Wed DEC 19
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.
Clifton Center: “WFPK Winter Wednesdays” with Whitehorse, Justin Paul Lewis; 7:30 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m.
Deuce Tavern: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): George Stearman; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Spiff Wiegand, Brandon Koufeldt, DJ Yared; 8 p.m., $5
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.
The Ram: Enough, Another Mistake, Written Off, Stone Cold; 7 p.m., $5
Rudyard Kipling: Criste Stephens; 6 p.m.; The New Mexico, White Reaper, Mote, Blood Planet; 8 p.m., $5
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m.
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Wick’s (Highlands): DJs Boombox Saints; 10 p.m.
Wick’s (New Albany): Brian Elmore; 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: DJ Xybrium; 9 p.m.
THU DEC 20
AmVets Post 9: Paw Paw Pickers; 7:30 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: Louisville Guitar Society; 7 p.m.
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: 10 Cent Tollbooth; 8 p.m.
Charlie’s Pizza: Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Clifton Center: “Give-A-Jam to End Homelessness” with John Gage, Justin Lewis, Hog Operation, Scott Carney, Andrea Davidson, Tyrone Cotton, Beady, Joan Shelley, Mike Tracy, Stephen Mattingly, Will King; 6 p.m., $10
Corbett’s: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m.
Decca: DJ YLRS; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 11 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJs Lady Carol & Fierce Tease; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Strung Out Loud
Haymarket Whiskey Bar:”Shots of Hip Hop” hosted by CPHR DVN & DJ Yared; 9 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: Six Mile Sound; 10 p.m.
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.
The Mammoth: D’arkestra, The Sweet Nothings, DJ Kid Grizzle; 7 p.m., $5
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson Sr.; 9 p.m.
Meat: DJ Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: 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.
Uncle Slayton’s: Bridge 19, Emily Kopp, Parker Smith; 8 p.m., $5
Vernon Club: Born of Osiris, IIattatime, They Came Bearing Arms, Littledidweknow; 7 p.m., $10-$12
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John, Bryan Fox; 9 p.m.
FRI DEC 21
Apocalypse Brew Works: Alanna Fugate, The Uncommon Houseflies; 5 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Erin & Gene; 8 p.m.
Clark’s: Villin’; 10 p.m.
Decca: DJ Sam Sneed; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Big Poppa Stampley, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul River Brown, Kevin Knoxvegas; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: The Whiskey Riders; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m.
Fibber’s: Tommy, Phil & Bongoman; 9 p.m.
Fix: DJs Amtrac, Black Matter & Stanislav; 10 p.m.
Flip Flop Jack’s: DJ Dara, Antiserum, The Fallen, VJ Benji Ramsey; 8 p.m., $15-$35
Gerstle’s: Tony and the Tan Lines, Tristen & Cameron
Golden Nugget: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Screaming Hand, Sonic DeVille, Ashes Eve; 8 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: The Rumpke Mountain Boys, Vessel, Hot Brown Smackdown; 10 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Brian
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: Wayne Young’s “Eric Clapton Tribute”, Jenny and the Jets; 7 p.m.
Magnolia Bar: The Revenants; 10 p.m., $5
Maple Inn Tavern: The Matt Phelps All Stars; 9 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Straight Line Stitch, Scary Uncle
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Whiskey Bent Valley; 8 p.m., $12
Spectators: The Revolver Band; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Travelin’ Mojos, Stella Vees; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Dead Dick Hammer; 10 p.m., $5
Trixie’s: Skyscraper Stereo; 10 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox; 8 p.m.
Wick’s (Hurstbourne): The Unleashed; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Slackshop, Jet Black Orchid; 8 p.m., $8; “Late Night Disco” with OK Deejays, DJ Persh; 11 p.m., $3
SAT DEC 22
Bard’s Town: Kentucky Boys; 8 p.m., $5
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett; 8 p.m.
Club 21: DJ KGee
Corydon Jamboree: Amber Martin, Lloyd Wood, Natalie Berry, Ronnie Murphy, Katie DeMuth, Gene Hogan; 7:30 p.m., $10
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): The Allmanacs, Thirteenth Sun; 9 p.m., $10; The Riflemen, Mitchell Marrier; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Freddy and the Cruegers, George Stearman; 10 p.m.
Dillinger’s: Whiskey Bent Valley; 9 p.m., $5
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m.
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark, Dale Perry; 6:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Thumper & the Plaid Rabbits, JAMA; 9:30 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: The Uncle Alberts: A Salute to Paul McCartney & Wings, Steely Danish; 9 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Soul Funkin’ Dangerous; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: DJ Rayon Prime, DJ Goast; 11 p.m.
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
Maker’s Mark Lounge: DJ DV8; 11 p.m.
The Mammoth: DJ YLRS, Colin Fien; 4 p.m.
Maple Inn Tavern: Billtown Road; 9 p.m.
Meat: “The House That Disco Built” with DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Howard Lewis and Lovins
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Straight Line Stitch, Scary Uncle, Rock Brigade, Pellikkan
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Sam Sneed & Narwhal; 11 p.m.
Shepherdsville Country: Glenn Rice, Allison Bray, Roger Conley; 7:30 p.m., $8
Spectators: The Revolver Band
Stevie Ray’s: King Bees, Mr. Jimmy; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Third Street Dive: ”Ugly Sweater X-Mas Party for Kosair”; 10 p.m., $5
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: DJs Glitter Titz; 11 p.m.
SUN DEC 23
Bard’s Town: Spiff Wiegand; 7 p.m., $5
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey and Stacy; 10 p.m.
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.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Tarik Adams’ “Holiday with the Homeys”; 9 p.m.
Wiltshire On Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON DEC 24
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Highlands Tap Room Grill: DJ Ghost
Irish Exit: Phil Regan
Stevie Ray’s: open mic; 9 p.m.
TUE DEC 25
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.
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): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: DJs Boombox Saints
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: jazz jam; 8 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; 10 p.m.