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Wed JAN 15
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
D&M Corner Tavern: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad & Karsten; 10 p.m.
Down One Bourbon Bar: DJ Tank; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Tall Squares, Solenodon, Lady Pyramid, Salvatore Rex and the Dead King Choir; 8 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Jason Isbell, Holly Williams; 8 p.m., sold out
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
IUS (Ogle Center): Grace Kelly; 7:30 p.m., $10-$26.50
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: “Live Band Karaoke” with The Hiding; 8:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Mixer: Anthony Payton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open mic
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: The Cedric Burnside Project; 9 p.m., $12
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone
Palace Theater: The Fresh Beat Band; 6:30 p.m., $37.50-$42.50
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Deveraux, Heart of Kings, Paul Childers; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Band; 8:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Floodwater; 9:30 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): DJ Jaybird; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: “Communion” with The Weeks; 9 p.m., $15
THU JAN 16
August Moon: The Fred Bogert Trio; 6 p.m.
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Brown Theatre: The Louisville Orchestra NightLites; 6:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Voyage of Slaves, Beast in the Field, Order of Leviathan, Stagecoach Inferno; 7 p.m., $8
Headliners Music Hall: Ben Sollee, Matt Andersen; 8 p.m., $18
Hideaway Saloon: Erica Blinn & the Handsome Machine, Speaker; 10 p.m.
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Old Baby, Buffalo Rodeo, The Foxery; 9 p.m., $5
FRI JAN 17
American Turners: Friday Night Country Dance; 8 p.m., $5
Amy Z’s: The Bald Egos; 10 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Beady, The Hart Strings; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: David and Whitney; 8 p.m.; DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Blue River Café: Tyrone Cotton; 7 p.m.
Boot Scoot: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Café 27: The Harris Brothers, Roz Tate; 6 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Decca: Fattlabb; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Eight Inch Elvis, Speaker (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Baptized Single, Zach Longoria, Ricky Morse, Kevin Cummings; 8 p.m., $7; Big Rock Show, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Mojoflo, The Smoke Shop Kids, Tristen & Cameron
Hideaway Saloon: The New Old Cavalry; 10 p.m., $5
IUS (Ogle Center): The Louisville Orchestra NightLites; 7:30 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Lunar Beach House, The Over-Reactors; 7 p.m., $10
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines, Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
New Vintage: Hero Jr., Brother Wolves, Dan Tedesco, Between the Tide; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Blowfly Reunion; 10 p.m.; “Anything Goes Again”; 10 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: CrumbSnatchers, Aby Laby Land, Mananabango; 9 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, The King Bees; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Punknecks, The Rev. Terry Rice, Kara Clark; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Tyrone Wheeler; 6 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7:30 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Man Man; noon
Zanzabar: Man Man, Xenia Rubinos; 9 p.m., $16-$18; The Range, OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $5-$7
SAT JAN 18
Amy Z’s: DJ Dance Party; 9 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: Kirby’s Dreamland; 8 p.m.; DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
BBC (East Main): Sean Clay, DJ Always; 10 p.m.
Blue River Café: The Pirtle Family; 7 p.m.
Café 27: Nick Dittmeier; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: David Graves; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Swing 39; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Freddy and the Cruegers, Soul River Brown; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The Undecided, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Dreamland Film Center: Slow Learner, MU & the Peeling Wallpaper Ensemble; 8 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Season at Sea, War Panties
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Instruction; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: “Jam for a Cure” with The Greg Foresman Band, V-Groove, Danny Flanigan & John Mann; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: PMA; 11 p.m., $5
Irish Exit: DJ DV8
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Replay, Broken Dreams, Radiotronic; 9 p.m., $6
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: The Louisville Orchestra with John Williams; 8 p.m., sold out
Kingpin Lanes: The Blues and Greys; 9 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: Andy Matter & Ten Wet Dollars, Blind Tigers; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Meta: DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Mixer: The Joe Watts Trio; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: JK Mabry, Rachel Mays; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: RedZag, Daniel Wayne; 9 p.m., $5
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Nonpoint, Bobaflex; 8 p.m., $15
Ross Country Jamboree: Brad Sparks, Brady Meenach, Brooke Thornsberry; 7 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Natalie Berry, Glen Rice, Pat Portman; 7:30 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: The Tommy Z Band; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Bottom Sop, J.T. Ogelsby & the Cobb Hill Kings; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Chris Fitzgerald; 6 p.m.
Volare: Brian Curella; 7:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Kentucky Knife Fight, Discount Guns; 9 p.m., $8; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN JAN 19
Bard’s Town: Jim Needler, Joel T. Henderson; 6 p.m., $3
Clifton Center: Sisto-Allee Plays Wayne Shorter; 7 p.m., $10
Diamond Pub (Highlands): “Battle of the Bands”; 4 p.m., $10-$12; Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Teach Me Equals, Twin Limb, Ted Tyro; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Emancipator Ensemble, Blockhead, Real Magic; 10 p.m., $15
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: “Keepers of the Dream”; 5 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: DJs Goast & Syimone; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “IBC Fundraiser” with DJ Rice, The Hoodoo Blues Band, The Predators; 5 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Whigs; 9 p.m., $10-$12
MON JAN 20
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Mac Larson; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Nachbar: Perfect Pussy, The Debauchees; 10 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: Broncho, Brass Bed; 9 p.m., $5
TUE JAN 21
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Decca: Low Hale; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): PMA; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Zach Longoria
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Greensky Bluegrass, Tumbleweed Warriors; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: Anwar Sadat, Priests, Weird Girl; 8 p.m., $5 donation
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Johnny Kaplan, Brooks Ritter; 9 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
