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Basement - 614-224-2430
Mon 18: Meg Myers, Wild Party (all ages) 7pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Mon 18: Karaoke (free) 10pm
Bernie's - 614-291-3448
Mon 18: Etana Caplin Showcase, Shivery Shakes
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Mon 18: Prophets of Addiction/The Erotics 7pm
Mon 18: Sex Kitten Purr-lesque (free) 9:30pm-12:30am
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Mon 18: DJ Cap'n Lonsome
Clintonville Woman's Club - 614-268-5525
Mon 18: Vaughn Wiester's 21-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra 7:30-10:45pm
Due Amici - 614-224-9373
Mon 18: Derek DiCenzo, Jimmy Castoe 6-9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Mon 18: Open Stage (free) 9pm-1am
Fourth Street Bar & Grill - 614-291-1420
Mon 18: Excesss Trivia
House with No Name
Mon 18: La Fin Absolute du Monde, FreshFX/Tigr Hors, Mas Bagua, Janaan Al Jahanni, Mike Havok, Jae Esquire 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Mon 18: Songwriters Open Stage 9pm
Porter's Pub - 614-436-4480 / 5225 North High Street
Mon 18: Open Mic Monday hosted by Sarah Cooperider 7pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Mon 18: Open Mic Comedy with Chris Coen 7:30-8:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Mon 18: Nerd Night
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Mon 18: Comedy Open Stage 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Mon 18: Expire, Youth Hostel, Carev Dvor, Divebomb (all ages) 7pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Mon 18: Punk Rock Karaoke 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Mon 18: Mondays Against Humanity
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Mon 18: Struck A Nerve 8pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Tue 19: Betty Machete and The Angry Cougars, New Regrets, The Business 8:30pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Tue 19: Excesss Trivia (free) 9pm
Tue 19: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Tue 19: Open Mic Comedy with Mark Lucas (free) 8pm
Tue 19: Open Mic Music with Ace Mayes (free) 10pm
Cafe International - 614-421-2323
Tue 19: Acoustic Open Mic Night 7-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Tue 19: Bluegrass Jam
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Tue 19: The Best Karaoke in Columbus 10pm-2am
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Tue 19: Columbus Folk Music Society and Storytellers of Central Ohio Songwriters workshop
Ledo's Lounge - 614-263-1009
Tue 19: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money 9pm
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - 614-431-3600
Tue 19: Artistry Earth Jam Fashion Benefit 6:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Tue 19: Steve Katz: An Evening of Story and Song 8-10pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Tue 19: Kodaline, Gavin James (all ages) 7pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Tue 19: An Evening with the Tuohys and guest moderator Harry Smith 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Tue 19: Jazz Jam: Pete Mills, Andy Woodson and Cedric Easton 8:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Tue 19: Excesss Trivia Tuesdays 7-9pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Tue 19: Writing Wrong Poetry 7-10pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Tue 19: Will Freed Band featuring Reggie Jackson 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Tue 19: RAW Columbus Presents "Sensory" 7pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Tue 19: Trivia 7pm
Tue 19: Karaoke with Adrian X 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Tue 19: Bridging the Music Solo Artist Awards (all ages) 6pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Tue 19: Motherplant, Muscle Puzzle, Null Result, ORB 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Tue 19: Hillbilly Bingo
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Wed 20: Sad Boyz 9pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Wed 20: Oddfellows Oddities Variety/Talkshow: Chuck Oney, Nicolas Spyker, Kitty Mystique, Doug Gamble, Lydia Brownfield, Jameson Rogers (free) 9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Wed 20: Jazz Wednesday: Free Jazz Hit Parade and Turtle Boat (free) 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Wed 20: Conjure (free) 9pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Wed 20: Tom Davis
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Wed 20: 80's DJ Ace & Karaoke (free) 8pm-1am
Fourth Street Bar & Grill - 614-291-1420
Wed 20: Excesss Karaoke
Hey Hey Club - 614-445-9512
Wed 20: Sue's Blues Open Blues Jam hosted by The Blues All Stars with Rick Collura (free) 6:30pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Wed 20: Poetry Open Mic
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Wed 20: Civil Youth, Two Years Later, So Long Stargazer
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - 614-431-3600
Wed 20: 614 Magazine's ColumBEST Party
Lincoln Theatre - 614-469-0939
