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Wed may 21
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Clifton Center: Misha Feigin; 7:30 p.m., $6
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Joel T. Henderson; 8 p.m.; La Armada, Vice Tricks, King Wolfe; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
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
Meta: DJ Persh; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: The Bros Landreth; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Zach Longoria; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Dawgs Playing Poker, The Alex Jennings Duo
Prime Lounge: open mic; 8 p.m.
Puerto Vallarta: Kitty Slickers; 6:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Paul Baribeau, Jason Anderson, Aneides; 8 p.m., $8
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; 8:30 p.m.; DJ Ruthless; 11 p.m.
THU may 22
Belvedere: “Abbey Road on the River”
Commonwealth Tap: Joel T. Henderson
Cure Lounge: DJ Black Matter; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Primal Fear, 18X-Ray, Stagecoach Inferno; 8 p.m., $20-$22; Speaker (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Hideaway Saloon: The Fritz; 11 p.m., $3
Horseshoe Casino: Alice in Chains; 8 p.m., $37.50
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.
Mag Bar: Brett Conlin & the Union Suits; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Petar Mandic; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Screaming for Silence, Heart of Kings, Tempt; 7:30 p.m., $10
Rudyard Kipling: open mic; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Spinelli’s (Downtown): “Smash the Mic”; 8 p.m., $3-$5
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): Astral Duo; 7 p.m., $10-$20
FRI may 23
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Crunchy Groove Machine; 10 p.m.
Belvedere: “Abbey Road on the River”
Big Four Burgers: Eric and Kenny
Bistro 42: Soul Circus; 9 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: The Holy Name Concert Band; 7:30 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Ultra Paul; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Black Rum, Tristen Brooke; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): John Hager, The Undecided, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Marisa Anderson, Wooden Wand; 8 p.m., $10
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jeffersonville Riverstage: The Louisville Crashers, Eight Inch Elvis; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Dark Waters; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: Straight A’s, Fake Limbs, Neighbor; 9 p.m.
Manny & Merle: George Molton; 10 p.m.
Meta: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Tesla Rossa, House Ghost, Violet Knives, Plastic Bubble; 8 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Palace Theater: “Down Home Blues Festival”; 8 p.m., $46.99-$75
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Outlined in Chalk, All But Dead, Tomorrow Never Ends; 9 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: David & Valerie Mayfield
Stevie Ray’s: Dog House Kitchen; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: Cherry Lee & the Hot Rood Hounds; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): Joseph Palmer; 4 p.m., $10-$20; Kevin Manderville; 7 p.m., $10-$20
Vernon Club: Emarosa, Too Close to Touch, Ready Access, Youth at Heart; 7:30 p.m., $10
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Fly Golden Eagle; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Prognosis, Creature of Exile, Empyrean Asunder; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Bodycocktail; 9 p.m., $5; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT may 24
Bard’s Town: Cincinnati Folksinger and His Uptown Band; 8 p.m., $5
Barret Bar: Kitty Slickers; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Belvedere: “Abbey Road on the River”
Big Four Burgers: The Strays
Decca: Bear Medicine; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Ohlm, The Revenants, Call Me Bronco, Underwater; 8 p.m., $5-$8; Bob Anonymous, Soul Circus; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul River Brown, Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Ninnie, R. Keenan Lawler, Joe Dukowitz
German-American Club: The Rheingold Band; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Hemingways, Sub-Urban Situation
Headliners Music Hall: Artifex Pereo, Uh-huh Baby Yeah, Side-Lined, Ol’ Girl; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The New Old Cavalry; 10 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: The Hooten Hallers, Slow Joe Crow and the Berserker Blues Band; 10 p.m.
Huber’s: Aquilla Bock; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Stretta, Freddy and the Cruegers, Bluestown; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Last Remaining Pinnacle, The Elsinores, New Bravado; 10 p.m., $6
Manny & Merle: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 8 p.m.
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Stonecutters, The Decline Effect, Imbroglio, Savage Master; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Beatersville” with The Twistin’ Tarantulas, Hellfire Revival, Vice Tricks, JT Oglesby, Warren Ray; 7 p.m., $10
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal, Sam Sneed & Watter; 11 p.m.
Sol Aztecas (Fern Creek): Mickey Clark; 6:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers; 9:30 p.m., $6
Third Street Dive: The Elixirs, General Bastard, Nulydedz; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Comstock Hall): Suzanne Bona & Richard Goering; 4 p.m., $10-$20; Otto Tolonen; 7 p.m., $10-$20
Water Tower: “Kentucky Reggae Festival” with Keith Porter & the Yard Squad, Pati KeLe Drum Ensemble, Roots Vibration; 3 p.m., $10-$14
Zanzabar: The Pimps of Joytime, D’Arkestra; 9 p.m., $10-$12; Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN may 25
American Turners: The Ebo Walker Project; 7 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Fiddle Face; 8 p.m., $5
Belvedere: “Abbey Road on the River” feat. The Beach Boys, John Sebastian
Bicentennial Park: “The Boomtown Ball & Festival” with San Fermin, Fly Golden Eagle, Discount Guns, The Pass, Daniel Martin Moore, Ranger, The Kernal & His New Strangers, The River City Blues Band; 1:30 p.m.
Clifton Center: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Derby City Little Big Band; 7 p.m.
Cole’s Place: “Shut Up & Rap”; 5 p.m., $10
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Animals As Leaders, Conquering Dystopia, Chon, Littledidweknow; 7:30 p.m., $18; Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): John Hager; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
The Grand: Houndmouth, Blank Range; 9 p.m., sold out
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: ASAG, Method of Madness, Sounds of Laughter, Left in Despair; 6 p.m., $6; bluegrass jam with Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m.
Huber’s: Corey and Stacey; 1 p.m.
Ice House: Sean Clay, DJ Z-Nyce; 3 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: The Bottom Sop, The Sharrows, Tall Squares; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 3 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: “Beatersville” with The Art Adams Band, Jane Rose and the Deadend Boys, The Elixirs; $10; Ras Ballo & DJ Mixa; 11:30 p.m.
Turtle Run Winery: Freemont John; 1:30 p.m.
U of L (Comstock Hall): Youth Ensemble; 6 p.m.
Water Tower: “Kentucky Reggae Festival” with Taj Weeks and Adowa, St. X Jungle Drummers, Universal Xpression; 3 p.m., $10-$14
MON may 26
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Belvedere: “Abbey Road on the River”
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Speaker (acoustic); 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Call Me Bronco, Cher Von, Crash the Lights; 6 p.m., $6; “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.; Andy Dale Petty; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: Naan Violence, Ben Traughber, R. Keenan Lawler; 8 p.m., $5
Play: Autograf, OK Deejays, Stanislav; 10 p.m., $7-$12
Turtle Run Winery: Melody Resurrection; 1:30 p.m.
Waterfront Park: Skrillex, Dillon Francis, Milo & Otis, What So Not; 6 p.m., $45-$50
Water Tower: “Kentucky Reggae Festival” with The Ark Band, Dem Reggae Bon; 2 p.m., $10-$14
Willow Park: Old School; 7 p.m.
TUE may 27
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Cabin (acoustic); 8 p.m., $20
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJs Blythe & Kelli; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): PMA; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Martin Bisi, Invisible Things, Visiting Nurse; 7 p.m., $10
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
