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WED Sept 9
Flanagan’s Ale House: Butch Rice, Nick Payne, Daniel Hardin; 8:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s?: WAMZ Free Country Wednesday; Wichita Rose, line dancing (Ballroom), 7 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 9 p.m., free
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free
The Lounge: Jim Masterson’s Blues Jam; 9:30 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Mungus, WTFX Retro Rewind with DJ Bach (Saloon), 10 p.m.; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; $3-$5, 21+
River Bend Winery: Bobby Falk Group; 7:30 p.m., $10
Skull Alley: Deer Meet, Icarus Himself, Broadfield Marchers; 8 p.m., $5, all ages
Southgate House: Parlour: Josh Albright, Front Porch Folk, Frontier Folk Nebraska; 9 p.m., $5 (21+) / $8 (18-20); Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: The Newbees, The Rubber Knife Gang; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Patty Cain Trio, Dr. Knox; 9 p.m., $4
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Volare: Carly Johnson, Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Deuce Leader; 9 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m.
THU Sept 10
The 930 Listening Room: Vandaveer, Squeeze-bot, Brother Stephen; 7 p.m., $5, all ages
Headliners: The Features, The Fervor, The Instruction; 8 p.m., $12, 18+
Jazzy Blu: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s: U-Call-It Dance Night: DJ Ron Wallace (Ballroom); Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $3 after 8 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Open Mic; 9 p.m., free
The Lounge: Open mic, karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Pianist Lee Luvisi; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Audition Night: Gabe Vitek & The Ivory (Saloon), 10 p.m., $1; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; 21+
Pop’s Place: Amanda Lucas with Audrey Cecil, Mindy Tolle, Jeff Grimm; 9 p.m., $4
Skull Alley:? Technology Vs. Horse, Space Hooker, Eddie & the Fuck Munkys; 8 p.m., $5, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Cowboy Mouth, Those Darlins; 8 p.m., $15 (adv.) / $18 (door), 18+; Parlour: Lord T & Eloise, Nightbeast; 8 p.m. $8 (adv.) / $10 (door); all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday: Centralia Massacre, The Tillers; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Biker’s Night: The Kodiaks; 9 p.m., $5, bikers in free
Swan Dive: Ill Ease, Lazer Crust; 9 p.m., $3
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Zanzabar: DJ Dave Desitin; 10 p.m., free
FRI Sept 11
Bluegrass Brewing Co.: Green Party; 8 p.m., free
Browning’s: Carly Johnson, Craig Wagner, 5 p.m., free
Buster’s: Town Branch Trail Benefit: Fifth on the Floor, Coralee & the Townies; 7 p.m., $10, 18+
Derby City Chop Shop: Pokey LaFarge; 7 p.m.
Glassworks: Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue, Yardsale, Stephen George; $7; 8 p.m.
Headliners: Static-X, Devastation By Dawn, This Is War; 7 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door), all ages
Jazzy Blu: Jerry Tolson Quartet; 8 p.m., free
Jeff Ruby’s: Louisville Visual Arts Benefit: Carly Johnson with Craig Wagner, Chris Fitzgerald, Jason Tiemann; 5:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s: The Names (Ballroom); Old School (Good Time Room); Clay St. Blues All Stars (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Stonecutters, Witness The Reckoning; 10 p.m., $5, 21+
Live Lunch WFPK: Vandaveer; noon, free, first-come, first seated; members at the $120 level or above can reserve seats
Molly Malone’s: DJ Ryan Coxx; 10:30 p.m., $3
Monkey Wrench: Pokey LaFarge, Nathan Blake Lynn; 9 p.m., $5
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Pop Evil, Janus, No One Zero, Blowfly (Saloon), 8 p.m.; Catch 22 (Roof Garden), 10 p.m., $10 (adv.), $12 (door); The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), $5 after 9 p.m. (first floor only); 21+
Pop’s Place: Droppin’ The Deuce; 10 p.m., $3
Poynt Park: Blues To The Point Festival: The Stella-Vees, Jimmy Davis Band, The Brotherhood, Little Joe McLerran; 5 p.m., $15, $25 for weekend pass, $10 camping permit
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview: Billy Hatfield; 9 p.m., free
Skull Alley: The Teeth, Mother Tongue, Lost Subway; 8 p.m., $5
Southgate House: Ballroom: James McMurtry, Patrick Sweany; 7:30 p.m., $15 (adv.) / $18 (door); 18+: Juney’s Lounge: Shiny & The Spoon, The Bell And The Hammer, Bird And Flower, Channing & Quinn; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Sue O’Neill & Blues Seville, The Predators; 7:30 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Vernon Club: Jonell Mosser; 8:30 p.m., $15, 21+
Westport Village: The Muench Band; 7 p.m., free
Wick’s Baxter: DJ Optimix Prime; 10 p.m., $2
SAT Sept 12
Air Devil’s Inn: Bluestown; 10 p.m., free
Applebee’s La Grange: The Over-Reactors; midnight, free
Baxter Ave.: Original Highlands Festival: Bodeco, Grayson Capps, Those Darlins, Edgehill Avenue, Yard Dogs, Mad Tea Party, Gutters Girl, Bobby Falk Group, Hambone, John Gage; noon, free, all ages
Buster’s: The Derek Trucks Band, Van Ghost; 7 p.m., $25; 18+
Clifton Center: The Mad Tea Party; 7:30 p.m., $12, $10 for porch pals
Headliners:? Moon Taxi, 8 p.m., $10
Jazzy Blu: Maestro J & The Jazzyblu Triad; 8 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s?: The Names (Ballroom); Old School (Good Time Room); Clay St. Blues All Stars (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Kingpin Lanes: XS; 9 p.m., free
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar:? Louisville School Of Rock; 7 p.m.
