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Wed FEB 1
BBC, 4th Street: “Songwriters Showcase” with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Beef O’Brady’s, Hillview: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Raw” hosted by Jay Cox; 7:15 p.m., $3 (R)
Corner Door: Dan Hardin; 7:30 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Rising Lion; 10 p.m.
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Tender Mercy, Heidi Howe, Matt Kirlin, Meg Gusler; 8:30 p.m., $3
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill: Huh Robots; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $3 (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 7 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: The Over-Reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: Seth Glier, Jess Langer; 8:30 p.m., $8
Zanzabar: Pressed And, Noise New York, JP Source; 9 p.m.
THU FEB 2
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m.
Beef O’Brady’s, Valley Station: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m., free (R)
Brick House Tavern: Neil Champine; 9 p.m., free (R)
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Lee Cruse, Jay Boc, Rod Mitchell; 7:15 p.m., $10; “The List”; 9:30 p.m., $1(R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
El Nopal, Goose Creek: The Louisville Blues; 5:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Kirk Davis Band; 10 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Quiet Hollers, DR Country, The Man; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Mayday Parade, We the Kings, The Downtown Fiction, Anarbor; 6:30 p.m., $15 adv., $18 DOS
Improv: Russell Peters; 8 p.m., $40
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Potbelly Sandwich Shop: Randy Meyers; 11:30 a.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: The Band Resurrection, Mickey Clark, Janitors of the Apocalypse, Crittenden; 6:30 p.m., $5
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Spinelli’s, Downtown: Nixon, Girl Fight, AVA, Nervous Energy, Kentucky Goddamn; 7:30 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 9 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
ZaZoo’s: Appalatin; 8 p.m., $2 (R)
FRI FEB 3
The Bard’s Town: The Debauchees; 7:30 p.m., $5; “The Young, Dumb and Full of Comedy Show”; 10 p.m., $5
Bearno’s, Downtown: Son of the Widow; 9 p.m.
Bearno’s, U of L: Black Tie Syndicate; 10 p.m., $5
Blue River Café: Jason & Amanda; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Link Detten; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Lee Cruse, Jay Boc, Rod Mitchell; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Corner Door: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: J. Glenn, Benanthrope; 10 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Thumper and the Plaid Rabbits; 10 p.m.
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: DJ Kim Sorise; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Squeeze-bot; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Ohlm, Look What I Did, The Revenants, Chaordica; 8 p.m., $5
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s Pizza, Downtown: Circus; 9 p.m., free
Improv: Russell Peters; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $40
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Trampled Under Foot; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Kentucky Exposition Center: “Winter Jam” with Newsong, Skillet, Sanctus Real, Peter Furler, Kari Jobe, Building 429, Group 1 Crew, Dara Maclean, For King and Country, We As Human; 7 p.m., $10
Louisville Science Center: Kri and Hettie; 10 p.m., $5-$7
Monkey Wrench: The Uncommon Houseflies, Nick Peay, The Bar Belle; 9 p.m.
New Directions: Kirby’s Dreamland; 10 p.m.
Ogle Center at IUS: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives; 7:30 p.m., sold out
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: Eugene Whitestone & Alex Glasnovic; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Krosjoint, Bonejinn, Some Kind of Saint, Pownd, Southern Solstice; 10 p.m., $5
Rudyard Kipling: Good Sunday, Alan Rhody, The Jim Honeyman Band, Tyrone Cotton, The Jaywalkers; 7 p.m., $5
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Mike Lilly, Wendy Miller and Country Grass; 8 p.m., $10
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Stacy Mitchhart; 9:30 p.m., $12
St. John UCC: Bourbon Baroque; 7:30 p.m., free
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 7 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Those Crosstown Rivals, The Worthmores, The Zachary Burns Band; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Ha Ha Tonka, Po’ Brothers; 9 p.m., $10
U of L, Comstock Hall: Lionel Loueke; 8 p.m., $5 (students), $17 (general)
VFW Post 3281: Shatterproof; 7 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Dark Side of the Wall; noon, free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Melody Resurrection; 9 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: The Louisville Crashers; 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Nerves Junior, The Black Cadillacs, Dr. Vitamin, Vinyl Thief; 9 p.m.
SAT FEB 4
BBC, St. Matthews: Hogan’s Fountain; 10 p.m.
Bearno’s, Floyds Knobs: Broke By Tuesday; 9 p.m.
Billiards Club of Louisville: Dangerous Liaison; 10:30 p.m.
Blue River Café: Los Luddites; 7 p.m.
Brown Theatre: Mike Birbiglia; 8 p.m., $27.50
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Owens; 8 p.m.
Bungalow Joe’s: 10 Cent Toll Booth; 9 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Lee Cruse, Jay Boc, Rod Mitchell; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Corner Door: The Kirk Davis Band; 7:30 p.m., free
Corydon Jamboree: Amber Martin, Christy Miller; 7:30 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Off the Record; 10 p.m.
Gilbert’s: Redstone; 10 p.m.
Hard Rock Café: Slithering Beast; 9 p.m., $3
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, The Shovel Bums; 9 p.m., $10
Headliners: Va Va Vixens; 7 p.m., $20
Hideaway Saloon: Captain Midnight; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Russell Peters; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $40
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Louisville Free Public Library, Southwest: Four Shillings Short; 2:30 p.m., free
Maple Inn Tavern: Spanked from Birth; 9 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench: Johnny Berry & the Outliers; 10:30 p.m., $5
New Directions: Kirby’s Dreamland; 10 p.m.
Old Louisville Coffeehouse: Christian Johns; 7 p.m., free
Patrick O’Shea’s: Whiskey of the Damned; 9 p.m., $5
Ross Country Jamboree: Roger Conley, Jordan Bales, Allie Shea Hash; $10
R Place Pub: Rude Lucy
Rudyard Kipling: Relic, Guernsey Brothers, Bibelhauser Brothers, John Gage, Kesslers Friends; 8:30 p.m., $5
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Freddy and the Cruegers, Kudmani; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: The Only Sons, Fifth On the Floor; 10 p.m., $5
U of L, Comstock Hall: University Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Juice Box Heroes
Zanzabar: The Pass, The Town Monster; 10 p.m., $6
SUN FEB 5
The Bard’s Town: Louisville Comedy Underground; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Lee Cruse, Jay Boc, Rod Mitchell; 7:15 p.m., $15
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Rudyard Kipling: Harry and Jack; 4 p.m., $5
U of L, Comstock Hall: Emerson String Quartet; 3 p.m., $5 (students), $25 (general)
MON FEB 6
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
Nachbar: Natives, Supertruck, Brain, Lolo and the Dirty Pillows; 8 p.m., free
O’Shea’s: Dirty Church Revival; 7 p.m.
Potbelly Sandwich Shop: Randy Meyers; 11:30 a.m., free
Vernon Club: Goatwhore, Ophiuchus, Abominant, Stonecutters, Ohlm, Chaordica; 7 p.m., $10
TUE FEB 7
The Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
BBC, 4th Street: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: The Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: Brent Mathis; 7:30 p.m., free
Hoggie’s: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Irish Exit: Phil Regan; free
Kingfish, River Road: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free
Meat: Sandpaper Dolls; 9 p.m., free
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m., free (R)
Uncle Slayton’s: Head for the Hills, Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 8:30 p.m., $8
This article appears in January 31, 2012.