Wed may 11
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: The Bard's Town Theatre presents "Chasing Ophelia"; 7:30 p.m., $12-15
BBC, 4th Street: Songwriters showcase with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free
Blu: Craig Wagner & Carly Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Emily Clark Band; 8 p.m. (R)
Chick Inn: Live music with Erin; 6 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May & Her Male Review; 8 p.m.; $20
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7 p.m., free
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Man in Robe; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Jeremiah & Friends; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
4th Street Live: Another Colour; 11 a.m., free
Germantown Café: Thomas A. Minor and the Picket Line; 9 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Alanna Fugate & Friends; 10 p.m., (R)
Gilbert’s Bar & Grill: Blues Jam hosted by Jimmy G & the Sidewinders; free (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Karaoke; 11 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: Open Stage hosted by the Fuck Munkys; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Jenna Mattingly & Dave Wilson; 7 p.m., free (R)
JazzyBlu: Mix Wednesdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m. (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Walnut St. Blues Band; 8:30 p.m., free; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m. (Melody Bar) (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 6 p.m., free (R)
Mag Bar: Get Down Wednesdays with Sleepy T.; 11 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Vinal; 10 p.m., $3 until midnight, $5 after midnight
Prime Lounge: Wine Down Wednesday with DJ K-Dogg;10 p.m., free (R)
River Bend Winery: Katy Rene; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Steinert's Bar and Grill: Two Far Gone; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Queer Night hosted by the Bar Belle, with Holly Stewart, Nick Payne, Divinity Rose, Ashley Burchett, Cypher Diviine; 9 p.m., $4
TK’s Pub: Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Dive-a-Billy Wednesday with DJ Jeremiah LeBlanc; 10 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Pleasants: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Boombox Saints DJs (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rockin Rob, $200
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Eight Inch Elvis (3-piece acoustic show); 8 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Jonathan Richman; 9 p.m., $12
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band with Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
THU may 12
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Yo Majesty, Fool on a Hill, Krinkleburg; 8 p.m., $3
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 6 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Nicholas Anthony, Joe Zimmerman; 8 p.m., $10; Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Bottle Cap Manifesto, Sam Hatfield, Alanna Fugate; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Kevin Knoxvegas; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
El Nopal, Goose Creek: The Louisville Blues; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Canago; 9 p.m., $3
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 10:30 p.m., free
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Robert Randolph and the Family Band; 9 p.m., $20
Hideaway Saloon: The Last Straw; 10 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: Karaoke (R)
Holiday Inn Hurstbourne: Bluegrass Anonymous Jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Horseshoe Casino: Alice Cooper; 7:30 p.m., $25-$55
Improv: Gary Owen; 8 p.m., $15
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: FattLabb; 9 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: U-Call it Dance Party with Ron Wallace; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Swing Dance Lessons; 7 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m. (R)
Mag Bar: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Monkey Wrench: Kristen Cothron, Leigh Ann Yost Band, Neil Johnstone; 9 p.m., $5
Mulligan’s Pub & Grill: Mickey Clark, Audrey Cecil, Amanda Lucas, Thomas Wesley Bowman, Denny Wheatley; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Audition Night; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Fire Flower Revue, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Dane Waters; 10 p.m., $5
Saddle Ridge: Thursday Throwdown with DJ KoKo
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Senor Iguanas Shelbyville Road: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Wicker Box; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Grand Marquis; 9 p.m.; Midnight Hour Sound System; 11 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Jimi V and Screamin’ John
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
Zanzabar: Jonathan Richman; 9 p.m., $12
Zeppelin Café: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 9 p.m., free (R)
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band w/ Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
FRI may 13
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: inKY Reading Series; 7 p.m., free; The Bard’s Town Theatre presents “Chasing Ophelia”; 7:30 p.m., $12-15; Slackjaw Yokels; 10:30 p.m., $5
Big Blue Country: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Billards Club of Louisville: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m.
