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Wed DEC 25
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Tom Browning
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: “Live Band Karaoke” with The Hiding; 8:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Rock Brigade, Uncommon Sense, Downfall NSB; 10 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Band; 8 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Lyndon): DJ Ace
THU DEC 26
August Moon: The Fred Bogert Trio; 6 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: “Country Nights”; 8 p.m.; DJ Havoc; midnight
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Headliners Music Hall: Joan Osborne & Keith Cotton; 8 p.m., $20
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Big Hang: Elvis Tribute, The Blue Velvets; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Deven Roberts, All But Dead, Dare to Dream
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
FRI DEC 27
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Doug Florio; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 8 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: SixStiX
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Declan McGarry; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines, Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Sam “Shake” Anderson, Local Villians; 9 p.m., $5-$10
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Velcro Pygmies, Unleashed; 10 p.m., $10
Stevie Ray’s: Replay; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Transmissions, We Already Are, The Jereactors; 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; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Junk Yard Dogs; noon
Zanzabar: “Christmas” with The Deloreans, Rinehart, Billy Petot, Fred Table and the Chairs; 9 p.m., $7; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT DEC 28
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Melody Resurrection
Irish Exit: DJ DV8
Jack’s (New Albany): Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Audio Addiction, The Sellouts, Boogie Men Blues; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: “Hand in Hand Ministries Benefit” with Wild Buffalo, Engine 18; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: The Over-Reactors; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: The Kentucky Hellbenders, The Beargrass Creek Boys; 9 p.m., $5
O’Shea’s: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Naked Garden, Big Rock Show, Insane Outlaws
Ross Country Jamboree: Brady Meenach, Mike Fryman, Jordan Bales; 7 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: G-Power; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Eric Simmons, Christy Miller, Alan Hilbert, Natalie Berry; 7:30 p.m., $8
St. Andrews Pub: DJ Rich
Stevie Ray’s: Steely Danish: A Steely Dan Tribute; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Fuckmunkeys; 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.
Wick’s (Lyndon): No Problem
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Ghost Horse Comanche, IAmIs; 9 p.m., $5; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN DEC 29
Bard’s Town: Tyler Ballard; 8 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Ryan Conroy; 7 p.m.
Blu: The Dave Clark Trio: 10:30 a.m.
Clifton Center: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Mixer: Warren Brown; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: DJs Goast & Syimone; 11 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON DEC 30
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Hale & Massey
Hideaway Saloon: Bone Jugs N Harmony
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Billy Goat Strut Revue; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: Sidewalk Chalk, Vessel, DJ Phreeyamind; 9 p.m., $7
TUE DEC 31
Bard’s Town: Emily’s Garden, Totally Boss!; 10:30 p.m., $10
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Bone Headz: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Bongoman & Friends; 8 p.m.
Crowne Plaza Hotel: Caribou; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Hot Brown Smackdown
Decca: The Buzzard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): The Villebillies, Elephant Room, Signal the Revolution, Naked Garden, Slinky Jenkins; Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Galt House: Burning Las Vegas; The Sheryl Rouse Band, DJ Empty Beats
German-American Club: The Rheingold Band; 9 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Citizens United, Team Totoro, The Pass DJs; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Junk Yard Dogs, DJs Matt Anthony & Woodrow on the Radio; 8:30 p.m., $10-$12
Hideaway Saloon: Marquee Mayfield; 10:30 p.m., $10
Jeff Ruby’s: Robbie Bartlett
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 8 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: Louisville Brass & Electric, Lindsey Lane & Axis, Boogie Men Blues, Insane Outlaws; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: The Contra Band; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: The Over-Reactors; 10 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: The Kirk Davis Band
Meta: DJ Kim Sorise; 9:30 p.m., $5
Mixer: The Joe Watts Trio; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Night Visions DJs; $10-$15
New Vintage: Cabin, Kaleidico, Beacons; 9 p.m, $15
Nowhere Bar: DJ Tank; 9 p.m., $10
O’Shea’s: Soulbite; 10 p.m.
Oxmoor Country Club: DJ Z-Nyce, Sean Clay; 10 p.m., $25-$40
Patrick O’Shea’s: Moonshine Millionaires; 9:30 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Scary Uncle; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Reggie Van Stokum, Reginald Bareham; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs, The Danny Glover Cover Band, Spleen: A Ween Tribute; 9 p.m., $10
