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WED Sept. 2
Derby City Espresso: Ed Black’s Unleaded Open Mic Comedy; 8 p.m., free
Flanagan’s Ale House: Hambone; 8:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s?: WAMZ Free Country Wednesday; 65 South, 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
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Rifle, WTFX Retro Rewind with DJ Bach (Saloon), 10 p.m.; Those Sensational Bastardz (Roof Garden), 10:30 p.m.; Too Far Gone (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+
Skull Alley: Poetry Slam; 8 p.m., free, all ages
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence, The Newbees, The Turkeys; 9 p.m., free, all ages
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Adam Hardesty, Brothers on the Sly; 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?: DJ Optimix Prime; 9 p.m., free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 8 p.m.
THU Sept. 3
Bulldog Café?: Epicurean, Luna Mortis, Theories Of The Apocalypse, Infradread, Blood Upon The Fire; 7 p.m., $5, all ages
Derby City Espresso: C.T. Robinson, Jaime Duvall, Chris Weiss; 9 p.m., free, all ages
Heine Brothers (Eastern Pkwy.): Rebecca Williams; 7 p.m., free
Icthus Farm (Wilmore): Crowe Fest: The Moron Brothers, Dean Osborne; 6 p.m., free, all ages; weekend pass: $30 (adv.), $45 (door)
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
Natasha’s Bistro: Flamenco Talk; 9 p.m., $10
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Audition Night: Crow Hollow Blonde (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+
R Place Pub: Dr. Knox; 10 p.m., free
Skull Alley:? The Highlight Reel, The Winter Sounds, Lunapollo, Moose Factory; 7 p.m., $5
Southgate House: Ballroom: Grooveshire (EP Release), The Last Straw; 8 p.m., $7 (21+) $10 (18-20); Parlour: Stardeath & White Dwarfs, The Koala Fires, State Song; 8:30 p.m., $8 (adv.) $10 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday, The Dixie Bee-Liners, Mt. Pleasant String Band; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Darrell Nullisch; 7:30 p.m., $10
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Zanzabar: Buffalo Bill, Ghostfinger; 9 p.m., $5
FRI Sept. 4
Belvedere: WorldFest Fountain Stage: Quitumbe Andean Ballet, Quitumbe Orchestra, Noh Japanese Dancers, The Derby Boys, Maestro J, Sones de Mexico Ensemble; Main Stage: Quitumbe Orchestra, Quitumbe Andean Ballet, Desperados Steel and Drum Band, Flamenco Louisville, Hussam Al Aydi & Baladna with Coco Yam, Cosa Seria, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, 10:30 a.m.; Overlook: Angel Cordero, Yunior, Evelyn Mercado, Diego Palma, TA2, Mariachi Zelaya; 3 p.m.
Brown Theatre: 1964 (Beatles tribute); 8 p.m., $20-$60
Brownings: Carly Johnson, Craig Wagner, 5 p.m., free
Buster’s: These United States, Chico Fellini, Wax Fang; 7 p.m., $10, 18+
Caffé Classico: Arturo Martinez, George Wakim; 10:30 p.m., $10
Clear Creek Festival Grounds: Clear Creek Art & Music Fest: Skunk Cabbage?, Carla Gover, ?Sun Dogs, ?The Rough Customers, ?Mud Pi, ?DJ Natrone, Late Night at Camp Zevon’s Second Stage Pickin’ Circle; 6 p.m., $25 weekend pass, $10 per tent suggested donation
Clifton’s Pizza?: Mickey Clark; 8 p.m., free
Derby City Espresso: FAT Friday Trolley Hop: Brother Stephen; 8 p.m., free
Flanagan’s Ale House: Ashley Burchett; 11 p.m., $3
Glassworks Rooftop: French Horn Rebellion, Database; PYRMYDZ (Craig Pfunder of VHS or Beta), OK DeeJays, DJ Lumpsum; 8 p.m., $7
Icthus Farm (Wilmore): Crowe Fest: The Bluegrass Journeymen, Ruby and ’Em, KSBTM Ensemble, Dean Osborne Band, The Grascals, Crossroads, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Grascals; noon, $15 (adv.), $25 (door), all ages; weekend pass: $30 (adv.), $45 (door)
Jazzy Blu: Jerry Tolson Quartet; 8 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s?: Leo Night & The Moonlighters (Ballroom); The Degenerates (Good Time Room); George Brackens Blues Band (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., ladies free until 10 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Live Lunch WFPK: Sones de Mexico; noon, free, first-come, first seated; members at the $120 level or above can reserve seats
The Lounge: Anita Fix, Sapat, Natural Geographic; 10 p.m., $3
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar: Westport Village Labor Day Celebration: The Rigby’s; 7 p.m.?
