Wed mar 28
Beef O’Brady’s (Hillview): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: “Raw”; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Corner Door: Dan Hardin; 7:30 p.m., free
Eezy’s: Lindsey Lane & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: JK Mabry, Tim Vacancy, Brent Mathis; 8:30 p.m., $3
Headliners Music Hall: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Bad Veins 9 p.m., $12
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 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)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Palace Theater: Human Nature; 7:30 p.m., $31.50-$57.50
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $2 (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: The 4hr Soundcheck; 7 p.m. (R)
Two Lane: Campfire Stew; 8 p.m. (R)
U of L (Comstock Hall): Louis Goldstein; 8 p.m., free
THU mar 29
The Bard’s Town: Project Improv; 8 p.m., free; “Motherlodge Festival” with Jesse Elliot, Christopher Layer, Squeezebot, Self Kuwa and Ab Fresh Kid Ni ring, Audrey Crabtree; 8 p.m., $10
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s (Valley Station): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m., free (R)
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8 p.m., free (R)
Clifton Center: Bill Frisell; 7:30 p.m., $22
Comedy Caravan: Danny Browning, Sally Brooks, Jeff Judd; 8 p.m., $10; “The List” hosted by Bryan Kennison; 10:15 p.m., $2 (R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Down River: “Comedy Caravan”
Gerstle’s: Mercy Academy, Deer Meet, The Winston Hours; 10 p.m., $5
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Instruction, Uh Huh Baby Yeah; 9:30 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Borgore, DJ Ryan Coxx; 10 p.m., $20
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m. (R)
Meat: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m., free (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): The High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m. (R)
Monkey Wrench: Murals; 9 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Clay St. Blues All-Stars; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 8:30 p.m., $7
U of L (Bird Hall): University Double Bass Studio; 7 p.m., free
Wick’s (Goose Creek): MC “G,” DJ Ace; 10 p.m.
Wick’s (The Highlands): Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s (New Albany): Aquila (R)
Zanzabar: Tiger and Woods; 10 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: The Breedings, Coralee and the Townies, Thomas Bryan Eaton; 9 p.m., $5
FRI mar 30
The Bank: Tribe of Elders, Momma Thai, Redhead; $5
The Bard’s Town: Prime Time Players; 7 p.m., $5; Nick Peay, Egret, Clint Ackerman; 8 p.m., $4; “The Young, Dumb and Full of Comedy Show”; 10 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: Brendan Kavanaugh; 9 p.m., $3
BBC (St. Matthews): Derby City Little Big Band, The Clair Morgan Band; 10 p.m.
Billiards Club of Louisville: Strumbeat; 10:30 p.m., $5
Blue River Café: Justin Lewis; 7 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Danny Browning, Sally Brooks, Jeff Judd; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: Syimone; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: A Malcolm Project; 7:30 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Fibbers: Citizens Arrest; 8 p.m.
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m.
Freedom Hall: “Women of Joy” with Chris Tomlin and Christy Knuckles, Anita Renfroe; $99
Gerstle’s: Field of Kings, The Liberty, Marquee Mayfield; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Vice Tricks, Aladdin’s Castle, Nowhere Fast; 9:30 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Zoogma, Soulacybin, The Skeetones; 10 p.m., $10 adv., $15 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Smooth Money Gesture, Autotrain; 10 p.m., $5
Horseshoe Casino: The O’Jays; 7:30 p.m.
Improv: Joe Rogan; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $25 each
Irish Exit: Daniel and Jacob; free
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: Blair Carman & the Belleview Boys; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Karem’s: The Over-Reactors; 8 p.m.
Keswick Democratic Club: They Came Bearing Arms, All But a Memory, O Kingdom, Johari Window, Prices On Our Heads; 7 p.m., $7
Magnolia Bar: Stonecutters; 10 p.m.
