LOUISVILLE, KY
2/6 Andrew Bird -The Library
2/11 (New Listing) Tristan Prettyman, Ben Taylor -Phoenix Hill Tavern
2/13 (New Listing) Tinsley Ellis -Stevie Ray’s
2/15 Kathy Griffin -Palace
2/15 (New Listing) Hem -Headliners
2/16 O.A.R. -Palace
2/17 Sigur Rós -Palace
2/18 Art Garfunkel -Palace
2/18 (New Listing) Girls Gone Wild Backstage Pass Tour -Jillian’s
2/20 (New Listing) Opeth -Headliners
2/23 Coldplay, Fiona Apple -Freedom Hall
2/23 Disturbed, Bloodsimple and more -Jillian’s
2/25 Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood -Palace
2/25 Van Zant -Coyotes
3/1 Bleeding Through, Every Time I Die, Between the Buried and Me, Haste the Day -Headliners
3/1 Janis Ian -Alternative
3/2 Third Day -Palace
3/3 Kid Rock -Freedom Hall
3/3 (New Listing) Kem, WSG, Suai -Palace
3/3 (New Listing) David Mead, Matthew Ryan -Headliners
3/4 George Strait -Freedom Hall
3/4 Jordan Knight -Phoenix Hill Tavern
3/6 (New Listing) Living Things, Vacation -Uncle Pleasants
3/9 (New Listing) Belle and Sebastian, New Pornographers -Brown Theatre
3/11 Ricky Skaggs -Palace
3/13 Sarah Hammer -Headliners
3/15 (New Listing) George Thorogood and the Destroyers -Coyotes
3/16 (New Listing) Cowboy Mouth -Phoenix Hill Tavern
3/17 70s Soul Jam with Stylistics, Chi-Lites, Delfonics, Heatwave, Carl Carlton -Palace
3/18 Relient K -Jillian’s
3/19 (New Listing) Sevendust -Jillian’s
3/19 (New Listing) Legendary Shack Shakers -Headliners
3/24 JD Crowe and the New South -Galt House
3/24 (New Listing) 3/25/06 David Copperfield -Palace
3/25 (New Listing) Nickelback -Freedom Hall
3/25 (New Listing) Melissa Ferrick -Phoenix Hill Tavern
3/31 (New Listing) Rodney Carrington -Palace
4/1 Kool and the Gang -Palace
4/2 (New Listing) Bobby Rush -Coyotes
4/8 (New Listing) Casting Crowns -Broadbent Arena
4/28 (New Listing) Will Hoge -Headliners
5/15 (New Listing) Thursday -Jillian’s
7/2 (New Listing) Trace Adkins -Waterfront Park
LEXINGTON, KY
2/6 Son Volt, Shannon McNally -Dame
2/7 Andrew Bird -Dame
2/8 Greencards -Dame
2/10 Asylum Street Spankers -Dame
2/14 Delbert McClinton -Kentucky Theatre
2/21 BR5-49, Avett Brothers -Dame
2/22 North Mississippi Allstars -Dame
2/23 Gretchen Wilson, Van Zant, Blaine Larsen -Rupp Arena
2/24 Nine Inch Nails -Rupp Arena
3/3 Mogwai, Growing -Dame
3/7 (New Listing) Aerosmith -Rupp Arena
3/11 Hayseed Dixie -Dame
3/15 – 3/16 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones -Kentucky Center
3/25 (New Listing) Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Dierks Bentley -Venue TBA
3/29 Legendary Shackshakers -Dame
4/9 Cece Winans -Opera House
4/22 Larry the Cable Guy -Rupp Arena
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
2/6 Bad Plus -Jazz Kitchen
2/9 Here Come the Mummies -Vogue
2/9 Danielia Cotton -Birdy’s
2/9 (New Listing) Veronicas, Jonas Brothers, October Falls -Emerson
2/10 Sweet Honey in the Rock -Clowes Hall
2/10 Peter Rowan, Tony Rice -Music Mill
2/10 (New Listing) Confederate Railroad -Eight Seconds Saloon
2/11 Kate Clinton -Clowes Hall
2/11 (New Listing) Lunar Event, Weeds of Eden -Radio Radio
2/13 (New Listing) Anthony Gomes -Slippery Noodle
2/14 (New Listing) Cynthia Layne, Everett Greene and the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra -Indiana History Center
2/15 (New Listing) Marah -Birdy’s
2/16 (New Listing) Fall of Troy -Emerson
2/16 (New Listing) Impossible Shapes -Radio Radio
2/16 (New Listing) Bobby Bare Jr. -Stone Mug
2/17 Moody Blues -Murat
2/17 (New Listing) Hoosier Dads -Music Mill
2/18 Matt Pond PA, Dios Malos -Birdy’s
2/18 Intrin-X-Co -Jazz Kitchen
2/18 (New Listing) Walter Meego -Radio Radio
2/19 (New Listing) Throwdown, Still Remains -Emerson
2/20 Sigur Ros -Murat
2/20 Bobby Shew Quartet -Jazz Kitchen
