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WED Sept 23
Buster’s: The Sounds, Foxy Shazam; 7 p.m., $15, 18+
Flanagan’s Ale House: Weber, Adam Hardesty; 8:30 p.m., free
Headliners: Yo La Tengo, Endless Boogie; 8 p.m., $17 (adv.), $20 (door); 18+
Hideaway: Terrapin Hill Festival Kickoff: Roster McCabe; 10 p.m., $2
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Derby City Bop Association: Boogie in the Bluegrass; salsa dance party (Ballroom), 6 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 9 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Luminescent Orchestrii, Fishtank Ensemble; 7 p.m., $15 (adv.), $20 (door)
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 10 p.m., free
The Lounge: Jim Masterson’s Blues Jam; 9:30 p.m., free
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
The Patron: Wax On Wednesday with Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Poetry of the Dead; WTFX Retro Rewind with DJ Bach (Saloon), 10 p.m.; 99 MPH (Roof Garden) 10:30 p.m.; Sunday Six (Taproom), 9:30 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+
Pop’s Place: Open Mic with Sean Magnum; 8:30 p.m., free
R Place Pub: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Skull Alley: Bad Blood, Davila 666, Midnite Sons; 7 p.m., $6, all ages
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: The Newbees, Mike Fair & The Adventure Seekers; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Brian Fox Band, Chris Holcombe Band; 9 p.m., $4
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Volare: Carly Johnson, Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: DJ Optimix Prime; 9 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Clay Harned; 9 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Karaoke with Rob Schuler; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Zeppelin Café: John Gage; noon; Krekel Bros. Dance Band; 8 p.m., free (R)
THU Sept 24
Bluegrass Brewing Co.: Janis Pruitt with Mike Williams; 7 p.m., free
Buster’s: Koffin Kats, Sawyer Family, Loaded Nuns; 8 p.m., $10, $18+
Derby City Espresso: Dare Dukes; 8 p.m.,
Hideaway Saloon: Boot Dagger; 10:30 p.m., $2
Jazzy Blu: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Fattlabb; 7:30 p.m. (R every other Thursday)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: U-Call-It Dance Night: DJ Ron Wallace, Swing dance lessons by Patrick; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Karaoke with Steve (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $3 after 8 p.m. (R)
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Missy Raines and the New Hip; 7 p.m., $18
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Open Mic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Open mic blues jam; 8 p.m., free
The Lounge: Open mic, karaoke; 8:45 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Audition Night: Jeffrey James, Pistol Shot Gypsy, Any Day Parade (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+
Rudyard Kipling: Thursday Night Soul Sessions: Jimmy Davis; 7 p.m., $10 (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: Midpoint Music Festival: Deke Dickerson with The Modern Sounds (3-day Midpoint Music Festival passes accepted); 8 p.m., $8 (adv.) / $10 (door), 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday: Straw Boss; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Stacey Mitchhart Band; 9 p.m., $13
Swan Dive: Endless Boogie, Cross; 9 p.m., $6
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Kimmet & Doug, Spin The Wheel; 10 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Soul Search w/ Tim Lickteig; 8 p.m., $5 (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Karaoke with French Kiss; 8 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna; 8 p.m., free (R)
Zanzabar: DJ Dave Desitin; 10 p.m., free (R)
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
FRI Sept 25
Bellarmine University: Irish Fest: Shaughraun (Cralle Theater); 7:30 p.m., $5
Bluegrass Brewing Co.: Green Party; 8 p.m., free
