WED Sept 16th
4th Street Live!: Lunchtime Live!; 11 a.m.
8Up: High Sounds with DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m.
Bardstown, KY: Kentucky Bourbon Festival; 9 a.m.
Baxters 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m.
Bearno’s (Bardstown): Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Bistro 42: Kevin Cummings; 8:30 p.m.
Brownies The Shed (Hurstbourne): Karaoke; 10 p.m.
dREAMLAND: Jacob Wick; 8 p.m.
El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nichols; 7 p.m.
Freedom Hall: Little River Band, Ambrosia, Player, Stephen Bishop, Robbie Dupree; 7 p.m., $27-$47
Gerstle’s Place: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m.
Goodwood Brewing: Open Mic Night; 7 p.m.
Headliners: Best Coast, Lovely Bad Things; 8 p.m., $20
Hideaway Saloon: Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery; 10 p.m.
Highland Taproom: Open Mic Night; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Open Mic with CJ Cumberland; 7:30 p.m.
Meta: Wu-Tang Wednesday
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Play: Trixie Mattel from RuPaul’s Drag Race; 10 p.m., 12 p.m.; $10
Saint’s Pub: Live Music; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Louisville Fats & The Rhythm Cats; 9 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Open Mic with Vulcan Logic; 9 p.m.
Tim Faulkner Gallery: Jam Session with The Tunesmiths
Tin Roof: Laurel Taylor; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Live On State): Jesse Black; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Chrome Pony, Buffalo Rodeo; 8 p.m., $8

THUR Sept 17th
4th Street Live!: Thirsty Thursday; 8 p.m.
8Up: Cinematic Slease with DJ Kim Sorise; 7:30 p.m.
Bardstown, KY: Kentucky Bourbon Festival; 9 a.m.
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught & Friends Bluegrass Band
Chill Bar: Kewl Karaoke; 9 p.m.
Four Pegs: Open Mic Night; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: War Panties; 9 p.m.
Headliners: Communion, Josh Rouse, The Foxery, Freedom Fry, Clara Nova, Lilly Hiatt; 9 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: Vinyl Night; 10:30 p.m.
Highland Taproom: Karaoke; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center: The Milk Carton Kids; 8 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: J-Boy’s Open Mic Jam; 7 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: $1 Beer & Live Music; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Petar Mandic; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): DJ Night; 10:30 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Jay Kay; 7 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Open Mic Night; 10 a.m.
Saint’s Pub: Bourbon, Brew, BBQ and Free Live Music; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blue Bar: T.N.T. Throwdown & Open Jam; 9 p.m.
Tin Roof: Jay Taylor; 10 p.m.
UofL (Margaret Comstock Concert Hall): Russell Stinson on the Organ; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Communion, Josh Rouse, The Foxery, Freedom Fry, Clara Nova, Lilly Hiatt; 9 p.m., $15

FRI Sept 18th
735 Lampton St.: Smoketown Getdown for Democracy; 4 p.m.
8Up: Mile High Club with JP Source; 10 p.m.
Bardstown, KY: Kentucky Bourbon Festival; 9 a.m.
Bard’s Town: Keltricity, Karaoke with Groucho; 10 p.m.
Baxters 942: Artie Dean Harris; 8 p.m.
Bistro 42: Rockadelic; 9 p.m.
BJ’s Sports Bar: Time Square; 9 p.m., $3
Brownie’s The Shed (Hurstbourne): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Kyser; 7 p.m.
Clifton Center: Hot Rize; 8 p.m.
Connections: Laboy Lefemme’s Drag Show; 10:30 p.m.
Decca: French Lounge with Dane Waters, Vinyl Night; 9:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Victor Nigilio; 9 p.m.
Expo Five: XXI, Burn Halo, Heartist, O’ Kingdom, Lifelines; 7 p.m., $13
Gerstle’s Place: Two Blues, War Panties, The Prankster Trio; 5 p.m.
Gypsy’s Sports Grille: Shatterproof; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Fat Box; 11 p.m., $5
Joe’s OK Bayou: Mickey Clark Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Kentucky Center: Joan Shelley, Elephant Micah; 8 p.m.
Louis’s The Ton: The Illicit Broken Piston Jamboree; 9 p.m.
Manny & Merle: JD Shelburne; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Pink Dryod – A Tribute to Pink Floyd’s “Is There Anybody Out There”; 9 p.m.
Mr. G’s Lounge: Karaoke; 10 p.m.
New Albany Production House: Before the Streetlights, Even Tides, Street Sense & J.T. Newton; 6:30 p.m., $10
New Vintage: Davina & The Vagabonds, You Bred Raptors?, Black Birds of Paradise, Us, Today; 9 p.m., $12
Nowhere Bar: DJ Glitter Titz; 10 p.m.
Over the 9: Aaron Crane; 7 p.m.
Oxmoor Farm: Louisville Leopard Percussionists, Squeeze-Bot; 2:30 p.m., $0–$20
Planet Bar: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 8 p.m.
Play: Carmella Marcella Garcia & Toga Party; 10 p.m.
Saint’s Pub: Live Music; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Guitar Showcase; 8 p.m.
The Pizza Place: Turley Richards; 7:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: ESE, The Jereactors, Roosevelt; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: Frontiers, Modern Chemistry; 8 p.m.
Tin Roof: Frankie Moody, Mic Larry, DJ Ace; 6:30 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Goose Creek): The Big Quiet; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Highlands): 3 Strange Days; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Live On State): Redneck Noize; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Middletown): Karaoke with Lisa; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: White Reaper, JAWWS, DNK BDZ FMLY BND; 8 p.m., $12