The Bodega at Felice: John Taylor; 7 p.m., free
Check’s Café: Moondance; 8 p.m., free
Churchill Downs: The Villebillies; 8:15 p.m., $10
Comedy Caravan: Nicholas Anthony, Joe Zimmerman; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
Corner Door: Brad Jackson; 7 p.m., free
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Laura Ellis; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Kirby’s Dreamland; 10 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s Steakhouse: Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Gaslight Tavern: DJ Chad; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Germantown Café: DJ, Karaoke with Traveling Salvation Road Show (R)
Gerstle’s Place: This That & The Other; 10 p.m., $5
Glassworks: The Floorwalkers, The Jess Langer Band; 9 p.m., $10
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Highlands Tap Room: Karaoke (R)
Holiday Inn Hurstbourne: Karaoke with Doug’s DJ; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Improv: Gary Owen; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $17 each
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free; Roland Johnson; 9 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Hadden Sayers
JT’s Variety Club: Twicemade Records’ Freak Central Free Fridays; free (R)
Mick’s Lounge: Doc and the Holidays; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Shadwick Wilde & The Quiet Hollers, Kill Kurt Reifler; 9 p.m.
Mozz: Wagner, Fitzgerald & Hyman; 7 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: MyNameIsJohnMichael, Gypsy Pennies, Night Torn Mad, Clowncar; 8 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: Uncommon Houseflies; 9:30 p.m., $5
Rush Inn: Karaoke; 8 p.m. (R)
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free (R)
Senor Iguanas Shelbyville Road: Salsa night; 10 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Starbase Q: “Broadway Showtunes” karaoke; 8 p.m., free
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Traveln Mojos, Boogie Juice; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Union Station: 2 Far Gone; 10:30 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
WFPK: Live Lunch: Douglas Lucas; noon, free, first come, first seated; members at $120 level or above receive priority seating
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Mind Patrol; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Boombox Saints DJs
Wick’s Pizza, Hurstbourne: Sreve Decker; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Sammy Kudmani; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: DJ Mikus, Tim Morrow
Wyandotte Tavern: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
SAT may 14
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: The Bard’s Town Theatre presents “Chasing Ophelia”; 7:30 p.m., $12-15; Kudmani (Music); 10 p.m., $5
Beef O’Brady’s, Jeffersonville: “2nd Annual Beef O' Brady's Craft Beer and Music Festival” with Johnny Berry and the Outliers, Your News Vehicles; 5 p.m., $5
Big Blue Country: The Over-reactors; 9 p.m., $3
Billards Club of Louisville: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m.
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 8 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Nicholas Anthony, Joe Zimmerman; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
Corner Door: Blue Zen Grass; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The Prankster Trio; 9 p.m. (R)
Derby City Espresso: Douglas Lucas, OK Zombie; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes 10 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s Steakhouse: Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, All’s Quiet; 7:15 p.m., $12
Germantown Café: Karaoke with Non-Stop Music Entertainment; 9 p.m., free
Gerstle’s Place: Blue Coyote; 10 p.m., $5
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Mississippi Adam Riggle; 10:30 p.m., free
Headliners Music Hall: Junip, Acrylics; 9 p.m., $12 adv., $15 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Several Hundred People, The Pseudo-Saints; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: 50 Biscuits
Improv: Gary Owen; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $17 each
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: Neo-Soul Saturdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free; Roland Johnson; 9 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Karem’s Grill and Pub: “Denny Crum Annual Corn Hole Tournament” with The Louisville Blues; 2 p.m.
The Levee Bar and Grill: Slithering Beast; 10 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Soulbite, Common Ground, Strumbeat
Prime Lounge: “A Night in Wonderland”; 9 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Pillars and Tongues, Joan Shelley, Elephant Micah; 10:30 pm
Rush Inn: Karaoke; 8 p.m. (R)
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m., free (R)
Senor Iguanas Shelbyville Road: Karaoke and DJ Dance Party; 9 p.m. (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Traveln Mojos, Blonde Johnson; 7:30 p.m., $5
St. Matthews Farmers Market: Leigh Ann Yost; 8 a.m., free
Sunergos Coffee, Beechmont: Aby Laby Land, Barefoot Best Friends, Cari Norris; 7 p.m., free
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Art Adams Band, Hudson Hornet
Union Station: “Mayhem in May” with 17 bands; 1 p.m., free
U of L Bird Recital Hall: Community Music Program Recital; 1 p.m., free
U of L Comstock Concert Hall: School of Music Commencement; 5 p.m., free
Uptown Bar: Doc and the Holidays; 10 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Casual Addiction; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Hog Operation
Wick’s Pizza, Hurstbourne: Waste Band; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Mind Petrol, Kyle Haywood
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Wax Factory, Aquila
Zazoo’s: Relic, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys; 9 p.m.