Wed 20: Arts & College Prep Academy: Freshman Musical 7pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Wed 20: Jason White 9-11pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Wed 20: Excesss Karaoke 9pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Wed 20: Vinyl Night #bringarecord 6pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Wed 20: The Break: Weekly Hip Hop night (free) 9pm
Rick's Coaches - 614-476-4496
Wed 20: Chris Logsdon 8-11:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Wed 20: Trivi-oke 10pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Wed 20: Weird Wednesday: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Hellnaw
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Wed 20: Which One's Pink 7:30pm
Wed 20: Hashtag Improv 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Wed 20: Acoustic Open Mic with Billy Zenn 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Wed 20: The Follow, SafeKept, Orson Frontier (all ages) 7pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Wed 20: Rock & Roll Trivia 8pm
Wed 20: Second Shift Comedy Show 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Wed 20: Open Mic
Ugly Tuna Saloona - 297-TUNA
Wed 20: Brian Day
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Wed 20: Dead Winter Carpenters 6:30pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Wed 20: Karaoke Wednesday 9:30pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Thu 21: Fizzed, Red Feathers, Vug 8:30pm
Bernie's - 614-291-3448
Thu 21: America Opera
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Thu 21: Thursday Night Karaoke 7pm
Thu 21: Freq (free) 10pm
Brazenhead Pub (5th Ave.) - 614-737-3738
Thu 21: Music Trivia/The Music Show hosted by Scoota 7-9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Thu 21: Embers Of Arson, Matt Bednarsky, Orion DiFranco 9pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Thu 21: Unholy Two, Gary Wrong Group, CCR Headcleaner, Vatican Dagger (all ages) 9pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Thu 21: Fox N Hounds
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Thu 21: Ace Karaoke (free) 9pm-1am
Fourth Street Bar & Grill - 614-291-1420
Thu 21: Local Love: Vessels, WVWhite (free, ages 21+) 11pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Thu 21: Reading: The Doors You Mark Are Your Own
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Thu 21: Open Mic with Billy Zenn 7pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Thu 21: Palma, Horn, & Sommes (free) 7-11pm
Mozart's - 614-268-3687
Thu 21: Arnett Howard & Friends 6-9pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Thu 21: Adam Carroll, Chris Carroll 9-11pm
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Thu 21: Yellow Claw 9pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Thu 21: Andy Shaw Band
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Thu 21: John Boerstler and Phil Clark 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Thu 21: Franklinton 10 For $10 Wine Night 6-9pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Thu 21: Comedy Hour with David Gamble
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Thu 21: Cliffs, Neffs 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Thu 21: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Hellnaw, Buckwild
Seventh Son Brewing Co - 614-421-BEER
Thu 21: DJ George Brazil and friends 7pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Thu 21: Which One's Pink 7:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Thu 21: Angelspit & The Gothsicles 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Thu 21: Ladies 80's & More featuring DJ Ginsu (ages 18+) 9pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Thu 21: Betsy Ross, Saint Aubin, Helionauts 9pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Thu 21: Daikaiju, Hadak Ura, Betty Machete and the Angry Cougars 9pm
Ugly Tuna Saloona - 297-TUNA
Thu 21: DJ Joey Blayze
Used Kids - 614-421-9455
Thu 21: Itasca, Oath, Mike Shiflet, Meadows (all ages) 6pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Thu 21: The Business of Art: Building Your Brand 6pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Thu 21: The Stand Up for Kids Comedy Hour 6:30pm
Thu 21: Mission Man, Marvin The Robot, The Jumpcuts 10:30pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Thu 21: Comedy Death Spot Open Mic hosted by Tom Plute 10pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Fri 22: Palma Violets, Public Access T.V. (all ages) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Fri 22: (((reverbalines))), The Hail Bop Group, DJ Surly Shirley 6pm
Fri 22: Good Shade, Leggy, Chain and The Gang 9:30pm
Bernie's - 614-291-3448
Fri 22: Slink, Jupiter Gray, Essence
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Fri 22: Alcon, Mr. Anderson, Andy Shaw Band 10pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Fri 22: Kris B's Midnight Railroad 7pm
Columbus Commons - 614-645-5281
Fri 22: Columbus Alive Concert: DJs Roevy, Druid Cloack, The Funerals. 5-10:30pm
PICK: roeVy's masked & red-eye-lighted performers usually throw a packed sauna of full-tilt techno music and light show rave. (I think dubstep is a misnomer so I avoid using it.)
