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Wed AUG 8
Bard’s Town: Project Improv; 7:30 p.m., $5
Billiards Club: Shane Dawson; 11:30 p.m., free (R)
Blu: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Raw”; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Corner Door: Dan Hardin & the Sweet Nothings; 7 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Tristen Brooke; 10 p.m., free
DiOrio’s: Dan DeGeorge; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Jon & Bobby; 9 p.m., free
Groucho’s: “Theme Time Comedy Hour”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Tap Room: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
Improv: Louisville Improvisors; 7:30 p.m., $10
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m. (R)
Limestone Bay Yacht Club: Jim Dishman & Rick Robbins; 6 p.m.
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 Tavern: Longreef
Rudyard Kipling: “Jazz Jam”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7:30 p.m. (R)
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Fast Friends, Neighbor, Worn In Red; 7 p.m., $5
Stevie Ray’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m., $2
T. Eddie’s: Short Bus; 9 p.m., free
Vernon Club: Russian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, Marriages; 7 p.m., $15
ZaZoo’s: Dewey Kincade; 6 p.m., free (R); Fifth On the Floor, Black Sunday, The Last Good Year; 9 p.m., $5
THU AUG 9
AP Crafters: Rachel Stump
Bard’s Town: The Donna Watts Show; 8 p.m., $5
Baxter’s 942: The Bottom Sop; 10 p.m. (R)
Big Bar: Sleepy T; 10 p.m., free
BJ’s Sports Pub: Jack & Wyndell
Bud’s Tavern: Citizen’s Arrest; 8 p.m.
Comedy Caravan: Dan French, Bicycle Comic; 8 p.m., $10; “The List”; 10:15 p.m., $2 (R)
Corner Door: Tom Browning; 7 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Terrapin Flyer, Stonewheel; 9 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Gerstle’s: Josh Collins; 9 p.m., free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: The Waves, The Liberty, The Bravados; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Va Va Vixens; 8 p.m., $20-30
Improv: Jo Koy; 8 p.m., $25
Iroquois Amphitheater: Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie “Prince” Billy; 7:30 p.m., $27.50-47
Jack’s (New Albany): Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Kevin Grayson, Sr.; 9 p.m., free
Molly Malone’s (Highlands): Tristen Brooke; 10 p.m., free
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): High Fivin’ White Guys; 10 p.m. (R)
Mulligan’s: Charlie’s Bird; 8 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: YPAS presents “No Place Like Home”; 6:30 p.m., free
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Slugger Field: Nerves Junior; 5:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Anthony Gomes; 8 p.m., $9
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s (Highlands): Screamin’ John and Jimi V; free (R)
Zanzabar: Pat Blaze, DJ Lady Carol, Obitykenobi; 10 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: Perfumeman; 9 p.m., $5
FRI AUG 10
American Legion Bonnie Sloan Post 28: Shatterproof; 9 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5; “The Roast of Batman”; 10 p.m., $10
BBC (4th Street): Tristen Brooke; 6 p.m., free
Bearno’s (Downtown): Another Colour; 8 p.m.
Billiards Club: Dev & Doug; 11 p.m., $5
BJ’s Sports Pub: Rare Breed
Blue River Café: Dave & M Roach; 7 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: Billy Goat Gruff; 8 p.m.
Carnegie Center: The Jamey Aebersold Quartet; 6 p.m., free
Clark’s: Villin; 10 p.m., free
Coconut Beach: Grupo Ache; 10 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Dan French, Bicycle Comic; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Conrad Memorial Bandstand: Crawford County Community Band; 7:30 p.m., free
Corner Door: Mike Franklin; 7 p.m., free
Decca: Tyrone Cotton; 8 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Vice Tricks, Ted Stevens; 9 p.m., $10
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 7 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: Attack Attack, We Came As Romans, Woe Is Me, Abandon All Ships, Texas In July, In Fear and Faith, Secrets, Glass Cloud, At the Skylines
4th Street Live: Gloriana; 8 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Radio Radio, Pat Anderson; 10 p.m., free
Glassworks: Buffalo Killers, Discount Guns, The Tunesmiths; 8 p.m., $10
Golden Nugget: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10:30 p.m., $5
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor, The Silo Family Band, Rusty Old Crows; 9 p.m., $6
Headliners Music Hall: Va Va Vixens; 8 p.m., $20-$30
Hideaway Saloon: Otter Kings, Hello Mayday, Alex Wright; 9:30 p.m.
Improv: Jo Koy; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $25 each
Irish Exit: Ryder
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jeffersonville Riverstage: Eight Inch Elvis; 7 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Jim Porter’s: Duke Robillard, The River City Blues Band, The Nasty Habit Band; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Maple Inn Tavern: The 4 Hour Soundcheck; 9 p.m., free
Millanova Winery: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 7 p.m., $5
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Thomas Wesley Bowman; 9 p.m., free
New Direction: Replay; 10:30 p.m.
