Wed FEB 20
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: Roadie & Danny Kiely; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Bar (St. Matthews): Jar O Shine; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Thomas Wietecha, Rooster’s Crow
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.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Buck Gooter, The Ritchie White Orchestra; 9 p.m., $5
Magnolia Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Brent Mathis
Meat: DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Straight Jacket, The Conjurers
Purrswaytions: open jam
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Jimi V & Screaming John
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: King Wolf, Tilford Sellers & the Wagon Burners, Call Me Bronco; 10 p.m., $5
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Goose Creek): DJ Ace
Wick’s (Highlands): DJs Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: DJ Xybrium; 9 p.m.
THU FEB 21
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s: Thomas Wietecha; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Trinidad James, ForteBowie, Jalin Roze, The Blunt Squad, John Hood; 8:30 p.m., $20; DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Dillinger’s: OK Deejays; 9 p.m., $3
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gary’s On Spring: Dave McCool; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Tristen & Cameron
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Spiders 4 Eyes, Hal Dolls, Jay Palumbo; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Willhelm Brothers; 10:30 p.m., $5
IUS (Ogle Center): Ball in the House; 7:30 p.m., $22.50
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.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Louisville Orchestra; 10:30 a.m.
Magnolia Bar: Quiet Hollers, Hudson Falcons, All Dead, Shivering Timbers; 10 p.m., $7
Manny & Merle: Nick Dittmeier; 8 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
PBR Louisville: Gloriana
Phoenix Hill Tavern: audition night; 10 p.m.
Please & Thank You: Black God, Bugs and Rats, Tropical Trash; 8 p.m., $6
Rudyard Kipling: open stage; 7:30 p.m., free; Alabama Brown, Blake Stamper, Mickey Clark, CT Robinson; 8 p.m., $10
Rye: DJ PhreeyaMined; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Shine: CPHR DVN, Maurice Moro; 8 p.m., $5
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Thirsty Ernie’s: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Joan Shelley and June Brides, Sam Doores + Riley Downing & the Tumbleweeds, Promised Land; 8:30 p.m., $6
ZaZoo’s: When Particles Collide; 9 p.m., $5; DJ Captain Howdy; 10 p.m.
FRI FEB 22
Billiards Club: Two Pump Chump
Blue River Café: Sweet Nothings; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Dark Star Tavern: The Contra Band; 10 p.m.
Decca: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Sever This Illusion, IIatatime, Johari Window, Stagecoach Inferno, Dahmer’s Closet, 18X-Ray; 8:30 p.m., $5
Dillinger’s: Violet Knives, Local Villains, Vyie, Auto Defiance; 8:30 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter & Stanislav; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Turn 3, Butch Rice
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Belle-Laide, Dry Pools, Six Mile Sound; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: West Water Outlaws; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Blythe
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Short Bus; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: open mic
Jack’s (New Albany): Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jeff Ruby’s: Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Henhouse Prowlers, Muji Fuji, Replay; 7 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Louisville Orchestra; 8 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Florida Georgia Line; sold out
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Ford Theatre Reunion, Madame Machine, Asm A Tik; 10 p.m., $5
Louisville Tea Company: The Downtown County Band (acoustic); 6 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Meat: Squeeze-bot; 11 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Chad Francis & Matt Kull; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 9 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Gabe Close
Palace Theater: Vice Tricks, Trophy Wives, DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 8:30 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Velcro Pygmies, The Over-Reactors, Freddy and the Cruegers, 100% Poly; 10 p.m.
Reader’s Corner: Misha Feigin; 7 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Abductees; 7 p.m.; J.D. Michaels Band; 8 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Ralph Stanley II; 8 p.m., $15
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Spectator’s: Rivers Edge; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The River City Blues Band, Josh Garrett; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Jereactors, Middle Class Mischief; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: The Downtown County Band; 9 p.m., $7
U of L (Comstock Hall): The Amina Figarova Sextet with the U of L Faculty Jazz Ensemble; 8 p.m., $5-$15
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Downtown County Band; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Anni & the Jones; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Pass, Sick/Sea; 9 p.m., $7; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: The Lonely H, Dyin Breed; 9 p.m., $5
SAT FEB 23
Alley Cats: The Predators; 10 p.m.
