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Wed. Oct. 6
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
BBC 4th Street: Songwriters showcase with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
The Bard’s Town: Karaoke w/ Teri French; 9 p.m., free
Bearno’s Highlands: Open Mic w/ The Bar Belle; 8 p.m., free
Blu: Craig Wagner & Carly Johnson; 7 p.m., free; Big Poppa Stampley; 8:30 p.m. (R)
Brown Theatre: Band Of Horses, Brad, Blake Mills; 8 p.m., $25, all ages
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Emily Clark Band; 8 p.m. (R)
Chick Inn: Live music with Erin; 6 p.m. (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays; 7:30 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: The Two-Man Gentleman Band; 9 p.m.
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m., $2 (R)
ear X-tacy: Brad; free, all ages
Highlands Taproom: Fuck Munkys Open Mic Night (R)
Ichiban Samuria: 10-Cent Toll Booth; 7 p.m., free
Jack’s: Acoustic M.D.; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Jenna Mattingly & Dave Wilson; 7 p.m., free (R)
JazzyBlu: Mix Wednesdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m. (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Humparty with DJ Bach; 8 p.m., free; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m. (Melody Bar) (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Merry Pranksters; 11 p.m., free (R)
Mag Bar: Get Down Wednesdays w/ Sleepy T.; 11 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: LexTango; 7 p.m., free
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Phoenx Hill Tavern: The Over-Reactors; 9:30 p.m.
River Bend Winery: Katy Rene; 7 p.m., free
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Siggy’s Pizza: Bluegrass Anonymous Bluegrass Jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: The Toasters, The Pinstripes, Duppy A Jamba; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.) $13 (door), all ages; Parlour: Everest; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.), $13 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Artist In Residence: The Western; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Barbed Wire & Butterflies, One Day Rising; 7 p.m., $4
Sunergos Woodlawn: Jazz Jam Session; 5 p.m., free
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third St. Dive: Jayna Morgan & The Sazerac Sunshine Jazz Band; 7 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Service Industry Night; 9 p.m., free (R)
Volare: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: The Boombox Saints (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rob Schuler
Zeppelin Café: Bluegrass Jam w/ Tom Cunningham & the Potluck Ramblers; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Thurs. Oct. 7
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
BBC St. Matthews: Joshua Collins; 9 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Dave Young (Merry Pranksters); 9 p.m.
Bistro 301: DJ Heather; 9 p.m., free (R)
Buckhead Jeffersonville: Mike Willett & Rick Robbins; 7 p.m., free
Buffalo Wild Wings, St. Matthews: Butch Rice; 8 p.m., free (R)
Buster’s: Dan Deacon, Lightning Bolt; 8 p.m., $12, 18+
Caddyshack Pizza & Golf: Open Mic w/ Denny Wheatley; 7 p.m. (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Steve Decker
Club 21: John Damato & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Louisville Comedy Underground; 10 p.m., $5, 18+ (R)
Corner Door: Dorney & Friends; free, all ages
Cosmic Charlie’s: Monte Montgomery; 9 p.m.
Darkstar: Bluegrass Night: White Russians; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Fringe Fest: Louisville Klezmer Orchestra; 7 p.m., free
Headliners: Will Hoge, Erick Baker; 8 p.m., $10
Hideaway Saloon: Derick Howard; 10:30 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke (R)
Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jeff Ruby’s: Fattlabb; 7:30 p.m., free
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: U-Call it Dance Party with Ron Wallace; 8 p.m. (Ballroom); Swing Dance Lessons; 7 p.m.; Karaoke with Steve; 9 p.m.