2/23 (New Listing) Pat McGee Band -Vogue
2/24 Bodeans -Vogue
2/24 (New Listing) Rob Dickinson -Birdy’s
2/25 Mariachi Los Camparos de Nati Capo -Clowes Hall
2/25 Umphrey’s McGee -Murat Egyptian Room
2/25 North Mississippi All Stars -Music Mill
2/25 (New Listing) Shadeland -Emerson
2/26 Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White -Old Centrum
2/27 (New Listing) Fiery Furnaces -Music Mill
3/1 (New Listing) Fenians -Music Mill
3/2 (New Listing) Common -Vogue
3/3 (New Listing) Circa Survive, Days Away, Drive By, Sybris -Emerson
3/3 (New Listing) Augustana & the Damnwells -Birdy’s
3/5 Joshua Bell -Clowes Hall
3/5 Matisyahu -Vogue
3/6 David Gray, Aqualung -Murat
3/6 Joe Bonamassa -Music Mill
3/7 (New Listing) Blind Boys of Alabama -Music Mill
3/7 (New Listing) Tommy Castro Band -Slippery Noodle
3/8 KT Tunstall -Birdy’s
3/9 Ghostface Killah -Vogue
3/10 John Prine -Murat
3/10 (New Listing) Kindred the Family Soul -Vogue
3/10 (New Listing) Gabe Dixon Band -Music Mill
3/10 (New Listing) Trick Pony -Eight Seconds Saloon
3/12 (New Listing) Violent Femmes -Vogue
3/15 (New Listing) Gaelic Storm -Music Mill
3/17 Cowboy Mouth -Music Mill
3/23 Oasis -Murat
3/24 Ralph Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys -Vogue
3/24 (New Listing) Johnny a -Music Mill
3/24 (New Listing) Emerson Drive -Eight Seconds Saloon
3/24 (New Listing) Still Remains, Demiricous, Nudes of Ranvier, If Hope Dies, Eyes Like Knives -Emerson
3/26 Hal Roach and the Irish Sopranos -Warren Performing Arts Center
3/27 (New Listing) Tab Benoit -Slippery Noodle
3/28 Electric Six -Vogue
3/28 (New Listing) Fray, Matt Kearney -Birdy’s
3/28 (New Listing) Darkest Hour, Dead to Fall, A Life Once Lost, Acacia Strain -Emerson
3/31 (New Listing) David Allan Coe -Eight Seconds Saloon
4/4 (New Listing) Trapt -Vogue
4/6 David Sedaris -Clowes Hall
4/7 Bob Schneider -Music Mill
4/8 (New Listing) Dar Williams -Music Mill
4/9 (New Listing) Rob Zombie -Murat Egyptian Room
4/11 (New Listing) Dinosaur Jr. -Vogue
4/12 (New Listing) Subdudes -Music Mill
4/14 (New Listing) Keller Williams -Murat Egyptian Room
4/14 (New Listing) Leon Russell -Eight Seconds Saloon
4/15 (New Listing) Will Hoge -Music Mill
4/18 (New Listing) John Butler Trio -Vogue
4/21 (New Listing) Keith Anderson -Eight Seconds Saloon
4/22 (New Listing) Josh Ritter, Hem -Birdy’s
4/23 Catie Curtis -Old Centrum
5/7 Preservation Hall Jazz Band -Warren Performing Arts Center
5/23 (New Listing) Disfear, Phobia, Misery Index, Dream is Dead, Strong Intention -Emerson
6/16 – 6/18 Indy Jazz Fest -Military Park
BLOOMINGTON, IN
2/11 Ron White -IU Auditorium
2/16 (New Listing) Lotus, Lymbyc Systym -Bluebird
2/19 O.A.R. -IU Auditorium
2/23 (New Listing) Ben Taylor, Tristan Prettyman -Bluebird
2/24 (New Listing) Whippoorwill -Second Story
2/25 (New Listing) Haymarket Riot -Second Story
2/28 Urban Bush Women -IU Auditorium
3/2 (New Listing) Gza (The Genius) -Bluebird
3/3 Ladysmith Black Mambazo -Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
3/4 Stars From the Platters, Coasters, Drifters and Temptations Revue -IU Auditorium
3/9 (New Listing) Metal Hearts -Second Story
3/23 (New Listing) Octopus Project -Second Story
3/25 (New Listing) Casting Crowns -IU Auditorium
3/30 (New Listing) Miranda Lambert -Bluebird
3/30 (New Listing) Captain Yonder -Second Story
4/13 (New Listing) Silver Jews -Bluebird
4/19 Dawn Upshaw -IU Auditorium
EVANSVILLE, IN
2/18 Jeremy Camp -The Centre
2/19 Toby Keith, Joe Nichols, Scotty Emerick -Roberts Stadium
2/22 Motley Crue -Roberts Stadium
2/25 – 2/26 Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band -Duck Inn
3/19 (New Listing) Nickelback -Roberts Stadium
3/25 George Thorogood and the Destroyers -The Centre
