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Wed. Aug. 4
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
BBC 4th St.: Open Mic with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
The Bard’s Town: The Hump Day & Grind Karaoke Spectacular; 9 p.m., free
Bearno’s Highlands: Open Mic with Punk Rock Pam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Blu: Big Poppa Stampley; 8:30 p.m. (R)
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Emily Clark Band; 8 p.m. (R)
Chick Inn: Live music with Erin; 6 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Skerik-Mike Dillon-Freekbass Trio, The Dead Kenny G’s, Zoogma; 9 p.m.
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m., $2 (R)
Highlands Taproom: Fuck Munkys Open Mic Night
Jack’s: Acoustic M.D.; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Jenna Mattingly & Dave Wilson; 7 p.m., free (R)
JazzyBlu: Mix Wednesdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m. (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Humparty with DJ Bach; 8 p.m., free; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m. (Melody Bar) (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 11 p.m., free (R)
Louisville Beer Store: Vinyl Night: Bring your own records to spin; 6 p.m., free (R)
Mag Bar: Get Down Wednesdays w/ Sleepy T.; 11 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: The Breedings; 9 p.m., $5
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: Matthew Fogle; 7 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free, (R)
River Bend Winery: Katy Rene; 7 p.m.
Siggy’s Pizza: Bluegrass Anonymous Bluegrass Jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: The Bridge, The Skeetones; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.), $13 (door); all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: Clint Jivoin; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: The Eric Tessmer Band; 7:30 p.m., $10
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: The Boombox Saints (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Timmy & Sharfe; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rob Schuler
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jacky B.
Zanzabar: Cults, OK Deejays, Nerves Jr.; 9 p.m., $5
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam w/ Tom Cunningham & the Potluck Ramblers; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Thurs. Aug. 5
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: The Edmonds Jazz Quartet, 7 p.m., free
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Butch Rice; 8 p.m., free (R)
Browning’s: The Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 6:30 p.m., free
Caddyshack Pizza & Golf: Open Mic w/ Denny Wheatley; 7 p.m. (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 6 p.m., free (R)
Club 21: John Damato & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Killer Meteor, The Great Unknown; 9 p.m.
Darkstar: Bluegrass Night: White Russians; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: TeePee Pavilion Benefit: Several Hundred People; 11 p.m., $5
Highlands Taproom: Gay Night
Improv: Josh Wolf
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Fattlabb; 7:30 p.m., $5 (R every other Thursday)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: U-Call it Dance Party with Ron Wallace; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Swing Dance Lessons; 7 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m.
Mag Bar: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: The Barry Mando Project; 9 p.m., $5
Phoenix Hill Tavern: SOiL, Shatterstone, Fivesecondzero, Popkiss Chainsaw, StereoTyped; 8 p.m., $10
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Lady Maddox; 6 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Skull Alley: “Gorgeous Oranges: Reality of a Crazy World”; 9 p.m., $5, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Bill Kirchen & Band; 7:30 p.m., $15 (adv.), $18 (door); 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Joshua Black Wilkins; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Shane Dwight; 6:30 p.m., $10
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Adventure, Life-size Ghost, Lotus Blake; 8 p.m., $6
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Baby Fishmouth
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila
Zeppelin Café: Blues Jam: LaMont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 9 p.m., free (R)
Fri. Aug. 6
4th Street Live: Hot Country Nights: Fast Ryde; 8 p.m., free, underage welcome with guardian until 9 p.m.
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Black Mayonnaise, Phourist; 7 p.m., free
Bistro 42: Open mic with Jacob Adams, John Taylor; 8 p.m., free (R)
Bomhard Theater: “Annie”; 7 p.m., $25
Brown Theatre: Peter Frampton; 8 p.m., $38-$60
Clifton’s Pizza: Mickey Clark & The Blue Norther
Cosmic Charlie’s: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Bridge; 9 p.m.; Dinosaurs & Disasters Late Night Dance Party (R)
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gaslight Tavern: DJ Chad; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits; 10 p.m., $5
Glassworks: Stonewheel, Daphne Luster, The Luminaries; 7:30 p.m., $7
Golden Nugget: KTO
Headliners Music Hall: Phearus, Heatherfield, Breaking The Enemy, Years At Sea, Artifex, The Shadows Light, Bury The Wicked; 7 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Several Hundred People, Jobless Launch Party, Alanna & Teneia, H-Beam; 9 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke
Improv: Josh Wolf
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Sonny Moorman, George Bracken Blues band; 7 p.m., $10 (adv.), $12 (door)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Midnite Sons; 10 p.m., $4
Longhead’s: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Little T&A; 10 p.m., $3
Mag Bar: The Brackish Water Band, Shadwick Wilde; 10 p.m., free
Natasha’s Bistro: Chico Fellini; 9 p.m., $7
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Burning Babylon, Bonejinn, Boozer, Reign of Revelation, Two Pump Chump, Lost in Eden; 10 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: Fellow Travelers, Mellovine, Park Lane; 7:30 p.m.