de-NOVO Bistro & Bar - 614-496-1002
Fri 22: Luxury Brown Lite 6:30-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Fri 22: Descendre
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Fri 22: Blue West 9pm-1am
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Fri 22: Russel Satori w/ The All Right Now Band, Chittenden Hotel
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - 614-431-3600
Fri 22: Big Head Todd and The Monsters, G. Love & Special Sauce, Anders Osborne (all ages) 6pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Fri 22: LRPM: Bryan Arnold (free) 9pm-12m
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Fri 22: The DewDroppers 10-11:45pm
PICK: The Dewdroppers are heavily influenced by early swing and ragtime but wander to other nearby places too.
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 22: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 8pm
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Fri 22: Nick D & The Believers, The Modern Electric, Fever Fever 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Fri 22: 90 Proof Twang
Porter's Pub - 614-436-4480 / 5225 North High Street
Fri 22: Unplugged on High Street 7:30pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Fri 22: Noah Shull 9pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Fri 22: Church
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Fri 22: Eye, Relaxer 10pm
PICK: Eye has some space/prog Sabbath and Floyd influences.
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Fri 22: No Ca$h Valuel, Tron
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Fri 22: Livin It Up Lunchbox 1pm
Fri 22: Reckless 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Fri 22: Live Music Happy Hour: Tryin' Times 6pm
Fri 22: Woody Pines, Jesse Blankenship 9pm
PICK: In their own words Woody Pines is "20's & 30's Country/Rags/Blues/Jug" music.
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Fri 22: The Kyle Sowashes, Stations, Sleep Fleet (ages 18+, free) 9pm
PICK: Kyle Sowashes is probably local music superfan Kyle Sowash's best and most fun band and group of indie and power pop songs.
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Fri 22: Rotation dance party 9pm
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Fri 22: Zuck's Turkey Farm, Moxii, Mark Rhodes 9:30pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Fri 22: Movehome, Good Luck Year, Braddock
Ugly Tuna Saloona - 297-TUNA
Fri 22: DJ Rob Stylz
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Fri 22: See You Thursday Improv 8pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Fri 22: The Harvest Kings 6pm
Fri 22: 2nd Annual Community For A Cure 8pm
PICK: Harvest Kings have a lot of southern, midwest and country rock influences.
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sat 23: Senor Citizen and The Border Patrol, Unholy Two, X_____X 9:30pm
PICK: Unholy 2's MySpace name speaks volumes ... unstructured chaotic noise.
Basement - 614-224-2430
Sat 23: Mr. Gnome, Bummers, Eye (all ages) 7:30pm
PICK: Bummers, one of Alive's bands to watch last year, seem to be everywhere, but I keep catching just a distracted glimpse or a cover set. Eye has some space/prog Sabbath and Floyd influences.
Bernie's - 614-291-3448
Sat 23: Mary Janes Affair, noise, Riverside Drive, The Novas
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Sat 23: Billy Zenn & The Ringers, Willie Phoenix and the Soul Underground 10pm
PICK: Willie is a bit of a local rock institution and legend, having been at it for a few decades now and having been signed to A&M records in the 80's.
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sat 23: Black Planet: Deadnight Drive + DJs Scott and Erin Void (free) 10pm
Columbus Commons - 614-645-5281
Sat 23: Movie Night: Big Hero 6 8:15pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sat 23: Ron Hope
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Sat 23: Holiday Mountain 8pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sat 23: Uncle Eli & the Poets of Woo Band 9pm-1am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sat 23: Krista Lively Stauffer: Memories and Dreams 8-9:30pm
Sat 23: Swank - '20s through '40s vinyl cocktail party (free) 10pm - https://facebook.com/swankcolumbus
PICK: Swank features DJs spinning vinyl from the 1920's-1940's each month at Short North Stage/Garden Theater. Fancy period attire is common and encouraged.
