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Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Mon 4: Karaoke (free) 10pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Mon 4: CD102.5 FM Frontstage Live W/ Nervosas 8pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Mon 4: Poetry Forum Returns 7-9:30pm
Mon 4: Sylvia's Birthday Mayhem!Sex Kitten Purr-lesque (free) 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Mon 4: DJ Cap'n Lonsome (free)
Clintonville Woman's Club - 614-268-5525
Mon 4: Vaughn Wiester's 21-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra 7:30-10:45pm
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Mon 4: City Cop, Take One Car, Narrow/Arrow, History's History, Hidden Places ($8/$10, all ages) 7pm
Due Amici - 614-224-9373
Mon 4: Derek DiCenzo, Jimmy Castoe 6-9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Mon 4: Open Mic Nite 7pm-2am
Fourth Street Bar & Grill - 614-291-1420
Mon 4: Excesss Trivia
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Mon 4: Songwriters Open Stage 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Mon 4: First Mondays: The Phlatt Rascal 5-7:30pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Mon 4: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Mon 4: Nerd Night
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Mon 4: Melted Mondays (free, ages 18+) 10pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Mon 4: Comedy Open Stage 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Mon 4: Que Sera, From Under The Willow, Road To Milestone ($12, all ages) 5:30pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Mon 4: Mondays Against Humanity
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Tue 5: Excesss Trivia (free) 9pm
Tue 5: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money (free) 10pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Tue 5: Keith Novicki, Teenage Aviation, Rolo 8pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Tue 5: Open Mic Tuesday Music and Comedy 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Tue 5: Safe Passages
Cafe International - 614-421-2323
Tue 5: Acoustic Open Mic Night 7-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Tue 5: Bluegrass Jam
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Tue 5: Dart Nite 7pm-12m
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Tue 5: The Best Karaoke in Columbus 10pm-2am
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Tue 5: Songwriters workshop
Ledo's Lounge - 614-263-1009
Tue 5: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money 9pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Tue 5: Rock Your Cock Off Karaoke (free) 9pm-2am
Mint - 42 West Jenkins Ave.
Tue 5: Other Girls, Rebecca Riley, Counterfeit Madison ($5 donation) 7-8pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Tue 5: The Raineys, with special guest Rocco Siriano 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Tue 5: Jazz Jam: Pete Mills, Andy Woodson and Cedric Easton 8:30pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Tue 5: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Tue 5: Writing Wrong Poetry 7-10pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Tue 5: Tony Monaco w/ Tony McClung and Josh Hill 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Tue 5: C LA C I 6pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Tue 5: Tuesdays with Mak & Winks 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Tue 5: Trivia 7pm
Tue 5: Karaoke with Adrian X 9pm
Taps Pizza & Lounge 360 - 614-885-8277
Tue 5: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies 9:30pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Tue 5: Writers Group 8-10pm
Barrel On High - 614-564-9058
Wed 6: Barrel Open Mic Comedy Night 8:30pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Wed 6: Sunrise Reset, Fisher 9pm
Bluestone (formerly BoMA) - 614-884-4646
Wed 6: Columbus' Country Cares: A Night of Music to Support St. Jude: Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, Shane Weisman ($25-$268, all ages) 7pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Wed 6: ECC Presents ODDTV Drew West, Liss Victory + Krish Mohan, Betty Laroux, Ian Miller, Hashtag Comedy (free) 9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Wed 6: Jazz Wednesday w/ 6:5 8pm
Columbus Museum of Art - 614-221-4848
Wed 6: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Chagall and the Great Russian Composers 2pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Wed 6: Songwriters in the Round (free) 8-11pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Wed 6: Doug Neel
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Wed 6: Hump Day Wednesday Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
Eleven - 614-225-9611
