Changing Lanes; 8 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Clay & Calen
ear X-tacy: Jubalson; 3 p.m., free; Straight A’s, Prideswallower; 8 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s Steakhouse: Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: John Hood & $-Co Blow Out Birthday Bash
Germantown Café: Dusty Attic; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: V-Groove; 10 p.m., $5
Golden Nugget: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10:30 p.m., $5
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: We Are Hex, Trophy Wives, Natives; 10 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Bloom Street; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: Danny & Chet’s Acoustic Clusterfuck with guest Jack Duvall; 10 p.m., free
Hurley’s Main Street Tavern: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 10:30 p.m., free
Improv: Marvin Dixon, Rayzor; 7 p.m. & 9:45 p.m., $17 each
Irish Exit: GI Joe/Jane Bash with DJ Stingy; 10 p.m., free
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: Neo-Soul Saturdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m.; Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Rick Bartlett’s Rockin’ Soul Revue, Bella Blue, George Bracken Blues Band; 7 p.m.
Longshot Tavern: Doc and the Holidays; 10 p.m., $5
Magnolia Bar & Grill: Johnny Berry and the Outliers; 11 p.m., $5
Mulligan’s Bar & Grille: Amos Hopkins; free
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: Beady, Sunday Proposition, Insomnia; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Tunes of Illusion, The TuneSmiths, Behind Illusion, The Dynamics, Horizontal Boogie Band, The Hiding, C4; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: The Impossible Girl, Bunny Day and the Mercy Buckets; 9:30 p.m., $5
Rush Inn: Karaoke; 8 p.m. (R)
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free (R)
Senor Iguana’s, Shelbyville Road: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Sieg’s on the River: Billy Goat Gruff; 7 p.m., free
Starbase Q: “Luau”; 8 p.m., free
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Black Magic Marker
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, Most Wanted; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: Kirby’s Dreamland; 10 p.m.
Uncle Pleasant’s: Talk of Spring, Our Lucky Stars, This Escape, Chris Karrer
Uncle Slayton’s: Matthew Mayfield, Gaba Gavi; 9 p.m., $8
Union Station: Tim Hicks Presents Tragic Refuge CD Release Party with Tri Tones, Fall n Disguise
U of L Comstock Concert Hall: Matthew Cochran & Adam Zoll Larison; 4 p.m., $20 or $10 for students & seniors; Denis Azabagic; 8 p.m., $20 or $10 for students & seniors
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Vernon Club: “The 17th Annual and Last Dance or Die” featuring TKO, Bobby Saxes & the Mani-Axes; 8 p.m., $13 adv., $15 DOS
Vickie’s Good Times Bar and Grill: Final Shot; 9 p.m., free
Water Tower: Kentucky Reggae Festival; 2 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Is She Weird Is She White; 10 p.m., $8
Zazoo’s: Lou Dog Revival (Sublime Tribute), Come on Pilgrim (Pixies Tribute), Gulley; 9 p.m., $5
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band with Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
•SUN MAY 29
Bearno’s, Highlands: Chris Black, Ryan Conroy, Trapper Haskins; 8 p.m., free
Belvedere: Abbey Road on the River
Blu: Dave Clark Trio; 11 a.m., free (R)
Bourbons Bistro: Ron Jones & Sonny Stephens; 7 p.m., free (R)
Brown Hotel: Sunday Tea: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m., $18 (R)
Comedy Caravan: Tennessee Tramp, Ryan Niemiller; 8 p.m., $10; Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Gerstle’s Place: The Pranksters; 11 p.m., $3 (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Jimmy Eat World, Civil Twilight; 8 p.m., $25
Improv: Marvin Dixon, Rayzor; 7 p.m., $15
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m., free (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Shake-It-Off Sundays: DJs Narwhal & CliffTones; 1 p.m., free (R); Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Beatersville Car and Bike Show” with Davy J Sparrow and His Well Known Famous Drovers, Hellfire Revival, Th’ Empires, Jane Rose and the Deadend Boys, 3GC; 1 p.m., $5 or free under 12 with adult
Saints: Poetry, Pop & Paint w/ Divinity Rose; 8 p.m., $15
Starbase Q: “T-Dance”; 4 p.m., free
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: “Gordofest” featuring The Guttersluts, Arcane Saint, Davy Jay Sparrow, Vice Tricks, Dead City Rejects, Johnny Berry; 7 p.m.
Turtle Run Winery: Ron Jones; 2 p.m.
U of L Comstock Concert Hall: Youth Guitar Ensemble & Orchestra Showcase; 6 p.m., $20 or $10 for students & seniors
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Water Tower: Kentucky Reggae Festival; 2 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jodioke (R)
Zazoo’s: Calumet Reel, Slithering Beast; 9 p.m., $5
Zeppelin Café: Billy Roy Danger and the Rectifiers; 8 p.m.
•MON MAY 30
Belvedere: Abbey Road on the River
Corner Door: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m., free
Dutch’s Tavern: Open Stage Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & Friends; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: Karaoke (R)
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; free (R)
Mozz: Todd Hildreth; 7 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Mic Jam and Karaoke with Larryoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Swingin Mondays with DJ Ron Wallace 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Water Tower: Kentucky Reggae Festival; 1 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Craig Wagner’s Jazz Night; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
TUE may 31
The Bard’s Town: World’s Greatest Open Mic Night; 8 p.m. (R)
BBC, 4th St.: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Big Blue Country: Jon-Mark & Kevin; 8 p.m., free
Blu: Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan (R)
Corner Door: Blouville; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: Karaoke (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Wyndell Williams; 10 p.m., free (R)
Germantown Café: Open Mic; 8:30 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Matt Phelps Bluegrass (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: The New Mastersounds; 9 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: The Handsome; 10 p.m.
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Derby City Association Bop Night: DJ Bob; 6 p.m., $2 (R)
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Bluegrass jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s Bar & Grille: Open Stage Jam with Amos Hopkins & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
Palace Theatre: My Morning Jacket; 9 p.m., $49.50
Rudyard Kipling: The Dixie Bee-Liners; 8 p.m., $12-$15
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Saints Skybar: DJ Kerr; 11 p.m., $3 (ladies free); Open stage; 9 p.m., free (R)
Sake Blue: Craig Wagner with Todd Hildreth, Mike Hyman; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues Band Jam; 9 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Dive-a-Billy with DJ Jeremiah LeBlanc; 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
