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Wed may 7
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: “Live Band Karaoke”; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): open mic; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Petar Mandic; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Kimmet & Doug; 9:30 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Gigan, littledidweknow, Eschatos, Demise of the King, Amalgamate; 6 p.m., $8
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Mag Bar: DJ Sleepy T; 11 p.m., $4
Majid’s: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Tegan & Sara, Lucius, The Courtneys; 7:30 p.m.
Meta: DJ See Tai; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m.
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: DJ Deuce Leader, Zach Longoria; 9 p.m.
Palace Theater: 311; 9 p.m., $36.50
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Zoo, Tim Vacancy; 10 p.m.
Prime Lounge: open mic; 8 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: CPHR DVN, The Blind Tigers; 7 p.m.
Saints: Dorney & Friends; 7 p.m.
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.
Zanzabar: LoLo and the Dirty Pillows, Mike Adams At His Honest Weight, Moor Hound; 9 p.m., $5
THU may 8
Bard’s Town: Stuart Wicke featuring Isaac Poole, Leopold Zimmerman, Babirusa; 7 p.m.
Clifton Center: Trio Brasileiro; 7:30 p.m., $10
Commonwealth Tap: Joel T. Henderson
Cure Lounge: DJ Black Matter; 10 p.m.
Decca: Doug Paisley, Ashleigh Flynn; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Powerman 5000, 9Electric, Lost in Eden; 7:30 p.m., $15-$30; Speaker (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Crossfire Percussion Duo, Klimchak; 7 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s: The Prankster Trio
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Plastic Bubble, Thunder/Dreamer, Ted Tyro, Bad Star; 9 p.m., $1
Headliners Music Hall: Mason Jennings (solo), Cheyenne Mize; 8 p.m., $17-$20
Jammerz: “JCW” with hosts Insane Clown Posse, Big Hoodoo, Axe Murder Boyz; 7:30 p.m., $15
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: Beacons; 10 p.m.
Manny & Merle: Justin Paul Lewis; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 9 p.m.
New Vintage: Peter Case, Alex Wright; 9 p.m., $12-$15
Nowhere Bar: DJs Persh & Prism; 11 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: open mic; 10 p.m.
Saints: Cosa Seria, DJ Frank; 9:30 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Woodrow on the Radio
Spinelli’s (Downtown): The Banner, Old Wounds, Great Floods, KDC, All Dead, Frailty; 6 p.m., $10
Stevie Ray’s: open jam; 8 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Whiskey Bent Valley; 9 p.m., $12-$15
FRI may 9
Atlantic No. 5: Monolith, In Lightning; 8 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Matt Coddington
Chill Bar: DJs JP Source & Persh; 10 p.m.
Cure Lounge: DJ Ultra Paul; 10 p.m.
Decca: Paul K, Jon Ashley; 9 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Petar Mandic, DJ Mike Moody; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Josh Legen, Big Rock Show; 10 p.m.
Four Kings Café: Barb & Eddie; 7 p.m.
Foxhollow Farm: Matt the Electrician, Dan Tedesco; 6 p.m., $15
Gerstle’s: Rocktimus Prime, Strongbird, The Prankster Trio
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Johari, They Came Bearing Arms, Brought By Giants, Demise of the King, ARI; 8 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green, Freddie George; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Replay, Muench, Broken Dreams Blues; 7 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: DJ Cha Cha Perez; 10 p.m.
Majid’s: Bobby J & Michael Roy; 8 p.m.
Manny & Merle: The Josh Goodlett Band; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: Blue October; 8 p.m.
Meta: DJs Sir Basil OuterNational & Clawsome; 9 p.m.
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark & the Blue Norther; 8 p.m.
Nachbar: D’Arkestra; 10 p.m.
New Vintage: T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes, The Bottom Sop, Jonathan Mitchell, Mercy Academy; 9 p.m.
Nowhere Bar: Glitter Titz DJz; 11 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Corprit Convict, Empyrean Asunder, Spontaneous Internal Combustion, Caducus, Last Question; 9 p.m.
Seidenfaden’s: DJ Kim Sorise; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Kirby’s Dreamland; 9:30 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: The Decadence, Talk of Spring; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7:30 p.m.
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Willie Watson; noon
Wick’s (New Albany): The Rocking Dead; 10 p.m.
Zanzabar: Willie Watson, Mandolin Orange; 9 p.m., $10-$12; OK Deejays; 11 p.m., $3
SAT may 10
Apocalypse Brew Works: The Moondogs; 3 p.m. The Uncommon Houseflies; 7 p.m.
Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill: DJ Havoc; 11 p.m.
Big Four Burgers: Eric and Kenny
Broad Run Vineyards: Pot Luck Ramblers; 6 p.m.
