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Wed OCT 9
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bellarmine: “West African Music and Dance”; 6:30 p.m.
Decca: Subterranean Phrases; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic; 10 p.m.
Jack’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: open jam; 8:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Le Commune: Giving Up, Saralee, Gangly Youth, White Reaper
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: The Wasp’s Nest and Valerie Kuehne, Camera Lucia, Mothership Ensemble; 9 p.m., $5
Magnolia Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.; Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: D’Arkestra; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Steven Roth; 9 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic; 8 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Goose Creek): DJ Ace
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Rubblebucket, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Graffiti, Willy Mason, Brooks Ritter, Yacht Club DJs; 9 p.m., $12-$15
THU OCT 10
Bank Street Brewhouse: Carissa LeCates, Jacob Resch, Meadow Ryann; 6 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Panzer, Citron, Inspireme; 9 p.m., $5; Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You, Jeff Pitts
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Speaker the Band; 10 p.m.
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.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Straight No Chaser; 7 p.m., $20
Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft: “Jesse Stuart Songs”; 7 p.m., donations
Magnolia Bar: Call Me Bronco, The Peculiar Pretzelmen; 10 p.m., $5
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Mixer: Mitch McFarland; 8 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
New View: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Up Until Now; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Katie’s Habit; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Texas Roadhouse (Shively): The No Problem Band
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Water Tower: “LEO’s Readers’ Choice” with OK Deejays; 6 p.m., $20
Wick’s (New Albany): Louisville Crashers, Blaise Streets, Short Bus, Hook Line & Sinker, The Misty Mountain String Band; 2 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Itchy Hearts, Lady Pyramid, Plastic Bubble, Hal Dolls; 9 p.m., $5
FRI OCT 11
American Legion Bonnie Sloan Post 28: Shatterproof; 8 p.m.
Amy Z’s: Tristen Brooke
Bank Street Brewhouse: The Whiskey Riders, Nick Dittmeier, The Protagonist, The Vivideras, Jordan Amos; 6 p.m.
Bearno’s (Downtown): Blues & Greys; 9 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Zach Longoria; 10 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Decca: Misha Feigin; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Stone the Crow, Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joe Carpenter, Big Rock Show, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Po’ Brothers, Jet Black Orchid, Hero Jr.; 9:30 p.m., $10
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.
Flea Off Market: DJ Matt Anthony; 4 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Garvin Gate: “Blues Festival” with The Predators, Ray Fuller & the Bluesrockers, Billy Flynn’s Chicago Blues Party
Gerstle’s: The Hogtown Blues Band, The Lost River Cavemen, Jessica Martindale, The Prankster Trio
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Blythe; 10 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jimmy’s Music Center: “Fiddle Fest”; 6 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: Junior Brown; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Dueling Shadow; 10 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: Ex-Breathers, Crippled Tongue; 10 p.m., $5
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Mellwood Entertainment Center: “Pink Prom” with Ryan Coxx, DJ Prism; 8 p.m., $40
Mixer: Alicia Davis and Duke Marsh; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Appalatin, Small Time Napoleon; 9 p.m.; DJ Dylan Herre; 11:30 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Whiplash
Pointe: “Porktoberfest” with Hog Operation, Johnny Berry; 5 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Frank Bang and the Secret Stash; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Vatican Bank, The Down-Fi, The Jereactors; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vernon Club: Trevilian, Monstrous Me, Us., Stage Fright, Out of Order; 8 p.m., $5
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Nick Dittmeier; noon
Wick’s (Goose Creek): The Brent Shaw Duo; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Juice Box Heroes, Cover Me Badd, Strung Out Loud, Artie Dean Harris, Dog House Kitchen, Hook Line & Sinker; 2 p.m.
Zanzabar: White Denim, Nerves Junior; 9 p.m., $12-$14; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT OCT 12
Amy Z’s: Villin
Art Sanctuary: Va Va Vixens, Vice Tricks; 9 p.m., $20-$30
Bank Street Brewhouse: Ready Access, The Thumps, Youngstown Parade, Taylor Nicholson, Thunder Wrane; 6 p.m.
Belknap Fall Festival: Wax Fang, The Deloreans; 8 p.m.
