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Wed JUL 9
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Decca: Off the Leash; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Adam Hardesty; 8:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic; 10 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: acoustic jam session; 7:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Joe’s Palm Room: DJ Bam
Laughing Derby: Mommy Tonk
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Meta: DJ Persh; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Melodime; 9 p.m., $8-$10
Nowhere Bar: Zach Longoria; 8 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Rock Brigade, Tim Vacancy
Rudyard Kipling: Hikes
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs N.P.D.; 9 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Quintet; 8:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic with Floodwater, The Mentors, The Jereactors; 8:30 p.m., $5; DJ Ruthless; 11 p.m.
THU JUL 10
Bard’s Town: Guy & Zoob, Nick Peay, Ryan Marsh; 7 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus (unplugged); 10 p.m.
Drake’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 8 p.m.
Four Pegs: open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Ghost Hunter, Florals, Pageant, Jonathan Trimm
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Joe’s Palm Room: DJ Reggie Reg
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Rick Morse; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: The Southern Sirens, The Hart Strings
New Vintage: Will Kimbrough, Brigitte DeMeyer; 7 p.m., $10; The Goddamn Gallows, Buzzard Wagon, Call Me Bronco; 10 p.m., $10
Nowhere Bar: DJ Jay Kay
Rudyard Kipling: Brent Mathis, The Angie Haze Project, Hey Hey Honey; 7 p.m., $5; open mic; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Breathe Till Dawn, Rusty Old Crows, Solarbear, Mason Osborne, Tent, Switch; 6 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
FRI JUL 11
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bicentennial Park: The Black Cadillacs, Violet Knives; 6 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Eric and Kenny
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: Corydon Dulcimer Society; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: David & Valerie Mayfield; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): An Elton John & Billy Joel Tribute; 8 p.m., $10; Shane Dawson, Indiana Joe and Arrow; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous, Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Jari Piper; 8 p.m., $7-$10
Executive Strike & Spare: “Lebowski Fest” with Those Darlins, The Features; 8 p.m., $20-$25
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: Eric Paslay; 7 p.m.
Foxhollow Farm: The Pedal Stills, Buffalo Rodeo; 6 p.m., $20
Gerstle’s: The Decades, Vendors (unplugged), Mark Conover
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Rinehart, The Caribbean, Howell Dawdy
Headliners Music Hall: IAMDOMINIQUELEE; 8 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Chris Leigh and the Broken Hearts; 7 p.m.
Joe’s Palm Room: DJ Reggie Reg
JR’s Pub: River Bottom; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Big Hoax; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Jamey Aebersold; 8 p.m., $5-$10
Monkey Wrench: The Bibelhauser Brothers Band; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: The Debauchees, Ponyshow, Sea Hero, Silent Lions; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Open: ThingsHape, Jonathan Glen Wood, Low Hale & Lowe Sutherland, Umin, Camera Lucida; 7:30 p.m., $5
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Dying Fetus, Creature of Exile, End It With a Shotgun; 8 p.m., $15
Rudyard Kipling: Powell, Earnest Empire, Strongbird, Stereo Empire; 9 p.m., $5
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Everley, Greyhaven, Eight Days From December, Ari, Hallows, The Contingent; 7 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: The Jimmy Davis Band; 9:30 p.m., $5
Sully’s Saloon: Milk N Cookies; 10 p.m.
The Tavern (Old Louisville): DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Living Deads, The Bellfuries; 10 p.m., $8
Water Tower: “Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival”; 5 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Bobby Bare Jr.; noon
Zanzabar: Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires; 9 p.m., $8; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT JUL 12
Apocalypse Brew Works: “Poorcastle” with Mananabango, Tall Squares, Plastic Bubble, Cher Von, Monolith, The Uncommon Houseflies; 1 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Jacob Resch
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Ghost Holler, Klinch; 5 p.m.; Stone the Crow, Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Shane Dawson, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Juanita, The Man, The Windago; 8 p.m., $7
Executive Strike & Spare: “Lebowski Fest” with Bobby Bare Jr., King Kong, March Madness Marching Band, Tony & the Tan Lines; 4 p.m., $15-$20
Fourth Street Live: Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, Uncle Kracker, Blues Traveler
Gerstle’s: Off the Record, Bob Anonymous
Headliners Music Hall: The Zach Longoria Project, Ricky Morse, Kevin Cummings; 9 p.m.
Hidden Hill: Walker & Kays; 6 p.m., $10
Huber’s: Josh & Holly; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Replay, Billy Davis, Broken Dreams Blues; 9 p.m.
Joe’s Palm Room: Woo Woo Krew; $3
JR’s Pub: Mixed Nuts; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Cher Von, Exotic Dance Club; 9 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Then There Were Three; 9 p.m.
Manny & Merle: JD Shelburne; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: The Southern Sirens, The Hart Strings, Jericho Woods; 9 p.m., $8
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
Nelligan Hall: Remembering Never, Vice, Detest, Great Floods, Ill Advised, Standoff; 6:30 p.m., $12
New Vintage: OOO, Dream Eye Color Wheel; 9 p.m., $5
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Goldy Locks, Rocktimus Prime, Str8 Jakkit
Qdoba (Highlands): In Lightning; 7 p.m.
Quad Café: Sauce Boss; 8 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: Alan Rhody; 8 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Da Mudcats; 7:30 p.m.; Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 10:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Blue Velvets, Madison Marie Armour, Laura Thurston; 10 p.m., $5
Water Tower: “Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival”; 4 p.m.
Wick’s (Lyndon): Anni & the Jones; 9:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN JUL 13
American Turners: The Ebo Walker Bluegrass Project; 7 p.m.
Apocalypse Brew Works: “Poorcastle” with Twin Limb, Twenty First Century Fox, Dream Eye Color Wheel, The Hart Strings; 1 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): John Hager; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Me & You; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Huber’s: Corey & Stacey; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: WYMYNS PRYSYN, The New Shitbirds, Cocoonitude; 9 p.m., $5
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 3 p.m.
Palace Theater: Rick Springfield, Terri Nunn & Berlin; 8 p.m., $47.50
Turtle Run Winery: Melody Resurrection; 1:30 p.m.
Water Tower: “Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival”; 1 p.m.
Willow Park: Cosa Seria; 7 p.m.
MON JUL 14
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Necronomicon, Dysphorium, Order of Leviathan; 7:30 p.m., $10; Joe Carpenter & Bob Anonymous; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morse Music; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: The Secret Sisters; 8 p.m., $10-$12
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Lemuria, Kind of Like Spitting; 9 p.m., $10
TUE JUL 15
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): “Made in 502”; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Carlos and Doug; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Jon Mueller & Death Blues, Keenan Lawler; 7 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: Tom Wietcha
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Clover, Sons of Medusa, Devil in the Darkness; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Black Flag, Greg Ginn & the Royal We, Cinema Cinema
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Me Jane, AlexanderSings!, Anna Lee Roeder & Katy Hartman, DJ Citrin3; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
Third Street Dive: DJ Sinister Girl; 11 p.m.
Vernon Club: Ghost Town, Begging Victoria, Until Death Do Us Party, Dark Horse; 7:30 p.m., $10
Zanzabar: Nicole Atkins; 9 p.m., $10-$12