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Wed MAY 1
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Decca: The Buzz; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 7 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Gustavo’s Mexican Grill: Robby Cox; 6 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Clint Ackerman, CJ Boyd, Jonny Sands; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Jack’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: open jam; 8:30 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Etruii; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: Rockin Ricky; 7 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Lost In Eden, The Tiffany Tucker Band, Freddy and the Cruegers, The Conjurers; 10 p.m.
Purrswaytions: acoustic jam
Rudyard Kipling: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Napoleon and the Beats; 9 p.m., $3
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic; 8 p.m.
Tin Roof: Cheryl LuQuire, Jacob Powell; 7 p.m.
Vernon Club: The Millionaires, Ashland High, Beneath the Sun, Lancifer; 7:30 p.m., $12
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Waterfront Park (Chow Wagon): Yes Pilot, 11:30 a.m.; Naked Garden, 4 p.m.; Velcro Pygmies, 8 p.m.; The Features, 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Tumbleweed Wanderers, Swear and Shake; 9 p.m., $8-$10
THU MAY 2
Alley Cats: John Gage, Denny Wheatley, Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther, The Bibelhauser Brothers Band with Michael Cleveland; $10
Bard’s Town: The Jake Parker Band; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Erin & Gene; 8 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Decca: Junk Yard Dogs; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Goast, DJ Behrang, DJ Eclectrixx, DJ Ramsen, DJ Trevor Lamont, DJ Solo, The Kevin Cummings Band, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Flanagan’s: Radiotronic; 9 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: Chris Young; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Tunesmiths, King Sonic, Me & You; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Tyrone Cotton, Frank Messina; 8 p.m.; Field of Kings; 10 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Bill Callahan, Flat Foot, Shedding; 9 p.m., $15
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line; 8 p.m., $10
Left Field Lounge: John Baxter; 10 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Metro Hall: Appalatin; noon
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Muhammad Ali Center: “Ferdinand’s Ball” with The Crashers; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Rude Lucy; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Framing Hanley, Chuck Schaeffer Picture Show, Velcro Pygmies, Jaystorm Project; 10 p.m., $15
Ri Ra: The Fauxgues; 10 p.m.
Saints: Hunter & Dane; 7:30 p.m.; Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Two Lane: Big Rock Show; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: open mic
Waterfront Park (Chow Wagon): Da Mudcats, 11:30 a.m.; Slinky Jenkins, 4 p.m.; Jeni Carr & Twang Town, 8 p.m.; The Wallflowers, 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: House Ghost
FRI MAY 3
Alley Cats: Li’l T&A; 9 p.m., $5
American Legion Bonnie Sloan Post 28: Shatterproof; 8 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5; The Blacktop Farmers; 8 p.m., $3
Blue River Café: Sweet Nothings; 7 p.m.
Buckhead Mountain Grill (Jeffersonville): Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache
Dark Star Tavern: The Contra Band; 10 p.m.
Decca: Fatt Labb; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Behrang, DJ Eclectrixx, DJ Ramsen, DJ Trevor Lamont, DJ Solo, The Kevin Cummings Band, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Voodoo Avenue, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Fat Daddy’s: Ray Pamalue; 8 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter, Booty Sweat, Stanislav, Vancington; 10 p.m., $10
Flanagan’s: Radiotronic; 10 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: Third Eye Blind; 7 p.m.
