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Live music and comedy listings for 8/15 - 8/21
Wed aug 15
Bearno’s (Highlands): “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m., free (R)
BJ’s Sports Pub: Pat & Foley
Blu: Carly Johnson & Doug Elmore Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Funniest Person in Louisville Competition”; 7:30 p.m., $10; “Raw”; 10:15 p.m., $5
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Jonny Corndawg, Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther, George Stearman; 8 p.m., $10
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Tristen Brooke; 9 p.m.
Groucho’s: “Theme Time Comedy Hour”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Names Devine, Health & Beauty, Tara Kimes; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m. (R)
Jim Porter’s: Katie’s Habit; 8:30 p.m., free
Limestone Bay Yacht Club: Jim Dishman & Rick Robbins; 6 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Von Grey
Meat: Christabel and the Jons, Mavens of Mischief; 8 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Palace Theater: Il Volo
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Redline, Besieged, Thumb Drive Sally; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: “Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m. (R)
Solidarity: Big Kids, Sed Non Satiata, Fast Friends, Mote; 7:30 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: John Nemeth; 8 p.m., $10
T. Eddie’s: Short Bus; 9 p.m., free
Third Street Dive: “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
U of L (Red Barn): A Lion Named Roar; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Field of Kings; 10 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic trio); 8 p.m., free
ZaZoo’s: Dewey Kincade; 6 p.m., free (R)
THU aug 16
Bard’s Town: “The Great Debate” with David Bizianes; 8 p.m., free
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
BBC (St. Matthews): Tristen Brooke; 6 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s (Valley Station): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
BJ’s Sports Pub: Step 13
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Janet Williams, Dan Whitehurst, Heidi McNeil; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2 (R)
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 6 p.m., free
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Midnite Sons, Saguaro, Strange Feels; 9 p.m., $5
Hillbilly Tea: Bourbon Baroque; 7:30 p.m.
Improv: John Heffron; 8 p.m., $17
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m. (R)
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): Cinderella, Sebastian Bach; 8 p.m., free
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): Hank Williams Jr., George Thorogood & the Destroyers; 8 p.m., $39-$49
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m., free
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with JP Source & OK Deejays; 10 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m. (R)
Mulligan’s: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Audition Night”; 10 p.m. (R)
Prime Lounge: “Hard Candy” with Kenya Michaels, Sleepy T; midnight, $5
Rudyard Kipling: Uncommon Houseflies, The Debauchees, To Light a Fire; 8 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m., $2 (R)
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
U of L (Red Barn): “LGBT Film Festival Kick-Off Party” with The Billy Goat Strut Revue; 7 p.m., $30
Water Tower: Supertruck; 7 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Highlands): Screaming John, Cornbread and Catt; free
Wick’s (New Albany): Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 10 p.m., free
Yew Dell Gardens: The Harry Pickens Trio; 8 p.m., $15-$20
Zanzabar: “Tom Carter benefit” with Sapat, Tropical Trash, Shedding, Keenan Lawler; 9 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: Whitewall Gentlemen, Lazy Sunday, Field of Kings, Lotus Black, Lazy Sunday; 9 p.m., $5
FRI aug 17
Aero Club at Bowman Field: Rusty Bladen and Mickey Clark; 8 p.m., $7
Bard’s Town: Tyler Jackson; 9 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., free
Bearno’s (Highlands): Larry Doyle, Cameron Culbertson, Tristen Brooke; 10 p.m.
BJ’s Sports Pub: Rock Station
Blue River Café: Justin Lewis; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Erin & Gene; 8 p.m.
Clark’s: Villin; 10 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Janet Williams, Dan Whitehurst, Heidi McNeil; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: Hot Brats German Band; 7:30 p.m., free
Corner Door: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 7 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: Night Moves; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: This That & the Other, Strung Out Loud; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Field of Kings (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Langhorne Slim, Jessica Lea Mayfield; 9 p.m.
Improv: John Heffron; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $20 each
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: SIMO, Hank Sinatra; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS; Replay, Walnut Street Blues, Foolish Pleasure; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): Keith Sweat, Robbie Bartlett; 8 p.m., free
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): Journey, Pat Benatar, Loverboy; 8 p.m., $42-$52
Lincoln Hills Church: Ivan Parker & the Harvesters Quartet, Daniel Marion Hobbs; 6:30 p.m., $12
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Abe Lincoln and the Pennies; 9 p.m., free
Nelligan Hall: Sacred Love, Another Mistake, Written Off, Clockwork; 7 p.m., $5
New Direction: Six Mile South; 10:30 p.m.
