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Wed. Sept. 29
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
BBC 4th Street: Songwriters showcase with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
The Bard’s Town: Karaoke w/ Teri French; 9 p.m., free
Bearno’s Highlands: Open Mic w/ Ashley Christine; 8 p.m., free
Blu: Big Poppa Stampley; 8:30 p.m. (R)
Bomhard Theatre: Janelle Monae; 8 p.m., $30
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Emily Clark Band; 8 p.m. (R)
Buster’s: The Hold Steady, Wintersleep, Very Emergency; 8 p.m., $22, 18+
Chick Inn: Live music with Erin; 6 p.m. (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m., $2 (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Midnight Radio Train; 9 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Fuck Munkys Open Mic Night (R)
Ichiban Samuria: Louisville Blues; 7 p.m., free
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)
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Blue Mother Tupelo; 7 p.m.
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)
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: Roger BonDurant & Jim Gleason; 8 p.m., free
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
River Bend Winery: Katy Rene; 7 p.m., free
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Siggy’s Pizza: Bluegrass Anonymous Bluegrass Jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Parlour: Frontier Ruckus, Dangermuffin; 8 p.m., $8 (adv.), $10 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: Zachary Burns Band; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Hunter Embry’s Indie Rock Showcase; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Tumbleweed on the River: Eight-Inch Elvis; 6 p.m., free, all ages
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Service Industry Night; 9 p.m., free (R)
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Waterfront Park, Harbor Lawn: Waterfront Wednesday: Great Big Sea, Ike Reilly Assassination, The Seedy Seeds; 6 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: The Boombox Saints (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Timmy & Sharfe
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rob Schuler
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jodioke, Jacky B.
Zanzabar: A Place To Bury Strangers, K. Tranza; 9 p.m.
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam w/ Tom Cunningham & the Potluck Ramblers; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Thurs. Sept. 30
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
BBC St. Matthews: Joshua Collins; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Dave Young (Merry Pranksters); 9 p.m.
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Browning’s: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 6 p.m., free
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Butch Rice; 8 p.m., free (R)
Buster’s: Deftones; 8 p.m.; $25 (adv.), $28 (door)
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)
Church of the Advent: Slice of the Highlands; 6:30 p.m., $25 (adv.), $30 (door)
Club 21: John Damato & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Dangermuffin, Englishman, Frontier Ruckus; 9 p.m.
Darkstar: Bluegrass Night: White Russians; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Headliners: !!!, Fol Chen, The Pass; 8 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: Dallas Alice; 10:30 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke (R)
The Improv: Comedy Never Sleeps Showcase featuring local talent; 9 p.m., free
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., free
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.
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Jessica Fichot; 8 p.m., $15
Mag Bar: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Gregory Partain; 8 p.m.
Natasha’s Bistro: Reagan Boggs, Kevin Gordon; 9 p.m., $8
Pheonix Hill Tavern: Lawlapalooza’s “Battle of the Bands”
River Bend Winery: Lauren Zoeller; 7 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Motherlodge: Blue Mother Tupelo; 9 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Skull Alley: The Queers, Parlor Tricks, Black Sunday, Say Something Huge On Fire; 7 p.m., $10, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Ryan Montbleau Band; 7 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15(door); Parlour: Two Cow Garage, The Pack A.D., Alone At 3 a.m.; 8 p.m., $8 (adv.) / $10 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday: Clark Paterson; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Cadillac Bandit; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third St. Dive: ’60s Night w/ Midnight Hour Sound System DJs; 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Kudmani Unplugged
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquilla
Zeppelin Café: Blues Jam: LaMont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 9 p.m., free (R)
Fri. Oct. 1
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
Alley Theater/Art Sanctuary: 1-Year Anniversary Party with Damaged Goods Improv, Marty Pollio, Old Man; 7 p.m.
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Rucksack Wanderers, Hogan’s Fountain; 9 p.m., free
Bistro 42: Kimmet & Doug; 8 p.m., free
Brewskees: The Three Amigos, Rod Mitchell, Cracker Steve ,Courtney Haynes, Pete Wolynec; free
Brown Theatre: Classics Concert; 8 p.m., $25-$75
Buster’s: Dave Barnes, Andrew Ripp, Jordan English; 8 p.m., $15, 18+
Cobbler’s Café: Mr. Wonderful Production Band; 10 p.m.
