Wed DEC 26
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Deuce Tavern: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.; Ryan Cox; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Dave Wilson & Jenna Mattingly; 7 p.m.
Jack’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: open jam; 8:30 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): DJs Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: DJ Xybrium; 9 p.m.
THU DEC 27
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Charlie’s Pizza: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): George Stearman; 10 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Augie Hale
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Queer Dance Party” with Count Grozny; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Sons of Bluegrass; 10 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: ’80’s Dance Party
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m.
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 9:30 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: audition night; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Ernest Skidmore’s Family Band; 7 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 8 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Montezuma Fire Machine, We Are Not Alone, Ut Gret, Mercy Academy; 9 p.m., $5
FRI DEC 28
Bard’s Town: Louisville Pod Presents; 8 p.m., $5
Billiards Club: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Decca: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Icey; 9 p.m., $15; Big Rock Show, Strung Out Loud; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas, Bob Anonymous, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter & Stanislav; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: One Louder, Petar Mandic
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Granshaw, Branded By Hate, Aint Worth Killin; 10 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Rumours: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Those Damn Torpedoes; 9 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Sleepwater; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Blythe
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: The Rigbys, The Over-Reactors; 7 p.m.
O’Shea’s: The Touchables
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Velcro Pygmies; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Los Luddites; 8 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: The Sons of Bluegrass; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Rough Customers, The Slams; 10 p.m., $5
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Townes Van Zandt Tribute Band; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): New Holiday; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Christiansen, Ten To Midnight; 9 p.m., $5; OK Deejays, CSDIV; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: Phiasco; 9 p.m., $5
SAT DEC 29
Against the Grain: Nick Dittmeier; 9 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): The Queers, The Manges, Vice Tricks, Stoner Moms; 9 p.m., $10; Soul Circus, Tristen Roberts; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: One Louder; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Rocktimus Prime, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Unbroken Silence, Project Heavy Death; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: JJ Grey & Mofro, The Ben Miller Band; 9 p.m., $20 adv., $22 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Thirteenth Sun; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Magnolia Bar: The Lone Rangers; 10 p.m., $5
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 11 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Whiskey Bent Valley; 9 p.m.
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: The Touchables
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Velcro Pygmies; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Blue Meridian; 7:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Ryne Brashear, Allie Hash, Alan Hibert, Natalie Berry; 7:30 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: The Louisville Blues, Blue Hearts; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Skashank Redemption, Smoke Shop Kids; 10 p.m., $5
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: The Bibelhauser Brothers Band with Michael Cleveland, Kyle James Hauser; 9 p.m., $5
SUN DEC 30
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m.
Louisville Musicians’ Union Hall: Bobby Falk; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: KGB pride music and dance festival; 9 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON DEC 31
American Legion Post #244: Hoghead Blues
Bard’s Town: Totally Boss!: Acoustic ‘80s Explosion; 7 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: 64 West; 9 p.m., $15-$40
Captain’s Quarters: The Huckleberries
Chuck’s Place: Aces High; 9 p.m.
The Connection: DJ Lydia Prim; 10:30 p.m.
Crowne Plaza: Caribou; 7:30 p.m., $299 per couple
Decca: The Buzzard & Gail Wynters; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub: Bob Anonymous, Kevin Knoxvegas, DJ Mike Moody, Freddy and the Cruegers, DJ Behrang, DJ Electrixx
Dish on Market: Big Poppa Stampley
Expo Five: Wayne Young and the New Legends, Jenny & the Jets; 8 p.m.
Fix: Jalin Roze, DJs Black Matter, Glitter Titz & Stanislav; 9 p.m., $10-$600
Fourth Street Live: Zellus & DJ JC; 9 p.m.
Galt House: Burning Las Vegas
German-American Club: The Rheingold Band; 9 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Cover Me Badd, Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: The Ladybirds, DJs Matt Anthony & Woodrow On the Radio; 9 p.m., $10-$12
Hideaway Saloon: Canago; 10:30 p.m., $10
Holiday Inn (Hurstbourne): DJ Mike Hall
Horseshoe Casino: The Rumors, Endless Summer
Ice House: The Crashers; 9 p.m., $50-$100
Jefferson Eagles Aiere: The Hogtown Blues Band; 8 p.m.
Jeff Ruby’s: Robbie Bartlett; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green and Friends: Jerry Green; 8 p.m., $50
Jim Porter’s: The Boogie Men; 8 p.m.
Mac Daddy’s: The Holt Brothers Band
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8
Maple Inn Tavern: The River City Blues Band; 9 p.m.
Marian Center: Louisville’s Own Band, The Mystic Singers with Diane Bramblett; $65-$125
Meat: King Sonic; 9 p.m.
New Albany Roadhouse: Nervous Energy; 6 p.m., $25 (single), $50 (couple)
O’Shea’s: The Logan Street Band, Deuce, DJs Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
Patrick O’Shea’s: Midnight Radio, DJ Melly Mel; 6 p.m., $15-$350
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Naked Garden, Rock Brigade, The Over-Reactors; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: The Reginald Bareham Band; 7:30 p.m.
Rye: DJ Freakage; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators; 10 p.m.
Theater Square Marketplace: The VoJazz Trio
Third Street Dive: Little Rachel, The Honeybees; 9 p.m., $10
21C: DJ Ryan Cox; 8 p.m., $40
VFW Post #1427: The Revolver Band; $10 (per couple)
Wight-Meyer Winery: da Mudcats
Zanzabar: OK Deejays & Sam Sneed; 10 p.m., $10
ZaZoo’s: Velvet Saints, Big Head; 9 p.m., $10
TUE jan 1
Against the Grain: open mic; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ Chaz C; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir
Jim Porter’s: “Tribute to Townes Van Zandt”; 7 p.m.
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
