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Wed DEC 11
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: “Subteranean Phrases”; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Me & You; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: Eddie & the Fuckmunkys, Godhand Black, DJ Dietrich, Chuck Tone; 10 p.m.
Jack’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: “Live Band Karaoke” with The Hiding
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Trans-Siberian Orchestra “Christmas”; 7:30 p.m., $34-$63.50
Kingfish (River Road): John Burgard & Kirk Davis; 5 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open mic
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Maid Myriad, Lady Pyramid; 9 p.m., $5
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Youngstown Parade, Freddy & the Cruegers, The Yat Machines; 10 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Band; 8 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Floodwater; 9:30 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Lyndon): DJ Ace
Zanzabar: “Communion” with Rosco Bandana, Murals, Black Strap Molases, Black Birds of Paradise; 9 p.m., $5
THU DEC 12
BBC (Downtown North): DJ Syimone; 11 p.m., $10-$15
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): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Headliners Music Hall: Jars of Clay “Christmas”, John Mark McMillan; 8 p.m., $15
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.
KFC Yum Center: Beyonce; 8 p.m., $48-$256
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
OPEN Gallery: Mothership Ensemble; 7 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Twin Limb, Kovacs and the Polar Bear, Gold Light, Jared Elmore; 9 p.m., $5
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 DEC 13
Amy Z’s: Motown Crackers; 9 p.m.
Bearno’s (Downtown): Another Colour; 8 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Robby Vertrees; 10 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Clifton Center: VOICES of Kentuckiana; 7 p.m., $15-$20
Clifton’s Pizza: Alan Rhody; 8:30 p.m.
Decca: D’Arkestra; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Redline, Strung Out Loud; 10 p.m.; Born Cross Eyed; 10 p.m., $7
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joe Carpenter & Elliot Truman, Big Rock Show, Kevin Cummings; 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.
Gerstle’s: Stonewheel; 9 p.m.; The Bibelhauser Brothers; 11 p.m.
Harvey Browne Presbyterian: Louisville Youth Choir “Christmas Concert”; 7 p.m., $5-$13
Headliners Music Hall: Bodeco, Dog House Kitchen; 9 p.m., $10
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: The Hackensaw Boys; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Over the Rhine; 8 p.m., $25
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines, Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
New Vintage: Johnny Berry & the Outliers, Straw Boss; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Our Savior Lutheran: Louisville Vocal Project; 8 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Trophy Wives, Cougar Ace, Call Me Bronco; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Dan Siebert & Peter Rhee; 7 p.m.; The Oarsmen, Human Cannonball, Nathan Strange; 9:30 p.m., $5
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Whisky Bent Valley; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Art Adams Band, Laurie Jane & the 45s; 10 p.m., $5
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 Joseph Arthur; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): PMA; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Joseph Arthur, Dylan LeBlanc; 9 p.m., $12-$15; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT DEC 14
Atlantic No. 5: Judah and the Lion; 8 p.m.
Bearno’s (Downtown): Another Colour; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Clifton Center: Alan Rhody, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Beady, Kyle James Hauser; 7:30 p.m., $12
Corydon Jamboree: Meagan Stout, Kim Robins, Roger Conley; 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): Hed PE, Righteous Vendetta; 8 p.m., $15; Naked Garden, Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The Horizontal Buggy Band, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: “Love Pack Benefit”: 4 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Danny Flanigan + the Rain Chorus; 9 p.m.
Green Building: The Debauchees, Merryll Loy; 8 p.m.
Greenhaus: Simon Joyner; 7 p.m., $15
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Dysphoria, Left to the Wolves, For All You Know, Method of Madness, Left in Despair; 6 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Whitener, Signal the Revolution, Trust Divided, The Hart Strings, Beyond Doubt; 8 p.m., $5-$8
Highlands Tap Room Grill: “Reggae Night” hosted by PMA; 11 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ DV8
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Rachel Timberlake, Radiotronic, Blue Collar Blues; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: The Repo Men
LVAA: Lydia Burrell, Tender Mercy, The Gallery Singers; 7 p.m., donations
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Second Story Man, Mote, Mind Crimes DJs; 9:30 p.m., $5
19th Green: Katie’s Habit; 9 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Goldy Locks, Cover Me Badd, Jesse & the Hogg Brothers
Ross Country Jamboree: Natalie Berry, Daniel Hobbs, Billy Nett; 7 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: Gilderoy Byrne “Celtic Christmas”; 7:30 p.m., $8-$15
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Tiffany Puckett, Brooke Thornsbury, Ali Hash; 7:30 p.m., $8
St. Andrews Pub: DJ Rich
St. Brigid: Louisville Chorus; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Little G Weevil, Selwyn Birchwood; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Keith Jones and the Makeshifts; 10 p.m., $5
30 Red Sport Saloon: No Problem
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.
Zanzabar: New Bravado, Plastic Bubble; 9 p.m., $5; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN DEC 15
Bard’s Town: Jim Needler, Justin Paul Lewis, Dallas Cole; 6 p.m., $3
Bearno’s (Highlands): Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m.
Blu: The Dave Clark Trio: 10:30 a.m.
Clifton Center: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.; VOICES of Kentuckiana; 7 p.m., $15-$20
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey & Stacey; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Another Mistake, Bad Habits, With Increase, Fairlane, Full Zenith, Comforter, Iron Noose; 6 p.m., $8
Headliners Music Hall: “Steve Ferguson Tribute”; 6 p.m., $5
Jim Porter’s: Spyro Gyra, The Mike Hyman Trio; 7 p.m., $35-$75
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Justin Timberlake; 8 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Mixer: “Showtune Sundays”; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: The Tones, Zach Longoria, Blue Soul Gypsies, Jet Black Orchid; 9 p.m., $5; DJs Goast & Syimone; 11 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: “The Bickels’ Bluegrass Pickin’ Christmas”; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Lamont Gillespie & Byron Davies Benefit” with The Pranksters, Soul Circus, The Boogie Men; 4 p.m., $5
St. Paul UMC: Louisville Vocal Project; 3 p.m., $10
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON DEC 16
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): PMA; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Mac Larson
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night”; 8 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room: “Metal Monday”; 11 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Miss C’s (Downtown): Mickey Clark; noon
New Vintage: “Motown Monday”; 6 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): Louisville Concert Band & Chamber Winds Louisville; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE DEC 17
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.
Central Presbyterian Church: The Ceruti Chamber Players; 7:30 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: Ashley McBride
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor; 8 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.
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.
U of L: “Glenn Miller Christmas”; 8 p.m., $5-$25