Mag Bar: Woodrow on the Radio; 10 p.m. (R)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: University Symphonic Band; 8 p.m., free
Natasha’s Bistro: Roger BonDurant & Jim Gleason; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Jason & The Scorchers, Your News Vehicles; 8 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door); Killer in the Workplace; 9 p.m., $10
River Bend Winery: Lauren Zoeller; 7 p.m., free
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Skull Alley: Hippiedigger, Introvert, Dane Waters; 8 p.m., $5
Southgate House: Ballroom: Film School, The Depreciation Guild, The Harlequins; 8 p.m., $10 (adv.), $13 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Hillbilly Thursday: Keith Jones & The Makeshifts; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Edgehill Avenue & Friends; 8 p.m., $4
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Third St. Dive: ’60s Night w/ Midnight Hour Sound System DJs; 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: Delmont Room: Stoll Vaughn; 8 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Joe Hanna (R)
Zeppelin Café: Blues Jam: LaMont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 9 p.m., free (R)
Fri. Oct. 8
11th Frame: Karaoke with Allen; 9 p.m., free (R)
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: InKY Poetry Reading Series, Melvin Dillon, Josh Blair; 7 p.m., free
Big Blue Country: The Treez; 10:30 p.m., free
Bistro 42: Kimmet & Doug; 8 p.m., free
Brewskees: Rod Mitchell, Pete Wolynec, Courtney Haynes, Cracker Steve; 9 p.m., free
Brown Theatre: Drive-By Truckers, Hill Country Revue; 8 p.m., $25, all ages
Buster’s: Late Night Show: Go Go Saggio, The Non-Filters, & Slow Motion Centerfold; 10 p.m., $5; 18+
Check’s Café: Moondance; 8 p.m.
Clifton’s Pizza: Margaret Evans
Corner Door: Organic Grass; free, all ages
Cosmic Charlie’s: Asylum Street Spankers; 9 p.m.; Dinosaurs & Disasters Late Night Dance Party (R)
Dat Kjun: Karaoke with Wayne Johnson; 8 p.m., free (R)
ear X-tacy: Several Hundred People; 6 p.m., free, all ages
Garvin Place: Super Chikan, Moreland & Arbuckle, The Stella-Vees; 6:30 p.m.
Gaslight Tavern: DJ Chad; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s: Several Hundred People; 10 p.m., $5
Headliners: Dave Matthews Tribute Band, Thirty Spokes; 8 p.m., $12, 18+
Hideaway Saloon: Aby•Laby•Land; 10:30 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke (R)
Jack Fry’s: Steve Crews; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: Jayna Morgan?& The Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band; 7 p.m., $10
Longhead’s: Open Mic with Denny Wheatley; 6 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: Busted Soles (CD Release), The American Freedom Machine; 9 p.m., free
Louisville Palace: Lady Antebellum; 7:30 p.m., sold out
Natasha’s Bistro: Alma Gitana; 9 p.m., $8
O’Shea’s: Andrew Scott Newton; 10 p.m.
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Billy Masterson/ National Foundation for Transplants: The Predators, Two Pump Chump, Boozer, Your News Vehicles, Hambone; 10 p.m., $10 minimum donation
Prime Lounge: DJ Q, DJ Ready Rock, Maestro J.; 10 p.m.
Quarter Pole Lounge: Whiskey Tango; 9 p.m., free
River Bend Winery: Swing Shift Jazz Band; 7 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Garvin Gate Blues Festival: Sam Anderson, Jack Holiday & the Westerners; 7:20 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. (R)
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: Flux Capacitors (CD Release / Farewell Show), Enlou, Weakness, The Sleeping Sea; 8 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20); Parlour: Martin Luther & The Kings, Margaret Darling (The Seedy Seeds), Great Young Hunters; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20); 18+; Juney’s Lounge: Josh Eagle & The Harvest City; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Da Mudcats, Stella-Vees; 6 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: DJ Chickenman; 9 p.m.
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third St. Dive: Th’ Empires & Friends Honky Tonk Weekend; 9 p.m., $5
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Vernon Club: The Krek Fund/Merf Benefit: Tyrone Cotton, Malcolm Holcombe, Aaron “Woody” Wood; 7:30 p.m., $10
WFPK: Live Lunch: Drive-By Truckers, Hill Country Revue; noon, free; first come, first seated; members at $120 level or above receive priority seating
Whitney Hall: Josh Turner, 8 p.m.; $36-$60
Zanzabar: The Pass (CD Release), OK Deejays; 10 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 9
America’s Best Inn: DJ Rob/Karaoke; 9:30 p.m., free (R)
Bank St. Brewhouse: Fringe Fest: Sativa Gumbo, The Fervor, Bloom Street, 23-String Band, Zanclopera Trio, The Gumbo Family Quartet, She Might Bite, The Kimes Sisters, PA Project, Ben Traughber, Bunny Day & the Mercy Buckets; 6 p.m., free
The Bard’s Town: Jessup & the Get Downs; 9 p.m., free
Bernheim Arbouretum: J.D. Shelburne, Erica Martin; $10 (adv.), $12 (door)
Brewskees: Rod Mitchell, Jenny Con, Courtney Haynes, Steve Matthews, Cracker Steve, Mikel McMullen, Pete Wolynec; 9 p.m., free
Check’s Café: Karaoke with Gary Summit; 8 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Another Colour
Corner Door: Brad Jackson; free, all ages
Cosmic Charlie’s: Born Cross Eyed; 9 p.m.
