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Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Mon 2: Bane, Malfunction, Minority Threat, Justified Defiance, Prize the Doubt ($16) 7pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Mon 2: Karaoke (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Mon 2: Poetry Forum 7-9:30pm
Mon 2: Monday Mayhem Sex Kitten Purr-lesque (free) 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Mon 2: DJ Capn Lonesome (free)
Clintonville Woman's Club - 614-268-5525
Mon 2: Vaughn Wiester's 21-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra 7:30-10:45pm
Due Amici - 614-224-9373
Mon 2: Derek DiCenzo, Jimmy Castoe 6-9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Mon 2: Open Mic Nite 7pm-2am
House with No Name
Mon 2: FnG Proxima, First Responder, Pale Blue Dot, Noah Lin 7pm
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Mon 2: Trivia Night with Steve 7pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Mon 2: Frightened Rabbit, Caveman ($16/$18, all ages) 7pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Mon 2: Alice Drinks The Kool Aid
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Mon 2: The Phlatt Rascal One-Man Band 5pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Mon 2: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Mon 2: Nerd Night
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Mon 2: Whetherman 8pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Mon 2: Melted Mondays (free, ages 18+) 10pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Mon 2: Comedy Open Stage 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Mon 2: Bridging The Music ($10/$12, all ages) 6pm
Spacebar
Mon 2: Karaoke 9pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Mon 2: The Scarlet and Grateful Band (free) 6:30pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Tue 3: Excesss Trivia (free) 9pm
Tue 3: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money (free) 10pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Tue 3: Speaking Suns, Tutlie, Maza Blaska ($5) 9pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Tue 3: Open Mic Tuesday Music and Comedy 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Tue 3: Safe Passages (free)
Cafe International - 614-421-2323
Tue 3: Acoustic Open Mic Night 7-10pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Tue 3: So Fly In My Tie (free) 5:30-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Tue 3: Bluegrass Jam (free) 10pm
Garden Theater/Ethel's Bar - 614-725-4042
Tue 3: Pocket Lint, Awesomely Awkward, Easily Amused Improv Night (free) 8pm
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Tue 3: The Best Karaoke in Columbus 10pm-2am
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Tue 3: Songwriters workshop
Ledo's Lounge - 614-263-1009
Tue 3: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money 9pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Tue 3: Rock Your Cock Off Karaoke (free) 9pm-2am
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Tue 3: Wendy DeWitt, Kirk Harwood, Rick Collura 8pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Tue 3: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Weird Owl ($15/$18, all ages) 7pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Tue 3: Jazz Jam: Pete Mills, Andy Woodson and Cedric Easton 8:30pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Tue 3: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Tue 3: Writing Wrong Poetry 7-10
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Tue 3: Cash'd Out - A Badass Tribute To Johnny Cash 7pm
Tue 3: Tony Monaco Trio 10pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Tue 3: C LA C I 6pm
Tue 3: Reggae Happy Hour Tuesday 5pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Tue 3: Tuesdays with Mak & Winks 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Tue 3: Trivia 7pm
Tue 3: Karaoke (free, ages 21+) 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Tue 3: End of Springfest ($10, ages 18+) 10pm
Spacebar
Tue 3: Sweet Teeth, Red Francis, Yellow Paper Planes, She Bears 8pm
Taps Pizza & Lounge 360 - 614-885-8277
Tue 3: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies 9:30pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Tue 3: HER: The Art of Baduizm 7-10pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Wed 4: Klaus Johann Grobe, Dawg Yawp, Ryan Jewell ($7 18+) 8pm
Barrel On High - 614-564-9058
Wed 4: Barrel Open Mic Comedy Night 8:30pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Wed 4: J. Robbins, Bicentennial Bear, Face 8pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Wed 4: ECC ODDTV: Katie Davis, Curse Of Cassandra, Nick Wolak, J Cokes, Athena Nile (free) 7pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Wed 4: Jazz Wednesday w/ MVT (free) 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Wed 4: The George Jones People's Temple DJ night (free) 9pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Wed 4: Songwriters in the Round & Open Mic (free) 8-11pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Wed 4: Nate Smith (residency) ($4) 9pm
Donatos Basement (OSU) - 614-294-5371
Wed 4: Slingshot Dakota, SMUT, The Sports, Dandelion Hunter 6pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Wed 4: Hump Day Wednesday Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
Eleven - 614-225-9611
Wed 4: The Jazz Gallery Project (free) 6-9pm
Hey Hey Club - 614-445-9512
Wed 4: Sue's Blues Open Blues Jam hosted by The Blues All Stars with Rick Collura (free) 6:30pm
House with No Name
Wed 4: Sleepology, Linden Hollow, Jack Doran, Echolocation, Farseek 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Wed 4: Poetry Open Mic