Miss C’s: Nick Payne; 11:30 a.m., free
Monkey Wrench: “Sam Hadfield Farewell Party”
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
New Direction: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Scary Uncle, Typical Munday, The Night Moves Band
930 Art Center: “Breachbent Benefit” with Brooks Ritter, Jamie Barnes; 8 p.m., $13 adv., $15 DOS
Reader’s Corner: Misha Feigin; 6 p.m., free
Ri Ra: The Derby Boys; 6 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Doo Wop All Stars; $10
R Place Pub: Bonfire
Rudyard Kipling: WFPK’s “Live Lunch” with “Motherlodge Festival”; noon, free; Penelope Quesada and Her Peruvian Flute Trip, Tyrone Cotton, Terri Kendall, Carolann Ames, Webster’s Nightmare; 8 p.m.; “Crawling Between Heaven and Earth” with The Slow Charleston and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy; 11:30 p.m., $10
Shepherdsville Music Barn: The Larry Stephenson Band; 8 p.m., $12
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: King Bees, Li’l T&A; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 7 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Madame Machine, Many Arms, Hal Dolls; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Sunday Valley, Your News Vehicles; 9 p.m., $5
Wick’s (The Highlands): Point 1 Zero
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., $5
Yum Center: Mike Epps; 8 p.m., $43.50-$50.50
ZaZoo’s: National Hotel, Violet Knives, End Times Spasm Band; 9 p.m., $5
SAT mar 31
The Bank: Glass Joe; $5
The Bard’s Town: The Debauchees, Uncommon Houseflies; 7 p.m.; Damaged Goods; 7:30 p.m., $5
BBC (St. Matthews): Phiasco
Billiards Club of Louisville: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m., $5
Blue River Café: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8 p.m., free
Charlestown Civic Center: Beyond Doubt; 7 p.m., $4
Comedy Caravan: Danny Browning, Sally Brooks, Jeff Judd; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: Syimone; 10:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Eric Simmons, Christy Miller, Amber Martin; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Down River: Horizontal Boogie Band; $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Hot Brown Smackdown; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Redzag, Andrea Davidson; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Fat Box; 10 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Joe Rogan; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $25 each
Irish Rover, Too: Anthony Redfeather Nava; 1 p.m., free
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Magnolia Bar: Police Teeth, Trophy Wives, Farewell Soyuz, WNBA; 10 p.m., $5
Maple Inn Tavern: Matt Phelps & the Louisville Bluegrass Allstars; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Hog Operation, Tyrone Cotton; 8 p.m.
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
New Direction: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Palace Theater: Daughtry, Safetysuit; 7:30 p.m., sold out
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Scary Uncle, Dem Reggae Bon, The Night Moves Band
Ri Ra: Black Magik Marker
R Place Pub: Rude Lucy
Rudyard Kipling: “Crawling Between Heaven and Earth” with The Slow Charleston and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; “Motherlodge Festival” with Lady Rizo, Shelby Park Soul Stew; 11 p.m.
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 7 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: King Sonic, Lazy Eleven; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Honeymoon Babies, Ultratone, Peter Searcy; 9 p.m., $7
Union Station: Bury the Willing, Masquerade, Stripmind 502, Deadstandstill; 8 p.m., $5
Vernon Club: Sever This Illusion, Johari Window, Littledidweknow, Under Red Skies, Dahmer’s Closet, Project Heavy Death, Left In Despair; $5
Wick’s (The Highlands): Wax Factory
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 9:30 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: Natural Child, The Ladybirds; 9 p.m., $6
ZaZoo’s: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes, Grooveshire; 9 p.m., $5
SUN apr 1
Comedy Caravan: Danny Browning, Sally Brooks, Jeff Judd; 8 p.m., $10; “The Sunday Night Showcase”; 9:30 p.m., $5 (R)
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: MyChildren MyBride, For Today, A Skylit Drive, Stick To Your Guns, Make Me Famous; 5:30 p.m., $15 adv., $18 DOS
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Groucho’s: Aaron West, Talking Computron, The Ring Toss Twins, Alex Glasnovic; 8:30 p.m., free
Headliners Music Hall: “Motherlodge Festival” with Steely Danish, Corporal; 8 p.m., $5-10
Improv: Improv: Joe Rogan; 7 p.m., $25
Jazzyblu: The Tee Dee Young Band; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: The Stray Cat Band; 6 p.m., $6
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Youth At Heart, Humans, Bad Creeps, The Lost Scoundrels, Six Foot Tall; 7:30 p.m., $5
MON apr 2
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Repertory Ensembles; 7:30 p.m., free
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Early Music Ensemble; 8 p.m., free
TUE apr 3
The Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
BBC (4th Street): Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: The Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Ryan Kralik & Josh Hisle; 10 p.m., $3
Hoggie’s: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Kingfish (River Road): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m., free (R)
U of L (Bird Hall): University Flute Ensemble; 7 p.m., free
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Jazz Ensemble II; 8 p.m., free
Zanzabar: The Phantom Family Halo, Balaclavas, Alcohol Party; 9 p.m., $8