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Wed MAY 14
Baxter’s 942: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Decca: Paul Robey, Brian Manley; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Adam Hardesty, Clint Ackerman; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Wild Belle, Caught a Ghost; 9 p.m., $12
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
Jim Porter’s: acoustic jam session; 7:30 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Mercury Ballroom: David Nail; 8 p.m., $24-$27
Meta: DJ Persh; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: Angela Perley & the Howling Moons; 9 p.m., $5
Nowhere Bar: Zach Longoria; 9 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Talk of Spring, Lewis Mathis
Prime Lounge: open mic; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner, Mode III; 7 p.m., $5
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Nate
Shenanigans: Mickey Clark; 7:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: The Culligan Men Quintet; 8:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: open mic with Floodwater; 8:30 p.m.; DJ Ruthless; 11 p.m.
Vernon Club: Upon a Burning Body, Beyond the Shore, Bury the Wicked; 7:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: Neulore, Bootstraps, Busy Living, Empires; 7 p.m., $9.50-$15
THU MAY 15
AmVets Post 9: The Paw Paw Pickers, Tamara Loewenthal; 7:30 p.m., $5
Bard’s Town: The Hardware Project; 7 p.m.
Brown Theater: Portugal. The Man, Quiet Life; 8 p.m., $25.75-$28
Captain’s Quarters: Petar Mandic; 6 p.m.
Commonwealth Tap: Joel T. Henderson
Cure Lounge: DJ Black Matter; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Derick Howard; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus (unplugged); 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Party Knüllers Meet Jim Baker; 7 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: Kentucky Hellbenders; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: James Redmon; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Loui Loui’s: Jeff Rehmet; 7 p.m.; open mic; 8:30 p.m.
Mag Bar: The Bryant C. Project; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Robby Cox; 8 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Blackberry Smoke, The Delta Saints
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Muzzy, Marvel Year, Krooked Drivers; 9 p.m., $8-$10
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: open mic; 10 p.m.
Rye: The Love Language, Julie of the Wolves, Twenty First Century Fox; 7 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
Tim Faulkner Gallery: Mike Maimone, Drew Miller; 8 p.m.
FRI MAY 16
American Legion Post 204: The Habit; 7 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Nick Dittmeier, Price Hill Hustle, Alanna Fugate; 8 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Downtown): Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Bearno’s (Highlands): Butch Rice; 10 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Matt Coddington
Bistro 42: The Pranksters; 9 p.m.
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Ultra Paul; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): War Hippies, Soul River Brown; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Joe Carpenter & Bob Anonymous, Voodoo Avenue; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Dudley Saunders: “In These Boxes”; 8 p.m.
Flanagan’s: Petar Mandic; 6 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Gerstle’s: REMember, String Theory, Jason Daniels
Guestroom Records: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (acoustic); 6 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Cher Von, Mathias Davey, Jared Elmore & Greg Cushing; 9 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: David Allan Coe; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Black Tar Prophet, Slow Joe Crow, Artwork for the Blind; 10 p.m., $6
Mag Bar: DJ Krazy Karoline; 10 p.m., $5
Maker’s Mark Lounge: Petar Mandic; 11 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Artie Dean Harris & Bourbontown; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Led Zeppelin 2; 8:30 p.m., $10
Meta: DJ JP Source; 10 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Vessel, KOA; 9 p.m., $5-$10
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Old Louisville: “Springfest” with The Afrophysicists, Bookshelf, Squeeze-bot; 5 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Stanley Ipcuss, By the Bushel, Basement Up
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Sol Azteca’s (Fern Creek): Mickey Clark; 6:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Li’l T&A; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: Vibrolas, Last Remaining Pinnacle, Dirty Socialites; 10 p.m., $5
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Black Lillies; noon
Wick’s (Highlands): Short Bus; 6 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Fear of Men, Ablebody; $12-$15; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT MAY 17
Art Sanctuary: DJ Matt Anthony; noon
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Bearno’s (Downtown): Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Jordan Amos
Billiards Club: Short Bus; 10 p.m.