Cosmic Charlie’s: These United States, Trampled By Turtles; 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)
Hideaway Saloon: Aby•Laby•Land, The Hue; 8 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke (R)
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: Charlie Musselwhite, Bluestown; 7 p.m., $15 (adv.), $18 (door)
Kentucky Center: Alejandro Echeverri; 4:30 p.m., $19.50
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: The Lewis Brothers; 10 p.m.
King Fish (River Road): Cropped Out: Fielded, Sapat, Julianna Barwick, The Phantom Family Halo (Record release), Moon Duo; 8 p.m., $10
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Mind Petrol
Longhead’s: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Little T&A; 9:45 p.m., $3
Natasha’s Bistro: Phil Lee & Tommy Womack; 9 p.m., $10
O’Shea’s: Christine Ashley; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Burn Halo, Chainfire, Burning Babylon; 8 p.m., $10; Eddy Metal’s Original Rock Showcase: Shatterstone, Through The Storm, Ozzy & The Crazy Babies, Ashes Eve, Shines Negative, Knights in Shively Armor; 10 p.m., $5
R Place Pub: The Villains; 10 p.m., free
River Bend Winery: Jon Boy Slim, Katy Rene; 6 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Motherlodge: “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” w/ Ray Rizzo & Friends, The Funky GroundH2O Bluegrass Belly Dancing Band, Ted Harlan & Side Effects, The Guernsey Brothers, Scott Mertz, Porter Hall, Tennessee; 5 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. (R)
Shine Louisville: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 6 p.m., free
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: Elmwood; 8:30 p.m., $8 (adv.), $10 (door), all ages; Parlour: Action Camp, Ammonite; 8 p.m., free; 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Duke Jr. & Smokey Boots; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: D’Man & the Alley Hounds, Big Rock Show; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Breathe Owl Breathe, Strand Of Oaks; 7 p.m.
WFPK: Live Lunch: Love Jones; noon, free; first come, first seated; members at $120 level or above receive priority seating
Whitney Hall: Diavolo; 8 p.m., $23-$38
Zanzabar: Parlour, Lydia Burrell; 9 p.m.
Zazoo’s: Darshwood the Conjurer
Sat. Oct. 2
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
American Turners: Cropped Out: Inside Stage: The Highlife, Rabble Rabble, LUSHES, Slow Horse, Prideswallower, Wishgift, Straight A’s, Parlour, CAVE, Young Widows, Pissed Jeans; Outside Stage: Alex Barnett, Learner Dancer, Nzambi, SKIMASK, DAD, Geffika, Life Partner, Natural Geographic, MEAH!, PC Worship, CACAW, Ga’an; 1:45 p.m., $18
The Bard’s Town: Best of the Louisville Comedy Underground; 9:30 p.m., free
Brewskees: Rod Mitchell, Pete Wolynec, Cracker Steve, Wayne Powell, Steve Matthews, Courtney Haynes; free
Brown Theatre: Pat Metheny; 8 p.m., $28.50-$57.50
Buster’s: Rock The Beat: A Hip Hop Concert; 8 p.m., $5 (adv.); $10 (door); 18+
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 8 p.m., free (R)
Churchill Downs VFW Post 2921: Yesterday’s Wine; 7 p.m.
Cosmic Charlie’s: Bobby Bare Jr., Killer Meteor; 9 p.m.
ear X-tacy: Bobby Bare Jr., Blue Giant; 4 p.m., free, all ages
East Market Street: NULU: Love Jones, The Instruction, The Pass, Lucky Pineapple, The Fervor; 5 p.m., free, all ages
Good Times Pub: 10–Cent Toll Booth; 9 p.m.
Headliners: Trampled By Turtles, Those Darlins, Shadwick Wilde; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.), $12 (door)
Hideaway Saloon: The Congress; 11 p.m.
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)
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Storefront Congregation; 9:30 p.m.
The Lounge: The Lounge Band; 9:30 p.m., $3
Louisville Palace: Kevin Hart; 8 p.m., $39.50
Natasha’s Bistro: Stir Fry; 9 p.m., $10
O’Shea’s: Hambone; 10 p.m.
Prime Lounge: Oktoberfest Kick-Off: DJ K-Dogg; 10 p.m.
