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Wed AUG 29
Bearno’s (Highlands): “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
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)
Corner Door: Morgan Shallcross; 7:30 p.m., free
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic; 9 p.m., free
Groucho’s: “Theme Time Comedy Hour”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Ethan Brown, Adam Klein; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
It’s Simply Real: The Coheba Blues Band; 5:30 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m. (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Vice Tricks, The Bibelhauser Brothers Band, Squeeze-bot, OK Zombie, Va Va Vixens; 9 p.m.
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)
T. Eddie’s: Short Bus; 9 p.m., free
Third Street Dive: “Open Mic”; 8 p.m. (R)
Waterfront Park: WFPK’s “Waterfront Wednesday” with Jukebox the Ghost, Tift Merritt, Whistle Peak; 6 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Birds & Batteries, Lydia Burrell; 9 p.m., $6
ZaZoo’s: Dewey Kincade; 6 p.m., free (R)
THU AUG 30
Bard’s Town: Project Improv; 8 p.m., free
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: Rock Station
Bud’s Tavern: 10 Cent Toll Booth; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Matt Bergman, Kelly Collette, Anthony Mattingly; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2 (R)
Corner Door: Dorney and Friends; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Strung Out Loud; 9 p.m., free
Hard Rock Café: Nick Dittmeier; 8 p.m., free
Improv: Pete Correale; 8 p.m., $15
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)
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)
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free (R)
Zanzabar: The Gold Room, Seluah; 10 p.m., $7
ZaZoo’s: Paul Burch, Tula; 9 p.m., $5
FRI AUG 31
Bard’s Town: “The Roast of God”; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., $10 each
The Belvedere: “World Fest”; 11 a.m.
BJ’s Sports Pub: Moose Knuckle
Blue River Café: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Boneheadz Pub: The Dallas Moore Band; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Clark’s: Villin; 10 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Matt Bergman, Kelly Collette, Anthony Mattingly; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: Country Classic; 7:30 p.m., free
Corner Door: Tom Boone and the Back Porch Pickers; 7:30 p.m., free
Decca: Misha Feigin; 8 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): (Hed) p.e., Nothing, Elephant Room, The Rezidue, Boombox Poets; 8:30 p.m., $15
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Fusionary, Butch Rice; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Lonely Sons
Headliners Music Hall: Rumors, Those Damn Torpedoes; 9 p.m., $10
Highland Liquors: The Kirk Davis Band; 9 p.m.
Improv: Pete Correale; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $17 each
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir; “Maximum Goth & Industrial Fridays”; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: Mike Pachelli; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Maple Inn Tavern: Ricky Nye; 9 p.m., free
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
New Direction: Wylde Side; 10:30 p.m.
O’Shea’s: The Touchables; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Black Magik Marker, Overload, Rifle, Lost in Eden, Vindicator, Strumbeat; 10 p.m., $5
Rudyard Kipling: Field of Kings; 10 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Gypsy deVille; 9 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Josh Eagle & the Harvest City, The Breedings; 9 p.m., $8
Westport Village: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 7 p.m., free
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Cloigheann; noon, free
Wick’s (Highlands): Sunday Six
Zanzabar: The Midnight Ghost Train, Left Lane Cruiser; 9 p.m.; “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3 (R)
ZaZoo’s: Brian Olive, Cheyenne Marie Mize; 9 p.m., $8
SAT SEP 1
AmVets Post 9: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, The Tarnations
Bard’s Town: The Debauchees; 7 p.m., $5; RedShadeBlue, Phourist; 8 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: Soul Circus; 7:30 p.m.
The Belvedere: “World Fest”; 11 a.m.
Best Vineyards: Kevin Rees; 4 p.m., free
Billiards Club: Villin
Blue River Café: Eddie Rasche; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Matt Bergman, Kelly Collette, Anthony Mattingly; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: Hogan’s Fountain (acoustic); 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Dish: Sinjin Hawke, Amtrac, Sleepy T, DJ Goast; 10 p.m., $7
Douglas Loop Farmers Market: Brent Mathis; 10:30 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: One Louder, Dog House Kitchen, Tristen & Cameron; 10 p.m.
Gilbert’s: Wylde Side; 10 p.m.
Hard Rock Café: Field of Kings; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Clowncar; 9 p.m.
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Pete Correale; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $17 each
Irish Exit: Project Heavy Death, Reign of Revelation, Sinnistral
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Hook Line and Sinker; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Johnny Berry & the Outliers; 10 p.m., $5
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
New Direction: Reply; 10:30 p.m.
O’Shea’s: The Touchables; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Black Magik Marker, Mouth of Madness, Strumbeat
Ri Ra: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., free
Ross Country Jamboree: Natalie Berry, Allie Shea Hash, Tammy Sue Hogan; $10
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)
Simmons College: “Jubilee Jazz Fest” with Najee, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ken Ford; 7:30 p.m., $15 adv., $25 DOS
Third Street Dive: Keith Jones & the Makeshifts; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Hero Jr., Po’ Brothers, San Dimas; 9 p.m., $6
Water Tower: “Kentucky Bluegrass Music and Burgoo Festival”; 5 p.m.
Zanzabar: TV Mike and the Scarecrows, The Fervor; 9 p.m., $7
SUN SEP 2
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m. (R)
The Belvedere: “World Fest”; 11 a.m.
Comedy Caravan: “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free (R); Matt Bergman, Kelly Collette, Anthony Mattingly; 8 p.m., $10
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., free (R)
Improv: Pete Correale; 7 p.m., $15
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: God Forbid, Battlecross, Maltese Cross, Kentucky Ugly, Slit Throat Vendetta; 7:30 p.m., $12
Ri Ra: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., free
Water Tower: “Kentucky Bluegrass Music and Burgoo Festival”
MON SEP 3
Corner Door: “Open Mic”; 7 p.m., free (R)
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy”; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic; 10 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
Irish Exit: Phil Regan (R)
Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft: Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick; 4 p.m., $15
Meat: Woodrow on the Radio; 9 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Blunt Honey; 8 p.m. (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Willow Park: The Ovation Orchestra; 7 p.m., free
TUE SEP 4
Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
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)
Corner Door: BlueZenGrass; 7:30 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Short Bus; 10 p.m., free
Fibber’s: The Bongoman Band; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Chris & JT; 10 p.m., free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Gypsy Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir (R)
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. (R)
Mulligan’s: “Open Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Blues Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Living Deads, Dead Dick Hammer; 9 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox (R)
This article appears in August 28, 2012.