Buster’s: Blues Traveler, The Last Straw; 7 p.m., $25, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Fat Friday Trolley Hop: Janis Pruitt & Mike Williams with Jessica Cristen Pruitt; 8 p.m., free
Flanagan’s Ale House: Mark “Big Papa” Stampley; 11 p.m., $4
Gerstle’s: OK Kino, Over The Weather; 10 p.m., $3
Hideaway Saloon: Louisville Allstars; 10:30 p.m., $5
Jazzy Blu: Jerry Tolson Quartet; 8 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Spare Change (Ballroom); Playhouse (Good Time Room); D-Man & The Alley Hounds (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Karem’s Grill & Pub: The Over-Reactors; 8 p.m., free
Live Lunch WFPK: David Mead with Bill DeMain; noon, free, first-come, first seated; members at the $120 level or above can reserve seats
Longhead’s Bar & Grill: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Broadfield Marchers; 10:30 p.m., free
The Lounge: Earbone; 10 p.m., $5
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar: 10-Cent Toll Booth; 10 p.m., free
Natasha’s Bistro: Ellery; 9 p.m., $8
New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater: Bubbles & Bluegrass: Cast Iron Airplane, guitar workshop with Chris Brandstatt; 6:30 p.m., free
The Patron: Burgers, Beers & Beats with DJ Kim Sorise; 8 p.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: 99 MPH (Saloon), 10 p.m.; Phall Ball: Blister Hyde (Roof Garden), 10 p.m.; Slo-Kill (Taproom); 10 p.m., $10; 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: Katie & The Assassination; 10 p.m., $3
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview: Whiskey Tango; 9 p.m., free
R Place Pub: Merry Pranksters; 10 p.m., free
Seelbach Bar:? Dick Sisto Trio; 9 p.m., free
Seidenfaden: Hambone; 10 p.m., free
Southgate House: Ballroom: Midpoint Music Festival: The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker, Jon Justice Band (3-day Midpoint Music Festival passes accepted), 8:30 p.m., $12 (adv.) / $15 (door), 18+; Parlor: Midpoint Music Festival: The Mighty, Lab Partners, Frontier Folk Nebraska, The Atriums; 8 p.m., free, 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Los Honchos; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: King Bees, V-Groove; 7:30 p.m., $5
Swan Dive: Cheater Slicks, Legba Bentonia, The Teeth; 10 p.m., $4
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: DJ Mikus; 10 p.m., $2
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Derby Town Bones; 8 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Nick Hoffman
Zanzabar: David Mead, Brigid Kaelin, Butch Rice; 7 p.m., $8
Zeppelin Café: Parrothead Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
SAT Sept 26
Bearno’s on the River: Grimey Rhyme Regime (Nacirema, D.O.H., The Joker, Polio); 11 p.m., $5 (18+), free (21+)
Bellarmine University: Irish Fest: Main Stage: Louisville Pipe Band, Cloigheann, Irish Dancers, Alair, The Rashers, Guilderoy Byrne, Liam’s Fancy, Needfire, 11 p.m.; Pub Stage: Donnybrook, Lance Minnis, Guilderoy Byrne, Irish Dancers, Louisville Pipe Band, Alair, Lance Minnis, noon; Sessions Stage: Josh Bailey, Robert Tincher, Donnybrook, Riley School; 1 p.m.; Inside Stage: Robert Tincher, Josh Bailey, Robert Tincher; 12:30 p.m., $3, under 12 and military free
Blue Mountain Coffeehouse: Jessi Blair & Noah Wotherspoon; 7 p.m., free
Buster’s: Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun, with Varsovia, 8 p.m., $7, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Joey Sandals; 9 p.m., free
Creekers: The Yard Dogs; 10 p.m., free
700 Block East Market: NULU Fest: Ben Sollee, The Instruction, Generic Alternatives, Lucky Pineapple, Thomas A. Minor & The Picket Line; 5 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Blind Corn Liquor Pickers; 10:30 p.m., $5
Jazzy Blu: Maestro J & The Jazzyblu Triad; 8 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Spare Change (Ballroom); Playhouse (Good Time Room); Nasty Habit Blues Band (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., $6 after 8 p.m.