Mellwood Arts Center: Indie Life Radio Festival: Scarlett Veil, Blunt Force Trauma, Moses Uvere, The Drama Scene, Thorn Fetish, Occum’s Razor, David La Duke Band, 2 Days Out, Deliver Us From Evil, Chained Fate, Sykohed, The Rise of Defiance, Erratik Brew, Poetry of The Dead, Hardlein, Of Echoes, Overthrone, Tattoo’d Millionaires; 10 a.m., $25, $40 (2-day pass)
Molly Malone’s: DJ Crandall; 10:30 p.m., $3
Ogle Center: Johnny & The Deadbirds Johnny Cash Tribute; 8 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Carbon Leaf, The Elms, Blowfly (Saloon), 8 p.m., $15; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room); 5 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; $6 after 9 p.m., 21+
Poynt Park: Blues To The Point Festival: Corner Soul, Big Poppa Stampley, Will Owen-Gage, Roy Gentry, Wayne Young & The Louisville Legends Eric Clapton Tribute, Lazy Eleven, Gordon Bonham, Little Joe McLerran, The Bama Band; noon, $20, $25 for weekend pass, $10 camping permit
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview:?Billy Hatfield; 9 p.m., free
Skull Alley: Native, Mountain Asleep, Antilles, La Dispute, Xerxes; 6 p.m., $5, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: The Seedy Seeds, You, You’re Awesome, Tristen, The Receiver; 8:30 p.m., $6 (21+), $8 (18-20); Parlour: Existaria, Ocelots; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20)
Startin’ Gate: Dub Crowther, Cascade Hollow, Drifter’s Wind; 7 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Sue O’Neill & Blues Seville, Most Wanted; 7:30 p.m., $5
Uncle Pleasant’s: Bury Your Dead, At Lights End, Revive The Fallen, Nannie Doss, No Sign of Murder; 7:30 p.m., $12, all ages
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Vernon Club: Brad Cassetto, Armaedy, Ted Stevens; $5; 8 p.m., 18+
Wick’s Baxter: Deuce Leader; 10 p.m., $2
Zeppelin: Will Gage; 10 p.m., $5
SUN Sept 13
Cherokee Park: Big Rock Jazz Fest: Eddie Clark & The Louisville Jazz Collective, The West Market Street Stompers with Gale Wynters, Robbie Bartlett Trio; 2 p.m., free
Jazzy Blu: Doug Finke & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m.
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: 17th Annual Faculty Gala; 3 p.m., $12 general admission, $8 for students; University choruses; 7:30 p.m., free
Mellwood Arts Center: Indie Life Radio Festival: Boone and Gamble, David La Duke, Jimmy Lovelace, The Layzees, Blues Town, Jane Rose Band, Peach, Lost Kauze, Solklinch, Chakras, Naked Under Your Clothes, Fulcrum Point, Rivershyne, Atomic Pimp Hand, Festival of The Damned, Casualty, Pulse 8; 10 a.m., $25, $40 (2-day pass)
Monkey Wrench:? Open Stage for the Sage; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 7 p.m.
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
MON Sept 14
Hideaway Saloon:? Tom Boone & Friends; 9:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Malcolm Bird Recital Hall: Jamey Aebersold Quartet; 7 p.m., free
Southgate House: Parlour: Brooke Waggoner, Denison Witmer, Kyle Knapp; 8 p.m., $8 (adv.), $10 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Juney’s Lounge: Open Mic Night with Kinsey Rose; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate, Justin Lewis; 9 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
TUE Sept 15
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan, Alanna Fugate; 8 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s: Derby City Association Bop Night: DJ Bob; 6 p.m., $2
Headliners: Cycle of Pain, Burn To Shine; 7 p.m., $15
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Bluegrass; 7 p.m., free
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Karaoke With DJ Swirl; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues, Jazz Jam; 7:30 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Maserati, Young Widows, The Genitalmen; 9:30 p.m., $8; 21+
This article appears in September 9, 2009.