Derby City Espresso: Adventure, Tropical Trash, Supertruck; 9 p.m., $3
ear X-tacy: Sidewalk Sale; 10 a.m.; Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three, The Hot Seats, The Two Man Gentleman Band
Garvin Place: Deitra Farr, Cheryl Renée w/ Them Bones, Susan O’Neil & Blues Seville, Walnut Street Blues Band, Robbie Bartlett, Bryant-Stevens Band; 3 p.m.
Gerstle’s: Logan Street Band; 10 p.m., $5
Good Times Pub: The Villains; 9 p.m.
Headliners: Shooter Jennings, J. Roddy Walston & the Business, Truth & Salvage Co.; 8 p.m., $15
Hideaway Saloon: Vinyl Soup; 11 p.m.
Jack Fry’s: Don Wagner, Reid Jahn; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: Neo-Soul Saturdays with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George, Jerry Green & Friends; 7 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: Jam Brunch: LexJam Acoustic Café; 11 a.m., free; The Bats; 8 p.m., $10
O’Shea’s: Greenbean; 10 p.m.
Prime Lounge: DJ Fluid; 10 p.m., $5, free with U of L ticket stub
Quarter Pole Lounge: Whiskey Tango; 9 p.m., free
River Bend Winery: Jon Boy Slim; 7 p.m., free
Rudyard Kipling: Garvin Gate Blues Festival: The Java Men, Storefront Congregation, Micah Walker, Pancake Heart; 3 p.m.
Seelbach Bar: Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. (R)
Skull Alley: Darren Hanlon, Douglas Lucas; 8 p.m., $7, all ages
Smoketown: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Southgate House: Ballroom: Murder By Death, Girl In A Coma, Ninja Gun; 8:30 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door), all ages; Parlour: Knife The Symphony (CD Release), Waxeater, Rocket 00000; 8:30 p.m., $5 (21+), $8 (18-20); Juney’s Lounge: RX-2; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: LaMont Gillespie & 100 Proof Blues, Rusty & the Oil Cans; 6 p.m., $5
Summit City Lounge: Rock The Arts Fund-raiser: The Empire of William Henry Harrison, Wanted, Audio Sunrise, Bone China, Dark Horse; 7 p.m., $8
Theater Square: VoJazz Trio featuring Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Avenue Café: Margaret Evans; 6:30 p.m.
Third Street Dive: Asylum on the Hill; 10 p.m., $5
Union Station: DJ Noa No (Country Gutta); 10 p.m., free (R)
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Trio; 6:30 p.m., (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Dixie: Olivia Henken Band; 9:30 p.m., $5
Zanzabar: Pokey LaFarge & South City Three, Two-Man Gentleman Band, The Hot Seats; 8 p.m., $10
Sun. Oct. 10
The Bard’s Town: Karaoke w/ Teri French; 8 p.m., free
Bourbons Bistro: Ron Jones & Sonny Stephens; 7 p.m., free
Brown Hotel: Sunday Tea: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m., $18 (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Bobby Falk Group
Cosmic Charlie’s: Mad Happy; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Kimmet & Doug; 11 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s: Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes; 10 p.m., $3
Hideaway Saloon: Open Mic; 6:30 p.m., free; Supertruck, Brown-Eyed Handsome Man; 9 p.m.
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; 9 p.m. (R)
John E’s: Swing Street Big Band; 5:30 p.m.
