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Wed MAR 27
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Applebee’s (LaGrange): Robby Cox; 9 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Bongoman; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.; Otep, One-Eyed Doll
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad; 9 p.m., $10-$15
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
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.
Manny & Merle: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Meat: DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Alanna Fugate; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: Rob Brown; 7 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Purrswaytions: acoustic jam
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Strung Out Loud; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Mason’s Case, Lost in Society, Tame the Hurricane; 8 p.m.
Tin Roof: Adam Craig, Carly Pearce; 7 p.m.
Uncle Slayton’s: Carrie Rodriguez, The Cactus Blossoms; 8:30 p.m., $15
U of L (Bird Hall): University Faculty Jazz Ensemble; 7:30 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Zanzabar: Go Mordecai!, Silent Old Mountains, Blackbirds of Paradise; 9 p.m., $5
THU MAR 28
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Dillan Johnson & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Decca: DJ JW; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Glish, Mote, North the North; 7 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jimbo Mathus, Alvin Youngblood Heart; 8 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: Deaf Scene; 10:30 p.m., $5
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Louisville Orchestra; 10:30 a.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Derek Howard; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Frankie Moody
Phoenix Hill Tavern: audition night; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: “Motherlodge Festival” with Corn Mo; 8:30 p.m., $10
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Shine: Clint Ackerman, Anytime After Four; 8 p.m.
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Static: GoodFellas; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Two Lane: Big Rock Show; 8 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): “Copland in Mexico”; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: open mic
Zanzabar: Signal Path; 9 p.m., $10-$12
ZaZoo’s: Tame the Hurricane; 9 p.m., $5
FRI MAR 29
Against the Grain: DJ PhreeyaMined; 9 p.m.
Alley Cats: Tattoo You; 10 p.m., $5
AmVets Post 61: 3rd Degree Band; 9 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Unbroken Silence; 9 p.m., $5
Blue River Café: Dustin Walker; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Clark’s: Qwee Sarah Sarah; 9:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Decca: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Sponge, Peter Searcy; 9 p.m., $15
Dillinger’s: Chasing Mars, The Uncommon Houseflies, Tall Squares; 9 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: That Girl Suicide, Fusionary, Tattoo Babylon, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Tunesmiths, The Hot Wires
Headliners Music Hall: Blunt Honey, Rumpke Mountain Boys, Strung Like a Horse; 9 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Arpetrio; 10:30 p.m., $7
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Mikus
Horseshoe Casino: Aaron Lewis
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 Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Louisville Orchestra; 8 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Annehutchinson, Thaniel Ion Lee, Sweatermeat; 8:30 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: Beast in the Field, Bearhammer, Octopus, Great Floods; 8 p.m., $7
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Butch Rice; 11 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Shaggy Puppets; 10 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: Reminiscing; 7 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Soul Circus
Rudyard Kipling: “Motherlodge Festival” with Roadie, Catherine Irwin, Laura Ellis, Mesiko; 8:30 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Blue River; 8 p.m., $12
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Loudmouth, RatBatRadio, Tattooed Bastards; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Happy Chichester; 8:30 p.m., $7
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Blunt Honey; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Gabe Close; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: The David Mayfield Parade; 9 p.m., $8-$10; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: 3GC, Six Mile Sound, THP; 9 p.m., $5
SAT MAR 30
Alley Cats: Midnight Radio; 10 p.m., $5
Blue River Café: Guilderoy Byrne; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Jim Dishman & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Cahoots: Horseburner, All Dead, Kentucky Goddamn, Dissonance, Blood Planet; 9:30 p.m., $5
Club 21: DJ KGee
Corydon Jamboree: Susan West, Otis Berry, Clinton Spaulding; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Tyrone Cotton; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: The Madtaxpayers, Mangrenade, The Yat Machines; 9 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Soul Proprietors, Tristen & Cameron
Hideaway Saloon: 600 Lbs. of Sin; 10:30 p.m., $5
Hillbilly Tea: “Motherlodge Festival” with Erin Hill & Her Psychedelic Harp, Mick Sullivan; 10 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jack’s (New Albany): Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Indigo Girls with the Louisville Orchestra; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Ricky Nye; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Hotbrown Smackdown; 10 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: Rockin Ricky; 7 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 9 p.m.
Palace Theater: Leonard Cohen; 8 p.m., $49.50-$252.50
PYRO Gallery: Erin Fitzgerald; 1 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Todd Bodenheimer, Kelly Casey, Natalie Berry; 7:30 p.m., $8
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The King Bees, Mr. Jimmy; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Hank Smith Band, Thomas Wietecha; 10 p.m., $5
Vernon Club: O’Kingdom, The American Dream, They Came Bearing Arms, Jovian, Ready Access, Endeavour, The Blue Soul Gypsys; 7:30 p.m., $8
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Aby Laby Land; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Bitch Please; 9 p.m., $5
SUN MAR 31
Cole’s Place: “Apollo Nights”; 6 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Orgy, Vampires Everywhere, Davey Suicide; 7:30 p.m., $18-$30
Galerie Hertz: “Motherlodge Festival” with The Deloreans, Juanita, Shelby Park Soul Stew; 4 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Motherlodge Festival” with Todd Hildreth & Ray Rizzo; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Papier Tigre, Anwar Sadat, Alcohol Party; 9 p.m., $6
ZaZoo’s: Montego, Esoteric Derek, Chimarra, Derek LaFountain; 9 p.m., $5
MON APR 1
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Brown Theater: Grizzly Bear, Owen Pallett; 8 p.m., $30-$35
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Expo Five: Excision, Paper Diamond, Vaski
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic
Headliners Music Hall: Circa Survive; 8 p.m., $12
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Combos; 7:30 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: Boats; 9 p.m., $5
TUE APR 2
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 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.
Gerstle’s: Tristen & Cameron
Hideaway Saloon: Oh No No; 10:30 p.m., $5
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 10 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Cave Singers, Bleeding Rainbow; 9 p.m., $12