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Wed OCT 3
Air Devils Inn: “Acoustic Jam”; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): “Open Mic”; 8 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s (Hillview): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m., free
Blu: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Raw”; 8 p.m., $5
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Adam Cochran; free
Groucho’s: “Theme Time Comedy Hour”; 10 p.m., free
Headliners Music Hall: Static X, Emmure, Ill Nino; 8 p.m., $22
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: “Open Jam”; 8:30 p.m., $3
Kentucky Center For the Arts: Antibalas, Coco Yam; 7 p.m., $22.50
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free
Magnolia Bar: “Get Down!” with Sleepy T; 10:30 p.m.
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: “Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m., $2
Third Street Dive: “Open Mic”; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Chrome Pony, Faux Ferocious, DJ Blythe; 10 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: Cabana Café, Appalatin; 9 p.m., $5
THU OCT 4
Bard’s Town: “The MRSOE Comedy Show”; 8 p.m. $10
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s (Valley Station): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Clifton Center: “Afterbeat Festival” with Taj Mahal, Tyrone Cotton, Zoe Muth, Tanita Gaines, Joe Manning; 6 p.m., $45
Comedy Caravan: Scott Long, Mark Parris; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Cursive, The Foxery; 8 p.m., $15; Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Pelican; free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Rust N’ Bones, JAG; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Charles Walker Band; 10 p.m., $3
Improv: Jamie Utley, Aaron Kleiber; 8 p.m., $10
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Louisville Metro Hall: Cheyenne Mize; noon, free
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m., free
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Powerman 5000, Signal the Revolution, Pop Kiss Chainsaw, The Hiding, 449; 7:30 p.m., $12; “Audition Night”; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m.
St. Francis in the Fields: “Prodigal Son”; 8 p.m., $25
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free
Third Street Dive: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Uncle Slayton’s: P.J. Pacifico, Tom McBride, Samuel Lockridge; 8:30 p.m., $7
U of L (Comstock Hall): University Symphonic Band & Chamber Winds Louisville; 8 p.m., free
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John & Leigh Ann Yost; free
ZaZoo’s: Murals, Kalispell; 9 p.m., $5
FRI OCT 5
Bard’s Town: The Louisville Improvisors; 8 p.m. $5; “The Young, Dumb, and Full of Comedy Show”; 10 p.m., free
Bearno’s (Downtown): Son of the Widow; 8 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: “Comedy Caravan Cruise”; 11 p.m., $21
Brown Theater: Louisville Orchestra; 8 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Clifton Center: “Afterbeat Festival” with Shovels & Rope, Feufollet, Steve Cooley, Trio Brasileiro; 6 p.m., $25 (day), $40 (fest)
Comedy Caravan: Scott Long, Mark Parris; 8 & 10:15 p.m., $15
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: The Kirk Davis Band; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Rumpke Mountain Boys; 8 p.m., $7; Redline; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 7 p.m., free
Fibber’s: Citizens Arrest; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: El Roostars, Dust Radio
The Grand: The Crashers; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Ben Sollee, Luke Reynolds, Silver Tongues; 9 p.m., $20-$35
Improv: Bert Kreischer; 8 & 10:30 p.m., $20
Irish Exit: Ray Strange
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Fox Street Allstars; 7 p.m., $10
Magnolia Bar: Vincas, Alcohol Party; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Scott Sullivan and the Touchables; 10 p.m., $3
Palace Theater: Fiona Apple, Blake Mills; 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$59.50
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Burned
Rudyard Kipling: Dudley Saunders; 8 p.m., donations
Stevie Ray’s: Travelin’ Mojos, The Louisville Blues; 7:30 p.m., $5
St. Francis in the Fields: “Prodigal Son”; 8 p.m., $25
St. John UCC: Bourbon Baroque; 7:30 p.m., free
Third Street Dive: Last Remaining Pinnacle; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Sunday Best, Clay Burchette, The Rooster’s Crow; 9 p.m., $8 adv., $10 DOS
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Ben Sollee; noon, free
Wick’s (New Albany): Brian Elmore; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: Discount Guns, Low Cut Connie, Adventure; 9 p.m., $5
SAT OCT 6
Bard’s Town: Prime Time Players Improv; 7 p.m. $5; “Star Wars in 60 Minutes Or Less”; 10 p.m., $10
Best Vineyards: Kevin Rees; 4 p.m., free
Big Al’s Beeritaville: Maddox, Coleman & Bongoman; 8 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Erin & Gene; 8 p.m.