Le Relais: Pat Lentz & Dave Wilson; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Limestone Bay: Jim Dishman; 9 p.m., free (R)
Longshot Tavern: The Pranksters; 11 p.m., free (R)
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall: Denine LeBlanc; 3 p.m., free
Molly Malone’s St. Matthews: John Taylor; 10 p.m.
Monkey Wrench: Shake-It-Off Sundays: DJs Narwhal & CliffTones; 1 p.m., free (R); Church on the Rocks; 8 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: Squeeze-Bot; 8 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: Jessie Laine Powell; 7 p.m., $7
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Olivia Henken Band; 2 p.m.
Southgate House: Ballroom: Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Miniature Tigers; 8 p.m., $15 (adv.), $18 (door); all ages; Parlour: Cobra Skulls, The Frankl Project; 8 p.m., $6 (adv.), $8 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Billy Wallace & The Virginia Blues; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Ricky Mason Benefit: LaMont Gillespie & 100 Proof; 4 p.m., $5 donation
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Baxter: Jon Mark Sandquist; 8 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: DJ Dave Desitin; 9 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Jodioke
Zanzabar: Les Debutantes (CD Release); 8 p.m.
Zazoo’s: Chop Shop Open Mic: The Choppers; 7 p.m., free (R)
Mon. Oct. 11
Bearno’s Highlands: LP’s Dance Party; 10 p.m., free (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Marc Cogman; 9 p.m.
Diamond’s: Slinky Jenkins; free (R)
Dutch’s Tavern: Open Stage Jam w/ Amos Hopkins; 8 p.m., free (R)
Expo Five: 30 Seconds To Mars, Neon Trees, New Politics
Hideaway Saloon: Organic Grass, 9 p.m.; Tom Boone; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Highlands Taproom: Karaoke; 10 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Karaoke; free (R)
Louisville Palace: Yo Gabba Gabba; 1 & 5 p.m., $25-$35
Kentucky Coffeetree Café: Roustabout; 7 p.m., $5
Natasha’s Bistro: Tagawa; 6 p.m., free; Malcolm Holcombe; 9 p.m., $7
Southgate House: Juney’s Lounge: Open Mic Singer Songwriter Showcase w/ Billy Catfish; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Unplugged Open Mic w/ Alanna Fugate and Justin Lewis; 8 p.m., free
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Open Mic w/ Jon Mark Sandquist (R)
ZaZoo’s: Sub Rosa open-mic with Todd Rhodes, Stewart Askew; 8:30 p.m., free
Tues. Oct. 12
BBC 4th St.: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Back Door: Open Mic; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
The Bard’s Town: Open Mic Night; 8 p.m.
Blu: Doug Elmore, Dave Clark & Pat Lentz; 7 p.m., free (R)
Buster’s: An Evening with Citizen Cope; 8 p.m., $25, 18+
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan (R)
Cosmic Charlie’s: Nemo; 9 p.m.
Dutch’s Tavern: Wyndell Williams; 10 p.m., free (R)
ear X-tacy: Cheyenne Marie Mize; 7 p.m., free, all ages
Freedom Hall: Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax; 7 p.m.
Highlands Taproom: Chip Roop
Jack’s Lounge: Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
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 jam; 7 p.m., free (R)
Natasha’s Bistro: Musicians for Steve Kay; 7:30 p.m., free
Onizim’s Barn: Big Pappa; 7 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Big Rock Show; 10 p.m., free (R)
Rivr Bend Winery: DJ Dan Jones; 7 p.m., $5, $3 (students)
Rumball’s: Open Mic with Layton Maddox; 7 p.m., free (R)
Sake Blue: Craig Wagner Trio; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Skull Alley: Agnostic Front, Mother Of Mercy, Product of Waste, Another Mistake; 7:30 p.m., $12, all ages
Southgate House: Ballroom: Mae, Terrible Things, Windsor Drive, Frontier(s); 7 p.m., $12 (adv.), $15 (door), all ages; Juney’s Lounge: Karaoke Vocal Social w/ DJ Swirl; 9 p.m., free
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar: Open Blues, Jazz Band Jam; 8 p.m., free (R)
University of Louisville: Discover Louisville Festival: OK Go; 6 p.m., free, all ages
Varanese: Jeff Sherman Duo; 6 p.m., free (R)
This article appears in October 6, 2010.