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Wed Oct 14
Brown Theatre: STS9; 8 p.m., $21 (adv.), $25 (door), all ages
Chick Inn: Erin; 6 p.m., free (R)
Flanagan’s Ale House: Justin Lewis, Jeff Grimm, Amanda Lucas; 8:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s?: Club Salsa (Ballroom), 6 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 9 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m. for karaoke, $10 for whole club
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Blues Jam with Jim Masterson; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
The Patron: Wax On Wednesday with Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: No One Zero; free before 8 p.m., $3-$5 (Saloon); Critically Acclaimed; 10:30 p.m. (Roof Garden); Slinky Jenkins, 9:30 p.m. (Taproom); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; $3-$5, 21+
Pop’s Place: Open Mic with Sean Magnum; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Skull Alley: Coliseum, Pretty Boy Thorson, Alcohawk; 7 p.m., $5 ($3 with Revival Tour ticket stub), all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Blitzen Trapper, Wye Oak; 8:30 p.m., $12 (adv.) / $15 (door), all ages; Parlour: Paleface, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys; 9 p.m., free, 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: Chick Pimp; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Radio Flyer; 9 p.m., $4
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Elizabeth & The Catapult; 8:30 p.m., $8 (adv.), &10 (door), 18+
Volare?: Carly Johnson, Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Clay Harned; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Karaoke with Rob Schuler; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Wild Strawberry Salon on Bauer: Grand Opening feat. DJ Eric McCauley; 6 p.m., free
Zeppelin Café: John Gage; noon (R)
Thu Oct 15
Clifton’s Pizza: Dave King, John Grammer; 8 p.m., free
Coyote’s: Lita Ford, Queensryche; 8 p.m., $27, all ages
Hideaway Saloon: Mississippi Adam Riggle; 11 p.m., $5
Highlands Taproom: DJ Joe Dubb’s Thursday Night Hootenanny; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jazzy Blu: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Fattlabb; 7:30 p.m. (R every other Thursday)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s?: U-Call-It Dance Night: DJ Ron Wallace, Swing dance lessons by Patrick; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $3 after 8 p.m. (R)
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Toni Brown, Ed Munson; 7 p.m., free
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Open Mic; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Open mic/karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Malcolm Bird Recital Hall: Faculty Jazz Ensemble; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Audition Night: End Transmission, Sexstone, Rocker Lips; 8 p.m., $1; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; 21+
Skull Alley: Little Teeth, You’re My Density, Broadfield Marchers; 8 p.m., $5, all ages
Southgate House: Parlour: Traindodge, Roma 79, Story Of The Sea; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+) / $8 (18-20); Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday: Mt. Pleasant String Band; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Wayne Young Band; 9 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: James Overbee, Sasha Colette; 9 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Soul Search w/ Tim Lickteig; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna; 8 p.m., free (R)
Yew Dell Gardens: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys; 7 p.m., $12 (members), $15 (non-members)
Zanzabar: DJ Dave Desitin; 10 p.m., free (R)
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Fri Oct 16
Bulldog Café: Oceano; 7:30 p.m., $10, all ages
Buster’s: The Features, Modern Skirts; 7 p.m., $8, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 8 p.m., free
Flanagan’s Ale House: Jonathan’s Machete; 11 p.m., $3
Gerstle’s: The Vendors; 10 p.m., $3
Hard Rock Café: Pinktober: Michelle Branch, Better Than Ezra, Safety Suit; 7:30 p.m., $15, ticket proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen Foundation Louisville affiliate
Headliners: Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missingmen; 7 p.m., $25, 18+
Heine Bros. (Longest Ave.): Relic, Thomas A. Minor & The Picket Line, Supertruck, Appalatin; 5 p.m., free
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Jazzy Blu: Jerry Tolson Quartet; 8 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s?: Webb Wilder, Render, Lindsey Lane & Axis; 7 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door) (Ballroom); Smooth Blvd. (Good Time Room), The Boogie Men (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: An Evening with Antsy McClain; 8 p.m., $15
Live Lunch WFPK: Lou Barlow and the Missingmen @ U of L Red Barn; noon, free, first-come, first seated; members at the $120 level or above can reserve seats
Longhead’s Bar & Grill: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: The Jim Masterson Blues Band; 10 p.m., $3
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar: Da Mudcats; 7 p.m., free
The Patron: Burgers, Beers & Beats with DJ Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Sons of the Bluegrass, Hicks Road, Shyaway, Wax Factory, $10 (adv.), $12 (door) (Saloon); BeerPhest: Stitch Rivet, Two Pump Chump, Boozer, 10 p.m., $10 (Roof Garden); Beerphest: Buzzkill Mofos, Turnkey Pauper, 10 p.m. (Taproom); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), $5 after 9 p.m. (first floor only); 21+
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview: Billy Hatfield; 9 p.m., free
Rausch Planetarium: Bluegrass Bioneers Conference: Harry Pickens; 11 a.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Le Petomane “The Invisible Space Castle of Despair”; 7:30 p.m., $8
Seelbach Bar:? Duncan, Wheeler and Tiemann; 8 p.m., free
Seidenfaden: Thank God It’s Vinyl: OK Deejays, DJ Matt Anthony; 10 p.m., free
Southgate House: Ballroom: The Postmarks, Brookville, Eat Sugar; 9 p.m., $8 (adv.) / $10 (door), 18+; Parlour: Gallery Opening Night Party! Brad Hoshaw & The Seven Deadlies, Grandview, The 1959 Hat Company; 8 p.m., free, 18+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: The Beat Daddys, Scott Holt; 7:30 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Whitney Hall: Louisville Orchestra: “Take It To the Limit: Music of the Eagles”; 8 p.m., $25-$75
Zeppelin Café: Parrothead Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Sat Oct 17
The 930 Listening Room: Fall Festival: The Jawbones, Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Relic, 23-String Band; noon, free, all ages
BBC Taproom: Volksfest: Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 9:30 p.m., free
Bearno’s by the Bridge: Halfway to Thunder Party: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m., free
Bearno’s New Albany: Digby acoustic; 9 p.m., free
Broad Run Vineyards: Another Colour; 7 p.m., free
Buster’s: Rob Dread & The KMA w/ DJ Pete, DJ Commissioner, DJ Austin; 10 p.m., $5, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Joey Sandals; 8 p.m., free
Freedom Hall: Third Day, Glory Revealed; 7:30 p.m., $17
Gerstle’s: Noteworthy, 64 West; 9 p.m., $3
Golden Nugget: Eight-Inch Elvis; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Taproom: Technology Vs. Horse; 10 p.m., free
Jazzy Blu: Maestro J & The Jazzyblu Triad; 8 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s?: Lindsey Lane & Axis (Ballroom); Smooth Blvd. (Good Time Room), The Boogie Men (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $6 after 8 p.m.