Haiku - 614-294-8168
Sat 23: Louise Salvador
India Oak Grill - 614-261-9355
Sat 23: Flyin' Saucers 8pm
PICK: Local psychobilly mainstays of 1990's, Th' Flyin' Saucers have reunited to do some regular shows.
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Sat 23: Muppet & Disney songs with Lost Orchards and The Hot Crustecean Band
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sat 23: Bob Teague & Friends Present: Tommy Womack 10-11:45pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 23: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 8pm
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Sat 23: DJ Mika Taka, DJ Escape 10:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sat 23: Greg Hale Band
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sat 23: Peletonia fundraiser: David Martinez, Andy Kuss, Rob Maccabee, Art Matthies, Sean Jenkins, David Martinez of Ville Billy Rebellion 5pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sat 23: Baoku & The Image, The Insane Jazz Posse 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Sat 23: Stereo Drip 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sat 23: Reckless 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Sat 23: Ras T Dublex (CD release) 10:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Sat 23: Burlesque 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sat 23: Stay in School, Lamb$, Steven Cannon, Will Turner, Slim Slater, Tae Fresh, Correy Parks, Chris Mars B, DJ OSH KOSH (ages 18+) 9pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Sat 23: Liner Notes covering Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Matter of Planets, Japanese B-Sides 9pm
PICK: Japanese B-Sides play rock, garage and pop songs from the 60s/70s you may not hear everyday, but still might know. Bicentennial Bear is members of Miranda Sound and Denovo. Supergroup album cover band, The Liner Notes, presented an incredible version of Neil Young's After the Gold Rush a couple months ago. This month they take on Sabbath.
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Sat 23: Kyle Sowash, Pond Hockey, Orson Buggy 10pm
PICK: Local music superfan Kyle Sowash of the Kyle Sowashes goes solo.
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sat 23: Trace Marie & Blue Level 8pm
PICK: I haven't seen Blue Level in years. They used to remind me a bit of Van Morrison's later, jazz-inflected material with a female vocalist.
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sun 24: Karaoke! 10pm
Alrosa Villa - 614-885-9125
Sun 24: Columbus Battle of the Bands (all ages) 4pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sun 24: Planning For Burial, Vit, Cosmic Moon, Ruined 9pm
Columbus Commons - 614-645-5281
Sun 24: Shadowbox Bigger Than Jesus (Beatles Tribute), Dr. Simple 7-10pm
PICK: I've heard the Beatles tribute is pretty good.
The Crest - 614-261-7128
Sun 24: The Shaw Brothers
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sun 24: Wally Mitchel
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sun 24: Karaoke 9pm-1am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sun 24: Krista Lively Stauffer: Memories and Dreams 8-9:30pm
House with No Name
Sun 24: Opus Dog, Byron the Armoured Bard, Pale Hound, Cass Hoke 8pm
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Sun 24: Elvis & Paul & Wings with Kavan & Paul Burlingame
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - 614-431-3600
Sun 24: Clutch, Mastodon, Graveyard (all ages) 5:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sun 24: Tom Carroll and Andy Carlson 12n-2pm
Sun 24: Angela Perley & the Howlin' Moons 8-10pm
PICK: Angela Perley, one of Alive's bands to watch this year, started off doing more old-time-y backwoods Appalachian and country tunes, but now veers more toward rockabilly and rock.
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sun 24: Old-Time Jam 8:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Sun 24: 100 Options, House of Cards, Beyond Pluto
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Sun 24: Gypsy Lumberjacks 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sun 24: The Flex Crew (ages 21+) 10pm
Third & Hollywood - 614-488-0303
Sun 24: Erik Augis, Woodson, Tsamous 11:30am
Ugly Tuna Saloona - 297-TUNA
Sun 24: Karaoke with Rob Stylz
Union Bar and Food - 614-421-2233
Sun 24: Sunday Brunch: Debra Tucker, Richard Lopez 12n-2pm