Wed SEP 26
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
BJ’s Sports Pub: Pat and Foley
Blu: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Raw”; 8 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): “Open Mic”; 7p.m.; Karsten and Chad; 11 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m., free
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Acoustirotic; free
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Iroquois Amphitheater: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; 8 p.m., $30
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m.
Jim Porter’s: “Open Jam”; 8:30 p.m., $3
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free
Magnolia Bar: “Get Down!” with Sleepy T; 10 p.m., free
Meat: Mavens of Mischief; 10 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Brian Elmore; 9 p.m.
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: Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray; 8 p.m., free
U of L (Comstock Hall): Mark Hetzler; 8 p.m., free
Wick’s (New Albany): Eight Inch Elvis (acoustic trio); 8 p.m., free
ZaZoo’s: Dewey Kincade; 6 p.m., free; BPos, QB Contra, Todd Proc, B-Rad, Frequency, Crash DDZ, Xcapeartiz; 9 p.m., $5
THU SEP 27
Bard’s Town: Project Improv; 8 p.m., free
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s (Valley Station): Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
BJ’s Sports Pub: Steel Mist
Bud’s Tavern: Hook Line & Sinker; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Gabriel Rutledge, Jerry Costello, Vincent Holiday; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 6 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Victor Wooten; 8 p.m., $17 adv., $20 DOS
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Aby Laby Land, Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Dan Miraldi; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Marco Benevento, Mike Dillon; 9 p.m., $15
Improv: Kyle Erby; 8 p.m., $12
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
The Mammoth: Another7Astronauts, Natives; 9 p.m., $5
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: “Audition Night”; 10 p.m.
Prime Lounge: “Hard Candy” with Dee Ranged, Deception, DJ Syimone; 10 p.m., $5
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Uncle Slayton’s: Matthew Perryman Jones, Matthew Mayfield, Callaghan; 8:30 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free
ZaZoo’s: Auto Defiance, Been To the Gallows, Otter Kings, Dead Tree Models; 9 p.m., $5
FRI SEP 28
American Turners: Cropped Out Festival; 5:30 p.m.
Bard’s Town: “The Roast of Darth Vader”; 10 p.m., $10
Bellarmine (Wyatt Center): Yaya Diallo and Cincinnati Drummers, Foli Douma, Day & Knight; 7:30 p.m., $5-$10
BJ’s Sports Pub: Big Rock Show
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Gabriel Rutledge, Jerry Costello, Vincent Holiday; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
Comfy Cow (Westport Village): Ian McFeron; 7 p.m., free
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Ryan Cox; 10 p.m., $5-$7; Tristen Brooke, Soulbite; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: The Decadence, Leaving London
Headliners Music Hall: “Lonesome, Onry, and Mean” with Johnny Berry, Jonathan Wood; 10 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Dumptrucks Butterlips; 10:30 p.m.
Horseshoe Casino: The Crashers, Tony and the Tan Lines, Juice Box Heroes; 6 p.m., $20 adv., $25 DOS
Impellizerri’s (Downtown): Short Bus; 9 p.m.
Improv: Sheryl Underwood; 8 & 10:30 p.m., $25
Irish Exit: “Maximum Goth & Industrial Fridays”; 9 p.m., $5; Nick Dittmeier; 10 p.m., free
Jazzyblu: Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Tee Dee Young; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
JR’s Pub: Brian Elmore; 9 p.m.
Kentucky Expo Center (Broadbent Arena): “Life in Color” with DJ Steve Angello; 9:15 p.m., $34-$68
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Hookerface, Meanmotorscooter, Aaron West, The Troubled Birdsongs, Thomas Burgoo; 8 p.m., free
Magnolia Bar: Live Punk Karaoke
Meat: The Two Man Gentlemen Band; 10 p.m., free
O’Shea’s: Midnight Radio; 10 p.m., $3
Palace Theater: The Tunesmiths, She Might Bite, DJ Matt Anthony; 9 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Reign of Revelation, Tri Tones, Bury the Willing, Bonejinn, Attack of the Pacifist, StrIpmind 502; 10 p.m., $10
Qdoba (Highlands): Jet Black Orchid; 7 p.m., free
Reader’s Corner: Misha Feigin; 6 p.m., free
R Place Pub: Robbie Bartlett
Rudyard Kipling: Tippin’ the Velvet; 7 p.m.; Tarik Adams; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, King Bees; 7:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: American Gonzos, The Sound of Curves, Relic Delic; 10 p.m., $5
300 Spring: Steff Mahan; 8 p.m., $10
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 8 p.m., free
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Andrea Davidson; noon, free
Wick’s (Highlands): Lazy Sunday
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 930 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: Space Capone; 9 p.m., $8
SAT SEP 29
American Turners: Cropped Out Festival; 2:30 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Kevin Jenkins; 8 p.m., $5
BBC (St. Matthews): “Hero Brew Fest Fundraiser” with Rude Lucy, Point1Zero, Strung Out Loud, Amanda Nagurney; 3 p.m.