Crowne Plaza: Native Deen; 6 p.m., $20-$40
Decca: Lydia Burrell, Twin Limb; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Milo & Otis; 9 p.m., $15-$20; Naked Garden, Bombshell Cowboy; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morse Music, Sunday Six; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: XOX, Degreaser, Cynaide Tooth; 8 p.m., $7
Galt House: DJ Z-Nyce; 10 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: Smoke Shop Kids, William the Accountant
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Take Offense, Blastered, Another Mistake, Ill Advised; 7 p.m., $10
Headliners Music Hall: Wolfmother, Kadavar; 9 p.m., $22-$25
Highlands Tap Room Grill: Those Crosstown Rivals, Jeremy Porter & the Tucos; 9 p.m.
Horseshoe Casino: Chicago; 8 p.m., $44.50-$64.50
Huber’s: Josh & Holly; 1 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Iroquois Amphitheater: Lyle Lovett & His Acoustic Group; 7:30 p.m., $45
Iroquois Library: “Ireland Cultural Showcase”; 1 p.m.
Jefferson Memorial Forest: Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan, American Drive, Nu-Blu; 11 a.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Bella Blue, Insane Outlaws, Strung Out Loud; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Kingfish (Jeffersonville): Eight Inch Elvis; 7 p.m.
Lakeside Worship Center: Fireflight
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: Trophy Wives, Tyranny Is Tyranny, Waxeater, Skin Tone; 10 p.m.; The Constants, Awkwardnauts, John Gravatte, Kirsten Peckham; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: JD Shelburne; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Such a Night: A “Last Waltz” Tribute; 8:30 p.m., $15-$18
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: Andy Matter, The Teeth, Tag Team Guys; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Royal Illness, Father Jah, Psychonautics; 9 p.m., $5
Old Louisville: “Springfest” with King Kong, Hundred Proof Stringband, Cosa Seria, Billy Goat Strut Revue, Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner, In Lightning; 12 p.m.
Open Gallery: Cher Von
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Redline, Wicked Sinsation, Voodoo Avenue
Rudyard Kipling: Liberty Down Deep, The Blue Soul Gypsys; 7 p.m.
Rustic Frog: DJ KGee; 8 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal, Sam Sneed & Mark Evans; 11 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Duck and Cover; 7:30 p.m.; Soul River Brown; 10:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: The Jericho Harlot, Raven Hill. The Frankl Project; 10 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Highlands): Short Bus; 6 p.m.
Zanzabar: Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN MAY 18
American Turners: The Ebo Walker Project; 7 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Jim Needler, Rhonda Rainwater, Tyrone Cotton; 6 p.m., $3
Bearno’s (Highlands): Alanna Fugate; 7 p.m.
Clifton Center: The Dick Sisto-Steve Allee Quartet; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): John Hager; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: bluegrass jam with Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: “Music Saved My Life” with Kri and Hettie; 5 p.m.
Highland Presbyterian Church: Jack Ashworth; 3 p.m.
Huber’s: Petar Mandic; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: French Horn Rebellion, Hey Champ!; 9 p.m., $8-$12
Nowhere Bar: DJ Syimone; 3 p.m.
St. Boniface Catholic Church: Louisville Chorus; 4 p.m.
Turtle Run Winery: Old School; 1:30 p.m.
Union Station: Crooked I, M-Eighty, MC Motorboat; 10 p.m., $20
Ursuline Arts Center: Voices of Kentuckiana
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON MAY 19
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Bourbons Bistro: Hickory Vaught; 7 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Joe Carpenter & Bob Anonymous; 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Ricky Morris Music; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic; 9 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Laughing Derby: The Don Krekel Orchestra; 7:30 p.m., $10
TUE MAY 20
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 p.m.
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m.
Cahoots: Inspireme & Handsome Bahb; 10 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJs Blythe & Kelli; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Kimmet & Doug; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Bourbon Bango
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Reverse Order, Aby Laby Land, Stereo Empire; 9 p.m., $5
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Survay Says!, The Weekend Classic, For the Birds, Until Death Do Us Party, Think Harder; 6:30 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
