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Wed DEC 12
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 8 p.m.
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m.
Christ Church United Methodist: “Carol of Joy”; 7:30 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: Jimmy Besseck/Megaphone; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Double Deuce Tavern: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Josh Krajcik, Ted Stevens; 8 p.m., $16
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: open mic
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Dave Wilson & Jenna Mattingly; 7 p.m.
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: “Get Down!” with DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m.
Meat: “Derby City Soul Club” with DJs Matt Anthony & Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Shape Shift, Longreef, The Over-Reactors; 9:30 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Andrea Davidson, Leigh Ann Yost, Alanna Fugate, Kri & Hettie, Dan Bowlds, Alex Petersen, Charles Price, Jonny Sands; 8 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Uncle Slayton’s: Joel Henderson, Young Heirlooms, Nellie Pearl, Taylor Alexander; 8 p.m., $7
Wick’s (Highlands): DJs Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
THU DEC 13
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Charlie’s Pizza: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Decca: Kyle James Hauser; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJs Goast, Rivers, OneOhTwo, TechnoN, Dr. Dundiff; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): The 4 Hour Soundcheck; 11 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Father Figures, Mindhorn, Camera Lucida; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Bonfire: A Tribute to AC/DC; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Event Horizon, Several Hundred People; 10:30 p.m., $5
IUS (Ogle Center): A Leahy Family Christmas; 7:30 p.m., $29.50
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m.
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: “BYODJ” with DJ Clay Baker; 12 a.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Angelspit, Cyanotic, My Parasites; 7 p.m.; audition night; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Kevin Cummings; 8 p.m.
FRI DEC 14
Alley Cats: Playa, Mr. Dalvin, Zellus, DJ Stingy; 10:30 p.m., $8-$15
AmVets Post 9: The Stray Cat Band, The Tarnations, Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 8 p.m., $5
Bud’s Tavern: Erin & Gene; 8 p.m.
Decca: Big Poppa Stampley; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Junction Creek; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Stone the Crow, Bob Anonymous, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
Fibber’s: Maddox, Coleman & Bongoman; 9 p.m.
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter & Stanislav; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Benanthrope, The Silo Family Band, The Fabled Canelands; 9 p.m.
Harvey Browne Presbyterian: The Louisville Youth Choir “Christmas”; 7 p.m., $5-$13
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Discount Guns, Local Villains; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Pokey Lafarge, The Dirt Daubers, Whiskey Bent Valley; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Heart of Fire Church: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Fat Box; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Blythe
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
Jim Porter’s: The Brown Family Benefit; 7 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: Parlour, Frontier(s), Farewell Soyuz; 10 p.m., $5
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Howard Lewis & Lovins
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Two Pump Chump, Snow Black Sunday, Out of the Ashes, Maddie Won’t Smoke, Black Heart, Trust Divided, My Two Cents; 9 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Sandpaper Dolls, Joan Shelley, Joe O’Connell, Joe Manning, Horseless, eremy JIrvin, Carrie Neumayer, Piñata Me, Joey Mudd, David Wright, Eric Henson; 9 p.m., $5
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Larry Chunn and A Step Ahead; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Pork Pie James, Replay; 7:30 p.m., $5
Swanson Contemporary: Misha Feigin with Mark “Lupe” Hamilton, The Great Boldini & Mistress Amber; 7 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Black Sunday, Bloody Ridge Rum Runners; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: The Tunesmiths, Been to the Gallows, Dead Tree Models, Red Wolf
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Beady; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Anytime After Four; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Shatterproof; 9 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: Chris Malinchak, Lil Cory, Amtrac, OK Deejays; 10 p.m., $5-$7
SAT DEC 15
Alley Cats: Jellyroll; 10:30 p.m., $10-$20
Bearno’s (Floyds Knobs): Nervous Energy; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Grever; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Corydon Jamboree: Stephanie Lambring, Ron Gaddis, Melissa Combs, Tayler Lynch; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Misha Feigin; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): “Toys for Tots” with Caribou; 7 p.m., $5; Super 69, Joe Cheng; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus, Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Tonic Fringe, Field of Kings, Taylor Nicholson; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Fibber’s: Big Rock Show
Fourth Street Live: Wayside Choir, HOPE Ministry, Julia Royston, Junior Black Butterflies, Verman Winburn, Shawn McGavock; 5:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Digby, The Uncommon Houseflies; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Pitch” with Moogonaughts, Lady Carol, Tyrohn Brooks; 10 p.m., $5
Heine Bros. (Douglas Loop): Beady; 3 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Zombie Parade; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: DJ Battle
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Magnolia Bar: DJ Ultra Paul; 11 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 11 p.m.
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Soulbite
The Ram: Marc Adams, Play Cold, M.I.N.D., Calvin the Alchemist; 8 p.m., $5
Ri Ra: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Lanny McIntosh, Amber Martin, Allie Hash; $10
Rudyard Kipling: Danny Flanigan, Alan Rhody, John Mann, Carter Wood; 8 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: “Stop, Drink, Listen” with DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Natalie Berry, Christy Miller, Todd Bodenheimer; 7:30 p.m., $8
St. Brigid: Louisville Chorus “Christmas”; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: V-Groove; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Rifle, Overload; 10 p.m., $5
Tim Faulkner Gallery: Farewell Soyuz, All Dead
Vernon Club: Andrea Davidson, Appalatin, Dan Bowlds; 9 p.m., $10-$12.50
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic); 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
SUN DEC 16
Bard’s Town: The Jim Needler Conspiracy & Guitar Pull with George Stearman, Jim Dishman; 6 p.m., $3
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Cathedral of the Assumption: Louisville Master Chorale; 2:30 p.m., $25
Christ Church United Methodist: “Carol of Joy”; 8:45 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey and Stacy
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: The Silo Family Band, Nick Dittmeier, Gideon’s Rifle; 10 p.m., $5
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): Swing Street Big Band; 5 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON DEC 17
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Anytime After Four; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Ghost
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
TUE DEC 18
Against the Grain: open mic; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Christ Church United Methodist: “Carol of Joy”; 7:30 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ Chaz C; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Fibber’s: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: DJ PhreeyaMined; 10 p.m.
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox
This article appears in December 11, 2012.