Hazel Street: Little Africa/Southwick, Cotter Homes Reunion; noon, free
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Robbing Zombie (Rob Zombie Tribute), Lucky 13 (Saloon), 8 p.m.; Eddy Metal Showcase: Evil Engine No. 9, Inner Blue, 16 Bones, Porno Fishtank, Noise Bucket (Roof Garden), 10 p.m., $10; Whitey Morgan & the 78s, The Boogie Men (Taproom); 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+
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview:?Harold Gilbert; 9 p.m., free
Seelbach Bar:? Dick Sisto Trio; 9 p.m., free
Shenanigans Pub: Buda Band; 9:30 p.m., free
Skull Alley: Second Story Man, Nakatomi Plaza, Desolation Wilderness, Attica Attica, Alcohawk; 7 p.m., $6, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Polvo, Dirty Johnny & The Make Believes, Mock Orange; 8:30 p.m., $12 (adv.) / $15 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Lauris Vidal; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Chuck Wells & Stone Cold Blues, B.F. Burt & The Instigators; 7:30 p.m., $5
Swan Dive: ?The Great Unknown, Tony Wain & The Pain, eremy•JIrvin; 9 p.m., $5
Third Street Dive: 500 Miles To Memphis; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
SAT Sept. 5
Applebee’s New Albany: The Over-Reactors; 9 p.m., free
Belvedere: Worldfest: Main Stage: Louisville Pipe Band, River City Drum Corp., Ruric-Amari and the Samovar Dance Theater, Salsa Rhythms Band, Men of Thunda, Quitumbe Andean Ballet, Quitumbe Orchestra, Alma Gitana, Acapulco! Latin-Tropical Party Band; 1 p.m.; Fountain Stage: Dublin Taiko Boosters, Imani Dance & Drum Company, Arcoiris Latino, Heaven & Earth 360, FlamencoTalk, Al Hamsa, Ut Gret with Ruric-Amari, The Ark Band; 1 p.m.; Overlook: CumbiaMex, Arcoiris, Baile Azteka, C-Stylez, Bomba Plena, Cosa Seria; 11 a.m., free
Buster’s: Goldenrod, Idaho, Alaska, Some Other Meanness; 8 p.m, free, 21+
Collections: Westport Village Labor Day Celebration: Cassie Jamie; 2:30 p.m., free
Clear Creek Festival Grounds: Alanna Fugate, Mitch Barrett, Randy Wilson, Renee Flemings, Joseph Webb, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., Paula Sinclair, The Possum Playboys with Miss Molly Dee, Paula Larke, R.I.S.E.,
Sacred Fire Dance, DJ Oja, DJ Chela, Second Stage Pickin’ Circle; 11 a.m., $25 weekend pass, $10 per tent suggested donation
ear X-tacy: Anna Shepherd; 3 p.m., free, all ages
Headliners:? Bloom Street, Arnett Hollow, Bawn in the Mash; 9 p.m., $10, 18+
Icthus Farm (Wilmore): The Moron Brothers, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top Express, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Lonesome River Band, Blue Tyes of Grass, Brighter Day, Eddie Pennington, The Moron Brothers, The Dean Osborne Band, Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top Express, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Lonesome River Band; $20 (adv.), $30 (door), all ages; weekend pass: $30 (adv.), $45 (door)
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?: Leo Night & The Moonlighters (Ballroom); The Degenerates (Good Time Room); George Brackens Blues Band (Melody Bar); 6 p.m., ladies free until 10 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m.