Kingpin Lanes: Concrete Cadillac; 9 p.m., free
Longshot Tavern: Johnny & The Deadbirds (Johnny Cash Tribute); 10 p.m., free
The Lounge: The Lounge Band; 10 p.m., $3
Malcolm Bird Recital Hall: Community Music Program Recital; 1 p.m., free
Old Silo Golf Course: The Kentucky Headhunters, Johnny Berry & The Outliers, Kayla Beth Smith, Trey Hawkins, Stitch Rivet; 5 p.m., free
The Patron: Bossa Nova Brunch with DJ Kim Sorise; 10 a.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Wax Factory (Saloon); Soulbite (Roof Garden); Taproom (Dave Rock); 8 p.m., $6 after 9 p.m.; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party; 8 p.m. (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party, 8 p.m. (Deck Bar)
The Pirate’s Cove: Johnny & The Deadbirds (Johnny Cash Tribute); 5 p.m., free
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview: Billy Hatfield; 9 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Le Petomane “The Invisible Space Castle of Despair”; 7:30 p.m., $8; Jen Woodhouse; 10 p.m., $5
Seelbach Bar: Tim Whalen with Wheeler and Tiemann; 8 p.m., free
Shooter’s: Bong Hits For Jesus, Porno Fishtank, Broke And Bleeding, 9 p.m., $5
Skull Alley: Two Hand Fools, Where We Live, Tints; 7 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Stella Vees, Scott Holt; 7:30 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: Bent Senses; 9 p.m., free
Swan Dive: D.W. Box, Spider, Magdyn Osh; 9 p.m., $5
Uncle Pleasant’s: Sonata Arctica, Sonic Epitaph, Overthrone, Mungus; 7:30 p.m., $15 (adv.), $17 (door), all ages
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Oktoberfest: Tim Krekel Orchestra, The Rheingold Band; 7:30 p.m., $5, all ages, proceeds benefit St. Joseph’s Children’s Home
Sun Oct 18
Brendan’s: Keltricity; 6 p.m., free
Bulldog Café: The Almost, Eyes Vs. The Sky, Talk Of Spring, Ashes Of Eden; 7:15 p.m., $10, all ages
Clifton’s Pizza: Black Cat Band; 8 p.m., free
Expo Five: Shadows Fall, Five Finger Death Punch, Otep, 2 Cents, Kentucky Death Wish, Stallpoint, Adaptize, Tri-Tones; 7 p.m., $20 (adv.), $23 (door), all ages
Headliners: Kate Voegele, Green River Ordinance, Kevin Hammond; 8 p.m., $15
Highlands Taproom: Siren Falls; 10 p.m., free
Jazzy Blu: Doug Finke & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Jewish Community Center: Lord of the Rings Overture; 7:30 p.m., $12, $10 (JCC Members/seniors), $8 (students)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 10 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Gypsy swing jam; 8:30 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Brentano String Quartet; 3 p.m., $25, free for subscribers
Monkey Wrench:? Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Napa River Grill: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m. (R through Oct. 25)
Southgate House: Ballroom: Indigenous, Jon Justice; 7:30 p.m., $12 (adv.) / $15 (door), all ages
Turtle Run Winery: Dennis Hill & Laurie Clarke; 1:30 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Mon Oct 19
Diamonds: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
JazzyBlu: The Bobby Falk Group featuring Affrilachian Poets; 7:30 p.m., $7
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Cellist Paul York; 8 p.m., free
Skull Alley: Drummer, Royal Bangs; 7 p.m., $12, all ages
Southgate House: Parlour: Generationals, Elsinore; 8:30 p.m., $6 (adv.) / $8 (door), 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Open Mic with Ryan Malott; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate, Justin Lewis; 9 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Tue Oct 20
Back Door: Open Mic; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan with Larry Doyle and Jaime Adams; 8 p.m., free
Headliners: The Chariot, Impending Doom, My Children My Bride, Oh Sleeper, We Came As Romans, Dead & Divine; 7 p.m., $20, all ages
Highlands Taproom: Adam Flowers; 10 p.m., free
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; 7 p.m., free (R)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: University Jazz Ensemble II; 8 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Open Blues/Jazz Band Jam; 9 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Zanzabar: Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) with Andrew “Scrap” Livingstone, Porter Block; 8 p.m., $15