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Wed JUL 23
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic w/ Louisville Arts Live; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Brad Linde’s Underwater Ghost, The Sarah Hughes Saxophone Quartet, Aaron Quinn’s Liver Quiver, Billy Wolfe’s Composer’s Octet; 7 p.m, $7
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Waterfront Wednesday after party with The Deloreans
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic; 10 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Meta: DJ Persh; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Nelligan Hall: Expire, Harm’s Way, Suburban Scum, Another Mistake, Will to Die, Damaged Goods, Knocked Loose; 6 p.m., $12
Nowhere Bar: Zach Longoria; 8 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Hooker, Lewis Mathis
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs N.P.D.; 9 p.m.
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Porkpie James; 8:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic/band showcase with The Fiddeling Bends, Vinnie Hines & Good Times; 8:30 p.m.
THU JUL 24
Bard’s Town: The Waves; 8 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus Unplugged; 10 p.m.
Drake’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 8 p.m.
Dreamland: Jeremy Bible and Connor Waldman; 7 p.m., $7
Four Pegs: open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Ferris & the Wheels; 7 p.m.; Me & You 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: White Reaper, Mote, Dream Eye Color Wheel, Family Dog, Night Visions DJs; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Spinrad; 10:30 p.m., $3
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: Robby Cox; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Bob Schneider, Dawn & Hawkes; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: Humminbird, Dane Waters, Mimi Von Scnitzl; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Slow Down Johnny, Brooks Ritter, The Howling Tongue, Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Jay Kay
Rudyard Kipling: Juice, Fallen From Nowhere, RoeShamBeaux, 5th and Goal; 7 p.m.; open mic; 10 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.
FRI JUL 25
Bard’s Town: Adam Hardesty; 8 p.m., $5
Barret Bar: Kitty Slickers; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bicentennial Park: Junk Yard Dogs; 6 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Eric and Kenny
Bistro 42: The Kelly Richey Band; 9 p.m.
Bourbons Bistro: Fatt Labb; 8 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: Bomar and Ritter; 7:30 p.m.
Crescent Hill Radio: The Juggernaut Jug Band, Ben Knight & the Welldiggers; 6:30 p.m.
Decca: Misha Feigin; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Speaker (acoustic), The Rumors, Mark Conover; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joey Sandals, Radiotronic, Soul Circus; 7 p.m.
DiFabio’s Casapela: Scott Franklin; 6:30 p.m.
Dreamland: Screening of “Ongoing Box”; 8 p.m., $10
Flanagan’s: Petar Mandic; 6 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Audio Addiction, Bob Anonymous, War Panties, Old Soul Envy
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Left Behind, Widow, Face All Fears
Headliners Music Hall: Bombadil, Kaleidico, Small Time Napoleon; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: G. Finesse and N.S. Crew; 11 p.m., $5
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Iroquois Amphitheater: “Kentucky Music Weekend”
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Run Boy Run; 7 p.m.
JR’s Pub: Indiana Joe & Arrow; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Jackson Scott & Insane Outlaws; 10 p.m.
Mercury Lounge: Keyshia Cole
Meta: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Jaye Jayle, Lydia Burrell, Eremy Jirvin, Scars on 459 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Rocking Dead, Tim Vacancy
Rudyard Kipling: KP & Me, Otters, Anti-Patterns
Stevie Ray’s: Big Al and the Heavyweights; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 10 p.m., $5
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Scars on 45; noon
Zanzabar: Ha Ha Tonka; 9 p.m., $8-$10
SAT JUL 26
Bard’s Town: Drunk & Sailor; 8 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Best Vineyards Winery: Melody Resurrection; 4 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Jordan Amos; 7 p.m.
Bistro 42: The Unsinkable Molly Brown; 8 p.m.
BJ’s Sports Pub: DJ Rip; 10 p.m.
Café 27: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Corydon Square: The Crowe Brothers, Common Ground; 4 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Springbreak; 11 p.m.
Decca: The Wax Intellectual; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): SuperVision; 9 p.m., $10-$15; Sunday Sixx, Me & You; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Freddy and the Cruegers, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
DiFabio’s Casapela: Scott Franklin; 6:30 p.m.
Dreamland: “Purple Rain Tribute”; 8 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: The John Robin Band, The Prankster Trio
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Lawbringer
Headliners Music Hall: What Ever Will, Kimmet & Doug, The Ass Haulers; 9 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Moon Jr.; 11 p.m., $5
Huber’s: The Resonators; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Iroquois Amphitheater: “Kentucky Music Weekend”
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
JR’s Pub: Big Phatty Band; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kingpin Lanes: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 9 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Matt Nathanson, Andrew McMahon; 8:30 p.m., $22-$25
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
Mulligan’s: The Over-Reactors; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: What Made Milwaukee Famous, A. Sinclair; 9 p.m.
Open Gallery: Stage Hands, Institute for Psychic Reform, The Liberty Bell Trio; 8 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Stone the Crow, Van Waylon
Rudyard Kipling: Brent Mathis, Paul Phillips; 7 p.m., $5
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: V-Groove; 9:30 p.m., $6
Third Street Dive: Condition Oakland, A Mile Rising; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: “Blues & Rhythm Showcase”; 3 p.m.
Vernon Club: Kottonmouth Kings, Imperial Soundclash, C4 & Nicky Gritts, Pilot Touhill, Chucky Chuck; 7:30 p.m., $20
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN JUL 27
American Turners: The Ebo Walker Bluegrass Project; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Coery and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): John Hager; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Huber’s: South Upland; 1 p.m.
Iroquois Amphitheater: “Kentucky Music Weekend”
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
KCD Theater: The Pat Metheny Unity Group; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: The Yacht Rock Revue; 8:30 p.m., $12
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Devon Allman; 9 p.m., $15
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 3 p.m.
Willow Park: The Wulfe Bros. and Wulfe Pack; 7 p.m.
MON JUL 28
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Joe Carpenter and Bob Anonymous; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morse Music; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: This Or the Apocalypse, Those Who Fear, Brought By Giants, Hallows; 6 p.m., $12; “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): On My Honor, The Sheds, Ashley Cadwallader, Mindless Giants, Until Death Do Us Party, Everyone Leaves; 6:30 p.m., $6-$8
TUE JUL 29
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Made in 502 Singer-Songwriter Competition; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Carlos and Doug; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Wyndel Williams; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Groove Orient; 11p.m., $3
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Manny & Merle: CJ Garton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Palace Theater: Yes, Syd Arthur; 8 p.m.
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Dana DeStefano & Dollparts
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