Wed 6: The Jazz Gallery Project (free) 6-9pm
Fourth Street Bar & Grill - 614-291-1420
Wed 6: Excesss Karaoke
Hey Hey Club - 614-445-9512
Wed 6: Sue's Blues Open Blues Jam hosted by The Blues All Stars with Rick Collura (free) 6:30pm
House with No Name
Wed 6: Weathered, Remo Drive, Dry Bones, Until Yesterday, Keep Up 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Wed 6: Poetry Open Mic
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Wed 6: Everybody's a Comedian (free) 8:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Wed 6: Donkey Nation 9pm
NYOH's Buckeye Bar - 614-246-2810
Wed 6: Swingin' Wednesdays 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Wed 6: Excesss Karaoke 9pm
Rafters Beer Pub - 614-263-2120
Wed 6: Open Mic / Acoustic Jam (free) 8pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Wed 6: Happy Hour with Ron Emoff 6pm
Wed 6: Old Time Jam 8:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Wed 6: The Break: Weekly Hip Hop night (free) 9pm
Retro Lounge - 614-670-8464
Wed 6: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Rick's Coaches - 614-476-4496
Wed 6: Chris Logsdon 8-11:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Wed 6: Trivioke
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Wed 6: Valentiger, Bella Ruse 8pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Wed 6: Weird Wednesday: Omniview 8pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Wed 6: Hashtag Comedy 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Wed 6: Acoustic Open Mic with Billy Zenn 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Wed 6: Compass, The Forty, Creature Comfort ($5, all ages) 7pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Wed 6: Rock & Roll Trivia 7pm- 9pm
Wed 6: Brat Curse, Punt, Van Dale, Turquoise Feeling 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Wed 6: Open Mic
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Wed 6: Karaoke Wednesday 9:30pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Thu 7: Clubhouse with Personal Public, Current Eras ($8, all ages) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Thu 7: Garbage Greek, Bummers, Eric Stein & The Grotesque Brooms ($5) 9pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Thu 7: Thursday Night Karaoke Part One! 7pm
Thu 7: Freq (free) 10pm
Brazenhead Pub (5th Ave.) - 614-737-3738
Thu 7: Music Trivia/The Music Show hosted by Scoota 7-9pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Thu 7: The Blue Cats ($5) 8-11pm
Donatos (Short North) - 614-421-5100
Thu 7: TJ George (free) 6-8pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Thu 7: Throwback Thursday Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
House with No Name
Thu 7: The Everymen, Salty Sylvaine, Pete Mako 8pm
Little Bar - 614-291-8887
Thu 7: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Thu 7: Andrea Gleghorn & Adam Scoppa 7pm
Thu 7: Lydia Rock 8pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Thu 7: Harpeth Rising 9pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Thu 7: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Music and Politics - Shostakovich No. 5 6:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Thu 7: The Takedowns
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Thu 7: Son Step, Fine Animal 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Thu 7: 50 Shades of Shadowbox 7:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Thu 7: Karaoke with Adrian X 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Thu 7: Ladies 80's & More (ladies free, guys $5/$10, ages 18+)
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Thu 7: Available Light Theatre: Next Stage Initiative 2016 8pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Thu 7: Matt Munhall
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Thu 7: Speak Easy ($5, byob) 7-9pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Thu 7: Comedy Death Spot Open Mic hosted by Tom Plute 10pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Fri 8: Comedy (free) 6-8pm
Fri 8: Cathedral Dance Party ($5) 10pm
Basement - 614-224-2430
Fri 8: Left In The Dark, The Arcadia Summit, Feverwar, I Hope She Dies, Sitting Silent, Sins of Motion ($12/$15, all ages) 6pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Fri 8: Chrome Pony, Shvs ($10/$12, all ages) 7pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Fri 8: Sexy Talk and Play After 50 Shades of Grey 5:30pm
Fri 8: Friday Night Karaoke Part Deux 6pm
Fri 8: Temptation: I Love the 90's Burlesque 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Fri 8: The Bygones, Will Foster Band, Orson Buggy, Paul & Ginny ($5) 9pm
PICK: Take all the performers found on The Band's Last Waltz, add a little extra energy and speed and you get something like the Bygones.
