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Wed APR 16
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Joel T. Henderson; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Beats Antique, Sean Hayes, Horsehead McGee; 9 p.m., $20
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Mag Bar: DJs Sleepy T & Goast; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Markus Schulz, Khomha; 8 p.m., $20-$25
Meta: DJ See Tai; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Anthony Payton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Deuce Leader; Zach Longoria; 9 p.m.
Old 502 Winery: “LEO Watch List Party” with DJ Cory Leonardo; 6 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Rock Brigade, Tom Cool; 10 p.m.
Prime Lounge: open mic; 8 p.m.
Puerto Vallarta: The Kitty Slickers; 6:30 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Quintet; 8:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic with Floodwater, DJ Ruthless; 8:30 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Toubab Krewe; 8 p.m., $10-$12
THU APR 17
AmVets Post #9: The Big Auger String Band, Harry Bickel; 7:30 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Bistro 42: open mic; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Black Matter; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus (unplugged); 10 p.m.
Dreamland: David Grubbs; 7 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: Vessel, Sidewalk Chalk; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Amen Dunes; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Manny & Merle’s: Robby Cox; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Aaron Lewis; sold out
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Otis, Jarad Bagshaw; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: HNNY, OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $5-$7
FRI APR 18
Amy Z’s: The Over-Reactors; 9:30 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Troubadours of Divine Bliss; 9:30 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: Milk N Cookies, DJ Havoc; 11 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Highlands): Butch Rice; 10 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Hoghead Blues
Bistro 42: The Billy Davis Group; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Ultra Paul; 10 p.m.
Decca: Drunken Prayer; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Flaw, Signal the Revolution, Centerfold, Year of the Gun, Hello Agony; 7 p.m., $12-$15; Stone the Crow, James Mike House; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Radiotronic, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits, The Vendors, The Pranksters
The Grand: Yung Joc; 10 p.m., $20-$50
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Jolly Hammurabi
Headliners Music Hall: Mates of State, House Ghost; 9 p.m., $15
Hoopsters: The Mad Taxpayers; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jack Fry’s: Duke Marsh; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Wayne Young and the New Legends; 7 p.m.
JR’s Pub: Nick Dittmeier; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Brantley Gilbert, Thomas Rhett, Eric Paslay; 7:30 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Bag of Hammers; 9 p.m.
Louisville Executive Aviation: Milk N Cookies, DJ Prism; 7 p.m.
Mag Bar: Da Council, Tay All Day, Raw Word Revival, WOW Crew; 9 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle’s: George Molton; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Rebelution, Common Kings; 9 p.m., $17.50-$20
Meta: DJs JP Source & Sam Sneed; 9 p.m.
Mixer: Small Time Napoleon; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Hound of the Buskervilles; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: The Phantom Family Halo, Jaye Jayle, Dane Waters; 9:30 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Skyscraper Stereo, RMLLW2LLZ, Pazuzu
Rudyard Kipling: “Reopening Party”; 6 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 9 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: CJ Lewandowski & the Men of the Week; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Cougar Ace, Indien, Raw Flesh Eaters; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Brass Ensembles; 4 p.m.
U of L (Red Barn): “WFPK Live Lunch” with Heidi Howe; noon
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Tyrone Wheeler; 6 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7:30 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): No Problem
Zanzabar: Howell Dawdy, The Bourbon Gingers; 9 p.m.; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT APR 19
Apocalypse Brew Works: Alex Wright, Southern Sirens, The Hart Strings, Cher Von; 5 p.m., $5
Astro Black Records: Microwaves, Kal Marks, Anwar Sadat, Billy Petot, Scott Carney; 1 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Al’s Beeritaville: Terry King & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Jordan Amos
Bistro 42: R&R; 8 p.m.
Bread & Breakfast: Petar Mandic; 1 p.m.
Brown Theatre: The Louisville Orchestra Orkidstra; 11 a.m.
Captain’s Quarters: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Turley Richards; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Caked Up!, Gitsum, Inspireme, Rachet; 9 p.m., $12-$15; PMA, Me & You; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous, Radiotronic; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Victory Over Sound, Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Review; 8 p.m., $7
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Melody Resurrection, War Panties
Guestroom Records: Second Story Man, Mote, Night Visions Radio DJs, Sleepyhead; 1 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Freddie McGregor
Huber’s: Joey Constantine; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Usual Suspects, Spare Change, Bluestown; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Miley Cyrus, Icona Pop, Sky Ferreira; 7 p.m., $42.50-$93.50
King Pin Lanes: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 9 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Contraband; 9 p.m.
Mag Bar: Ovids Withering, Littledidweknow, The Engineered, Demise of the King, Order of Leviathan, Eschatos; 8 p.m., $8
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: The Over-Reactors; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle’s: George Stearman; 10 p.m.
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
Mixer: The Flaming Muumuus; 8 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: New Bravado, Opposable Thumbs; 8:30 p.m.
New Vintage: Quiet Hollers, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray, Greta Smith & the Egrets; 9 p.m., $5; Main Squeeze; 11:30 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Slinky Jenkins, Freddy and the Cruegers, Insane Outlaws
Rudyard Kipling: Mananabango
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal, Sam Sneed & Guestroom; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The King Bees; 7:30 p.m.; The Tarnations; 10:30 p.m.
St. Francis in the Fields: Louisville Chamber Choir; 7:30 p.m., $10-$20
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Ned Van Go, Kevin Abernathy, Brandon Atwell & the Broken Ground; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): The Louisville String Academy; 1 p.m.
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.
Warehouse Bar: DJ Stingy, Dyin Breed, Young Verse Da General; 9 p.m., $5
Warren’s on Route 60: Whiskey Bent Valley, Matt Davis; 8 p.m., $12
Wick’s (Highlands): No Problem
Zanzabar: The Pass, Jalin Roze, Sonen; 9 p.m., $10; Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN APR 20
Bard’s Town: Jim Needler; 6 p.m., $3
Diamond Pub (Highlands): John Hager; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: bluegrass jam with Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m.; Blue Soul Gypsys, Tall Squares, Maryann, Greg Mullen; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires, Small Time Napoleon, Gideon’s Rifle; 9 p.m., $8-$10
U of L (Bird Hall): University Flute & Woodwind Ensembles; 8 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON APR 21
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Joe Carpenter & Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morris Music; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Frank Moody
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Laughing Derby: The Don Krekel Orchestra; 7:30 p.m., $10
Mag Bar: DJs Goast, Duffy, Jarrett Horvath, Trevor Lamont; 11 p.m.
U of L (Bird Hall): University String Chamber Ensembles; 8:30 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Percussion Ensemble; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE APR 22
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kimmet & Doug; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: The Bunnybrains, Three Legged Race, Ma Turner; 7 p.m., $10
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Three Days Grace, Framing Hanley; 8 p.m., $35
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Ghost Wolves, Blacktop Farmers, Vatican; 9 p.m., $5
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
