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Wed jan 18
BBC, 4th Street: “Songwriters Showcase” with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Beef O’Brady’s, Hillview: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Raw” hosted by Jay Cox; 7:15 p.m., $3 (R)
Corner Door: Dan Hardin; 7:30 p.m., free
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Improv: Louisville Improvisors; 7:30 p.m., $10
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: The Walnut Street Blues Band; 8:30 p.m., $3
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $3 (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: The Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: CMN
THU jan 19
The Bard’s Town: Louisville Guitar Society; 7 p.m., free
Beef O’Brady’s, Valley Station: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m., free (R)
Brick House Tavern: Neil Champine; 9 p.m., free (R)
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8 p.m., free (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Ray Price; 7:15 p.m., $15; “The List”; 9:30 p.m., $1(R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
El Nopal, Goose Creek: The Louisville Blues; 5:30 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Emancipator, Little People, Marley Carroll; 9 p.m., $12
Improv: Pauly Shore; 8 p.m., $18
Jack’s, New Albany: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Meat: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m., free
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Spinelli’s, Downtown: Years At Sea, Damaged Goods, Kentucky Goddamn
Stevie Ray’s: Amanda Lucas; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Water Tower: “The Syndicate” with Babyface Glasses, Introvert; 7 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
ZaZoo’s: Appalatin; 8 p.m., $2 (R)
FRI jan 20
The Bard’s Town: Son of the Widow; 8 p.m., $5; “The Young, Dumb and Full of Comedy Show”; 10 p.m., $5
BBC, St. Matthews: The Slow Charleston
Bearno’s by the Bridge: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Blue River Café: Mars Or the Moon; 7 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Ray Price; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
The Connection: Sasha Grant; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: Tom Boone & Friends; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: Tim Morrow; 10 p.m., free
Encounter Church: Our Final Hour, Aesthetics Versus Architecture, Johari Window, August Revival, Wrath of Atlas; 7 p.m., $6
Fat Daddy’s: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: “ADEM and Multiple Sclerosis benefit” with Local Villains, Thirty Spokes, Zenyatta; 9 p.m., donations accepted
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Day Creeper, Gangly Youth, Tender Mercy; 9 p.m., $3
Headliners Music Hall: JJ Grey & Mofro, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Darryl Hance; 8 p.m., $17 adv., $20 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Da Mudcats; 9 p.m., free
Improv: Pauly Shore; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $20 each
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Lunar Beach House, Another Colour; 7 p.m., $10
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Pam Tillis (acoustic); 8 p.m., $25
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
19th Green: Eight Inch Elvis; 9 p.m., $5
Ri Ra: The Derby Boys; 6 p.m.; Heckel and the Jives; 10 p.m.
R Place Pub: The Mike Prather Band
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Leiper’s Fork; 8 p.m., $10
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Anthony Gomes, Pork Pie James; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Slugger City, Crossbones Inc., The Dead Livers; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Coralee and the Townies, Edgehill Avenue; 9 p.m., $8
Vernon Club: T.O.N.E.-z; 7 p.m., $12
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with David Mead, Harper Blynn; noon, free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Steve Decker; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Aquila and the Kings of Summer
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Arrow and Joe
Zanzabar: The Pinstripes, Junk Yard Dogs; 10 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: Kory Quinn; 9 p.m., $5
SAT jan 21
The Bard’s Town: Damaged Goods; 7:30 p.m., $5; The Debauchees; 9 p.m., $5
BBC, St. Matthews: Dirty Church Revival
Bearno’s by the Bridge: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Billiards Club of Louisville: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Blue River Café: The Lick Creek Band; 7 p.m.
Broad Run Vineyards: Another Colour; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Ray Price; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
The Connection: Sasha Grant; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: Hominy & Grizz; 7:30 p.m., free
Corydon Jamboree: David Graves, Meagan Stout, Roger Conley; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Stonewheel, Several Hundred People; 10 p.m.
Gilbert’s: Crushed Velvet; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Yo’Majesty & the Eracists, Discount Guns, The Tunesmiths; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: The Truck Stop Tribute Band; 10 p.m., $12 adv., $15 DOS (general), $10 (with CDL)
Hideaway Saloon: Five Foot Fish; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Pauly Shore; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $22 each
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Petersen’s Jazz Band; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Stretta; 9:30 p.m.
Kentucky Exposition Center: “DAYGLOW”; 8 p.m., $32-$53
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Ross Country Jamboree: Christy Miller, Dave Campbell, Cindy Richardson; $10
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: V-Groove; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Getaway, The Slagsmiths; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: The John Cowan Band, Michael Gough & Alonzo Pennington; 8:30 p.m., $15
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: The Predators
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Wax Factory
Zanzabar: The Pinstripes, Junk Yard Dogs; 10 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: David Mead, Harper Blynn; 9 p.m.
SUN jan 22
The Bard’s Town: Louisville Comedy Underground; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Ray Price; 7:15 p.m., $15
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Gilbert’s: “Jimmy V. Foundation benefit” with Blunt Honey, Perkins Brothers, The Mike Yeager Band, David La Duke, Clinton Spaulding, Brian Troy, We Are Not Alone, That Dude Alex; 2 p.m., donations accepted
Improv: Poppy Champlin, Vickie Shaw, Barb Nelligan; 5:30 p.m., $20; Pauly Shore; 7 p.m., $22
Stevie Ray’s: “International Blues Challenge Fundraiser” with Little T&A, Da Mudcats, The Jim Masterson Band, Jimi V & Screamin’ John, Sue O’Neil & Blue Seville; $5
MON jan 23
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10:30 p.m., $2 (R)
U of L, Bird Hall: Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet; 7 p.m., free
U of L, Comstock Hall: Honor Choir Festival Concert; 7 p.m., free
TUE jan 24
The Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
BBC, 4th Street: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: The Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: Blue Zen Grass; 7:30 p.m., free
Hoggie’s: Short Bus; 8 p.m., free (R)
Kingfish, River Road: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m., free (R)
