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Wed JUL 31
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 7 p.m.
Frazier Rehab Center: Michelle Murray; 10 a.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
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: DJs Sleepy T, Lemi Vice; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Nathan Brown; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Over-Reactors, Jewelry Guns; 9 p.m.
Purrswaytions: acoustic jam
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Pork Pie James; 8 p.m., $3
Superior Van & Mobility: Michelle Murray; 2 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic; 8 p.m.
Tim Faulkner Gallery: The Tunesmiths; 8 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Waterfront Park: “WFPK Waterfront Wednesday” with Little Green Cars, The Randall Bramblett Band, Quiet Hollers; 6 p.m.
THU AUG 1
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Dereck Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
El Nopal (New Albany): Roz Tate; 6 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Smoking Flowers; 5:30 p.m.; Me & You; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Old Wounds, Great Floods, Ritual Void, Aint Worth Killin; 6 p.m., $8
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Left Field Lounge: John Baxter; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s Pizza: Zach Longoria
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Metro Hall: The Afrophysicists; noon
Mixer: open mic; 7 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Capricorn; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: The Richie White Orchestra, Twin Sister Radio; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Travis Bishop
Palace Theater: Alex Clare, OK Deejays; 8 p.m., $20
Phoenix Hill Tavern: audition night; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Slugger Field: 30 Spokes; 5 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Two Lane: Big Rock Show; 8 p.m.
FRI AUG 2
American Legion Post 89: Katie’s Habit; 8 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Cousin Country; 8 p.m., $5
Bicentennial Park: Oh My Me; 6 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: River Cities Concert Band; 7:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Soul River Brown, Clay Harned; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Freddy and the Cruegers, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Hero Jr., Veseria, Adam Green; 8:30 p.m., $6
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.
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: Casey James; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: 64 West, Vendors Unplugged, Tristen & Cameron
Headliners Music Hall: The Greg Foresman Band, Jimmy Davis; 9 p.m., $5
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 Doo-Wop All Stars; 7 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience; 8 p.m., $35
Louisville Beer Store: DJ Sir Basil Outernational; 6 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: Hudson Falcons, Put Up Yer Dukes!, Hal Dolls; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J with Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Butch Rice; 11 p.m.
Mixer: Molly; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: The Whiskey Riders, Sam & Tyler, The American Dream, Jet Black Orchid; 9 p.m., $8
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Tender Mercy, Dream Eye Color Wheel, Alex Glasnovic; 7 p.m.
Sidebar: Molly; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Kelly Richey Band; 9:30 p.m., $6
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Sinister Fate, Graphic Violence, Spontaneous Internal Combustion; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Greg Foresman; noon
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: Cory Chisel, The Candles, Space Woman, Adriel Denae; 9 p.m., $12-$15; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT AUG 3
American Legion Post 89: Katie’s Habit; 8 p.m.
American Turners: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 8 p.m.
Apocalypse Brew Works: The Blue Umbrellas, Bridge 19, Kathleen Hoye and the Reel Deal, St. John’s Wort; 5 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Drunk & Sailor Pirate Sing-A-Long; 8 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Petar Mandic; 9:30 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Central Park: Nick Peay; noon
Clifton’s Pizza: Turley Richards; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Liberation Prophecy; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Redline, BJ; 10 p.m.; Born Cross Eyed; 10 p.m., $7
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Tim Lockett, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Douglas Loop Farmers Market: Pat Younger; 10 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Zach Longoria Project, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Bobby Bare Jr., Eremy JIrvin & the Free-ends, Hey Hey Honey; 7 p.m., $10-$12
Huber’s Winery: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 9 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Loui Loui’s Pizza: Circus Circus
Majid’s: Bobby J with Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Carly Johnson; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: The Decline Effect, Stonecutters, Bandoleer Prison; 9 p.m., $6
O’Shea’s: Rude Lucy
Park DuValle Community Health Center: DJs Ibuka, Fyah P, Benny Bongani Harris; 11 a.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: 18X-Ray
Ross Country Jamboree: Ronnie McDowell, Ronnie Murphy; 7 p.m., $25
Rudyard Kipling: Tall Squares, Electric Kite, Huh Robot; 9 p.m., $5
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Kelly Casey, Glen Rice, Ali Hash; 7:30 p.m., $8
St. Andrews Pub: Touch Armor Class, Fire the Drummer, Voyage of Slaves, Neighbor; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators; 9:30 p.m., $6
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Cala Miller, Billy Hower, Lauren Eid, C.J. Mallonee; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Volare: Brian Curella’s Charley’s Bird Trio; 7:30 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis
Zanzabar: Ponderosa; 9 p.m., $6; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN AUG 4
Bard’s Town: jazz jam; 5:30 p.m.
Belvedere: “Fresh Fest” with Naughty By Nature; 6 p.m., $25
Brick House Tavern: Petar Mandic; 6 p.m.
Cole’s Place: “Apollo Nights”; 6 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Trophy Wives, Stagecoach Inferno, The Dammit; 5 p.m., $5
Heine Brothers (Eastern Pkwy): The Hart Strings; 3:30 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The All-Star Power Member Revue; 7 p.m., $30
Mixer: “Showtune Sundays”; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Kaleidico, Nowhere Fast, Hundos
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “100 Proof Benefit” with The Blues and Greys, The Jaywalkers, The Pranksters; 4 p.m., $5
Willow Park: Will Cary; 7 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON AUG 5
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Triple Threat; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
New Vintage: “Motown Monday”; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE AUG 6
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Belle of Louisville: Tom & Ricky
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Bone Headz: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ Chaz C; 10 p.m.
Crazy Dave’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Elia Goat
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Majid’s: Eddie Humphrey; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Magnets and Ghosts; 9 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: The Gallery, Brooks Ritter, Jubalson; 8:30 p.m., $5
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.
Varanese: Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.