4/1 Gretchen Wilson, Blaine Larsen, Van Zant -Roberts Stadium
4/15 (New Listing) BB King -The Centre
4/17 David Copperfield -The Centre
4/29 (New Listing) Rockapella -The Centre
FORT WAYNE, IN
2/6 Nickelback -Coliseum
2/17 Sno-Core Tour featuring Seether & Shinedown -Piere’s
2/21 Motley Crue -Coliseum
2/23 Nine Inch Nails -Coliseum
2/24 Disturbed -Piere’s
2/24 Gretchen Wilson -Coliseum
3/11 (New Listing) Winter Jam Tour with Newsong and more -Coliseum
3/17 Badfish -Piere’s
3/23 (New Listing) Brad Paisley -Coliseum
3/24 Frank Caliendo -Embassy Theatre
LAFAYETTE, IN
2/10 Oteil and the Peacemakers -Lafayette Brewing Company
2/16 (New Listing) Marah -Lafayette Brewing Company
2/22 Buckwheat Zydeco -Lafayette Brewing Company
3/19 Dervish -Duncan Hall
3/23 Chick Corea -Loeb
3/26 St Lawrence String Quartet -Loeb
4/23 Jawbone (with Tony Trischka), Crooked Still -Duncan Hall
MERRILLVILLE, IN
2/17 Ginuwine -Star Plaza Theatre
2/24 (New Listing) Third Day -Star Plaza Theatre
3/18 70s Soul Jam with the Stylistics, Chi-Lites, Delfonics, Heatwave, Peaches and Herb, Al Wilson with special guest Jimmie “JJ” Walker -Star Plaza Theatre
3/22 (New Listing) David Copperfield -Star Plaza Theatre
MUNCIE, IN
2/14 BB King -Emens Auditorium
2/23 Third Day, David Crowder Band -Emens Auditorium
3/30 Ten Tenors -Emens Auditorium
4/28 Four Freshmen -Emens Auditorium
NASHVILLE, IN
3/25 (New Listing) Gene Watson -Little Nashville Opry
4/1 (New Listing) Janie Fricke -Little Nashville Opry
4/8 (New Listing) Josh Gracin -Little Nashville Opry
4/22 (New Listing) Bellamy Brothers -Little Nashville Opry
4/29 (New Listing) Trick Pony -Little Nashville Opry
5/6 (New Listing) Del McCoury Band -Little Nashville Opry
5/13 (New Listing) George Jones -Little Nashville Opry
5/20 (New Listing) Jeff Bates -Little Nashville Opry
5/27 (New Listing) Pam Tillis -Little Nashville Opry
6/3 (New Listing) Ricky Skaggs -Little Nashville Opry
6/10 (New Listing) Sawyer Brown -Little Nashville Opry
6/17 (New Listing) Blake Shelton -Little Nashville Opry
6/24 (New Listing) Randy Travis -Little Nashville Opry
7/1 (New Listing) Craig Morgan -Little Nashville Opry
7/8 (New Listing) Lorrie Morgan -Little Nashville Opry
7/15 (New Listing) Roy Clark -Little Nashville Opry
7/22 (New Listing) Diamond Rio -Little Nashville Opry
7/29 (New Listing) Gene Watson -Little Nashville Opry
SOUTH BEND, IN
2/10 Warrant, Firehouse -Club Fever
2/15 Moody Blues -Morris Performing Arts Center
2/17 Trace Adkins -Morris Performing Arts Center
2/18 Soweto Gospel Choir -Notre Dame University
3/19 (New Listing) REO Speedwagon, Blue Oyster Cult -Morris Performing Arts Center
3/25 Flook -Notre Dame University
4/29 Four Freshmen -South Bend Symphony
5/14 Loretta Lynn -Morris Performing Arts Center
TERRE HAUTE, IN
3/3 Gretchen Wilson, Van Zant, Blaine Larsen -Hulman Auditorium
3/24 (New Listing) Bump -Verve
4/17 (New Listing) John Rush -Hulman Auditorium
CHICAGO, IL
2/6 (New Listing) East Village Opera Company -House of Blues Backporch Stage
2/8 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Elefant -Metro
2/8 Sharks and Seals -Schubas
2/8 – 2/9 Flogging Molly -House of Blues
2/8 Juan Maclean, Tim Sweeney -Abbey
2/9 Hair Police -Empty Bottle
2/9 Some Girls -Beat Kitchen
2/9 Dimitri from Paris -Smart Bar
2/9 Sound Team -Schubas
2/10 Keith Urban -Allstate Arena
2/10 Bad Plus -Old Town School of Folk Music
2/10 Keith Urban -Allstate Arena
2/10 New Standards -Schubas
2/10 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Saturday Looks Good to Me -University of Chicago
2/10 Coughs -Empty Bottle
2/10 – 2/11 (New Listing) CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band -FitzGerald’s
2/10 (New Listing) Buckcherry, Program the Dead -Metro