SAT Sept 19th
8Up: Hang Up with Alex Bell; 10 p.m.
Bardstown, KY: Kentucky Bourbon Festival; 9 a.m.
Bardstown Road: Inaugural Louisville Pride Festival with Karmin, Stacey Q, The Deloreans, Eric Himan, Nellie Pearl, Bridge 19, DJ Prism, Brass Deville, Ma’am Overboard, DJ Syimone, DJ Brios; 11 a.m.
Bard’s Town: Karaoke with Groucho; 8 p.m.
Baxters 942: Olivia Henken; 8 p.m.
Bistro 42: Unsinkable Molly Brown
BJ’s Sports Bar: DJ Rip; 9 p.m., $3
Brownie’s The Shed (Bardstown): John Hagar; 9 p.m.
Brownie’s The Shed (Hurstbourne): Carl Stuck; 9 p.m.
Captain’s Quarters: CQ Jam for WaterStep; 3 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJ Brios; 10 p.m.
Connections: Laboy Lefemme’s Drag Show; 10:30 p.m.
Decca: Vinyl Night; 10 p.m.
Diamonds Pub (Highlands): Horns Up Against Cancer Festival; 10 a.m., $30
dREAMLAND: Jamison Williams; 9 p.m.
Flat12 Bierwerks: Flat Fest with The Jereactors, Hot Prowlers, Dick Titty Blood Punch, Second Man, Van Buren Buttercup; Noon
Gerstle’s Place: V-Groove, Bari Leigh; 10 p.m.
Goodwood Brewing: Goodwood Brewing Stringband Jam Session; 4 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Fervor, Killii Killii, And Town Cars
Hideaway Saloon: Hot Brown Smack Down; 11 p.m., $3
Highland Taproom: Karaoke; 11 p.m.
Huber’s Winery: Fabulous Hickbillies; 1 p.m.
Iroquois Ampitheater: The Louisville Orchestra; 5:30 p.m.
Kaiju Bar: Vandal Moped Rally, Sick Velvet; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Bottom Sop; 9:30 p.m.
Martin’s Tavern: The Mr. Wonderful Production Band; 10 p.m.
Meta: Derby City Soul Club’s Vinyl Night; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Dance Party; 10:30 p.m.
Mr. G’s Lounge: Karaoke; 10 p.m.
New Albany Production House: DJ Van’s House Party; 7:30 p.m., $7
Planet Bar: Me & You, Karaoke; 8 p.m.
Play: Butchertown Get Down — “Pulp Fiction” with Dwight Johnson; 9 p.m.
Play: Rasean Montrese; 10 p.m., 12 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Rickie Howsare; 7 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s Cafe: Sam Sneed & Aaron Chadwell; 11 p.m.
Shawnee Park: Tony Fish, The Louisville Connection, The Unlimited Show Band, Maestro J, Mike B, Roots & Wings; 3 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: The Blues Drifters & The Nick Harless Band; 6:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Art Adams Band, Nick Kane; 9 p.m.
Waterfront Park (Brown Forman Ampitheater): National Jug Band Jubilee; Noon
Wick’s Pizza (Goose Creek): Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Highlands): South of Dixie; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Live On State): Radiotronic; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Middletown): Christine Devereaux & Guests; 8 p.m.

SUN Sept 20th
8Up: Rockin’ Rooftop Ramen & Rose; 8 p.m.
Bardstown, KY: Kentucky Bourbon Festival; 9 a.m.
Bard’s Town: Jim Needler Conspiracy and Guitar Pull; 6 p.m.
Chill Bar: Kewl Karaoke; 8 p.m.
Connections: Laboy Lefemme’s Drag Show; 10:30 p.m.
dREAMLAND: Sao Paulo Underground; 8 p.m.
Flat12 Bierwerks: Acoustic Brunch; 11 a.m.
Gerstle’s Place: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Huber’s Winery: Lyndsey & Olivia Henken; 1 p.m.
Kentucky Center: Open Mic; 4 p.m.
Louis’s The Ton: Sunday Spin with Thomas & Chris; 2 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: The Soul Lounge with The Stokley Williams; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Bluegrass Brunch; 10 a.m.
New Vintage: Heather Bond, John Clay & Friends Open Mic; 7 p.m., $10
North Lobby: Open Mic; 4 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 6 p.m.
Planet Bar: Sunday Funday; 2 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Vinyl Sunday; 9 p.m.
Tim Faulkner Gallery: Vinyl Brunch; 11 p.m., $5
UofL (Margaret Comstock Concert Hall): Dror Biran on Piano, University Symphony Orchestra; 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

MON Sept 21st
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Vinyl Night; 8 p.m.
Highland Taproom: Metal Monday; 11 p.m.
New Vintage: Jennifer Hall, The Vaticans, Caleb Jones & The Family Band; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Service Industry night with Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Time & Space: Open Mic; 10 p.m.
Tin Roof: Korey Hunt; 9 p.m.
UofL (Margaret Comstock Concert Hall): John Sampen on Saxaphone & Mark Bunce as Composer; 8 p.m.
UofL (Bird Recital Hall): University Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.

TUES Sept 22nd
Buckheads (Bardstown): Mickey Clark & Dale Perry; 5 p.m.
Clifton Center: Pride of Kentucky Chorus; 6 p.m.
dREAMLAND: Rafael Toral, Pete Fosco, Shedding; 8:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Frankie Moody; 9 p.m.
Headliners: Calexico, Gaby Moreno; 8 p.m., $20
Highland Taproom: Listening Party for Keep Louisville Loud Radio Show; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Chris Robinson Brotherhood; 8 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Karaoke with Lisa; 7 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s Cafe: Sound and Vision – Movies about Music; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: The World Famous Tuesday Blues Jam; 9 p.m.
Tin Roof: Mandy McMillan; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza (Live on State): Swing Dancing; 7 p.m.