Galt House: “Unbridled Eve” with The Crashers; 8 p.m.; “The Backside Party” with The Sheryl Rouse Band, DJ Tae 1, 2 Steps Ahead DJs; 10 p.m., $75-$150
Gerstle’s: 64 West, JAMA
Gilbert’s: The Tri Tones, Atomic Thrill Ride, Falling Sky, Gravel Switch; 10 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., $5
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Your Friendly Neighborhood Big Band; 9:30 p.m.; DJ Ultra Paul; 11 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Lucero, Langhorne Slim & the Law; 9 p.m., $18-$21
Hillview Government Center: Jefferson Tarc Bus, Soundtrip, Two Pump Chump; 7 p.m., $10
Ice House: Here Come the Mummies
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jimmy’s Music Center: The Weekend Classic, Until Death Do Us Party, Uncommon Sense; 6:30 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: Wayne Young & the New Legends, The Over-Reactors; 7 p.m., $10
Kentucky International Convention Center: Maestro J & the Groove Masters, DJ Kaos, DJ Weedy, DJ Efeezy, DJ Z-Nyce; $40
KFC Yum Center: “The Julep Ball” with The B-52s; $150-$500
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: The Ritchie White Orchestra, Juanita; 10 p.m., $7
Little Rick’s: Tom Boone and the Back Porch Pickers; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: John Baxter & the Bottomfeeders; 9 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Steve Stergill; 10 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (Highlands): The Fauxgues; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Johnny Berry and the Outliers; 11 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jackyl, Aranda, Hellzapopping Freakshow, Velcro Pygmies, Grindstone, Those Sensational Bastardz, Jaystorm Project, KTO; 7 p.m., $20
Rudyard Kipling: The Reginald Bareham Derby Band; 7:30 p.m.; The Abductees; 10:30 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Larry Efaw & the Bluegrass Mountaineers; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: The Predators, Travel’n Mojos; 7:30 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Fort Shame, The Ready Stance; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: The Screaming Hand, Aint Worth Killin; 9 p.m.
Union Station: Creature of Exile, Overload, Heavens’ Gate Gospel Revival, Wrath Over Riches, Spontaneous Internal Combustion, Goodbye Utah; 8 p.m., $6-$8
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
Waterfront Park (Chow Wagon): The Fiasco Brothers, 11:30 a.m.; Moonshine Millionaires, 4 p.m.; Greg Bates, 7:30 p.m.; Soul Circus, 8 p.m.; Kix Brooks, 8:30 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Lucero; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): The No Problem Band
Zanzabar: Pickwick, Basia Bulat; 9 p.m., $10, J Boogie, The Black Madonna, OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $5-$7
ZaZoo’s: Emily’s Garden
SAT MAY 4
American Legion Bonnie Sloan Post 28: Shatterproof; 8 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Maddie Won’t Smoke; 8 p.m., $5
Bearno’s (Downtown): Petar Mandic; 9:30 p.m.
Blue River Café: Earth Tribe Dancers; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Cahoots: Great Floods, Branded by Hate, The Might Auroch, Heaven’s Gate Gospel Revival; 9 p.m., $5
Club 21: DJ KGee
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: KY City Boys; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Killer Lips, Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Douglass Loop Farmers Market: Dan Bowlds, Marty Rosen; 10 a.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Flanagan’s: Voodoo Avenue; 9 p.m.
Fourth Street Live: The Horizontal Boogie Band; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Mojoflo, Rocktimus Prime, Zach Longoria
Golden Nugget: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., $5
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: DJs Jason Shelton, Lady Carol; 10 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Phiasco, Lazy Sunday
Highlands Tap Room Grill: The Bottom Sop; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ Goast
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 9 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Louisville Brass & Electric
Magnolia Bar: The Fauxgues; 11 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Mellow Mushroom: Me and You; 10 p.m.
Moose Lodge #5: Rockin Ricky; 7 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Rock Brigade, Hellzapopping Freakshow, Goldylocks, Mooseknuckle; 5 p.m.; 10 Years, Saving Abel; 8 p.m., $20
The Pointe: “Down & Derby” w/ DJ Brynn Taylor; 8 p.m., $40
Ri Ra: Blaggards; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Renada’s Diamond Elite; 9 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The King Bees, The Boscoe France Band; 7:30 p.m.,
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Green Room Rockers; 10 p.m., $5
Thirsty Ernie’s: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: The Yat Machines, Two Sly Deuce; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN MAY 5
Bard’s Town: jazz jam session; 5:30 p.m.
Cole’s Place: “Apollo Nights”; 6 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Iroquois Amphitheater: The Mike Tracy Brazilian Ensemble; 3 p.m., $5
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Lady Carol; 3 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON MAY 6
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Intelli-G; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE MAY 7
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ Chaz C; 10 p.m.
Crazy Dave’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood, Withered, Anagnorisis, Ohlm; 8 p.m., $12; Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Casual Addiction; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic
Hideaway Saloon: DJ PhreeyaMined; 10 p.m.
KFC Yum Center: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran; 7 p.m., sold out
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: DJ Captain Howdy; 9 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): DJs Intelli-G, Gitsum, Crikket, Inspireme, Beejj, Oblivion Sanction; $3-$5
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Twin Tigers; 9 p.m., $5-$7
This article appears in April 30, 2013.