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Wed sep 5
Bearno’s (Highlands): “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
Beef O’Brady’s (Hillview): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m., free (R)
Blu: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Raw”; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Jackson Kings (acoustic); 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m., free
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Vegabond, Jon & Bobby
Groucho’s: “Theme Time Comedy Hour”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Reverend Deadeye; 8:30 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m. (R)
Jim Porter’s: “Open Jam”; 8:30 p.m., $3
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Magnolia Bar: “Get Down!” with Sleepy T
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Rudyard Kipling: “Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m. (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Kimmett & Doug; 9 p.m., $2 (R)
Third Street Dive: “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
Unity of Louisville: “A Blissful Gathering”; 8:15 p.m., $15 donation
Wick’s (Highlands): Boombox Saints
ZaZoo’s: Dewey Kincade; 6 p.m., free (R); Bitch Please; 9 p.m.
THU sep 6
Bard’s Town: The Donna Watts Show, 8 p.m.; Jarrod Harris, 10 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
Beef O’Brady’s (Valley Station): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
BJ’s Sports Pub: Goodfellas
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Shannon Thompson, Tommy Thompson; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2 (R)
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Derick Howard; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Zach Deputy, Tristen & Cameron
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Attack of the Pacifists, Morgan James, Matthew Franz; 8:30 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Chris Knight, Quiet Hollers; 9 p.m., $15 adv., $20 D0S
Improv: John Witherspoon 8 p.m., $10
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m., free (R)
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with JP Source & OK Deejays; 10 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m. (R)
Mulligan’s: Big Poppa Stampley; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Audition Night”; 10 p.m. (R)
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m., $2 (R)
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Vernon Club: Fozzy, Downtrend, Vaderbomb, That Dude Alex, Beyond Doubt; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John, Tyrone Cotton; free (R)
Zanzabar: Filthy Disco, Lemi Vice, Action Jackson; 11 p.m., $3
FRI sep 7
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5; The Young, Dumb and Full of Comedy Show; 10 p.m., free
BBC (St. Matthews): Katie’s Habit; 10 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: “Comedy Caravan Cruise”; 11 p.m., $21
Billiards Club: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m., $5
BJ’s Sports Pub: High Voltage
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Shannon Thompson, Tommy Thompson; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Decca: Fatt Labb; 8 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Adema, Soulbite, Signal the Revolution, Lost in Eden; 8 p.m., $12; Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): BJ and Secret Beats; 10 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Fix: Beats N Peaces, Wizzkidd, Pamghost; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The John Robin Band, Black Cadillacs, Butch Rice; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Fishbone, The Pinstripes, The Rudies; 9 p.m., $15
Highview Park: The Big Diggity, The Dixieland Solution; 6 p.m., free
Improv: John Witherspoon; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $20 each
Irish Exit: Ray Strange; “Maximum Goth & Industrial Fridays”; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Jack’s (New Albany): Field of Kings; 8 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: Etta Britt; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS; The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Thollem Electric, R. Keenan Lawler, Ecstatic Girth Survival Unit; 10 p.m., $5
Maple Inn Tavern: The 4 Hour Soundcheck; 9 p.m., free
Middletown: “Family Fun Festival”; 6:30 p.m.
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: DC-6; 9 p.m., free
North End Café (Highlands): Hunter Embry & Dane Rodriguez, Scott Mertz & J. Glenn, Billy Seckman; 9 p.m., $3
O’Shea’s (Highlands): Howard Lewis & Lovins; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Boozer, Two Pump Chump, The Whiskey Riders, The Lonely Sons; 10 p.m., $5
R Place Pub: Big Rock Show
Seidenfaden’s: Blythe of the Ball & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m., free
Spirit of Jefferson: “Moonlight Comedy Cruise” with Big John Richardson; 10:30 p.m., $21
Stevie Ray’s: The Louisville Blues; 7:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Vibrolas, The Getaway, Mad Anthony; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: The Tunesmiths, Anton Mink; 6 p.m., free
U of L (Red Barn): WFPK’s “Live Lunch” with Silver Tongues; noon, free
Wick’s (Highlands): The Predators
Wick’s (Middletown): Brian Elmore; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Onward Pilgrim, The Nativity Singers, D’arkestra; 9 p.m., $5; “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3 (R)
SAT sep 8
Barret Bar: Tyrone Cotton, Steve Couch; 9 p.m., free
Bearno’s (Floyds Knobs): Brian Elmore; 8 p.m.
