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Wed jan 11
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)
Blu Italian Grille: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Raw” hosted by Jay Cox; 7:15 p.m., $3 (R)
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
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)
Jim Porter’s: Bluestown
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)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
River City Winery: Leigh Ann Yost
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $3 (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: The Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
THU jan 12
The Bard’s Town: Observation Deck; 7 p.m., free
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)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Street Russell; 7:15 p.m., $15; “The List”; 9:30 p.m., $1 (R)
Corner Door: Tom Browning; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: The Winston Hours; 10 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Matt O’Ree Band; 10:30 p.m., $3
Improv: Aries Spears; 8 p.m., $18
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Kentucky Center for the Arts: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman; 7:30 p.m., $30
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Confused Little Girl
Meat: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m., free
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9:30 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Dog House Kitchen; 9 p.m., $4
T. Eddie’s: New Mother Nature, Old Baby; 9 p.m., free
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
U of L Bird Hall: Mike Tracy & Renato Vasconcellos; 7 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Screaming John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
ZaZoo’s: Appalatin; 8 p.m., $2 (R)
FRI jan 13
The Bard’s Town: Prime Time Players; 7 p.m., free; inKy Reading Series; 7 p.m., free
Brown Theatre: Civil Wars, The Staves; 8 p.m., $20 adv., $23 DOS
Cahoots: Spirit Horse, The Sidewalkers, Alladin’s Castle; 9:30 p.m., $3
Cheers Pub: “Friday Night Cabaret” hosted by Lipstick Lez Ent.; 10 p.m., $3-$5
Clifton Center: Bettye LaVette; 8 p.m., $33 (students and seniors), $35 (general)
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Street Russell; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
The Connection: Karmen DeLaRouge; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: The Kirk Davis Band; 7:30 p.m., free
Eezy’s Sports Bar: Tundra Band
Gerstle’s: Mojoflo; 10 p.m.
Gilbert’s: Junction Creek; 9 p.m., free
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: Twin Sister Radio, Juanita, The Ritchie White Orchestra, DR Country; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Langhorne Slim, The Features, Rayland Baxter; 9 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Hideaway Saloon: Those Cross Town Revivals, The Stoned Moms; 10:30 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Kings of Love; 9 p.m., free
Improv: Aries Spears; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m., $20 each
Irish Exit: Phil Regan; free
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: Sheila Lawrence, The Greg Foresman Band; 7 p.m., $10 adv., $12 DOS
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Changing Lanes, Travis Bishop, Clint Ackerman; 9 p.m.
Magnolia Bar & Grill: Quiet Hollers, Highlonesome, Bosco
Monkey Wrench: PBR Bingo featuring Jason & The PunkNecks and more; 9 p.m., $8
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jefferson Tarc Bus
River City Winery: Aaron Crane
Rudyard Kipling: Pink Ladies Movement, Sassafras; 7:30 p.m.; Jack Holiday and the Westerners, Dirty Grindstone; 10 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Shepherdsville Music Barn: Kentucky Blue; 8 p.m., $10
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Self Inflicted, Mr. Jimmy; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Rifle, Overload; 10 p.m., $5
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with The Features; noon, free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Juz Rite; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Freddie and the Cruegers; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Natives, Cross, Joe Meredith; 9 p.m., $5
SAT jan 14
The Bard’s Town: Uncommon Houseflies, Beaz Trio; 9 p.m., $5; Daphne Luster, Anton Mink, Mercy Academy, Common Collective; 9 p.m., $5
BBC, St. Matthews: Dem Reggae Bon
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Street Russell; 7:15 & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
The Connection: Karmen DeLaRouge; 10:30 p.m.
Corner Door: BlueZenGrass; 7:30 p.m., free
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Eezy’s Sports Bar: Tundra Band
Gerstle’s: Dirty Church Revival; 10 p.m.
Gilbert’s: Junction Creek; 9 p.m., free
Harley’s Main Street Tavern: The Mississippi Adam Riggle Band; 10:30 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Yellow Light Maybe; 10:30 p.m., $5
Highlands Tap Room: Waylan T.
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Aries Spears; 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20 each
Irish Exit: Bobby Wilson; free
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)
Jim Porter’s: The Tymes Band, Night Moves, Walnut Street Blues
KCD Theater: Abigail Washburn, Maiden Radio; 8 p.m., $20-$25
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: Ego Death, Thaniel Ion Lee, Mu, Bear (The Ghost), Microwave Windows, Ashochious; 9 p.m., free
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Those Sensational Bastardz, Jefferson Tarc Bus; $6
River City Winery: Kevin Rees
Ross Country Jamboree: Mike Boughey; $10
R Place Pub: The Steve Sizemore Group
Rudyard Kipling: “Songwriters in a Circle” with Alanna Fugate, Dan Hardin, Don Bowlds, Garvin Carter, Charles Price; 7:30 p.m.; Itchy Hearts; 10 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Digby, Li’l T&A; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Brian Johnson & the Acquitted, Red Shade Blue; 10 p.m., $5
Uncle Slayton’s: Alabama Brown, Lotus Blake; 10 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Stonedog; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Point 1 Zero; 9 p.m.
Zanzabar: Thomas A. Minor and the Picket Line; 9 p.m.
ZaZoo’s: Ultratone, Slackshop, Honeymoon Babies; 9 p.m.
SUN jan 15
The Bard’s Town: Owen Stovall and Friends; 8 p.m., $4
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m. (R)
Cluckers, Jeffersonville: The Hi-Tops, Dylan Arms; 8 p.m., $8
Comedy Caravan: Etta May, Street Russell; 7:15 p.m., $15
The Connection: Aurora Sexton & Mykul J. Valentine; 10:30 p.m.
Eezy’s Sports Bar: Allen McCoy & the McCoy Boys
Expo Five: “Toy Tiger Reunion” with The Predators, Spanky Lee, The Boyz, Fire Dept., Caribou, Impact; 6 p.m., $5 donation
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Headliners Music Hall: Big Head Todd and the Monsters; 8 p.m., $20
Improv: Aries Spears; 7 p.m., $20
ZaZoo’s: “Manual Vs. Cancer benefit” with Think Harder, Good Luck Joseph, DJ JD, The Sunday Proposition, kYx, Remora, Rainy Daze Productions, Cyntrix, Price and Bryce; 12 p.m., $10
MON jan 16
Baxter’s 942: Trophy Wives, Late Ones, Bosco, Nowhere Fast; 10 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: The Don Krekel Orchestra; 7:15 p.m., $12
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10:30 p.m., $2 (R)
Oliver’s Billards: Dance Party featuring DJ Pretty Boy, Eros, Goast & Eliix, DJ Persh; 11 p.m., $1
TUE jan 17
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)
Christ United Methodist Church: Millikin University Choir; 7:30 p.m., free
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Corner Door: The Abductees; 7:30 p.m., free
Kingfish, River Road: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
Louisville Free Public Library, Downtown: River City Klezmer Band; 7 p.m., free
New View Bar & Grill: Short Bus; 8 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., free (R)
This article appears in January 10, 2012.