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Wed APR 17
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Bistro 42: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Jim James, Cold Specks; 8 p.m., sold out
Cahoots: The Goddamn Gallows, Call Me Bronco, Scattered Hamlet, Blackstrap Molasses; 9 p.m., $8
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Gustavo’s: Robby Cox; 6 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Tender Mercy, Prizefighter, Mike Seymour; 8 p.m., $3
Headliners Music Hall: Kottonmouth Kings, Deuce, Dizzy Wright, Snow Tha Product, Eskimo Callboy, Monsta Squad; 7:30 p.m., $22-$25
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.
Mellow Mushroom: Alanna Fugate; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Palace Theater: Widespread Panic; 7:30 p.m., $39.75
Purrswaytions: acoustic jam
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): King Conquer, Surrounded By Monsters, Deserters, Sessions, Demise of the King; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Screaming John, Tyrone Cotton; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic; 8 p.m.
U of L (Red Barn): A Lion Named Roar, Caleb and the Kicks; 7 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic trio); 8 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: The Black Cadillacs, Two Pump Chump, Opossum Holler; 9 p.m., $8
THU APR 18
AmVets Post 9: Paw Paw Pickers; 7:30 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bellarmine University (Cralle Theater): The Louisville Vocal Project & Bellarmine Schola Cantorum; 7:30 p.m.
Brown Theater: Needtobreathe, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors; 7:30 p.m., $29.50
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): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Jewelry Guns, Screaming Hand, Youth at Heart; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Hem, Dawn Landes; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Heine Brothers (Douglas Loop): Justin Paul Lewis; 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.
Mellow Mushroom: Ryan Conroy; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
New View: Short Bus; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Nick Dittmeier
Phoenix Hill Tavern: audition night; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Maxwell Sound’s Command Performers; 7:30 p.m.; The Hollows; 10:30 p.m.
Rye: DJ PhreeyaMined; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 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.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: open mic
Zanzabar: Mansions on the Moon, Carousel; 9 p.m., $8-$10
ZaZoo’s: Cadaver Dogs, Catfight, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray; 9 p.m.
FRI APR 19
Alley Cats: The River City Wreckers; 10 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Larry Doyle, Brian White, Rick & Patty Cain
Billiards Club: Stone the Crow
Blue River Café: Leigh Ann & Lupe; 7 p.m.
Brown Theater: Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Martin Sexton; 8 p.m., $25-$27
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Decca: DJ Sam Sneed; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Late Ones, Uh-Huh Baby Yeah, Skyscraper Stereo, Think Harder, Aesthetics Versus Architecture; 8 p.m.; The Aces High Band, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Freddy and the Cruegers, Kevin Cummings, DJ Mike Moody; 10 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.
Flanagan’s: Midnight Radio; 10 p.m.
Galt House: “Fillies Ball” with The Crashers; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Pat Anderson
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Focused Minds, Another Mistake, Written Off, Stabler; 6:30 p.m., $6; Drunk & Sailor; 10 p.m., $10
Headliners Music Hall: The 23 String Band, Town Mountain; 9 p.m., $7-$10
Heart of Fire Church: “Dave Ernspiker Memorial & Bike Night”; 8 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: F Monkeys
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
Joe Huber’s: The Aaron Crane Duo; 5 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett; $28.75-$54.75
Magnolia Bar: Neighbor, Temple of the Golden Dawn; 10 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Campfire Stew; 9 p.m.