Best Vineyards: Christy Lawrence; 4 p.m., free
Bud’s Tavern: Link Detten; 8 p.m.
Chubby Ray’s: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Clifton Center: “Kentucky Homefront” with The Brotherhood Singers, Marilyn Kington; 7:30 p.m., $12
Comedy Caravan: Shannon Thompson, Tommy Thompson; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Corydon Jamboree: Amber Martin, Allen Hibert; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Decca: Big Poppa Stampley; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Dirtyloud & Deekline, Disco Alien, Secret Beats, Dark Mavis; 9 p.m., $15; Secret Beats; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Slick Bandits, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m., free
Douglass Loop Farmers Market: Marty Rosen, Lisa Sandell; 10:30 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Off the Record, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Vice Tricks, Thee Floating Caskets, Rev. Spook & Count Grozny
Headliners Music Hall: Heartless Bastards, Frank Smith; 8 p.m., $15 adv., $17 DOS
Hidden Hill: Relic, Matt Phelps and the River City Bluegrass Band, Potluck Ramblers, Denny Wheatley; 1 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: John Witherspoon; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
Irish Exit: Bobby Wilson
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeffersonville River Stage: “Celts on the River”; 1 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Center For the Arts: The Louisville Orchestra; 8:30 p.m., $25
Maple Inn Tavern: Tarnation!; 9 p.m., free
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Abe Lincoln & the Pennies; 9 p.m., free
O’Shea’s (Highlands): Heckel and the Jives; 10:30 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Pizza Place: The Bluesbenders; 9 p.m.
Purrswaytions: Dangerous Liaison; 10 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Allie Shea Hash, Roger Conley, Scott Stamper; $10
R Place Pub: Soundtrip
Seidenfaden’s: “Stop, Drink, Listen” with Sam Sneed & DJ Narwhal; 11 p.m. (R)
Shepherdsville Country: The 44 Country Band; 7:30 p.m., $4-$8 (R)
Stevie Ray’s: The Tarnations, The Boogiemen; 7:30 p.m., $5
St. Francis of Assisi: Kentucky Baroque; 7:30 p.m., donations
Third Street Dive: The Art Adams Band, The Elixirs; 10 p.m., $6
Uncle Slayton’s: The Lost River Cavemen, Billy Swayze, Schools; 9 p.m., $7
Union Station: Sever This Illusion, O’Kingdom, Dahmer’s Closet, Threads of Sorrow, Fall of Dusk, Chapman, Rebel Riot Revue; 7 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Goose Creek): The Jordan Bales Band; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Eight Inch Elvis; 10:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Electric Hearts, Silver Tongues; 9 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes, Neulore, Artis Gilmore; 9 p.m.
SUN sep 9
Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Shannon Thompson, Tommy Thompson; 8 p.m., $10; “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free (R)
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free (R)
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandiac; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey & Stacy; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Improv: John Witherspoon; 7 p.m., $20
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): “NQC” with The Booth Brothers, Greater Vision, Hoppers; 6 p.m.
Kingfish (Crescent Hill): The Kirk Davis Band; 6 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Soul Circus; 9 p.m., free
St. Francis in the Fields: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.
Turtle Run Winery: Circus; 1:30 p.m.
Tyler Park: The Jamey Aebersold Quartet; 4 p.m., free
Uncle Slayton’s: “Pastures of Plenty: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie”; 7 p.m., $5
MON sep 10
Comedy Caravan: Derby City Magic; 7 p.m., $10
Corner Door: “Open Mic”; 7 p.m.
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m.
Derby Dinner Playhouse: The Return; 7:15 p.m., $30-36
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy”; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
Irish Exit: Phil Regan (R)
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): “NQC”; noon
Meat: Woodrow on the Radio; 9 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Blunt Honey; 8 p.m. (R)
Rudyard Kipling: Luke McIntosh; 8 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m.
TUE sep 11
Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Billiards Club: Campfire Stew; 11:30 p.m. (R)
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Ladies For Liberty; 7 p.m., $10
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Short Bus; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Chris & JT; free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Gypsy Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir (R)
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): “NQC”; 12 p.m.
Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft: Fielded, Head/Head, Softcheque; 8 p.m., $5
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: “Open Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Solidarity: Black God, Hex Machine, Gangly Youth; 8 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: “Blues Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox (R)
This article appears in September 4, 2012.