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Wed mar 19
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Clifton‘s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad & Karsten; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: New Bums, Wooden Wand, Wrekmeister Harmonies; 7 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Skin Tone, Absolutely Not, The Vatican Bank; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: ZZ Ward, Linus Young, The O’My’s; 7:45 p.m., $15-$17
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Meta: DJ See Tai; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Anthony Payton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open mic
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: C2 and the Brothers Reed, The Nat Osborn Band, Brooks Ritter; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Quintet; 8:30 p.m.
St. Paul UMC: Harry Pickens; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Floodwater; 8:30 p.m.; The Saturday Giant; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): Olivia Duval; 8 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): DJ Jaybird; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Wild Child; 9 p.m., $7
THU mar 20
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Clifton Center: Tierney Sutton “Sings Joni Mitchell”; 7:30 p.m., $21-$27
Congregation Adath Jeshurun: Zina Goldrich, Cantor David Lipp, Cantor Sharon Hordes, Jewish Community Choirs; 7 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Jim Dishman
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus (unplugged); 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Strongbird, Cadaver Dogs, Bookshelf; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: J. Roddy Walston & the Business, Discount Guns; 8 p.m., $15-$18
Hideaway Saloon: Little Ugly, Speaker; 10 p.m., $3
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Lettersong Studio: open stage; 7:30 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Justin Lewis; 7 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Archie Powell & the Exports, The Damn Choir, The Graham, Lilly Hiatt; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: HedPE, Smile Empty Soul, Sunflower Dead; 8 p.m., $15
Rudyard Kipling: open mic; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Student Jazz Composers; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: King Buzzo, Jonathan Glen Wood; 9 p.m., $15
FRI mar 21
American Turners: Friday Night Country Dance; 8 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5; The Sexy Tones; 10:30 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): War Panties; 10 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: The Strays
Blue River Café: The Linda Smith Band; 7 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Dan Gediman; 8 p.m.
Cure Lounge: Midnight Hour Sound System; 9 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Robby Cox
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Stone the Crow, Tristen Roberts; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Nathan Salsburg; 8 p.m., $7
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Galt House: “Itchin’ to Pick”; noon
Gerstle’s: The Kirk Davis Band
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Left Behind, Conquerors, Knocked Loose, Left to the Wolves, Hallows, The Cambion, Corkscrew
Hideaway Saloon: Mundo Brew; 7 p.m.; Copper Into Steel; 11 p.m., $5
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Manny & Merle: The Josh Goodlett Band; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Margarette Evans; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Rust & Honey; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Woody Pines, Zach Longoria; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Liaisons, Boombox Poets
Play: DJ E Squared
Rudyard Kipling: Twin Limb, Jared Elmore, Greg Cushing; 8 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Dailey & Vincent; 7 p.m., $20
Stevie Ray’s: Rock Station; 9:30, $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Finer, Kursk, Ted Stevens & the Third Rail; 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; 7:30 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Jimmy LaFave; noon
Zanzabar: Bent Knee, Jack Holiday & the Westerners, New Bravado; 9 p.m., $5; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT mar 22
Bard’s Town: Pocket Vinyl, Phourist; 10:30 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: River Bottom; 8 p.m.
Blue River Café: Guilderoy Byrne; 7 p.m.
Bread and Breakfast: Petar Mandic; 1 p.m.
Brownie’s The Shed: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Brown Theatre: The Louisville Leopard Percussionists, The River City Drum Corps; 2 p.m., $15
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Freakwater; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): The Ocean, Scale the Summit, The Atlas Moth, Silver Snakes, Ohlm, Eschatos; 7:30 p.m.; Kevin Cummings, Me & You; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Radiotronic, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Down One Bourbon Bar: DJ Tank
Dreamland: Guerilla Toss, Humongous, Ma Turner; 8 p.m., $10
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Galt House: “Itchin’ to Pick”
Gerstle’s: The Bourbonauts
Headliners Music Hall: “Bluegrass Alliance Showcase”; 7 p.m., $15.50-19.50
Huber’s: Josh & Holly; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: The Sellouts, Audio Addiction, Broken Dreams Blues; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Shen Yun; 7:30 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Bag of Hammers; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: The Over-Reactors; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: The Robby Cox Band; 10 p.m.
Meta: DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Patty Cain; 8 p.m.
Mom’s Music: Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers; 6 p.m.
New Vintage: Grace & Tony, The Misty Mountain String Band, The Captain Midnight Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Nucleus Building: Kyle James Hauser, Small Time Napoleon; 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jefferson Tarc Bus, Field of Kings, Stone the Crow
Play: DJ E Squared
Ross Country Jamboree: Gene Watson; 7 p.m., $25
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Donnie Strickland, Tiffany Puckett, Wayne Wardle, Tayler Lynch; 7:30 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: Old School; 9:30 p.m., $6
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Gold Hope Duo, Dan Hubbard & the Humidors; 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.
Zanzabar: The Pass, Scott Carney, Nerves Junior; 9 p.m., $10; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN mar 23
Bard’s Town: The Blind Dog String Band; 6 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Louisville Youth Orchestra; 4 p.m.
Clifton Center: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.
Clifton‘s Pizza: The Derby City Little Big Band; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Frazier Museum: “U of L School of Music Fundraiser” with The Jumpin’ Jive Orchestra, The Mike Tracy Trio; 6 p.m., $20-$100
Galt House: “Itchin’ to Pick”
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: bluegrass jam with Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: open stage; 8 p.m.
Huber’s: Rusty Bladen; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Shen Yun; 2 p.m.
Mixer: Anthony Payton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Anwar Sadat, Native, Brighter Arrows; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Henhouse Prowlers; 9 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): The Trout Quintet; 3 p.m., $5-$15; University Symphony Orchestra; 7:30 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON mar 24
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Louisville Youth Orchestra; 10:30 a.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Derby Dinner Playhouse: The Monarchs; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Joe Carpenter, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morris Music; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Robbie Cox
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Blind Owl String Band; 10 p.m., $3
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): Jakob Kullberg; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE mar 25
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 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
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Unwed Sailor, Parlour, Aby Laby Land
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Mipso, The Sea The Sea; 9 p.m.
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
St. Paul UMC: Steven Paul Spears, Jim Rittenhouse; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Lazy Ass Destroyer; 9 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): Big Robot; 7 p.m.