Lapping Park: The Howards; 7 p.m., free
The Lounge: Perfect Fit; 10 p.m., $4
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar:? Westport Village Labor Day Celebration: Merry Pranksters; 7 p.m., free
Nachbar: Karass (CD Release), The Pat Sajak Assassins; 10 p.m., free, 21+
Phoenix Hill Tavern?: Unknown Hinson, Parlor Tricks, Boogie Juice (Saloon), 8 p.m., $15; Thirteenth Sun, Hollywood Gutterrats (Roof Garden), 9:30 p.m.; Hambone, Steel Mist (Taproom), 9 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 8 p.m.; $6 after 9 p.m., 21+
Qdoba Highlands: Bobby Falk Group, 7 p.m., free, all ages
Quarter Pole Lounge, Holiday Inn Lakeview:?Harold Gilbert; 9 p.m., free
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio with trombonist Chris Fortner; 9 p.m., free
Seidenfaden: Johnny Berry & The Outliers; 11 p.m., $5
Skull Alley: Fight Amp, Dark Overlords of the Universe, Millions, The New Mexico; 7 p.m., $5
Southgate House: Ballroom: Stereo Deluxe, Buckra, Great Young Hunters; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20): Parlour: Clifford Nevernew Reunion, Eagle To Squirrel, 7 Speed Vortex, 8:30 p.m., free, 18+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: St. John’s Wort, B.F. Burt & The Instigators; 7:30 p.m., $5
Swan Dive: Natural Geographic, Anita Fix, DR Country; 9 p.m., $3
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Water Tower: Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival: The Dixie Bee-liners, Relic, Hickory & Friends, The Cumberlands; 5 p.m., $6 before 6 p.m., $9 after 9 p.m., children under 10 free
Whitney Hall: Fanfara with Joshua Bell, Jorge Mester; 8:30 p.m., $25-$75
SUN Sept. 6
Buster’s: Autolux, Candy, Mini-Mansions; 7 p.m., $7, 18+
Caffe Classico: Flamenco Talk: Arturo Martinez, Mariya Tarakanova, Brent Del Bianco, George Wakim, Sholeh; 7 p.m., $60 includes four-course dinner; only 40 tickets available.
Jazzy Blu: Doug Finke & Friends; 7 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m.
Longshot Tavern?: Woodstock 40th Birthday Bash: Merry Pranksters, Fade 2 Grey, John Gage, Thirteenth Sun, Stonewheel, Bob Ramsey, Mr. Charlie Reunion; 5 p.m., $5
The Lounge: Carly Johnson with The Lounge Band; 8:45 p.m., free
Macca’s Florida Grill & Bar: Westport Village Labor Day Celebration: The Wulfe Brothers; 7 p.m., free
Monkey Wrench:? Open Stage for the Sage; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Smile Empty Soul (Saloon); 8 p.m., $10; The Big Kahuna’s Karaoke Party (Living Room), 8 p.m.; DJ Tsunami’s Smokin’ Hot Dance Party (Deck Bar), 7 p.m.
Southgate House: Labor Day Extravaganza: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, 500 Miles To Memphis, The Frankl Project (Ballroom); Mandy Marie & The Cool Hand Lukes, Straw Boss (Parlour); Ricky Nye Inc., With Crazy Joe Titschler, Video (Juney’s Lounge); 8 p.m., $10 (adv.) / $15 (door), 18+
Swan Dive: Little Wings, Zak Riles (Grails); 9 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
Water Tower: The Hillbenders, Brand New Strings, Hog Operation, Cast Iron Airplane, The Rise & Shine Cloggers; 5 p.m., $6 before 6 p.m., $9 after 9 p.m., children under 10 free
MON Sept. 7
Hideaway Saloon:? Tom Boone & Friends; 9:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Open Mic Night With Mike Kuntz; 9 p.m., free, 21+
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar?: Tommy Castro Band; 7:30 p.m., $20
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free
TUE Sept. 8
Jerry Green & Friends:? Karaoke; 9 p.m., free
Jim Porter’s?: Derby City Association Bop Night: DJ Bob; 6 p.m., $2
Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge: ?Bluegrass; 7 p.m., free
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: J. Patrick Rafferty (violin); 8 p.m., free
Southgate House: Parlour: Vandaveer, Daniel Martin Moore, Margaret Darling; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20); 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
This article appears in September 1, 2009.