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: The Hounds Below, The Prohibitionists, Kopecky Family Band; 8:30 p.m., $8 (adv.), $10 (door); all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Cletus Romp, Incline District; 9 p.m., free; Parlour: Ultra Pulverize, Pop Empire, No No Knots; 8 p.m., free, 18+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Jenn Stout (CD Release); 6 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Pleasant’s: Stonecutters, Blood of the Tyrant, Ohlm, Kisa; 9 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Mutlu, Joey Ryan; 8 p.m., $8
WFPK: Joey Ryan & Kenneth Pattengale; noon, free; first come, first seated; members at $120 level or above receive priority seating
Westport Village: Edgewood; 7 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: DJ Harlow
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Bolt Action; 9:30 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Timmy & Sharfe; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza Middletown: Wick’s Idol; Rob Schuler
Wick’s New Albany: DJ Chris
Zanzabar: Natives, The Harlequins; 10 p.m., $3
Zeppelin Café: Gayle Lynn & Hired Hands; 9 p.m., $5
Sat. Aug. 7
1726 Mellwood Ave.: Rude Weirdo, The Teeth, Egg Chef; 8 p.m., $5
The 930 Listening Room: Katie Herzig, Matthew Perryman Jones; 7 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door)
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
American Turners: The Pass, OK Deejays; 8 p.m.
The Bard’s Town: Black Mayonnaise, Phourist; 7 p.m., free
Beargrass Farmer’s Market: Maiden Radio; 9 a.m.
Big Blue Country: Lazy 11; 8:30 p.m., $3
Bomhard Theater: “Annie”; 7 p.m., $25
BRYCC House: Elephant Quiz, Eli Overshoot, The Pussyfucs; 7 p.m., $5
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 8 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Turley Richards
Cosmic Charlie’s: Born Cross Eyed; 9 p.m.
Gerstle’s: V-Groove; 10 p.m., $5
Golden Nugget: DJ Earthquake
Headliners Music Hall: Say Something Huge On Fire, Uh-Huh Baby Yeah (CD Release), Sacred Sorrow, Night Torn Mad, Aquaventure; 7 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Canago; 10:30 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Keith Moody
Improv: Josh Wolf
Jack Fry’s: Don Wagner, Reid Jahn; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: Neo-Soul Saturdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Lynagh’s: Gayle Lynn & Hired Hands; 10:30 p.m.
Lyndon Pub: Hambone
The Lounge: The Lounge Band; 9:30 p.m., $3
Natasha’s Bistro: The Bats; 8 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Taddy Porter, American Bang, We Are the Fallen, Saving Abel; 8 p.m., $18
Rudyard Kipling: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit: Breaking Stride, The Noonans, Quiver of Jasper, Asylum on the Hill, J. Fox & the Parkinsons, The Tunesmiths; 8:30 p.m., $5, $8 (under 21)
Slugger Field: The Deloreans; 5 p.m.
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Da Mudcats, Old School; 6 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: Kevin Abernathy Band; 9 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m., (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Boombox Saints DJs
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Burning Babylon, Thomas Medicine, E-Flat, Stallpoint
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Allen Lane; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Secondhand Smoke, DJ Chris
Zanzabar: Local Villains (CD Release), Chris Greenwell, DJ Glitter Titz; 9 p.m., $3
Sun. Aug. 8
The Bard’s Town: Karaoke (Theatre Professional Night); 8 p.m., free
Bomhard Theater: “Annie”; 7 p.m., $25
Buster’s: LexRock Fundraiser; 3 p.m., $10, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Jeff Rehmet
Cosmic Charlie’s: Adler’s Appetite, Anchored; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m. (R)
ear X-tacy: Murder by Death; 6 p.m., free, all ages
Gerstle’s: Open Mic with Mel Wiggins & Club Cardiere Band; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Mewithoutyou, Murder By Death, Buried Beds; 8 p.m., $14
Hideaway Saloon: Open Mic; 6:30 p.m., free
Highlands Taproom: The Circuit
Improv: Josh Wolf
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
John E’s: Swing Street Big Band; 5:30 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: The Pranksters; 11 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Shake-It-Off Sundays: DJs Narwhal & CliffTones; 1 p.m., free (R); Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: Squeeze-Bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Dennis Irvin Tribute/Benefit: Sue O’Neill, Da Mudcats, Push, Ron Whitehead, Scott Mertz, Tanita Gaines, Jimmy Rodgers, Sylvia Walters, Leigh Ann Yost and more; 8 p.m.
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Jon Mark Sandquist; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 9 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jodioke
Willow Park: The Lost Boys; 7 p.m., free
Zazoo’s: Chop Shop Open Mic: The Choppers; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mon. Aug. 9
The Bard’s Town: The Bard’s Town Garage (Open band
practice)
Bearno’s Highlands: LP’s Dance Party; 10 p.m., free (R)
Derby Dinner Playhouse: The Return; 7:30 p.m.
Diamond’s: Slinky Jenkins; free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Amos Hopkins & Adam Flowers; 8 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Mike Kuntz Open Mic; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Unplugged open mic with Alanna Fugate, Justin Lewis; 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Open Mic w/ Jon Mark Sandquist (R)
Tues. Aug. 10
BBC 4th St.: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Back Door: Open Mic; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Open Mic Night
Blu: Doug Elmore, Dave Clark & Pat Lentz; 7 p.m., free (R)
Buster’s: Cypress Hill, Slightly Stoopid; 8 p.m., $25 (adv.); $30 (door), 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Living Sacrifice; 9 p.m., 18+
Dutch’s Tavern: Corey & Stacey; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Eastern Kentucky Expo: Sevendust
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
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 jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m., free (R)
Sake Blue: Craig Wagner Trio; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Seviche: Jacob Duncan, Sonny Stephens & Jason Tiemann; 7:30 p.m.
Southgate House: DJ Swirl Karaoke Social; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues, Jazz Band Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Steve Decker