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Wed nov 27
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
American Turners: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 8 p.m.
Amy Z’s: Villin; 10 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Omingnome; 8 p.m., $7
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Hot Brown Smackdown; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.; Jesco White; 8 p.m., $15
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Me & You; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
The Grand: Il Trobadore; 6 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Halestorm, Redlight King, Stars In Stereo; 7:30 p.m., sold out
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10 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: Li’l T&A; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open mic
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: “Louisville Lip Release” with Violet Knives, In Lightning; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Killer Lips, PMA, Some Kind of Saint; 10 p.m.
Saints: Rude Lucy; 9 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Boscoe France Band; 9:30 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Lyndon): DJ Ace
Zanzabar: DJ Blythe of the Ball; 10 p.m.
THU nov 28
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.; “Throwdown Thursdays”; 10 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Kentucky Hellbenders; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
OPEN Gallery: Mothership Ensemble; 7 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Flaw, The Company We Keep, Incursion, Sintonik, Chasing the End; 8 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 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.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
FRI nov 29
Amy Z’s: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Omingnome; 8 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Tom Browning; 10 p.m.
Decca: Misha Feigin; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Griz; 9 p.m., $18; Kirby’s Dreamland, Strung Out Loud; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joe Carpenter & Elliot Truman, P.M.A., Bob Anonymous; 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.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Houndmouth, Rayland Baxter, The Kernal & His New Strangers; 9 p.m., sold out
Hideaway Saloon: Onset; 10 p.m., $5
Huber’s: Joe Dotson; 1 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: J.D. Shelburne, Alex Jennings; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Lettersong Calligraphy Studio/Gallery: Kris Logston, Tyler Warden; 7 p.m., $3
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Then There Were Three; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines, Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: “Gubbey Records Showcase” with New Bravado, Adventure, Andy Matter & Ten Wet Dollarrs; 1 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Johnny Berry & the Outliers; 9 p.m., $5
Nachbar: Jaye Jayle; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: “Gubbey Records Showcase” with Bus Hus, Weird Girl, Whistlin’ Rufus, Sandpaper Dolls; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Field of Kings
Palace Theater: The Tunesmiths, The Bad Reeds, El Roostars, DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 9:30 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Huntress, Stonecutters, Ritual Void, Project Heavy Death; 7:30 p.m., $10-$12
Rudyard Kipling: Mu, Aaron West, Cher Koeune, William Bryan Ragland, Mary Brown Feiock, Thaniel Ion Lee; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The King Bees, The Beat Daddys; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Tyrone Wheeler; 6 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Tunesmiths, The Bad Reeds; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): The Apple B Brown Band; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Another 7 Astronauts, Dane Waters; 9 p.m.; OK Deejays, 11 p.m., $3
SAT nov 30
Brewskees: Rod Mitchell, Jeff Judd, John Maupin, Courtney Haynes; 9 p.m.
Brown Theatre: The Louisville Orchestra Orkidstra “Holiday Spectacular”; 7 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Tayler Lynch, Natalie Berry, Lloyd Wood, David Wayne; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: DJ Blythe of the Ball; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Iron Bells, Buffalo Rodeo, Vice Tricks, Zebras in Public; 8 p.m., $5; Kirby’s Dreamland, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The JJ Reeves Band, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Youngstown Parade, Bookshelf, Anthologies; 9:30 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Houndmouth, Daniel Martin Moore, Howell Dawdy; 9 p.m., sold out
Hideaway Saloon: The Charles Walker Band; 11 p.m., $5
Huber’s: Joe Dotson; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ DV8
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Nobodyz Bizzness, Rare Breed, The Boogie Men Blues;9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: “Sing ‘N’ Joy”; 8 p.m., $15-$35
KFC Yum Center: Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band; 8 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Levels: Flow del Caribe, VDJ Santana; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: XOX, Blood Planet, Slow Learner; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Marriott East: E-Feezy, DJ Z-Nyce, DJ Always; 10:30 p.m., $15
Mixer: Take Two; 8 p.m.
Nelligan Hall: Waxeater, Great Floods, Twenty First Century Fox, Call Me Bronco; 7 p.m., $6
New Vintage: “Gubbey Records Showcase” with D’Arkestra, Asm A Tik, The Decline Effect, The Bottom Sop; 9 p.m., $5
O’Shea’s: Petar Mandic
Palace Theater: Martina McBride: “The Joy of Christmas”; 8 p.m., $49.50-$59.50
Patrick O’Shea’s: Janey Faith
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Nappy Roots; 8 p.m., $10
Ross Country Jamboree: Amber Martin, Rodger Riggs, Mike Fryman; 7 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: The Mr. Wonderful Production Band, Derbytown Revue; 9 p.m., $5
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Michael Goodman, Eric Simmons, Glen Rice, Ali Hash; 7:30 p.m., $8
St. Andrews Pub: DJ Rich
St. Brigid: Bourbon Baroque; 7:30 p.m., $20
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators; 9:30 p.m., $6
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Vibrolas, Roman Polanski’s Baby, Madame Machine; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Chris Fitzgerald; 6 p.m.
Volare: Brian Curella; 7:30 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): D’ Man & the Alley Hounds; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Melodic, Vikesh Kapoor; 9 p.m., $5; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN dec 1
Bard’s Town: gypsy jazz jam; 5:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Hogan’s Fountain; 7 p.m.
Blu: The Dave Clark Trio: 10:30 a.m.
Brown Theatre: “Sounds of Hope”; 5 p.m., $25
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.
Headliners Music Hall: Seluah, Cheyenne Mize; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Charles Walker Band
Holy Grale: Bourbon Baroque; 4 p.m.
Huber’s: Joe Dotson; 1 p.m.
IUS (Ogle Center): Commonwealth Brass Band “Holiday Concert”; 3 p.m., $5-$8
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: “Sing ‘N’ Joy”; 2 p.m., $15-$35
Mag Bar: Scott Whitehouse; 8 p.m.
Mixer: “Showtune Sundays”; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: “Owl Hoot Scoot”; 4 p.m., $10; DJs Goast & Syimone; 11 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
St. Brigid: Bourbon Baroque; 7:30 p.m., $20
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Clair Morgan, Melissa Combs, Jerry Tolson; 5 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON dec 2
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Brewery: DJ Intelli-G; 11 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Mac Larson; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Strung Out Loud
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Goast; 10 p.m.
Miss C’s (Downtown): Mickey Clark; noon
New Vintage: “Motown Monday”; 6 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University String Chamber Ensembles; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE dec 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.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kimmet & Doug; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Zach Longoria
IUS (Ogle Center): Mothership Ensemble; 6 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: Your Friendly Neighborhood Big Band; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: “Take It Back Tuesdays”
Norm’s Club 21: DJ C Note; 10 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Diego Garcia, Jenn Grant; 9 p.m., $10