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Wed. Jan. 13
BBC 4th Street: Open Mic; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Bearno’s Highlands: Open Mic with Chad Cheek; 8 p.m., free
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Amos Chang; 8 p.m., $12; Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m., $2 (R)
Flanagan’s: Sam Hadfield, Ashley Burchett, Nick Payne, James Wallace; 8:30 p.m., free
JazzyBlu: Mix Wednesdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m. (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Club Salsa; 8 p.m., (Ballroom); Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m., (Melody Bar); $5 after 8 p.m.
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 11 p.m., free
The Lounge: Blues Jam with Steve Bradley; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Patron: Wax On Wednesday with Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Hiding, DJ Bach (Saloon); Goldylocks (Roof Garden); Steel Mist (Taproom); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar); 8 p.m., $3-$5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Your News Vehicles, Jeff Grimm; 7 p.m., $4
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Volare?: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Clay Harned; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Karaoke with Rob Schuler; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Zanzabar: Free at the Z Series: Natural Geographic, Jonathan Glen Wood; 9 p.m., free
Zeppelin Café: John Gage; noon (R)
Thu. Jan. 14
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Amos Chang; 8 p.m., $12; Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+
Darkstar: Bluegrass Night: White Russians; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Yarn, Edgehill Ave.; 11 p.m., $5
Hotel: Hard Candy night featuring benefit for FleurdeLez.com w/ DJ Syimone; 9 p.m., free
Jeff Ruby’s: Fattlabb; 7:30 p.m. (R every other Thursday)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Open Mic; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Open Mic/Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Dror Biran, Lee Luvisi; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Audition Night (Saloon); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar); 8 p.m., $1
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Lady Maddox; 6 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Andrea Davidson; 10:30 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Soul River Brown, The Foundation Band; 8 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Soul Search w/ Tim Lickteig; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna; 8 p.m., free (R)
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Fri. Jan. 15
Air Devil’s Inn: Bluestown; 9:30 p.m., free
Bearno’s Highlands: Jon Boy Slim, Katy Rene, Hambone; 7 p.m., free
Billiards Club of Louisville: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Amos Chang; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $17
Cosmic Charlie’s: These United States, The Swells; 10 p.m., $8
Flanagan’s: Hambone; 11 p.m., free
Harley’s House of Brews: Jim Masterson Band; 9 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Merry Pranksters; 11:30 p.m., $5
Jeff Ruby’s: Andrea Davidson, Chad Graham; 4:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Mountain Heart, Bella Blue Band; 7 p.m., $15 (adv.), $18 (door) (Ballroom); Playhouse (Good Time Room); Nasty Habit Blues Band (Melody Bar); ladies free until 10 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
The Lounge: The Lounge Band; 10 p.m., $3
Longhead’s: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
Patron: Burgers, Beers & Beats with DJ Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jefferson TARC Bus (Saloon); The Gathering, Sever This Illusion, Silent From The Struggle, XFactor 1 (Roof Garden); Thy Mistress & Muse, Turnkey Pauper, $10 (Taproom); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party; 8 p.m. (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party, 8 p.m. (Deck Bar); all unmarked shows $6 after 9 p.m.
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s: Wax Factory; 10 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Timmy & Sharfe, Blues Brothers Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Uncle Pleasants: Deafixon Gothic/Industrial night; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
WFPK: Live Lunch: Justin Lewis Band; noon, free, first-come, first-seated, members @ $120 level or above have priority seating
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Nathan C., Brad Johnson, 10 p.m., $2
Zanzabar: Justin Lewis Band, Jenn Franklin, Neil Johnstone; 8 p.m., $5
Zeppelin Café: Parrothead Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Sat. Jan. 16
Air Devil’s Inn: Gary Sanders; 9:30 p.m., $3
Billiards Club of Louisville: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Amos Chang; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $17; Louisville Comedy Underground; 11:45 p.m., $10, 18+
Golden Nugget: KTO; 10 p.m., $5
Harley’s House of Brews: Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 9 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Bella Blue Band (Ballroom); Playhouse (Good Time Room); Nasty Habit Blues Band (Melody Bar); all shows $6 after 8 p.m.
The Lounge: The Retrobates; 10 p.m., free
Main Street Tavern: Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Camp MARC Benefit: Adam Hardesty, OK Zombie, Amanda Lucas, Mindy Tolle, Sam Hadfield; 7 p.m., $5
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: Jim Needler Conspiracy; 7 p.m., free, all ages
Patron: Bossa Nova Brunch with DJ Kim Sorise; 10 a.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jefferson TARC Bus (Saloon); Blowfly (Roof Garden); 2 Far Gone (Taproom); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party; 8 p.m. (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party, 8 p.m. (Deck Bar); all unmarked shows $6 after 9 p.m.
Skull Alley: A Mourning Rain, The Fine Grain, The Instruction, The Past Times; 7 p.m., $5
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s: Wax Factory; 10 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Timmy & Sharfe, Blues Brothers Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Uncle Pleasants: 7-Day Sun, Fervor, Some Kind of Saint, Autumn Canvas; 7 p.m., $5, free if you wear a 7-Day Sun T-shirt
Union Station: Reminisce, Throwing Stones, The Cigarittes, 8 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Dye Hallow, DJ Silkon; 10 p.m., $2
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: KarmaKane; 9 p.m., free
Sun. Jan. 17
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Amos Chang; 8 p.m., $8, 16+
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m., $2 (R)
Gerstle’s: Open Mic with Mel Wiggins & Club Cardiere Band; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jazzy Blu: Doug Finke & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 11 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Kentucky Center Chamber Players; 3 p.m., $10, $8 (seniors), $1 (students)
Monkey Wrench:? Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 9 p.m., free, (R)
Mon. Jan. 18
Bearno’s Highlands: LP’s Dance Party; 10 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Bobby Falk Group, Sandpaper Dolls, OK Kino; 7 p.m., $8
Diamonds: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone; 10 p.m., $3 (R thru Dec)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate, Justin Lewis; 9 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Tue. Jan. 19
Blu: Doug Elmore, Dave Clark & Pat Lentz; 7 p.m., free (R)
Back Door: Open Mic; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Bootstrap’s Politically Incorrect Comedy Show; 8 p.m., $15
Dutch’s Tavern: Andrea Davidson; 11 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Derby City Association Bop Night: DJ Bob; 6 p.m., $2 (R)
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Bluegrass; 7 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues/Jazz Band Jam; 9 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