2/10 (New Listing) Doris Henson -Beat Kitchen
2/10 (New Listing) Wrens -Norris University Center, Northwestern University
2/11 Casket Lottery -Beat Kitchen
2/11 Handsome Family -Old Town School of Folk Music
2/11 High on Fire -Double Door
2/11 Rick Braun and Steve Cole -Cadillac Palace
2/11 Colette -Smart Bar
2/11 Jaguares -Aragon
2/11 Mute Math -Schubas
2/11 Guy, Blackstreet, Tony Toni Tone -Arie Crown
2/11 Abstract Giants -Metro
2/11 Local H -Durty Nellie’s
2/11 (New Listing) Autovon -Abbey
2/12 In Flames -House of Blues
2/12 Lucy Kaplansky -Schubas
2/12 Air Supply -Aragon
2/13 Less Than Jake, A Wilhelm Scream -House of Blues
2/13 Mice Parade -Empty Bottle
2/14 Seether -House of Blues
2/14 Supergrass -Vic
2/14 Ponys -Double Door
2/14 Jimmy Webb -Black Orchid
2/14 (New Listing) Paramore -Beat Kitchen
2/15 Mylo -Abbey
2/15 Saint Etienne -Metro
2/15 Starting Line, Copeland, Gatsby’s American Dream -House of Blues
2/15 Bobby Bare Jr. -Schubas
2/15 Duncan Sheik -Double Door
2/16 – 2/17 BB King -House of Blues
2/16 Moody Blues -Rialto Square Theatre
2/16 Wolfmother -Empty Bottle
2/16 Bigg Jus of Company Flow -Abbey
2/16 John Zorn -University of Chicago
2/17 – 2/18 Bob Mould, Kaki King -Old Town School of Folk Music
2/17 Stars -Metro
2/17 – 2/18 Oteil and the Pacemakers -House of Blues
2/17 Tim Reynolds -Double Door
2/17 Brandi Carlile -Schubas
2/17 David Bazan, Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel, Will Johnson -Park West
2/17 Marah -Abbey
2/17 (New Listing) Hot Machines -Beat Kitchen
2/17 (New Listing) David Mead & Matthew Ryan -Schubas
2/17 (New Listing) Sterling -Subterranean
2/18 Report Suspicious Activity, The Bomb -Subterranean
2/18 Grayskul -Abbey
2/18 Justin Long -Smart Bar
2/18 Ariel Pink -Schubas
2/18 Rik Emmett -House of Blues
2/18 (New Listing) JT and the Clouds -Metro
2/19 Guy Clark, Terry Allen -Old Town School of Folk Music
2/19 Old School Freight Train -Schubas
2/19 Trapt -House of Blues
2/20 Matt Pond PA -Double Door
2/20 Incognito -House of Blues
2/21 Redneck Manifesto -Empty Bottle
2/21 Jefferson Starship/Jefferson Airplane -House of Blues
2/22 Silverstein -Metro
2/22 (New Listing) Rob Dickinson of Catherine Wheel -Schubas
2/23 Buckwheat Zydeco -House of Blues
2/23 Autumn Defense -Schubas
2/23 Marques Wyatt -Smart Bar
2/23 Black Dahlia Murder -Metro
2/24 RJD2, Aceyalone -Metro
2/24 M’s, Archer Prewitt -Empty Bottle
2/24 Alexi Delano, Common Factor -Smart Bar
2/24 Fenians -Abbey
2/24 Deadstring Brothers -Schubas
2/24 (New Listing) Will Sheff of Okkervil River -Schubas
2/25 Animal Collective -Logan Square Auditorium
2/25 Wolf Eyes -Empty Bottle
2/25 Miles Maeda -Smart Bar
2/25 Ellis Paul -Schubas
2/25 Treologic, Star People -Abbey
2/25 (New Listing) Jordan Knight, Jeff Timmons -Joe’s
2/25 (New Listing) We Are Wolves -Schubas
2/25 (New Listing) Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets -Schubas
2/26 Bleeding Through, Every Time I Die -House of Blues
2/26 Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band -Vic
2/26 Overkill, Prong -Joe’s
2/26 (New Listing) Large Professor -Double Door
2/27 Common -House of Blues
2/27 Jai Alai Savant, Gogogo Airheart -Empty Bottle
2/27 (New Listing) Yeah Yeah Yeahs -Logan Square Auditorium
2/28 Meat Beat Manifesto -Abbey
2/28 Moenia -Metro
3/1 Mogwai, Growing -Logan Square Auditorium
3/1 Fray -Metro
3/1 Charlemagne -Empty Bottle
3/1 (New Listing) Gza, DJ Muggs, Self Scientific -Abbey
3/1 (New Listing) Living Things, Vacation -Schubas
3/2 Andy Caldwell -Smart Bar
3/2 Kiss Me Deadly -Schubas
3/2 (New Listing) Opeth -House of Blues
3/2 (New Listing) ZZZ -Empty Bottle
3/2 (New Listing) Shawn Mullins -Black Orchid
3/3 Matthew Dear -Smart Bar