Cahoots: Frontier(s), Trails, Cousins; 10 p.m., $5
Clifton Center: “Afterbeat Festival” with Bill Frisell, The Boxcars, Feufollet, Trio Brasileiro; 6 p.m., $25 (day), $40 (fest)
Comedy Caravan: Scott Long, Mark Parris; 8 & 10:15 p.m., $15
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: The Broken Hearts; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Aby Laby Land; 8 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Freddy and the Cruegers; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous, Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m., free
Douglass Loop Farmers Market: Blue Meridian; 11 a.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Born Cross Eyed
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The County Line, Milktooth, The Liberty; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Ben Sollee, Luke Reynolds, Whistle Peak; 9 p.m., $20-$35
Hideaway Saloon: Steam Boars; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Improv: Bert Kreischer; 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20
Irish Exit: Jacob & Daniel
J&J Music Shop: Aladdin’s Castle, Phil Najjar, Hippy Head & Joe Crow, John Gravatte, Won’t Go Quietly; noon, free
Jazzyblu: “Mix’d Live Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
KFC Yum Center: Sommore, D.L. Hughley, Bruce Bruce, Mark Curry, Tony Rock; 8 p.m., $44.50-$52.50
Magnolia Bar: DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: River City Blues Band; 9 p.m., free
Meat: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m., free
New Albany: “Harvest Homecoming”
O’Shea’s: Scott Sullivan and the Touchables; 10 p.m., $3
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Opiate: The Tool Experience
Sammy O’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 9 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: “Stop, Drink, Listen” with Sam Sneed & DJ Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: The 44 Country Band; 7:30 p.m., $4-$8
Stevie Ray’s: Hoghead Blues, The Boogieman; 7:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: The Hawkeyes, Ned Van Go, Slithering Beast; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Strickler Hall): “Django Jamboree” with The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, Ben Powell, Denis Chang, Franglais, Swing 39; 7:30 p.m., $20 adv., $25 DOS
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Melody Resurrection; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Blunt Honey
Wick’s (New Albany): Brian Elmore; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Reeves Gabrels; 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Cover Me Badd; 9 p.m., $5
SUN OCT 7
Bard’s Town: Seely Dan; 7 p.m. donations
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Cherokee Park: “Big Rock Jazz Festival” with Don Braden, Dick Sisto, Miss Lissa & Co.; 2 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free; Scott Long, Mark Parris; 8 p.m., $10
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Kevin Knoxvegas; free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., free
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m., free
Improv: Bert Kreischer; 7 p.m., $17
Magnolia Bar: DJs Blythe & Clay; 11 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): On My Honor, Panic Manor, Above the Underground, Late Ones, Aim For the Skies; 5:30 p.m., $6
St. Agnes Catholic Church: Ceruti Chamber Players; 3 p.m., free
St. Francis in the Fields: Michael Shake; 5 p.m., $5
Turtle Run Winery: The Lick Creek Band; 1:30 p.m., free
Uncle Slayton’s: “Diabetes Benefit” with Think Harder, Trevilian, To Die Alone; 3 p.m., $10
U of L (Comstock Hall): Takács String Quartet; 3 p.m., $25
ZaZoo’s: Bob Reuter; 9 p.m., $5
MON OCT 8
Brown Theater: Alabama Shakes, Fly Golden Eagle, Riley Downing; 8 p.m., $25
Corner Door: “Open Mic”; 7 p.m.
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m., free
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy”; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Jon Ellenbrand; free
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Magnolia Bar: Reagan Youth, Dust Angel, Onedeadcop; 9 p.m., $8
Meat: Woodrow on the Radio; 9 p.m., free
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Blunt Honey; 8 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m.
Vernon Club: Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, Swizzz, Jarren Benton, DJ Hoppa; 8 p.m., $20-$35
Zanzabar: Ringo Deathstarr, Secret Colours, Cheyenne Mize; 9 p.m., $10
TUE OCT 9
Against the Grain: “Open Mic”; 8 p.m.
Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Beef O’Brady’s (Central): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m., free
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Short Bus; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Chris & Mac; free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Gypsy Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Yonder Mountain String Band, Brown Bird; 8 p.m., $20 adv., $25 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Deep Fried 5; 10 p.m., $5
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: “Open Jam”; 9 p.m.
Palace Theater: ZZ Top; 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Accept, Assisting Sorrow, Two Pump Chump, Stagecoach Inferno, Rockaway Drive; 8 p.m., $18.75-$25
Stevie Ray’s: “Blues Jam”; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox
This article appears in October 2, 2012.