North End Café (Highlands): Maiden Radio, Slithering Beast; 10:30 p.m., $3
O’Shea’s: Howard Lewis & Lovins; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Allen Lane Band, The Benjamin Davis Group, Moonshine Millionaires; 10 p.m., $10
R Place Pub: Katie’s Habit; 9:30 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: “Mr. & Mrs. Kentucky Gay Lesbian Transgender Bisexual Pageant”; 7 p.m., $10
Stevie Ray’s: Da Mudcats, Travel’n Mojos; 7:30 p.m., $5
St. Joseph Children’s Home: The Epics; 5 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Strip District, Total Dudes, The Slams; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Ultratone, Mike Musikanto, Marc Scibilia; 9 p.m., $7
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Aby Laby Land; noon, free
Zanzabar: OK Deejays, Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $3
ZaZoo’s: Aby Laby Land; 9 p.m., $5
SAT AUG 11
Bard’s Town: Phourist; 8 p.m., free
Barley’s: Bonfire: An AC/DC Tribute, Brach McRae, Jerry Paulley; 9 p.m., $8
Bearno’s (Downtown): Another Colour; 8 p.m.
Best Vineyards: The Full House Band; 4 p.m., free
Blue River Café: Higher Ground; 7 p.m.
Boneheadz Pub: Ancients USA; 9 p.m.
Bud’s Tavern: The Bud’s Tavern Band; 8 p.m.
Clark’s: Tempest; 8:30 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Dan French, Bicycle Comic; 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m., $15 each
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: John Damato; 7 p.m., free
Corydon Jamboree: Katie De Muth, David Graves, Otis Berry; 7:30 p.m., $10
Corydon Square: “World On the Square” with David Stewart, Coco Yam, Flamenco Louisville; 4 p.m.
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Decca: Kasi and Friends; 8 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Tristen Brooke; 10 p.m., free
Eddie Merlot’s: The Bobby Falk Group; 8 p.m., free (R)
Fiesta Mexicana: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 6:30 p.m., free
Flea Off Market: Trappers Keepers; 10 a.m., free
Gerstle’s: One Louder, Peter Mandic; 10 p.m., free
Golden Nugget: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 10:30 p.m., $5
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Kyle Geiger, Jason Shelton; 11 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Va Va Vixens; 8 p.m., $20-30
Impellizzeri’s (Downtown): Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Jo Koy; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $25 each
Irish Exit: Nick Dittmeier
Iroquois Amphitheater: Brandi Carlile, Andy Hull; 8 p.m., $30
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7 (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: The Flock; 9 p.m., free
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Brandon Coleman Jazz Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Paloverde; 9 p.m., free
New Direction: The Allen Lane Band; 10:30 p.m.
O’Shea’s: Rocktimus Prime; 10 p.m.
Ri Ra: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., free
Ross Country Jamboree: Dave Campbell, Christy Miller, Daniel Hobbs; $10
Rudyard Kipling: YPAS presents “No Place Like Home”; 6:30 p.m., free
Shepherdsville Country: The 44 Country Band; 7:30 p.m., $4-$8 (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Kudmani, Soul Circus; 7:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: The Art Adams Band, Lords of the Highway; 10 p.m., $6
Uncle Slayton’s: Quiet Hollers; 9 p.m., $8
Wick’s (Highlands): Jordan Bales; free
ZaZoo’s: Stone Iris, The Trust; 9 p.m., $5
SUN AUG 12
Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m., free
Belle of Louisville: “Bluegrass Cruise”; 2 p.m. (R)
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: “Late Late Breakfast”; 5:30 p.m., free (R); Dan French, Bicycle Comic; 8 p.m., sold out; “Sunday Night Showcase”; 9:30 p.m., $5 (R)
The Connection: “LaBoy LeFemme”; 10:30 p.m. (R)
Dark Star Tavern: Alanna Fugate & Jonathon Bramer; 9 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., free (R)
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: DJ Goast
Improv: “Silly Sunday”; 7 p.m., $15
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Jackson Browne, Sara Watkins; 7:30 p.m., $44.50
Kingfish (St. Matthews): The Kirk Davis Band; 6 p.m.
Nachbar: Squeeze-bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Pizza Place at Hikes Point: Big Poppa Stampley, “Blind Dog” Gatewood, Delta Duo, Doug Lamb, Gradual Taylor, Jeff Jones, Joe and Danny, Judea, Mississippi Adam Riggle, Randy Colvin
Rudyard Kipling: The Tim Whalen Group; 6:30 p.m., $5
Willow Park: Will Cary; 7 p.m., free
MON AUG 13
Corner Door: “Open Mic”; 7 p.m., free (R)
Decca: The Jazz Buzzards; 8 p.m., free (R)
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy”; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Adam & Jim; 9 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
Irish Exit: Phil Regan (R)
Molly Malone’s (St. Matthews): Blunt Honey; 8 p.m. (R)
Stevie Ray’s: “Open Mic”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Waterfront Park: Mumford & Sons, Dawes, Aaron Embry; 6:30 p.m., sold out
TUE AUG 14
Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
Baxter’s 942: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club: Campfire Stew; 11:30 p.m. (R)
Blu: The Doug Elmore Jazz Trio; 7 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: Tristen Brooke; 7 p.m., free
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Short Bus; 9 p.m., free
Gerstle’s: Chris & JT; 9 p.m., free
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “The Word Spoken”
Headliners Music Hall: Dirty Projectors, Pop Etc., Night Visions DJs; 9 p.m., $20
Irish Exit: Kacey Machir (R)
Kingfish (St. Matthews): Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Maple Inn Tavern: Erin & Gene; 9 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Blunt Honey; 9 p.m. (R)
Shenanigans: y-noT Robby; 8:30 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: “Blues Jam”; 9 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s (Highlands): Robby Cox (R)
Zanzabar: Donora, TeamMate; 7 p.m.
This article appears in August 7, 2012.