Z’s Fusion: Fuze Jazz Band with Jeff Sherman; 7 p.m., free (R)
SUN may 15
The Bard’s Town: An Evening of Poetry Reading; 5 p.m., free; The Bard’s Town Theatre presents “Chasing Ophelia”; 7:30 p.m., $12-$15
Bearno’s, Highlands: Jon Ashley, Taylor Shuck; 8 p.m., free
Blu: Dave Clark Trio; 11 a.m., free (R)
Bourbons Bistro: Ron Jones & Sonny Stephens; 7 p.m., free (R)
Brown Hotel: Sunday Tea: Nada Loutfi; 3:30 p.m., $15 (R)
Cahoots: Memory Map, Sleeping Bag, The Teeth, Waxeater
Comedy Caravan: Nicholas Anthony, Joe Zimmerman; 8 p.m., $10
Derby City Espresso: Quilty, The Blind Shades; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Short Bus; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
4th Street Live: Mom’s Music Rock School / Weekend Warrior Concert; 1 p.m., free
Gerstle’s Place: The Pranksters; 11 p.m., $3 (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Rockin’ for Kids (Benefiting Kosair Children’s Hospital music therapy program); 1:30 p.m., $5 adv., $8 DOS
Highlands Tap Room: The Go Rounds
Improv: Gary Owen; 7 p.m., $15
Iroquois Amphitheater: “KlezmerFest 2011” with Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Java Jews, The Cincinnati Klezmer Project, River City Klezmer Band, Lost Tribe, Cantor David Lipp, Cantor Sharon Hordes, Rabbi Gaylia Rooks; 1 p.m., $15 adv., $18 DOS, $10 students for children 13 and over, free for children12 and under
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m., free (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Mighty Kindness Fundraiser featuring Andrea Davidson, Justin Lewis, Kri and Hettie, Troubadours of Devine Bliss and more; 4 p.m., $5; Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Starbase Q: “Miss KY*Plus Continental”; 10 p.m., $10
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Uncle Slayton’s: Vandaveer, Ferraby Lionhart; 8 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
U of L Bird Recital Hall: Community Music Program: Violin Studio Recital; 2 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Squeeze-bot with Joe Hanna (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jodioke (R)
Zazoo’s: Chop Shop Open Mic: The Choppers; 7 p.m., free (R)
MON may 16
Comedy Caravan: NoteWorthy; 8 p.m., $12
Corner Door: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m., free (R)
Derby City Espresso: Gaydies ‘80s Night; 8 p.m. (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Open Stage Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Neko Case, Y La Bamba; 8 p.m., $25
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & Friends; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: Karaoke (R)
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; free (R)
Mozz: Todd Hildreth; 7 p.m., free (R)
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Mic Jam and Karaoke with Larryoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Swingin Mondays with DJ Ron Wallace 8 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Craig Wagner’s Jazz Night; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
TUE may 17
The Bard’s Town: World’s Greatest Open Mic Night hosted by Robert Morgan; 8 p.m. (R)
BBC, 4th Street: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Big Blue Country: Jon-Mark & Kevin; 8 p.m., free
Blu: Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Brown Theatre: Tommy Emmanuel and the Australian All-Star Band; 8 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m., free (R)
Corner Door: Blouville; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: Karaoke (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Short Bus; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
ear X-tacy: Sixtyfourwest; 6 p.m., free
Germantown Café: Open Mic; 8:30 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Matt Phelps Bluegrass
Groucho’s Bar: Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Goliathon; 10 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room: Chase Skinner
Jeff Ruby’s: Pete Peterson; 6:30 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 jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s Pub & Grill: Open Stage Jam with Amos Hopkins & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., free
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Saints Skybar: DJ Kerr; 11 p.m., $3 (ladies free); Open stage; 9 p.m., free (R)
Sake Blue: Craig Wagner with Todd Hildreth, Mike Hyman; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Starbase Q: “L.O.L. (Laugh Out Loud)” with Jacob Mudd, Teresa McCammon, Steve Mathews, CKM, & Keith McGill; 10 p.m., $5
Steinert’s Bar and Grill: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues Band Jam; 9 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Rooney Tunesday! with DJ J. Rooney; 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Open Mic with Tom & Phil (R)
Zanzabar: Boca Chica, Nik & the Central Plains, Sandpaper Dolls; 10 p.m.