3/3 Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower -Beat Kitchen
3/3 John Gorka -Schubas
3/3 Pearls and Brass -Empty Bottle
3/3 Whitehouse -Subterranean
3/4 Early Man, Priestess, Sword -Empty Bottle
3/4 Matisyahu -Riveria
3/4 Armor for Sleep -Metro
3/4 Fig Dish -Schubas
3/4 Steve Forbert -Schubas
3/4 Yngwie Malmsteen -House of Blues
3/4 (New Listing) Aqualung -Metro
3/4 (New Listing) My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult -Double Door
3/4 (New Listing) Juice -Abbey
3/5 Nada Surf -Metro
3/5 Nofx -House of Blues
3/5 (New Listing) Isobel Campbell -Schubas
3/5 (New Listing) Hanger 18, Brother Reade -Abbey
3/6 (New Listing) Anathallo -Schubas
3/6 (New Listing) Hellacopters -Double Door
3/7 (New Listing) Dilated Peoples, Planet Asia -Park West
3/7 (New Listing) Augustana -Schubas
3/8 Mest, Allister -House of Blues
3/8 Tina Dico -Schubas
3/8 Ester Drang -Empty Bottle
3/9 Thunderbirds Are Now! -Beat Kitchen
3/9 No Use for a Name, Suicide Machines -House of Blues
3/9 LP -Schubas
3/10 Split Lip Raymond -Empty Bottle
3/10 Orthrelm -Beat Kitchen
3/10 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists -Abbey
3/10 Of Montreal -Metro
3/10 Belle and Sebastian, New Pornographers -Riveria
3/10 Ghostface Killah -House of Blues
3/10 Umphrey’s McGee -Chicago Theatre
3/10 (New Listing) Mazarin, Double -Schubas
3/10 (New Listing) Slip -Martyrs’
3/11 Serena Maneesh -Empty Bottle
3/11 Loudon Wainwright III -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/11 Stereolab -Vic
3/11 Susan Werner -Schubas
3/11 (New Listing) Tommy Castro Band -FitzGerald’s
3/11 (New Listing) Cordero -Schubas
3/11 (New Listing) 3/12/06 Smoking Popes -Metro
3/11 (New Listing) Michael Buble -Auditorium Theatre
3/11 (New Listing) Kem -Chicago Theatre
3/12 Danu -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/12 69 Eyes -House of Blues
3/12 Victoria Vox -Schubas
3/12 (New Listing) Edwin McCain -House of Blues
3/12 (New Listing) Wedding Present -Double Door
3/12 (New Listing) Rick Wakeman of Yes -Abbey
3/13 Books -Schubas
3/13 Jamie Cullum -Park West
3/14 Subways -Empty Bottle
3/14 Taste of Chaos with Deftones, Thrice, Atreyu, Story of The Year, As I Lay Dying, Funeral for a Friend, The Receiving End of Sirens, Confession, Adair, Greeley Estates, Street Drum Corps -UIC Pavilion
3/14 Sisters of Mercy, Warlocks -Congress Theatre
3/14 Test Icicles -Logan Square Auditorium
3/14 (New Listing) Donald Fagen -Chicago Theatre
3/14 (New Listing) Jenny Lewis -Park West
3/15 (New Listing) Jack Callahan -Schubas
3/15 (New Listing) George Clinton and Parliment/Funkadelic -House of Blues
3/16 Solas -Abbey
3/16 (New Listing) Heartless Bastards, Soledad Brothers -Empty Bottle
3/16 (New Listing) Impossible Shapes -Subterranean
3/16 (New Listing) Sally -Schubas
3/17 Marc Ribot -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/17 Dirtbombs, Black Lips -Empty Bottle
3/17 Ellen Allien -Smart Bar
3/17 Steel Pulse -House of Blues
3/17 – 3/18 (New Listing) Radiators -FitzGerald’s
3/17 (New Listing) Balkan Beat Box -House of Blues
3/17 (New Listing) Cult -Vic
3/18 Cowboy Mouth -House of Blues
3/18 Mike Doughty -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/18 Saw Doctors -Vic
3/18 Akron/Family -Empty Bottle
3/18 Legendary Shack Shakers -Abbey
3/18 Arctic Monkeys -Metro
3/18 (New Listing) Shipping News -Schubas
3/19 Ray Price, Robbie Fulks -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/19 (New Listing) Guillemots -Schubas
3/19 (New Listing) Love is All -Empty Bottle
3/20 Richard Butler -Abbey
3/20 (New Listing) Billy Bragg -Double Door
3/21 (New Listing) Madball, Remembering Never, Zao -House of Blues
3/21 (New Listing) Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 -Double Door
