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Wed JAN 22
Air Devils Inn: open jam; 7:30 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Clifton Center: “WFPK Winter Wednesday” with The Wood Brothers, Small Time Napoleon; 7:30 p.m.
D&M Corner Tavern: Short Bus; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Down One Bourbon Bar: DJ Tank; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Black Math, The English Exchange, Jib Jab Jones & the Indigo Circus; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
IUS (Ogle Center): Shanta; 10 a.m. & noon
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: Saving Abel, Blacklite District
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Meta: DJ See Tai; 10 p.m.
Mixer: Anthony Payton; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: open mic
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Charlie Patton’s War; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Stagecoach Inferno, Redline, Derek LaFountain, Brey McCoy
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Band; 8 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Floodwater; 9:30 p.m.
Volare: Robbie Bartlett
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): DJ Jaybird; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Jaye Jayle; 9 p.m., $6
THU JAN 23
August Moon: The Fred Bogert Trio; 6 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 8 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Uncommon Grass; 9:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Me & You
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: White Reaper, Spooky Action Space Captain; 9 p.m., $5
IUS (Ogle Center): Shanta; 10 a.m. & noon
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: The Louisville Orchestra with Susan Platts; 10 a.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines; 7 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: England in 1819, Scott Moore, Huh Robots, Roadie; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
PBR Louisville: Parmalee, Blaise Streets; 7 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): open mic; 8 p.m.
FRI JAN 24
American Turners: Friday Night Country Dance; 8 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: “#SoulPuff” with the 502 Crew; 6 p.m., $5; Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: The Lee Gannt Band; 8 p.m.; DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Jon Boy Slim; 10 p.m.
Blue River Café: Los Luddites; 7 p.m.
Boot Scoot: Short Bus; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Carnegie Center: The Jamey Aebersold Quartet; 6 p.m.
Clifton Center: Kiran Ahluwalia; 8 p.m., $6-12
Dark Star Tavern: PMA; 10 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
The Exchange: Petar Mandic; 7 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Casual Friday, C2 & Bros. Reed, Scott Franklin
Headliners Music Hall: The Dirty Grindstones, The Tunesmiths, Been to the Gallows; 9 p.m., $10
IUS (Ogle Center): Shanta; 10 a.m. & noon
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Nobody’z Bizzness
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: The Louisville Orchestra with Susan Platts; 8 p.m.
Kentucky Expo Center (Freedom Hall): “Winter Jam” with Newboys
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Globsters, The Elsinores, Gangly Youth; 9 p.m., $5
Majid’s: Tanita Gaines, Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Mixer: Pierson Keating; 8 p.m.
Mr. G’s Lounge: Katie’s Habit; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: The Hounds Below, The Co; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
PBR Louisville: Jordan Booker
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Slinky Jenkins
Rudyard Kipling: Stephen Simmons, Ned Van Go; 8 p.m.
Shepherdsville Music Barn: The Glenn Ritchie Band; 8 p.m., $12
Stevie Ray’s: Kilborn Alley; 9:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Laurie Jane & the 45s; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Tyrone Wheeler; 6 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7:30 p.m.
Warehouse Hookah Bar: DJ Goast
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Hounds Below; noon
Zanzabar: OK Deejays, DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $3
SAT JAN 25
Bard’s Town: Miller’s Folly; 6:30 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: Whatever Will; 9 p.m.; DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Blue River Café: The Lick Creek Band; 7 p.m.
Brownie’s the Shed: Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Johnny Berry; 8 p.m.
Caffé Classico: Gareth Jones; 6:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Lloyd Wood; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Decca: Blue Meridian Group; 8 p.m.
Dillinger’s: The Whiskey Riders, Derek LaFountain, The Spurts, The Thumps; 6 p.m., $5
DiOrio’s: Swing Shift; 7 p.m.
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Toad Strangler, Melody Resurrection, Strung Out Loud
Headliners Music Hall: The Allmanacs, Li’l T&A Does the Stones; 9 p.m., $10 or donation of a blanket
Irish Exit: DJ DV8
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Nunn Other, Times2; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kentucky Center for the Arts: The Louisville Orchestra Pops: “A Tribute to Ray Charles”; 8 p.m.
Khalil’s: “SnowedFest” with Silly, David La Duke, Clowncar; 4 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Bag of Hammers; 9 p.m.
Mag Bar: The Teeth, Wretched Worst, Blood Planet; 9:30 p.m., $5
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Nick Dittmeier, The Kentucky Hoss Cats; 10 p.m.
Mixer: The Flaming MuuMuus; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Bear Medicine, Un Chien Andalusia; 9 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Naked Garden, Dawgs Playin Poker
Ross Country Jamboree: Dave Campbell, Lanny McIntosh; 7 p.m., $10
Saints: Anni & the Jones; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Christy Miller, Tayler Lynch, Eric Kerr, Jordan Chapman; 7:30 p.m., $8
Stevie Ray’s: Kirby’s Dreamland; 9:30 p.m., $6
Taco Punk: The Dozens of Dollars String Band; 6 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Nulydedz, Piss Drunk & the Whiskey Pistols; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Vincenzo’s: Roger Dane & Chris Fitzgerald; 6 p.m.
Volare: Brian Curella; 7:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11 p.m.
SUN JAN 26
Bearno’s (Highlands): Hogan’s Fountain; 7 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Derby City Little Big Band; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Jewish Community Center: Rick Recht; 10:30 a.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Deadnote, Beyond Doubt
The Olmsted: “Dinner and Silent Auction” with Louisville Youth Choir; 5 p.m., $60
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON JAN 27
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night”; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
TUE JAN 28
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Brewery: DJs Jason Shelton & Goast; 5 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Zach Longoria
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
Play: OK Deejays; 10 p.m.
Saints: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Califone, William Tyler; 9 p.m., $10-$12