Marquee Bar: DJ White Shadow; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Vitek, House Ghost, Plastic Bubble; 9 p.m., $5
Nachbar: Planet D Nonet; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Undecided
Phoenix Hill Tavern: C-Rayz Walz, Codey Mazzoni, Skull Avalanche, The Proforms, Crash DDZ, Proc, Rezzinate, Father Jah, Soul River Brown; 9 p.m., $10
Ri Ra: Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic trio); 10 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: The Doo-Wop All Stars; 7:30 p.m., $12
Rudyard Kipling: Jake Reber, Jewelry Guns, DJ Kid Grizzle; 7 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: The Darrell Webb Band; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Lindsey Lane & Axis, The Boogiemen; 7:30 p.m., $5
St. Brigid Church: The Louisville Chorus & The Louisville Philharmonia; $6-$18
St. Stephen Church: BYU-Idaho Symphony Band; 7 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: New Vega, Southern Solstice; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Hangdog Hearts, 30 Spokes; 9 p.m., $8
U of L (Bird Hall): Revelia Orchestra; 7:30 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Josh Ritter; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Stonedog; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Shatterproof; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: DJ Juan MacLean, DJ Lady Carol, OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $8-$10
ZaZoo’s: Ultratone, Velvet Saints; 9 p.m., $5
SAT APR 20
Alley Cats: The King Bees; 9 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Blue River Café: Guilderoy Byrne; 7 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Cahoots: Common Collective, RMLLW2LLZ, Crash DDZ, CPHR DVN; 10 p.m., $3
Club 21: DJ KGee
Corydon Jamboree: Megan Stout, Brandi Anderson, Tayler Lynch; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Black Tusk; 10 p.m., $10; Radiotronic, Louis Mathis; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Positive Mental Attitude, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: 3 on the Floor, Stone Iris, Dan Tedesco, Taylor Lee; 9 p.m., $5
Douglass Loop Farmers Market: Zim Marim, The Blacktop Farmers, The Cheaters; 9 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Fibber’s: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: DJs Bobby Dowell aka Pinion, Jason Shelton, Lady Carol, Tyrohn Brooks; 10 p.m., $7
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Blue Meridian
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jeffersonville Riverstage: Jake, Elwood & the Boys, Sounds Unlimited Productions; 6:30 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Joe Huber’s: Robin Zipper; 5 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: The Adam Riggle Band; 10 p.m.
Mulligan’s: The Maguire Brothers Band; 8 p.m.
Quonset Hut: Junk Yard Dogs, Neptune; 7 p.m., $10-$15
Ross Country Jamboree: The Kinmans; 7 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Natalie Berry, Ray Glenn, Christy Miller; 7:30 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators, King Sonic; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Eddie & the Fuckmunkys; 10 p.m., $5
Underground Sounds: Cheyenne Mize, Sea Hero, Opposable Thumbs, CPHR DVN, Ohlm, New Bravado; noon
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Shatter Proof; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Big Fresh, Whistle Peak; 9 p.m., $5-$7; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN APR 21
Bard’s Town: The Jim Needler Conspiracy and Guitar Pull; 6 p.m., $3
Cole’s Place: “Apollo Nights”; 6 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Fear Factory, Hate Eternal, The Kobra and the Lotus, Incursion, Creature of Exile; 7 p.m., $20-$22; Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Greenhaus: Joe O’Connell & Kate Long, Nathan Salsburg; 6:30 p.m., $5
IUS (Ogle Center): IUS Orchestra; 3 p.m., $5-$8
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Jack Grelle & the Johnson Family, Trappers Keepers; 8 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): Tokyo String Quartet; 3 p.m., $5-$25
Vernon Club: The Word Alive, Kingsfoil, O’ Kingdom, Our Final Hour, Wooden Hart, Better You Than Me; 7:30 p.m., $15
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Purling Hiss, Jaye Jayle; 9 p.m., $6-$8
MON APR 22
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Intelli-G; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Field Elementary: University Community Band
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Miss C’s: “Ken Pyle Benefit” with John Gage, Roy Gentry, Martha Bell, Phil Ragland; 11 a.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
U of L (Belknap – Middleton Auditorium): University Jazz Ensembles 1 & II; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE APR 23
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.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad Kaiser; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic, Travis Bishop
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Pile, Fat History Month, Mote, White Reaper; 7 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Deep Fried Five
IUS (Ogle Center): Farmer Jason; 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 9 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): DJs Intelli-G, Gitsum, Crikket, Inspireme, Beejj, Oblivion Sanction; $3-$5
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Ponderosa, Nerves Junior, New Bravado; 9 p.m., $8