Best Vineyards Winery: The Full House Band; 4 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin; 8 p.m., $35
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.; Flamenco Louisville; 9:30 p.m., $10
Clifton Center: “Kentucky Homefront” with John Gage; 7:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Amber Martin, Jordan Chapman, Ronnie Murphy; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Aby Laby Land; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Bob Anonymous, The Baby Dillion Band; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Voodoo Avenue, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: DiverBird, Tall Squares, The Whiskey Riders, Plastic Bubble, Dream Eye Color Wheel; 7 p.m., $10
Eastwood Village: Caribou, Louisville Brass & Electric, The Flatrock Ramblers; 12:30 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Garvin Gate: “Blues Festival” with Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, The Hoodoo Blues Band, The River City Blues Band, Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, Da Mudcats, The Walnut Street Blues Band, Maurice John Vaughn
Gerstle’s: Sideshow John, Tristen & Cameron
Headliners Music Hall: Savoy, LoBounce, Infected Angel; 10 p.m., $15
Highlands Tap Room: Rayon Prime; 11 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: PMA; 10 p.m.
Huber’s: The Mark Hamilton Band; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 9 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kosair Chairities: JD Shelburne, The Monarchs, Reminisce, June Kelly; 11 a.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Seidr, Stagecoach Inferno, Norfallen, Dirtbag, Spidergods, Slow Joe Crow & the Berzerker Blues Band, Austin Lunn; 7 p.m., $10
Loui Loui’s: Bag of Hammers; 9 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: Straight A’s, XOX; 10 p.m., $5
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Patty Cain; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Cousins, Frontier(s), Seasons at Sea; 9 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Palace Theater: Barenaked Ladies, Whitehorse; 8 p.m., $25-$39.50
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Velcro Pygmies
Ross Country Jamboree: Roger Conley, Natalei Berry, Brooke Thornsberry; 7 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Doug Pinson, Tracy Gabeheart, Christy Miller, Eric Simmons; 7:30 p.m., $8
Smith Berry Winery: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes
St. Andrews Pub: DJ Rich
Stevie Ray’s: The Allmanacs; 9:30 p.m., $5
Sun Valley Park: Louisville Crashers; 1 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Frank Rocket, Thee Floating Caskets, Mad Anthony; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Bird Hall): “Community Music Program Recital”; 1 p.m.
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vernon Club: Dysphoria, Eschatos, Chaos and Reason, Brought By Giants, Methods of Madness, Tomorrow Never Ends; 8 p.m., $5
Volare: Brian Curella’s Charley’s Bird Trio; 7:30 p.m.
Wick’s (Goose Creek): The Shane Dawson Band; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Middletown): Dev & Doug; 8:30 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Lunar Beach House, Jonstone, Corey & Stacey, Strung Out Loud, Indiana Joe & Arrow, Artie Dean Harris; 2 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN OCT 13
Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Ryan Conroy; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Hot Buttered Rum, Captain Wignut & the Burnt Ends; 9 p.m., $12
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Uncle Louie; 9 p.m.
Huber’s: Kimmet & Doug; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: “ArtsReach open mic”; 4 p.m.
Mixer: “Showtune Sundays”; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Daniel Martin Moore; 8 p.m., $8-$10; DJs Goast & Syimone; 11 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Turtle Run Winery: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes; 1:30 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): The Julliard String Quartet; 3 p.m., $5-$25; Chris Combest; 7:30 p.m.
Vernon Club: Ill Nino, Sunflower Dead, In-Cyde, Audible Point, Corprit Convict; 7:30 p.m., $15-$30
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON OCT 14
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Brewery: DJ Intelli-G; 11 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Chad Kaiser; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Chervon and the Institute for Psychic Reform, Hi, The Webcam Teenz
Headliners Music Hall: Between the Buried and Me, The Faceless, The Contortionist, Safety Fire; 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room: “Metal Monday”; 11 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 10 p.m.
Miss C’s (Downtown): Mickey Clark; noon
New Vintage: “Motown Monday”; 6 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Community Band; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE OCT 15
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Bone Headz: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Patty Griffin, Scott Miller; 7:30 p.m., $30
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Compassion Building: Hurley Ridge; 5:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): PMA; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Jacob Resch
Headliners Music Hall: Senses Fail, For the Fallen Dreams, Expire, Being As An Ocean; 7:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: No Dry County, Nick Peay; 9 p.m.
Norm’s Club 21: DJ C Note; 10 p.m.
Palace Theater: Willie Nelson; 7:30 p.m., $37.50-$72
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): DJs Intelli-G, Gitsum, Crikket, Inspireme, Beejj, Oblivion Sanction; $3-$5
St. Andrews Pub: The Mike Yeager Band; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Ensemble 1; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Denison Witmer; 9 p.m., $6-$8