Northeast Christian Church: Louisville Crashers; 7 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Peter Terry and the City Profits; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Begging Victoria, Clowncar, Zachary Todd, Chasing the End, Anytime After Four, The Everyday Losers, Behind Illusion; 10 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: The Young Gene Hackman, The Silo Family Band, City Dwelling Nature Seekers; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: King Bees, Wayne Young; 7:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: One Pretty Minute, The Bravados; 10 p.m., $5
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Langhorne Slim; noon, free
Wick’s (Highlands): Several Hundred People
Zanzabar: Trophy Wives, Temple of the Golden Dawn; 9 p.m., $5; “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays; 11 p.m. (R)
ZaZoo’s: Buffalo Clover, Bibelhauser Brothers; 9 p.m., $5
SAT aug 18
American Turners: David Dean; 9 p.m., free
Bard’s Town: Dr. Vitamin; 8 p.m., free
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: “Bourbon Cruise”; 7:30 p.m., $45
Best Vineyards: Muskett Brothers; 4 p.m., free
Blue River Café: The Lick Creek Band; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Link Detten; 8 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church: Louisville Swing Dance Society; 7:30 p.m., $3-$7
Clifton’s Pizza: The Kirk Davis Band; 8:30 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Janet Williams, Dan Whitehurst, Heidi McNeil; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: Gabe Close & Dennis Ledford; 7 p.m., free
Corydon Jamboree: Meagan Stout, Lloyd Wood, Libby Lowry, Brett Raper, Roger Rigggs; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Decca: Misha Feigin; 8 p.m., free
Douglas Loop Farmers Market: Pat Younger; 10:30 a.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: “Summer Slaughter” with Between the Buried and Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil of Maya, Job For a Cowboy, Exhumed, Goatwhore, Cerebral Bore
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: KTO, Dawgs Playin Poker, Sandbar Soul; 10 p.m.
Hard Rock Café: Field of Kings, The Winston Hours, Benanthrope; 8 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Pepper Fandango, Blacktop Farmers, Musket Brothers; 9 p.m., $6
Headliners Music Hall: Old Baby, Julie of the Wolves; 9 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: John Heffron; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
Irish Exit: Devil and the Darkness, Old Vikings, Beverly Hellfire, Kentucky Goddamn; 9 p.m., $5
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: Replay, Walnut Street Blues, Foolish Plesure; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: “GSA 25th Anniversary” with Zach Brock, Harry Pickens & Ben Sollee; 7:30 p.m., $25-$30
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): Hot Chelle Rae, Twenty One Pilots; 8 p.m., free
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, The Eli Young Band, Eden’s Edge; 7:30 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: The Mike Willett Trio; 9 p.m., free
Matt Anthony’s Record Shop: “Tiki Party” with Nick Peay, Douglas Miller; 8 p.m., $2
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Late Night Epiphany; 9 p.m., free
New Direction: Almost Country; 10:30 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Shane Piasecki; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Thunder Tribe, Super 69, The Over-Reactors; 19:30 p.m.
Pizza Place at Hikes Point: The Bluesbenders; 9 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Kim Quire, Ryne Brasheer; $10
Rudyard Kipling: Blackberry Jam; donations
Seidenfaden’s: “Stop, Drink, Listen” with Sam Sneed & Aaron Chadwell; 11 p.m. (R)
Shepherdsville Country: The 44 Country Band; 7:30 p.m., $4-$8 (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: King Sonic, The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Thirty Spokes, The County Line; 9 p.m., $8
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Trifecta; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Kirk Kiefer & Ice Gondola, Lullwater, Shawn Coots; 9 p.m., $5
SUN aug 19
Bard’s Town: The Jim Needler Conspiracy & Guitar Pull with Lee Lewellen, Danny Flanigan; 5 p.m., $5
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m. (R)
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free (R); Janet Williams, Dan Whitehurst, Heidi McNeil; 8 p.m., $10; “Sunday Night Showcase”; 9:30 p.m., $5 (R)
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., free (R)
Glassworks: Cosa Seria; 8 p.m.
Improv: John Heffron; 7 p.m., $17
Jim Porter’s: David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Joe Huber’s: “Crusade For Children Memorial Concert”; 2 p.m.
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): The Oak Ridge Boys, Jimmy Fortune; 8 p.m., free
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: Brigitte DeMeyer, Seth Walker; 8:30 p.m., $8 adv., $10 DOS
Willow Park: Delicious Blues Stew; 7 p.m., free
MON aug 20
Comedy Caravan: The Don Krekel Orchestra; 8 p.m., $12
Corner Door: “Open Mic”; 7 p.m., free (R)
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m., free (R)
Derby Dinner Playhouse: “Country Crossroads”; 7:15 p.m., $30-35
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy”; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic; 9 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
Irish Exit: Phil Regan (R)
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): Newsboys, Sanctus Real; 8 p.m., free
Meat: Woodrow on the Radio; 9 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Blunt Honey; 8 p.m. (R)
Nelligan Hall: Menace, Detest, Marigold, Slowmover, Years At Sea, All Dead; 7 p.m., $7
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m., free (R)
TUE aug 21
Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club: Campfire Stew; 11:30 p.m. (R)
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Greg Walker Jazz Duo; 6 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Short Bus; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Chris & JT; 9 p.m., free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Gypsy Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir (R)
Kentucky Expo Center (Cardinal Stadium): Ronnie Milsap, BJ Thomas; 8 p.m., free
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Magnolia Bar: Guardian Alien, Starring, Anwar Sadat; 8 p.m., $5
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free (R)
Meat: Drew Miller and the Heavy Handed; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m. (R)
Mulligan’s: “Open Stage Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Shenanigan’s: y-noT; 8:30 p.m.
Solidarity: Holocaust Action Figures, My Dad, Water House; 7 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: Eric Sardinas & Big Motor; 8 p.m., $12
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox (R)