3/22 Toni Braxton -House of Blues
3/22 Skeletons, Girl-Faced Boys -Empty Bottle
3/22 (New Listing) Minus 5 -Abbey
3/23 Queen and Paul Rodgers -Allstate Arena
3/23 Reggie and the Full Effect -Schubas
3/23 (New Listing) Magnolia Electric Company, Destroyer, Nedelle -Abbey
3/24 Octopus Project -Beat Kitchen
3/24 (New Listing) National -Double Door
3/24 (New Listing) Scout Niblett -Schubas
3/24 (New Listing) Slightly Stoopid, Bedouin Soundclash -House of Blues
3/24 (New Listing) Jason Forrest -Subterranean
3/25 – 3/27 The Academy Is… -House of Blues
3/25 I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness -Empty Bottle
3/25 (New Listing) Mr Scruff (DJ set) -Smart Bar
3/25 (New Listing) Stuart Davis -Schubas
3/25 (New Listing) James Blunt -Riveria
3/26 Tom Russell, Tom Brosseau -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/26 Don Ross & Michelle Manring -Double Door
3/26 (New Listing) Zion I -Abbey
3/27 Electric Six -Double Door
3/28 (New Listing) Boy Least Likely -Schubas
3/28 (New Listing) Deus -Double Door
3/29 Double Leopards -Empty Bottle
3/29 (New Listing) Children of Bodom, God Forbid -House of Blues
3/29 – 3/30 (New Listing) Sarah Harmer -Schubas
3/30 Coldplay -United Center
3/30 Jazzanova -Smart Bar
3/30 (New Listing) Korn, 10 Years, Mudvayne -Allstate Arena
3/30 (New Listing) Art Brut -Metro
3/30 (New Listing) Gossip, Comet Gain -Abbey
3/31 Plena Libre -Old Town School of Folk Music
3/31 Against All Authority -Beat Kitchen
3/31 Steve Bug -Smart Bar
3/31 Robert Pollard -Metro
3/31 Bob Schneider -Double Door
3/31 (New Listing) Al Green -House of Blues
3/31 (New Listing) Joggers, Oxford Collapse -Schubas
4/1 Son De Madera -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/1 Motion City Soundtrack -Vic
4/1 Ralph’s World -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/1 (New Listing) Dirty Dozen Brass Band -Abbey
4/1 (New Listing) Magic Numbers -Double Door
4/1 (New Listing) Poison the Well, Fall of Troy -Metro
4/1 (New Listing) 30 Seconds to Mars, Aiden, Emanuel -Metro
4/1 (New Listing) Arab Strap -Empty Bottle
4/1 (New Listing) Rachel Sage -Schubas
4/2 Beausoleil -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/3 (New Listing) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -Metro
4/3 (New Listing) Beth Orton -Vic
4/4 (New Listing) Brunettes -Schubas
4/6 (New Listing) Michael Glabicki -Double Door
4/6 (New Listing) Mates of State -Metro
4/6 (New Listing) Buckethead -Park West
4/7 UB40 -House of Blues
4/7 (New Listing) Anti-Flag, Casualties -Logan Square Auditorium
4/7 (New Listing) Eisley -Metro
4/7 (New Listing) 4/8/06 Raq -Martyrs’
4/7 (New Listing) Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal -Aragon
4/8 (New Listing) Eleventh Dream Day -Empty Bottle
4/8 (New Listing) Rob Zombie -Riveria
4/9 (New Listing) Saves the Day -Metro
4/11 Gaelic Storm -House of Blues
4/11 (New Listing) Take Action Tour with Matchbook Romance, Early November, Chiodos -House of Blues
4/12 – 4/13 David Gilmour -Rosemont Theatre
4/12 (New Listing) Etta James -House of Blues
4/13 (New Listing) Metric -Metro
4/14 Morbid Angel -Pearl Room
4/14 – 4/15 Built to Spill -Metro
4/14 – 4/15 Greyboy Allstars -House of Blues
4/14 (New Listing) Silver Jews -Double Door
4/14 (New Listing) Will Hoge -Park West
4/14 (New Listing) Particle -Abbey
4/15 (New Listing) Edith Frost, Zincs -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/15 (New Listing) Dan Bern -Martyrs’
4/15 (New Listing) Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint) -Abbey
4/16 (New Listing) Murs -Abbey
4/19 Fall Out Boy, All-American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights -UIC Pavilion
4/20 (New Listing) Jamie Lidell -Empty Bottle