Audubon Country Club: “Masquerade” with Robbie Bartlett, DJ Sleepy T, Penny Tration; 8 p.m., $50-$60
Billiards Club: Old School
Blue River Café: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 7 p.m.
Brown Theater: Dark Side of the Wall; 8 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: River City Blues Band; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Corydon Jamboree: Allen Hilbert, Amber Martin, Christy Miller; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Tyrone Cotton; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Hurt Circle, Endeavour, Season at Sea, The Blue Soul Gypsys, Tree Meets Sky, Begging Victoria; 8:30 p.m., $5; Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Fifth on the Floor, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys; 8:30 p.m., $8
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Expo Five: Da Mudcats; 8 p.m.
Fibber’s: Bongoman Duo; 9 p.m.
Foxhollow Farm: The Holy Melon Riders; 7 p.m., $5-$10
Gerstle’s: The Tunesmiths, Dirty Church Revival, Petar Mandic; 10:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Whiskey Riders, Klondike & the Slow Rush, Rifle; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: “Suicide Awareness & Prevention Benefit” with Jukebox Heroes, Mean Streak, Note To Self; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Brett Mosley; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: DJ Rayon Prime
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Uncle Louie
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jeff Ruby’s: Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Muji Fuji, Replay; 9 p.m.
Joe Huber’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Russian National Orchestra; 7:30 p.m., $25
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Voyage of Slaves, The Revenants, Fisthammer, Neighbor; 8 p.m., $5
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: The Mac Daddies
Maple Inn Tavern: Shiny Old Soul; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Rude Lucy; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Overload, Slinky Jenkins, Sparechange Millionaires
Ri Ra: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 9 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: 7 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: The Tyler Warden Band; 7:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Roger Conley, Clinton Spaulding, Megan Stout; 7:30 p.m., $8
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Spectator’s: Rivers Edge; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Boogie Men, Old School; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Zoo Kings, Two Pump Chump, Bonejinn; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Nellie Pearl, Young Heirlooms, Jonathon Mitchell; 9 p.m., $6
U of L (Comstock Hall): Dick Oatts & Joe Magnarelli; 8 p.m., $5-$15
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Muji Fiji; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: D’arkestra, Scott Carney; 9 p.m., $5; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Headcase; 9 p.m., $5
SUN FEB 24
Bardstown Road Presbyterian: Long Thanh Nguyen; 7 p.m.
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Brown Theater: Chris Botti; 7 p.m., $35
Cole’s Place: “Apollo Nights”; 6 p.m., $5
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Attic Wolves; 10 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): The Zach Brock/Aaron Goldberg Duo Project; 3 p.m., $5-$15
U of L (Comstock Hall): Dror Biran; 3 p.m., $5-$15; University Symphony Orchestra; 7:30 p.m.
Vernon Club: Demise of the King, The Pale Sky, Burn the Bridges, For All You Know, Stay Fubar; 6:30 p.m., $5
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON FEB 25
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Lacuna Coil, Poetry of the Dead, Shines Negative, Unbroken Silence; 7:30 p.m., $15-$30
Diamond Bar (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Joel Henderson and the 40-Gallon Baptists; 8:30 p.m., $5
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Manic Monday”; 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 (Comstock Hall): University Chorus & Cardinal Singers; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 9 p.m.
TUE FEB 26
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.
Gerstle’s: Dillon Johnson
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Experimental Music Lab”; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Vagabond Swing; 10:30 p.m., $3
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.
Shine: Douglas Jay Boyd, Ben Balmer; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Cappadonna, Nacirema & Touch AC, Blitz & DOH, Polio & E Dash, Father Jah; hosted by Dr. Gonzo with DJ YngSteve; 8 p.m., $10