Carabar - 614-223-1010
Fri 8: Tin Armor (10 year anniversary show), Nervosas, Psychic Wheels (free, all ages) 9pm
PICK: Tin Armor write and play smart songs with a tasteful amount of pop, alt and rock variety - now with an impressive mature/americana songwriter side too. Psychic Wheels has a sort of Velvet Underground/Galaxy 500 garage fuzz and reverb pop influence.
Columbus Performing Arts Center (Shedd Theater) - 614-469-0939
Fri 8: Catie Curtis, Chad Elliott ($5 under 18, $15 students, $22) 8 p.m.
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Fri 8: The Colin Lazarski Trio (free) 7:30-9pm
Fri 8: Fo/Mo/Deep ($8) 9:30pm-12m
de-NOVO Bistro & Bar - 614-496-1002
Fri 8: Luxury Brown Lite 6:30-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Fri 8: Randy Mather
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Fri 8: Free Throw, Daisyhead, Young and Heartless, Wanderer, Snow Day ($8/$10, all ages) 7pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Fri 8: Willie Phoenix 9:30pm-2am
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.
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Fri 8: Wet Heave, Comrade Question
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Fri 8: The Color Why?, Ghost Town Rail Road, 2 Years Later
Lincoln Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 8: Opera Project Columbus: Amahl & The Night Visitors 7:30pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Fri 8: LRPM: Scotty Boombox 9pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Fri 8: Jared Mahone 10pm
North City Tavern - 614-846-0796
Fri 8: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 8: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture, Tchaikovsky- Suite From Swan Lake, Stravinsky - Circus Polka, Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures At An Exhibition 8pm
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Fri 8: The Spikedrivers, The Paranormals ($15) 9pm
PICK: The Spikedrivers play dirty Americana with gritty, gatemouth Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen vocals.
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Fri 8: Jordan Millsor Band
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Fri 8: Family Family Not First Friday 6pm
Fri 8: Cliff's birthday: Chern, Starbuck & Co 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Fri 8: Franklinton Fridays Artist's Opening Reception: Jen Wrubleski and Mary Barczak 7pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Fri 8: Aricrey (album release), Kiko ($5/$7, ages 18+) 8pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Fri 8: Travis Hoewischer presents: Joke Jams. 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Fri 8: Funk n Fresh: The AM Soul Society, DJ Atom Cube (free, $5 after 11pm, ages 18+) 8pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Fri 8: 50 Shades of Shadowbox 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Fri 8: Live Music Happy Hour 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Fri 8: Sho'Nuff: Monthly Hip Hop Dance Party ($10/$15, Ladies Free Until 11pm, ages 18+) 9pm
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Fri 8: James and The Drifters, Will Bennett and The Tells, Joshua P. James 9pm
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Fri 8: Available Light Theatre: Next Stage Initiative 2016 8pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Fri 8: Marcus Alan Ward, Fluffer, Chinese School ($5) 9pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Fri 8: Wake & Shake 6-8am
Fri 8: See You Thursday Improv ($5) 8pm-9:30pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Fri 8: Benderfest, Harvest Kings (free) 9pm
PICK: Harvest Kings have a lot of southern, midwest and country rock influences.
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sat 9: Rock Potluck 11 ($5) 8:30pm
PICK: Over 35 local musicians/band members are put together into random makeshift bands. The day of the show they gather to name the band, learn 2 original tunes and 1 cover then perform them live that evening.
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sat 9: Ghost Town Railroad, Shady Grovers, All Right Now ($5, all ages) 9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Sat 9: Brujas del Sol (7" release), Relaxer, Eye ($5) 9pm
PICK: Eye is (or, at least was) the guitarist & drummer from Pretty Weapons and the bassist from Teeth of the Hydra so, yeah, there's some space-y Sabbath and Floyd influence.