Clifton Center: “Kentucky Homefront” with John Gage, Take Two, Tristen Brooke & Cameron Culbertson, Such Sweet Melodie; 7:30 p.m., $5-$12
Cure Lounge: Mote, Wedding Dress, The Love of Everything, Calvin the Alchemist; 9 p.m., $5
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Soulbite, Speaker (acoustic); 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Soul Circus, Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Dreamland: Marissa Nadler, Dane Waters, TALsounds; 7 p.m., $10
German-American Club: The Heritage Band; 6 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Headcase, Sandbar Soul
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Black Birds of Paradise, Billy Petot, Jonathan Glen Wood; 9 p.m., $5
Headliners Music Hall: Same As It Ever Was: A Talking Heads Tribute; 9 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Kirk Davis Blues and Greys; 11 p.m.
Hoopsters: Anni & the Jones; 9 p.m.
Huber’s: Dean Heckel; 1 p.m.
Indian Creek Winery: Oakley; 2 p.m.
Irish Exit: DJ EddieMike
Jerry Green & Friends: Jerry Green; 7 p.m., $7
Jim Porter’s: Replay, Muench, Broken Dreams Blues; 9 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Bruce Wayne; 10 p.m.
Levee Bar: open mic; 10 p.m.
Lucky Loosey: The Gypsy Stone Kings; 9 p.m.
Mag Bar: Fast Friends, Sea of Storms, Nowhere Fast, Youth At Heart; 9:30 p.m., $5
Manny & Merle: Blacktop Farmers; 10 p.m.
Mercury Ballroom: The Tunesmiths, Graffiti, The Debauchees, Louisville Leopard Percussionists; 8 p.m., $8
Meta: The Derby City Soul Club; 10 p.m.
Modern Cult Records: Axel Cooper, Ben Traughber, Shutaro Nguchi; 8:30 p.m., $5
New Vintage: Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof, Sylvia Walters & Groove City; 9 p.m., $10
O’Shea’s: Eight Inch Elvis; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Killer Lips, Devils Due; 10 p.m.
Rudyard Kipling: Hillary Scott, Joel T. Henderson
Seidenfaden’s: DJs Narwhal & Sam Sneed; 11 p.m.
Spinelli’s (Downtown): Robotface, Left In Despair, The Pale Sky; 7 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: Kirby’s Dreamland; 9:30 p.m., $6
Third Street Dive: American Gonzos, Powell; 10 p.m., $5
U of L (Bird Hall): Community Music Program Recital; 1 p.m.
Varanese: The Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m.
Zanzabar: A Minor Forest, Parlour, Blood Moon Rail; 9 p.m., $10; Glitter Titz DJs; 11:30 p.m.
SUN may 11
Ascension Lutheran Church: The Todd Hildreth Trio: A Beatles Tribute; 5 p.m.
Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Corey and Stacey; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): John Heger; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: The Pranksters; 11 p.m.
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: bluegrass jam with Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m.
Huber’s: Joe Dotson; 1 p.m.
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Ice; 8 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: open mic; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Matt Andersen, The Zach Longoria Project; 9 p.m., $8-$12
Open Gallery: Mothership Ensemble, Camera Lucida; 3 p.m.
Wiltshire on Market: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6:30 p.m.
MON may 12
Bearno’s (Highlands): open mic; 7:30 p.m.
Decca: The Buzzard; 8 p.m.
Diamond Pub (Highlands): Speaker (acoustic); 11 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Petar Mandic
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: “Vinyl Night” hosted by Zach Hart; 8 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: Blue Mountain Belle
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Infamous One; 8 p.m.
Meta: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 8 p.m., $10
New Vintage: Harikiri, Lazy Sunday, The Formalities; 9 p.m., $5
Wick’s (Jeffersontown): Short Bus; 7 p.m.
Zanzabar: The Bernie Worrell Orchestra; 9 p.m., $10
TUE may 13
Against the Grain: open mic; 9 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): Kyng, Crobot, Sons of Medusa; 7:30 p.m., $15; PMA; 10 p.m.
Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Chad and Karsten; 10 p.m.
Gerstle’s: War Panties
Haymarket Whiskey Bar: Drunk & Sailor; 9 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Iron & Wine, All Dogs; 8 p.m., $30-$35
JT’s Variety Club: DJ Chris Clemons; 8 p.m.
Kingfish (Jeffersonville): The Mad Taxpayers; 7 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: jazz jam; 8 p.m.
New Vintage: Young Widows, Helms Alee, Anwar Sadat; 9 p.m., $10
Play: “Twisted Tuesdays”; 10 p.m.
Stevie Ray’s: blues jam; 8 p.m.