River Bend Winery: Jon Boy Slim; 7 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Motherlodge: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours featuring danny flanigan, Kimmet Cantwell, Todd Johnson, Tiffany LaVoie, Rain Chorus and more; Joni Mitchell’s Blue w/ Alanna Fugate, danny flanigan, Daphne Luster, Jamie Duval, The Wallings Jr., Morgan Shallcross, Joel Timothy; 8:30 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. (R)
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Pork Pie James, Jenn Stout Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: Dallas Alice; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Vibrolas, Angel Sluts; 10 p.m., $5
Union Station: DJ Noa No (Country Gutta); 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m., (R)
Westport General Store: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 6 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Casiotone for The Painfully Alone, Otouto, The Seedy Seeds; 9 p.m.
Sun. Oct. 3
American Turners: Cropped Out: Inside Stage: Brett Sova, Sean Walsh & The National Reserve, Heavy Cream, Animal City, Idiot Glee, Warmer Milks, Rude Weirdo, FLIGHT, Golden Boys, JEFF The Brotherhood, Magik Markers; Outside Stage: Softcheque, Reading Group, Gangly Youth, Spectre Folk, Tinsel Teeth, PUJOL, Giving Up, State Champion, Catherine Irwin, Spider Bags, King Kong, Sic Alps; noon; $18
The Bard’s Town: Karaoke w/ Teri French; 8 p.m., free
Bearno’s Highlands: Daphne Luster; 9 p.m., free
Big Rock: Jazz Fest: Steve Crews Black Cat Dixieland Band, Mike Tracy Quintet, Walnut St. Blues Band; 2 p.m.
Brown Hotel: Sunday Tea: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m., $18 (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Class Actress; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m. (R)
Headliners: Stars, Wild Nothing; 7 p.m., $15, all ages
Hideaway Saloon: Open Mic; 6:30 p.m., free
Highlands Taproom: Greg Sanders
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
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)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Chamber Music Society: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet; free for CMS subscribers, $25 non-subscribers
Molly Malone’s St. Matthews: John Taylor; 10 p.m.
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)
Rudyard Kipling: Janitors of The Apocalypse; J. P. Lebangood; Madmen Across the Water, Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” featuring Alanna Fugate, Amber Estes, Daphnie Luster, Jamie Duval, danny flanigan, The Wallings, Jr., Morgan Shallcross, Joel Timothy; 5 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
Zazoo’s: Chop Shop Open Mic: The Choppers; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mon. Oct. 4
The Bard’s Town: Aqua Heart and Lung feat. Clifton’s Kitchen Band; 9 p.m.
Bearno’s Highlands: LP’s Dance Party; 10 p.m., free (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Company, Matt Pond PA; 9 p.m.
Diamond’s: Slinky Jenkins; free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Open Stage Jam w/ Amos Hopkins; 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; free (R)
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Roustabout; 7 p.m., $5
Natasha’s Bistro: Tagawa; 6 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Unplugged Open Mic w/ Alanna Fugate and Justin Lewis; 8 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Open Mic w/ Jon Mark Sandquist (R)
Zanzabar: The Henry Clay People, The Instruction, Aquaventure; 9 p.m.
Tues. Oct. 5
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; 8 p.m.
Blu: Doug Elmore, Dave Clark & Pat Lentz; 7 p.m., free (R)
Buster’s: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk; 8 p.m., $10, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Blackberry Smoke, The Congress; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Wyndell Williams; 10 p.m., free (R)
ear X-tacy: Dark Dark Dark; 7 p.m., all ages
Expo Five: Black Label Society, Clutch, Children of Bodom, Two Cents; 6:30 p.m., $35
Headliners: Flyleaf, Story Of The Year; 7 p.m., $20
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)
Natasha’s Bistro: Keith Hubbard; 8 p.m., free
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m., free (R)
Rudyard Kipling: Stagecoach Inferno, Idea Man, Polkadot Cadaver; 8 p.m., $5
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Sake Blue: Craig Wagner Trio; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Skull Alley: Dark Dark Dark, Mansions; 8 p.m., $6
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues, Jazz Band Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Pleasant’s: Katatonia, Swallow The Sun, Orphaned Land; 7 p.m., $15-$45
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)