Bellarmine: Irish Fest; 11 a.m., $5-$8
Best Vineyards: The Jim Masterson Band; 4 p.m., free
Cahoots: Bush League, Vice Tricks, Frank Rocket, The Decline Effect; 9 p.m., $7
Comedy Caravan: Gabriel Rutledge, Jerry Costello, Vincent Holiday; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m.
Corydon Jamboree: Arnette Stratton, Theresa Dunn, Jim McDaniel, Gene Hogan; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Soulbite; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Songs For Tuesday, Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m., free
Douglass Loop Farmers Market: The Kukes, Kingsley Durant; 10:30 a.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Headcase, Petr Mandic
Glassworks: Field of Kings, Benanthrope; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Andrea Davidson, James Wallace and the Naked Light; 8 p.m., $12 adv., $15 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Ph Factor; 10:30 p.m.
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7
Improv: Sheryl Underwood; 7 & 9:30 p.m., $25
Iroquois Amphitheater: The Dark Side of the Wall; 8 p.m., $27-$52
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Magnolia Bar: Alucard, So Ugly, Ghost Riot; 10 p.m., $5
The Mammoth: “FianaFest Arts and Music Festival”; 11 a.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Mike Willet; 9 p.m., free
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with JP Source; 10 p.m., free
Nachbar: Shotgun Festival”; 2 p.m., free
Quills (U of L): Alex Glasnovic; 7 p.m.
Ri Ra: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Ross Country Jamboree: Moore & Moore, The Ross Country Band; $10
R Place Pub: Bonfire
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: Old School; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: King Sonic, Nulydedz; 10 p.m., $5
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 8 p.m., free
Wick’s (Highlands): Ground Zero
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): The Bluesbenders; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 930 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: Trophy Wives, Skin Tone; 10 p.m., $5
ZaZoo’s: Same As It Ever Was: A Tribute to Talking Heads; 9 p.m., $8
SUN SEP 30
Bellarmine: Irish Fest; 11:30 a.m., $5-$8
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free; Gabriel Rutledge, Jerry Costello, Vincent Holiday; 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): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m., free
Expo Five: August Burns Red, Of Mice & Men, The Color Morale, The Overseer
Fern Creek Baptist Church: Louisville Vocal Project; 3 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., free
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Derrick Wade Manley; 8 p.m., free
Improv: Kyle Erby; 7 p.m., $12
IUS (Ogle Center): Kentucky Center Chamber Players; 3 p.m.. $2-$12
Portland Museum: Vikki True, The Bobby Falk Group; 3 p.m., free
Third Street Dive: Michale Graves, Stoner Moms, Bloody Knuckles Crew; 8 p.m., $8
Turtle Run Winery: The Monarchs; 1:30 p.m.
Tyler Park: U of L Jazz Ensemble; 4 p.m., free
Uncle Slayton’s: Flamenco Louisville; 8 p.m., $10
U of L (Comstock Hall): Stephanie Blythe; 3 p.m., $5-$30; University Wind Ensemble; 7:30 p.m., free
Wick’s (Goose Creek): Stonedog; 9 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 6:30 p.m., free
MON OCT 1
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
Headliners Music Hall: The Sheepdogs, The Hot Wires; 9 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $3
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
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.
U of L (Bird Hall): University Jazz Combos; 7:30 p.m., free
TUE OCT 2
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
Billiards Club: Campfire Stew; 11:30 p.m.
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: Stars, Diamond Rings, California Wives; 9 p.m., $17 adv., $20 DOS
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free
Meat: Richard “Cornbread” Powell; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: “Open Jam”; 9 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Duffy; 11 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s: “Blues Jam”; 9 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox