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Wed JUL 30
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Central Park: The Moonlight Peddlers; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Speaker (acoustic); 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.
Jim Porter’s: acoustic jam session; 7:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Mercury Ballroom: Jesse McCartney; 7:30 p.m., $25
Meta: DJ Persh; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Zach Longoria; 8 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Dem Reggae Bon, The Over-Reactors
Puerto Vallarta: Kitty Slickers; 6:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Mister F; 9 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, The Fiddeling Bends, Psychotic Reaction, Glazed & Hungover; 8:30 p.m.; DJ Ruthless; 11 p.m.
Waterfront Park: “WFPK Waterfront Wednesday” with Ben Sollee, The Deloreans, Steelism; 6 p.m.
THU JUL 31
Bistro 42: Bobby J & the Culligan Men; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Four Pegs: open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Final Drive, Douse the Flames, Sounds Like a Lawsuit
Iroquois Amphitheater: The John Butler Trio; 8 p.m., $30
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.
Manny & Merle: George Stearman; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (Highlands): bluegrass jam; 6:30 p.m.
New Vintage: Brian Olive, Woody Pines; 9 p.m., $10
Nowhere Bar: DJ Jay Kay
Rudyard Kipling: open mic; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Sal’s Pizza: DJ Syimone; 8 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Little Tybee; 9 p.m., $5
FRI aug 1
21c Museum Hotel: Jaye Jayle; 7 p.m.
Bard’s Town: The Jake Parker Band; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bicentennial Park: Coralee and the Townies, Small Batch; 6 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Wyndell Williams
Bistro 42: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits; 9 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Decca: Fattlabb; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Joey Sandals, The Undecided Band, Soul River Brown; 5 p.m.; Norma Jean, Night Verses, Gravemouth, Johari, Great Flood; 8 p.m., $15
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Mark Conover, Big Rock Show, Latex Grenade; 10 p.m.
DiFabio’s Casapela: Scott Franklin; 6:30 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Fresh Start Growers Supply: “The Flea Off Market” with Your Local Record Show DJs; 4 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Vendors, Robert Weber, Mark Conover
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Order of Leviathan; 6 p.m.; The New Shitbirds, Mindless Giants, Isolator, First Haze; 9 p.m., $5
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jeffersonville River Stage: Juice Box Heroes; 8:30 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Floydian Slip; 7 p.m.
JR’s Pub: River Bottom; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Karem’s: The Over-Reactors; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Who’s Bad: A Michael Jackson Tribute; 8 p.m.
Nelligan Hall: Black Tongue, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Villains; 6 p.m., $12
New Vintage: Killer Moon, New Bravado, Mimi Von Schnitzel, Temple of the Golden Dawn
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
The Parklands of Floyds Fork: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent; 6 p.m., $40-$65
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Smile Empty Soul, Bridge to Grace
Purrswaytions: “Dark-Party” with DJs Verminoid, Sketch, Silikon; 9 p.m., $3
Qdoba (Highlands): In Lightning; 7 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Gavin Caster, CJ Cumberland, Jeni Carr, Sam Gaddis, MoonDawg Hall; 8 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Toad Strangler; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: Harley Poe, The Jereactors, Lazy Ass Destroyer, Comorbid; 10 p.m., $5
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Coralee and the Townies; noon
Zanzabar: Young Widows, Pygmy Lush, Xerxes; 9 p.m., $10
SAT aug 2
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Matt Coddington
BJ’s Sports Pub: DJ Rip; 10 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJs Trevor Lamont, Jarrett Horvath, Jung; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Redline, John Hager; 10 p.m.; Born Cross Eyed; 10:30 p.m., $8
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Radiotronic, Shane Dawson; 10 p.m.
DiFabio’s Casapela: Scott Franklin; 6:30 p.m.
Fresh Start Growers Supply: “The Flea Off Market” with Your Local Record Show DJs; 10 a.m.
Gerstle’s: DJs Boombox Saints
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Jenna Dean, 1200; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: The Allmanacs: An Allman Brothers Tribute, Live Bullet: A Bob Seger Tribute; 9 p.m., $10
Huber’s: The Over-Reactors; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Stretta, Copperfield, Times 2; 9 p.m.
JR’s Pub: Aquila; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 9 p.m.
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: “7 Sense Festival Fundraiser”; 9 p.m., $5-$10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Slinky Jenkins, Killer Lips, Voodoo Avenue
Rudyard Kipling: Gentlemen and Scholars
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Carlisle Guy & Doug Hart; 9:30 p.m., $6
Third Street Dive: Soul Funkin Dangerous, Eric Paul, Sweet Eve; 10 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: “7 Sense Festival Fundraiser”; 9 p.m., $5-$10; Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN aug 3
American Turners: The Ebo Walker Bluegrass Project; 7 p.m.
Bard’s Town: gypsy jazz jam; 5:30 p.m.
The Belvedere: “Fresh Festival” with Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte, EPMD, The Ying Yang Twins; 6 p.m., $30
Clifton’s Pizza: Rascals of Ragtyme; 7 p.m.
Cure Lounge: open mic; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Touch AC, Shedding, Visiting Nurse; 7 p.m., $10
Fresh Start Growers Supply: “The Flea Off Market” with Your Local Record Show DJs; 10 a.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: bluegrass jam; 9 p.m.
Huber’s: Petar Mandic; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Sick Puppies, Like a Storm, Stars in Stereo; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Bell Adair, Black Birds of Paradise, Owen Campbell; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 3 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Lamont Gillespie Benefit”; 5 p.m.
Willow Park: Will Cary; 7 p.m.
MON aug 4
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Speaker (acoustic); 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.; Max Dvorak, Frank Moody, Mark Conover
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Casket Girls, Dreamend; 9 p.m.
TUE aug 5
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Central Park: Sons of Circus; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): “Made in 502”; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): George Stearman; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Ghost Holler, The Little Ship, War Panties; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Egality, Order of Leviathan
Headliners Music Hall: Ingrid Michaelson, Neulore; 8 p.m., $27-$30
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Hawthorne Heights, Uh Huh Baby Yeah, Ari, Great Floods, Bad People; 6 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
Third Street Dive: DJ Sinister Girl; 11 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Baseball Project; 9 p.m., $15