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Sat 9: Drowsy Lads 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sat 9: Nuclear Moms, Grey Matter, Secret Grief ($5) 9pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sat 9: The Colin Lazarski Trio (free) 7:30-9pm
Sat 9: Sirens ($8) 9:30pm-12m
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sat 9: Derek DiCenzo
Donatos (Short North) - 614-421-5100
Sat 9: Darby Smith (free) 6-8pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sat 9: Jimmy Razor & Exceptions 9pm-1am
Haiku - 614-294-8168
Sat 9: Louise Salvador
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Sat 9: Clampdown 10pm
PICK: Clampdown is a 10+ year monthly rock dance party.
House with No Name
Sat 9: California Cousins, Prince Daddy and the Hyena, Dog Breeds, Still 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Sat 9: Drunk PowerPoint
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Sat 9: An Evening with Joe Peppercorn (free) 9pm
PICK: Joe Peppercorn is the lead singer of the Whiles and the main person behind the annual Beatles Marathon.
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sat 9: Canta Brasil 10pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Sat 9: T-WHYZ3, Fam Staxx, Barbasm, Tommy Gibson, Brad White, Kash County Pilot, Lil Cal ($10/$15, all ages) 6:30pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 9: Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sat 9: The Wet Bandits
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Sat 9: E.A.D., Weed Demon, I Am The Law, The Clover Club, Gudger, Feverwar
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sat 9: The Pinkertones, Hugs & Kisses 9pm
Schottenstein Center - 614-431-3600
Sat 9: Winter Jam 2016: Matthew West, Crowder, RED, Sidewalk Prophets, NewSong, KB, Tedashii, Lauren Daigle, Tony Nolan, Stars Go Dim, We Are Messengers ($10) 5pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sat 9: 50 Shades of Shadowbox 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Sat 9: Burlesque Trivia 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sat 9: Vianova, Dread Engine, 8lb Pressure ($5, ages 18+) 9pm/
Spacebar - 614-928-3808
Sat 9: New Moons, Gelatinus Cube, Electro Cult Circus, Closet Mix 9pm
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Sat 9: Available Light Theatre: Next Stage Initiative 2016 8pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Sat 9: BLVCK ICE (free, ages 21+) 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Sat 9: Wonky Tonk
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Sat 9: Theo's Loose Hinges
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sat 9: Adams Ale, Max Reaven + The Pupils of Groove ($10) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sun 10: Excesss Karaoke (FREE) 10pm-close
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sun 10: Bobby Floyd's Jam Session (free/$8) 6-8pm
Sun 10: MojoFlo ($8) 9pm-12m
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sun 10: Karaoke 9pm-2am
House with No Name
Sun 10: Jon the Archivist, Organs & the Weight We Carry, The Out, Pete Mako 8pm
Lincoln Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sun 10: Opera Project Columbus: Amahl & the Night Vistors 3:30pm
Mozart's - 614-268-3687
Sun 10: Camarata: Beethoven and Beyond 3:30-5pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sun 10: Brunch Music: Paul Brown and Adam Schlenker 12m
Sun 10: Miss Tess & the Talkbacks 8pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sun 10: Old Time Jam 8:30pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sun 10: Tyler Hilton 7pm
Sun 10: HooDoo Soul Band 10pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Sun 10: Scarlet & Grateful House Band
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sun 10: A Tribute to Joe Cocker: Mad Dog and Englishman 2pm, 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sun 10: The Flex Crew ($10, ages 21+) 10pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Sun 10: 38 Snub, Blackwater, Domestic Terror ($5) 7pm
Third & Hollywood - 614-488-0303
Sun 10: Erik Augis, Woodson, Tsamous 11:30am
Union Bar and Food - 614-421-2233
Sun 10: Sunday Brunch: Debra Tucker, Richard Lopez 12n-2pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sun 10: Broadening the Daylight, The Arcadia Summit, Sister Sara ($5) 9pm