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Wed AUG 28
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: O Kingdom, Visionaries, Demise of the King; 8:30 p.m., $5
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters, Harpers Fellow; 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: “Ragtime Wednesday”; 5 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Repo Men, Dysphoria, Lewis Mathis; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 9 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 Sons of Fathers, Laura Marling, Justin Paul Lewis; 6 p.m.
THU AUG 29
Baxter’s 942: Twang Town; 8 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJ Gabriel; 8 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Dereck Howard; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The Kevin Cummings Band; 10 p.m.
Down One: Eight Inch Elvis; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You, Brass DeVille
Greenhaus: David Grubbs, Visiting Nurse; 7 p.m., $6
Headliners Music Hall: One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Hideaway Saloon: Ollie Vee, Joshua Powell; $5
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: Jeff Rehmet
Magnolia Bar: Those Poor Bastards, Rachel Brooke, Chief Ghoul, The Dammit; 10 p.m., $5-$7
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Mixer: open mic; 8 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Capricorn; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Space Capone, Zach Longoria, The KY State All Stars; 8 p.m., $8; The Pass DJs; 11 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Molly Heady
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Zombie Fest” with First Jason, Dead Dick Hammer; 9:30 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Two Lane: Big Rock Show; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Left Lane Cruiser; 9 p.m., $8
FRI AUG 30
Against the Grain: Drew Miller & the Heavy Handed; 9 p.m.
Amy Z’s: Ken Smith; 9:30 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Scarlett Hill; 8 p.m., free; The Outerloop Band; 10 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Highlands): Zach Longoria; 10 p.m.
Belvedere: “World Fest” with Red Baraat; 11:45 a.m.
Bourbons Bistro: Joe Hanna
Brewery: Soul River Brown; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Cala Elaine; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: 113th Army Band; 7:30 p.m.
Crescent Hill Radio: Adventure, Tall Squares; 7 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Bill Heuglin; 8:30 p.m.
Decca: Fatt Labb; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Voodoo Avenue, Clay Harned; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joe Carpenter, The Jaystorm Project, Cisco Cliftons, Driftwood Gypsies; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Hollis Brown; 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.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Cover Me Badd, Jason Daniels, Tristen & Cameron
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Ohlm, Satellite Twin, Mistakes in Aviation, Dogma; 8:30 p.m., $5
Hilltop Tavern: The Moonlight Peddlers
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jeffersonville Riverstage: The Endless Summer Band, The Wulfe Brothers, Kudmani; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Bailiff; 7 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: “American Idol Live!”; 7:30 p.m., $33.50-$66
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Pages to Kings, Phourist, Bury the Lede; 9 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: “Michael Jackson Tribute”; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Butch Rice; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Whiskey Bent Valley; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Patty Cain; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: No More Kings, House Ghost, RedZag; 8 p.m., $10; DJ Dylan Herre
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Rude Lucy
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Poetry of the Dead, Slit Throat Vendetta, Tomorrow Never Ends; 9 p.m., $10
Sidebar: Molly; 9 p.m.
Spectators: The Revolver Band; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Toad Strangler; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Brynn Marie, Josh Roberts, Clay Coombs; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vernon Club: Oceano, Sworn In, Reflections, Adestria; 7:30 p.m., $10
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Afrophysicists; noon
Wick’s (New Albany): PMA; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Roadkill Ghost Choir, The Lonely Wild; 9 p.m., $8-$10; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT AUG 31
Against the Grain: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
American Turners: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 8 p.m.
Asiatique: Sean Clay, DJ Q; 10:30 p.m., $10
Belvedere: “World Fest” with Grupo Fantasma; noon
Brewery: DJs Boombox Saints; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: The Kirk Davis Trio; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Congregation Adath Jeshurun: “Autism Benefit” with Storefront Congregation, John Gage, Jennifer Diamond; 8:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Natalie Berry, Lloyd Wood; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Elephant Room, Bass Drum Aliens, Signal the Revolution, Josh Woods, Gitsum, Touch A.C.; 8 p.m., $8; Defiantly Maybe, Brad Jackson; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): BobAnonymous, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Douglas Loop Farmers Market: Kingsley Durant; 10 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Hemingways, Don’t Call Me Shirley, Strung Out Loud
Headliners Music Hall: Vessel; 11:59 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Vice Tricks, Stoner Moms, Teenage Rehab; $5
Huber’s: Corey & Stacey; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 9 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Nobody’s Business, Rock Bottom Blues, Audio Addiction; 9 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Molly; 8 p.m.
Nelligan Hall: The Decline Effect, Kentucky Chrome Review, Ma Turner, Plastic Melodies, The Thirties; 7 p.m., $6
New Vintage: Tesla Rossa, The Foxery, The Protagonist
O’Shea’s: Soul Circus
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Sour Mash Fix, Goldy Locks, The Jaystorm Project; 9:30 p.m.
River Cit Winery: Roz Tate; 8 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Christy Miller, Billy Nett, Terry Vincent; 7 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Clinton Spaulding, Megan Stout; 7:30 p.m., $8
Spectators: The Revolver Band; 10 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Hallows, To Die Alone, Brought By Giants, Stage Fright, The Traditional, Sound the Ruin; 6 p.m., $5
St. Andrews Pub: Rich Reynolds & Mainstreet; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Kilborn Alley; 9 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Crossbones Inc., The Slagsmiths, The Jereactors; 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.
Water Tower: “Bluegrass & Bourbon Festival”
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Whiplash; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Field of Kings, Quiet Hollers, Ranger; 9 p.m., $5; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN SEP 1
Belvedere: “World Fest” with Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul; 12:30 p.m.
Brewery: Overboard, DJ Goast; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Jeff Austin, The New Old Calvary; 9 p.m., $18-$20; Tristen Roberts; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The Kevin Cummings Band; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters, Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Those Damn Torpedoes, Rumours, Brigid Kaelin; 8 p.m., $10
KingFish (Upper River Road): The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 5 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Ma Turner, Jonathan Wood, Dahm Cipolla & Lowe Sutherland
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium: Rocktimus Prime; 1 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Acoustic Outlaws, Doc Hogan; 6 p.m.
Water Tower: “Bluegrass & Bourbon Festival”
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Left Lane Cruiser; 9 p.m., $8
MON SEP 2
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Belvedere: “World Fest” with JIRIDON; 1 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Chad Keiser; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Nothing, Malfunction, Weird Girl, Comforter, North the North; 6:30 p.m., $8; DJ Ultra Paul; 10 p.m.
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Miss C’s (Downtown): Mickey Clark; noon
New Vintage: “Motown Monday”; 6 p.m.
Vernon Club: Capture the Crown, Secrets, Ice Nine Kills, My Ticket Home, City in the Sea; 7 p.m., $12
Water Tower: “Bluegrass & Bourbon Festival”
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Willow Park: The Ovation Orchestra; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Dirty River Bourbon Show; 9 p.m., $8
TUE SEP 3
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
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: Strung Out Loud
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: “Take It Back Tuesdays”; 9 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): DJs Intelli-G, Gitsum, Crikket, Inspireme, Beejj, Oblivion Sanction; $3-$5
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.