4/21 Ladytron -Metro
4/22 Bohola, Teada -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/23 Cowboy Jack Clement, Jon Langford -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/28 Michael Mayer -Smart Bar
4/28 (New Listing) Alejandro Escovedo -Old Town School of Folk Music
4/30 Richie Havens -Old Town School of Folk Music
5/2 – 5/3 (New Listing) Alkaline Trio, Against Me -Metro
5/5 (New Listing) Pretty Girls Make Graves, Giant Drag -Metro
5/6 (New Listing) Flickerstick -Double Door
5/10 Cold Cut -Abbey
5/13 (New Listing) Acid Mothers Temple -Empty Bottle
5/20 Neil Innes performs the music of Monty Python -Abbey
5/20 (New Listing) Glen Phillips -Slippery Noodle
5/26 – 5/28 Summercamp 2006 with moe, Umphrey’s McGee, Keller Williams -Three Sisters Park (Chillicothe, IL)
6/3 Vader, Kataklysm, Nuclear Assault -Logan Square Auditorium
6/3 (New Listing) Meat Purveyors -Empty Bottle
6/10 (New Listing) Carl Palmer Band -Abbey
6/18 (New Listing) Liars -Logan Square Auditorium
7/2 Ministry, Revolting Cocks -House of Blues
7/29 – 7/30 (New Listing) Pitchfork Music Festival -Union Park
9/23 (New Listing) Celtic Frost -Vic
CINCINNATI, OH
2/7 Avenged Sevenfold -Bogarts
2/9 B R M C -Bogarts
2/10 Less Than Jake -Bogarts
2/10 Rickey Smiley -Taft Theatre
2/10 Pulse8 -Annie’s
2/11 Dierks Bentley -Cincinnati Gardens
2/12 Hinder -Bogarts
2/14 Mest -Bogarts
2/16 Sigur Ros -Taft Theatre
2/16 Matt Pond PA -20th Century Theatre
2/16 (New Listing) Halifax, Paramore -Top Cats
2/17 Nervous Wreck -Annie’s
2/19 Opeth -Bogarts
2/20 Snocore -Bogarts
2/23 Umphrey’s McGee -Bogarts
2/24 (New Listing) Black Keys -Bogarts
2/25 Nine Inch Nails -US Bank Arena
2/28 Overkill -Bogarts
3/1 Bleeding Through -Bogarts
3/4 (New Listing) Chieftains -Proctor and Gamble Hall
3/5 Blind Boys of Alabama -Cincinnati Pops Music Hall
3/7 David Gray -Taft Theatre
3/8 (New Listing) Augustana, Damnwells -Bogarts
3/10 (New Listing) Micael Buble -Taft Theatre
3/11 Martina McBride -Cincinnati Gardens
3/11 (New Listing) 69 Eyes -Bogarts
3/15 (New Listing) Steel Pulse -Annie’s
3/18 Casting Crowns -Cincinnati Gardens
3/18 (New Listing) Matisyahu -Bogarts
3/23 The Academy Is -Bogarts
3/25 (New Listing) Taproot -Bogarts
3/25 (New Listing) Oasis -Taft Theatre
3/31 (New Listing) Keller Williams -Bogarts
4/5 (New Listing) Starting Line -Bogarts
4/6 Anti-Flag -Bogarts
4/7 (New Listing) Saves the Day -Bogarts
4/12 (New Listing) Sub City Take Action Tour featuring Matchbook Romance -Bogarts
4/14 (New Listing) Metric -Bogarts
5/5 (New Listing) Bill Engvall -Taft Theatre
COLUMBUS, OH
2/6 Avenged Sevenfold -Newport Music Hall
2/6 She Wants Revenge -Little Brothers
2/9 Less Than Jake -Newport Music Hall
2/9 Spill Canvas -Basement
2/10 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -Newport Music Hall
2/10 Robert Pollard -Little Brothers
2/10 Motley Crue -Civic Center
2/11 In Flames, Trivium -Newport Music Hall
2/11 Veronicas -Basement
2/12 Starting Line, Copeland -Newport Music Hall
2/12 David Wilcox -Little Brothers
2/13 Sigur Rós -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
2/13 (New Listing) Paramore, Halifax -Basement
2/14 Mute Math -Basement
2/14 (New Listing) Greyskul -Little Brothers
2/16 Klezmatics -Fawcett Center
2/16 Girls Gone Wild Tour featuring Hinder and Revelation Theory -Newport Music Hall
2/17 Zoso – A Tribute to Led Zeppelin -Newport Music Hall
2/17 Matt Pond PA -Basement
2/18 Urban Bush Women -Palace
2/18 Snocore Tour with Seether & Shinedown -Newport Music Hall
2/18 Brad Paisley -Civic Center
2/21 Opeth -Newport Music Hall
2/22 Overkill, Prong -Newport Music Hall
2/22 Tristan Prettyman -Basement
2/23 (New Listing) Black Keys -Newport Music Hall
2/23 (New Listing) Living Things -Basement