Joey G’s: Hambone; 9 p.m., free
Kingpin Lanes: The Shining feat. Gina & Grant; 9 p.m., free
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: MojoBey, The Rumblers, Earbone, Pork Pie James; 7 p.m., $5
Longshot Tavern: Dirty Church Revival; 10 p.m., free
The Lounge: The Lounge Band; 10 p.m., $3
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar: Billy Goat Gruff Band; 10 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Pianist Tian Ying; 8 p.m., free
Mill Creek VFW Post: Denny Wheatley & Friends (CD Release); 8 p.m., $5
Nachbar: Schnitzelburg Walk/Octoberfest: Natural Geographic, The Bad Reeds, Thomas A. Minor & The Picket Line, Dangerbird; 5 p.m., free
The Patron: Bossa Nova Brunch with DJ Kim Sorise; 10 a.m., free (R)
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Ugly, Signal 48, 99 MPH (Saloon), 8 p.m., $10; Naked Garden (Roof Garden), 10:30 p.m.; Seventh Story (Taproom), 9:30 p.m.; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party; 8 p.m. (Living Room); DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party, 8 p.m. (Deck Bar)
Pop’s Place: Schnitzelburg Walk: Down Jupiter, Two Pump Chump, The Abductees, Ebenezer Primitive; 7 p.m., free
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview: Whiskey Tango; 9 p.m., free
R Place Pub: DJ; 10 p.m., free
River Bend Winery: The Bobby Falk Group; 7:30 p.m., $10
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio with pianist Phil DeGregg; 9 p.m., free
Singletary Center for the Arts: Bettye LaVette; 7:30 p.m., $20-$8
Southgate House: Ballroom: Midpoint Music Festival: The Buffalo Killers, J. Dorsey Blues Revival, Oxford Cotton (3-day Midpoint Music Festival passes accepted); 8:30 p.m., $8 (adv.) / $10 (door), 18+; Parlour: Midpoint Music Festival: Ed fROMOHIO (Ed Crawford from fIREHOSE), Ampline, The Read, State Song; 8 p.m., free, 18+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: King Bees, V-Groove; 7:30 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: Pokey LaFarge, Rum Drum Ramblers; 9 p.m.
Union Station: The Uprising, Hear Today; 8 p.m., $2
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: NY ’77: The Deloreans, The Ladybirds, DJ Dwight Johnson, Hay DJ; 9 p.m., $10
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: XS; 10 p.m., $2
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Wax Factory; 7 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Revenue; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rachael Stump
Zeppelin Café: Schnitzelburg Walk: The Hetzels, Lazy 11, Hellfish, 6 p.m., free
SUN Sept 27
Bellarmine University: Irish Fest: Main Stage: Louisville Pipe Band, Needfire, Liam’s Fancy, The Rashers, Keltricity; Pub Stage: Keltricity, Robert Tincher; Sessions Stage: Josh Bailey, Riley School; Inside Stage: Irish Dancers, Robert Tincher; 1 p.m.; $3, under 12 free, $1 off with canned good
Clifton’s Pizza: Misha and Pete Peterson; 8 p.m., free
Jazzy Blu: Doug Finke & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 10 p.m., free (R)
The Lounge: Acoustic showcase; 8:30 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Michael Tunnell (trumpet), Brett Shuster (trombone), Jack Ashworth (organ), Meme Tunnell (piano), 3 p.m.; University Wind Ensemble; 7:30 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench:? Open Stage for the Sage; 8 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free
Southgate House: Weedeater, Blacklight Barbarian, Beneath Oblivion; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.) / $13 (door), all ages
Swan Dive: In Cadeo, Nerves Junior; 9 p.m., $3
Turtle Run Winery: Vinyl Kings; 1:30 p.m., free
Uncle Pleasant’s: Chthonic, Created To Kill, Nothing Wrong, Boethia, Breaking Stride, I’m Coming With You; 7 p.m., $10, all ages
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Larryoke; 8 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: Service Industry Night: DJ Dave; 9 p.m., free
MON Sept 28
Buster’s: Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, Cage The Elephant; $25 (adv.), $28 (door), 8 p.m., 18+
Expo Five: Down, The Melvins, Weed-eater, Evil Army; 7 p.m., $23 (adv.), $25 (door)
Hideaway Saloon:? Tom Boone & Friends; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Malcolm Bird Recital Hall: Faculty Jazz Ensemble; 7 p.m., free
Southgate House: Parlor: Pokey LaFarge, Andy Friedman & The Other Failures, Margaret Darling; 9 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20); Juney’s Lounge: Open Mic Night with Ryan Malott; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Mic with Alanna Fugate, Justin Lewis; 9 p.m., free (R)
Swan Dive: Sapat, Jack Rose, Zak Riles; 9 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
TUE Sept 29
Buster’s: Nash Brighton Project Benefit: Tee Dee Young; 6 p.m., $11.95, 21+
Clifton’s Pizza: danny flanigan with Jeff Miller; 8 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Beer Bent Local Boys; 10:30 p.m., $4
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s?: Derby City Association Bop Night: DJ Bob; 6 p.m., $2 (R)
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Bluegrass; 7 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: Jack Rose; 9 p.m., $5, $3 with UK student ID
R Place Pub: Big Rick Show; 10 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues, Jazz Jam; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Zanzabar: Burt Mobain; 9 p.m., free
This article appears in September 23, 2009.