Wed dec 14
BBC, Fourth Street: “Songwriters Showcase” with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Beef O’Brady’s, Hillview: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Raw” hosted by Jay Cox; 7:15 p.m., $3 (R)
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Gilbert’s: Jimmy G & the Sidewinders; free (R)
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m.,
free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Meat: Carly Johnson; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $3 (R)
TK’s Pub: The Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rockin’ Rob; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic trio); 8 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Hussle Club, Joy Division Tribute, Ben Purdom; 10 p.m., $5
THU dec 15
The Bard’s Town: Observation Deck; 7 p.m., free; Louisville Comedy Underground; 9 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m., free (R)
Brick House Tavern: Neil Champine; 9 p.m., free (R)
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Torian Hughes, Jeremy Greenberg, Anthony Mattingly; 7:15 p.m., $10; “The List”; 9:30 p.m., $1(R)
Corner Door: Lewis Mathis; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Dragon King’s Daughter: Charlie Rivera; 7 p.m., free
Gerstle’s Place: Discount Guns
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Hewn from the Mountain Music Café: Nick Peay; 7 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: No Hay Banda; $3
Improv: Bret Ernst; 8 p.m., $15
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
O’Shea’s: “Holiday Concert”; 7 p.m., new toy donations accepted
Palace Theater: Amy Grant & Vince Gill; 8 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: The Lost River Cavemen, Quiet Hollers, Jailbox; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Screaming John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
ZaZoo’s: Appalatin; 8 p.m., $2 (R)
FRI dec 16
Barret Bar: Uncle Louie; 8 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m., $5
Brownie’s The Shed: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Chestnut House: Good Luck, Reading Group, Black God, Antique TV; 7 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Torian Hughes, Jeremy Greenberg, Anthony Mattingly; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: Jadein Black; 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.
Corner Door: Tristen Roberts; 7:30 p.m., free
Fat Daddy’s: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 9:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Rumpke Mountain Boys
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 10 p.m.
Harvey Brown Presbyterian Church: Louisville Youth Choir; 7 p.m.
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Circus; 9 p.m.
Improv: Bret Ernst; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $15 each
Irish Exit: Adam Green; free
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Roland Johnson; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: The Bottomline;
7 p.m.
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Mulligan’s: Jim Rooney & Mickey Clark; 8 p.m., free
O’Shea’s: Tim & Sharfe; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Jingle Balls”; 10 p.m., $10
R Place Pub: Big Rock Show;
10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: “7th Annual Songwriters Show” with Alan Rhody, Danny Flanigan; 7:30 p.m., $10; The Ghost Wolves, Busted Soles; 10:30 p.m., $5
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio;
8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Shepherdsville Music Barn: The Boxcars; 8 p.m., $12
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: The King Bees, Clark Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Eskimo Brothers, Tilford Sellers & the Wagon Burners; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, The New Old Cavalry;
8 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Alan Rhody, Danny Flanigan, Andrea Davidson, John Mann; noon, free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Matt Jaggers; 8 p.m.; Amazon Pilot; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: The Predators
Zanzabar: Josephine Foster, Parlour, Dane Waters; 9 p.m., $10
ZaZoo’s: The Harlequins, Natives, Little Brothers; 9 p.m., $5
SAT dec 17
The Bard’s Town: 64 West, Harpeth Rising; 8 p.m., $5
BBC, St. Matthews: The Slow Charleston; 9 p.m., $5
The Connection: Jadein Black; 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.
Comedy Caravan: Torian Hughes, Jeremy Greenberg, Anthony Mattingly; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Corner Door: Mac Larson; 7:30 p.m., free
Corydon Jamboree: “Christmas Show”; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m., free
Gerstle’s Place: Manic Bloom, First Strike, Cousins
Hard Rock Café: Dem Reggae Bon; 9 p.m., $3
Headliners Music Hall: Rachel Yamagata, Mike Viola; 9 p.m., $15
Highlands Tap Room: Clown Car
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Bret Ernst; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Irish Exit: Bobby Wilson; free
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Roland Johnson;
9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Joe Huber’s: Robert Shaw and the Lonely Street Band; 7:30 p.m.
Kirkwood’s: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
The Levee: 2/6 F-Bombs; free
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
O’Shea’s: Soulbite; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jackyl, The Nigel Dupree Band; 8 p.m., $20
R Place Pub: Bonfire: A Tribute to AC/DC; 10 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Jam for a Cure” with Greg Foresman, V-Groove; 9 p.m., $5 donation
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Sweet Ray Laurel, Tom Evanchuck & the Old Money; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Anne McCue, Amos Hopkins; 9 p.m., $10
U of L Bird Hall: Suzuki Violin Studio Recital; 2 p.m., free
Ursuline Arts Center: Voices of Kentuckiana
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Juz Rite; 10 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Wax Factory
Zanzabar: The Stray Cat Band; 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Davy Jay Sparrow, Little Swimmers; 9 p.m., $5
SUN dec 18
The Bard’s Town: Louisville Comedy Underground; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m. (R)
Chestnut House: Former Thieves, Frontier(s), Xerxes, Lay Down & Die; 7 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Torian Hughes, Jeremy Greenberg, Anthony Mattingly; 7:15 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s Place: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bryant C Project
Improv: Bret Ernst; 7 p.m., $15
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Mom’s Music Winter Blast” with The Louisville Crashers, Rock School; 1:30 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Andrea Davidson
Ursuline Arts Center: Voices of Kentuckiana
MON dec 19
Chestnut House: Late Ones, Brain Trust, Chokeslam, The Stray Hand, Strange Ways; 7 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: The Don Krekel Orchestra; 7:15 p.m, $12
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Rudyard Kipling: Sons of Tonatiuh, Ohlm, Tombstalker; 9 p.m., $5
TUE dec 20
The Bard’s Town: Product of Murder; 6:30 p.m., $5; “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)
Headliners Music Hall: The Foxery, Frontier Sons, The Lion in Winter, Jubalson; 9 p.m., $5 (general), $10 (18-20 year olds)
Highlands Tap Room: No Hay Banda
Improv: Rich Guzzi; 8 p.m., $15-$60
Kingfish, River Road: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
New View Bar & Grill: Short Bus; 8 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., free (R)