2/24 – 2/25 Yonder Mountain String Band -Newport Music Hall
2/27 Horrorpops -Basement
2/27 (New Listing) Jefferson Starship -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
3/1 (New Listing) Morgan Heritage -Alrosa Villa
3/1 (New Listing) Railroad Earth -Basement
3/2 (New Listing) Steve Forbert -Little Brothers
3/2 (New Listing) Circa Survive -Basement
3/3 Peru Negro -Southern Theatre
3/3 (New Listing) Moonlight Drive -Newport Music Hall
3/4 (New Listing) Clarks, Watershed -Newport Music Hall
3/4 (New Listing) Wheatus -Little Brothers
3/4 (New Listing) Augustana, Damwells -Basement
3/4 (New Listing) Irish Tenors -Civic Center
3/8 Early Man -Little Brothers
3/8 Kem -Ohio Theater
3/9 (New Listing) Slip -Little Brothers
3/9 (New Listing) Reaganomics -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
3/10 Badfish -Newport Music Hall
3/10 (New Listing) Serena Maneesh -Little Brothers
3/10 (New Listing) Violent Femmes -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
3/11 (New Listing) Capital Tragedy -Newport Music Hall
3/11 (New Listing) Gabe Dixon Band -Basement
3/11 (New Listing) Chris Cagle -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
3/16 (New Listing) Slightly Stoopid -Newport Music Hall
3/21 San Francisco Jazz Collective -Palace
3/22 The Academy Is -Newport Music Hall
3/24 Silver Jews -Little Brothers
3/24 (New Listing) McGuffey Lane -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
3/25 Children of Bodom -Newport Music Hall
3/26 Casting Crowns -Schottenstein Center
3/26 (New Listing) Taproot -Newport Music Hall
3/27 (New Listing) I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness -Little Brothers
3/30 Electric Six -Little Brothers
3/31 Four Bitchin’ Babes -Southern Theatre
3/31 Gretchen Wilson -Schottenstein Center
3/31 (New Listing) Mushroomhead -Alrosa Villa
4/1 Relient K -Newport Music Hall
4/3 (New Listing) Soledad Brothers, Heartless Bastards -Little Brothers
4/4 (New Listing) 30 Seconds to Mars -Newport Music Hall
4/6 (New Listing) Rob Zombie -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
4/7 David Sedaris -Palace
4/14 Sub City Take Action Tour featuring Matchbook Romance -Newport Music Hall
4/14 (New Listing) Soul Position -Little Brothers
4/15 Dawn Upshaw -Southern Theatre
4/15 (New Listing) Keller Williams -Newport Music Hall
4/21 (New Listing) Enon -Little Brothers
4/26 Great Big Sea -Southern Theatre
4/29 (New Listing) Will Hoge -Basement
4/30 Tim Conway and Harvey Korman -Palace
5/9 Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights, From First to Last, October Fall -Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
5/11 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones -Southern Theatre
5/27 (New Listing) Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Dierks Bentley -Venue TBA
7/3 Ministry -Newport Music Hall
DAYTON, OH
2/10 Miquel Zenon Quartet -Dayton Art Institute
2/19 Motley Crue -Nutter Center
2/23 (New Listing) Toby Keith, Joe Nichols -Nutter Center
2/24 (New Listing) Friends of Bob and Tom -Hara Arena
3/10 (New Listing) John Gorka -Canal Street Tavern
3/12 (New Listing) Dr. John -Victoria Theatre
3/17 Taste of Chaos with Deftones, Thrice, Atreyu, Story of The Year, As I Lay Dying, Dredg, Pelican, Millionaire, Adair, Greeley Estates, Street Drum Corps -Hara Arena
3/18 Liz Carroll and John Doyle -Victoria Theatre
3/23 (New Listing) 3/24/06 Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Dierks Bentley -Nutter Center
3/29 Cristina Branco -University of Dayton – Boll Theatre
4/15 Randy Weston -Dayton Art Institute
4/21 Le Vent Du Nord -Victoria Theatre
4/23 (New Listing) Fall Out Boy -Hara Arena
This article appears in January 26, 2006.