Wed jan 16
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m.
Brown Theater: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; 8 p.m., $25-$45
Deuce Tavern: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Dave Wilson & Jenna Mattingly; 7 p.m.
Jack’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: open jam; 8:30 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Alanna Fugate; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Brian Elmore (acoustic); 9 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): DJ Ace
Wick’s (Highlands): DJs Deuce Leader & Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
Wick’s (Middletown): Masters of Music; 8 p.m.
WUOL: “Lunchtime Classics” with Rachel Grimes; noon
Zanzabar: The Weeks, Junior Astronomer; 9 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: DJ Xybrium; 9 p.m.
THU jan 17
AmVets Post 9: The New Apocalypsonians; 7:30 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Jim Dishman & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Charlie’s Pizza: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soundcheck; 10 pm.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gary’s On Spring: Dave McCool; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Katie Watts
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Shots of Hip-Hop”; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Arpetrio, PH Observer; 10 p.m., $5
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m.
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jetset Getset; 10 p.m.; audition night; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: open stage; 7:30 p.m.
Rye: DJ PhreeyaMined & DJ Ally; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
The Temple: Nada Loutfi; 1 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Uncle Slayton’s: Patrick Dethlefs, Justin Lewis, Kyle James Hauser; 8 p.m., $8
Wick’s (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 8 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: DJ Captain Howdy; 10 p.m.
FRI jan 18
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Dark Star Tavern: The Contra Band; 10 p.m.
Decca: DJ Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Voodoo Avenue, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul River Brown, Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 pm.
Dillinger’s: Katie Watts, Bridge 19; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter & Stanislav; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Leaving London, The Little Brothers; 8:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Nick Peay, The Uncommon Houseflies, Jesse Daniels; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Flatland Harmony Experiment; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Uncle Louie
IUS (Stem Concert Hall): Mountain Heart; 7:30 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jack’s (New Albany): Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Lunar Beach House, The Over-Reactors; 7 p.m., $10
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft: Rachel Grimes; 8 p.m., $8-$10
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Butch Rice; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Tom Boone and the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Logan Street; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Soul Kitchen, DiverBird, B-Rad, VersatalMuzik, Upper Echelon, Josh Woods, Clint Ackerman; 9 p.m., $10
Ri Ra: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Mirage Montage, Alexander Sings, Heather Summers; 9 p.m.
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Falter, Detest, Stabler, SOL, Onedeadcop; 7 p.m., $6
Stevie Ray’s: Dog House Kitchen; 9 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Shape Shift, Even Memory; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: American Aquarium, Brent James & the Contra Band; 9 p.m., $10
Union Station: Thomas Wietecha; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Bird Hall): SSG Paul Tucker; 7:30 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with American Aquarium; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): “Battle of the Bands”; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): RockStation; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Middletown): Keeling and Rhodes; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): The Sellouts; 9 p.m.; Kolton Norton; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Cherub, OK Deejays; 9 p.m., $10-$12
ZaZoo’s: Those Crosstown Rivals
SAT jan 19
Against the Grain: DJ PhreeyaMined; 9 p.m.
Alley Cats: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: The Misty Mountain String Band; 8 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Broad Run Vineyards: Greg Bolton; 5 p.m.
Brown Theater: Louisville Orchestra; 11 a.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Nutz & Honey; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Johnny Berry; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Marty Party, Plexxx, Bassface, Obe-1, Trashwage; 9 p.m., $12-$15; Freddy and the Cruegers, Strung Out Loud; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: The Hogtown Blues Band, Roz Tate; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Fibber’s: Hook Line & Sinker; 9 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Butch Rice, Soundcheck, Bad Habit
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Screaming Hand, The New Bravados, The Nativity Singers; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Chris Leigh & the Broken Hearts, Olivia Henken, Don Pedigo; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Fresh Hops; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: The Bottom Sop
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: The Tymes Band, Bag of Hammers, Rock Bottom Blues; 9 p.m., $6
Kye’s: The Juice Box Heroes; 9 p.m., $10
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: 64 West
Maple Inn Tavern: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: The Ancients; 8 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Rude Lucy; 10 p.m.
PalaceTheater: Rodney Carrington
Ross Country Jamboree: The Kinmans; $10
Rudyard Kipling: Kessler’s Friends; 7:30 p.m., $5; Black God, Julie of the Wolves, Hal Dolls; 10:30 p.m., $5
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Ali Hash, Natalie Berry, Jennifer Reid Cornell; 7:30 p.m., $8
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Boscoe France Band; 9 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Elixirs, Bloody Ridge Rum Runners; 10 p.m., $5
Tin Roof: 64 West, Tony & the Tan Lines
Uncle Slayton’s: Storefront Congregation
Union Station: Thomas Wietecha; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): The Miami Saxophone Quartet; 8 p.m., $5-$15
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Rock Station; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Anytime After 4; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Middletown): Derick Howard; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Murals, Idiot Glee, Willie Numille; 9 p.m.. $7; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Dr. Vitamin; 9 p.m., $5
SUN jan 20
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Clifton Center: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.; Tyrone Cotton; 6 p.m., $5
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 pm.
Expo Five: “MERF Benefit” with Wayne Young & the Legends, Impact, Freakers Ball with Douglas Paul, The Boyz, Fire Dept., Caribou
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Marbin; 10 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
St. Agnes: Louisville Choral Arts Society; 3 p.m., $10-$20
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Symphony Orchestra; 7:30 p.m.
U of L (Thrust Theater): “MLK Cabaret” with Rhodessa Jones, Idris Ackamoor, Erica Denise; 7:30 p.m., $45
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: The Regrettes, Plastic Bubble, Lady Pyramid; 9 p.m., $5
MON jan 21
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 pm.
Gerstle’s: Adam Green
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: DJ Duncan Cherry; 10 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Ghost
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
U of L (Thrust Theater): Idris Ackamoor; 1 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 9 p.m.
TUE jan 22
Against the Grain: open mic; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ Chaz C; 10 p.m.
Diamond Bar (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 pm.
Fibber’s: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Dillan Johnson
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.