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Wed 4: Everybody's a Comedian! 8pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Wed 4: Eilen Jewell 9pm
NYOH's Buckeye Bar - 614-246-2810
Wed 4: Swingin' Wednesdays 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Wed 4: Excesss Karaoke 9pm
Rafters Beer Pub - 614-263-2120
Wed 4: Open Mic / Acoustic Jam (free) 8pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Wed 4: Old Time Jam 7:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Wed 4: The Break: Weekly Hip Hop night (free) 9pm
Retro Lounge - 614-670-8464
Wed 4: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Rick's Coaches - 614-476-4496
Wed 4: Chris Logsdon 8-11:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Wed 4: Trivioke
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Wed 4: Weird Wednesday: EGi, Hush Money, Strange Mechanics 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Wed 4: Front St. Funk 7:30pm
Wed 4: Hashtag Comedy 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Wed 4: Acoustic Open Mic with Billy Zenn (free, all ages) 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Wed 4: GF XII: Jor'Dan Armstrong, Jonathan Baker, Radikal Hughes, J. Rawls ($20, all ages) 7pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Wed 4: Jeff The Brotherhood with Music Band ($12) 9pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Wed 4: Karaoke Wednesday 9:30pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Thu 5: Vacation Forever, SHVS, 12amAnimal Choir ($5 18+) 8pm
Basement - 614-224-2430
Thu 5: Polica, Mothxr ($15, all ages) 7:30pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Thu 5: Freq (free) 10pm
Brazenhead Pub (5th Ave.) - 614-737-3738
Thu 5: Music Trivia/The Music Show hosted by Scoota 7-9pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Thu 5: Mad Doctors, Lt. Dance ($5) 9pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Thu 5: Apocalypso ($4) 10pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Thu 5: Throwback Thursday Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Thu 5: The Last Five Years 8-10pm
House with No Name
Thu 5: Ada, Field Sleeper, Daddy, Silvermane 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Thu 5: Accidental Seabirds
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Thu 5: Open Mic, with Billy Zenn 7pm
Little Bar - 614-291-8887
Thu 5: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Thu 5: Happy Chichester 9pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Thu 5: The Takedowns!
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Thu 5: Barry Chern's Thirst Fursdays 6pm
Thu 5: The Relentless Mules 9pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Thu 5: Popgun 6:30pm
Thu 5: Fluffer, Mungbean, Castles Burning, Mother Marcie 10pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Thu 5: The Lunchbox 1pm
Thu 5: Front St. Funk 7:30pm
Thu 5: The Not So Late Show with Johnny DiLoretto 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Thu 5: Karaoke with Adrian X
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Thu 5: Ladies 80's & More (ladies free, guys $5/$10, ages 18+)
Spacebar
Thu 5: Keeps, Kizzy Hall, Hidden Places 9pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Thu 5: Matt Munhall 5-8pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Thu 5: Speak Easy ($5, BYOB) 7-9pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Thu 5: Cinco De Mayo w/ Ian Carroll & Friends (free) 6pm
Thu 5: Hackensaw Boys ($15) 9pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Thu 5: Comedy Death Spot Open Mic hosted by Tom Plute 10pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Fri 6: Record Store Happy Hour: Lost Weekend Records (free) 6-8:30pm
Fri 6: Infinite Exes: A Tribute To The Magnetic Fields ($5) 9pm
PICK: The title kinda says it all. I think the venue reached capacity at some point last year.
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Fri 6: Andrew Bryant, Micah Schnabel, Joel Walter Band 9pm
PICK: Micah Schnabel of Two Cow Garage goes solo.
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Fri 6: Friday Night Karaoke Part Deux 6pm
Fri 6: Spielberlesque, A Burlesque Tribute to Steven Spielberg 10pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Fri 6: Bassel & The Supernaturals, The Pleasant Tense, Safety Squad 9pm
PICK: In The Pleasant Tense I hear soul and funk with some jazz and rock inflections.
Bungalow Jazz - 614-397-5540
Fri 6: Phil DeGreg, Doug Richeson, Jim Rupp 7:30
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Fri 6: Grassahol 7pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Fri 6: Maiden Japan: Anime, JPOP, Video Game EDM (free) 9pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Fri 6: Tim Cummiskey Duo (free) 7:30-9pm
Fri 6: Hoodoo Soul ($8/$10) 9:30pm-12m
de-NOVO Bistro & Bar - 614-496-1002
Fri 6: Luxury Brown Lite 6:30-10pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Fri 6: Bob Niederriter ($4) 10pm
Donatos Basement (OSU) - 614-294-5371
Fri 6: Everything Wilts, Henrietta, Still, Sister Sara 8pm
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Fri 6: KVLT: Textbeak, PrismViews, Oedipus, DVVIDW, CrystalBoi, PrizmViews ($7, ages 18+) 10pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Fri 6: Creatures of Habit 9pm-1:30pm
Express Live! (formerly Lifestyle Communities Pavilion) - 614-431-3600
Fri 6: Alice Cooper ($35, all ages) 7pm
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Fri 6: The Last Five Years 8-10pm
Fri 6: Divas United 8-10pm
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Fri 6: Ride for World Heath Fundraiser 7pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Fri 6: LRPM: Scotty Boombox 9pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Fri 6: Angela Perley & the Howlin' Moons 10pm
PICK: Angela Perley, one of Alive's bands to watch a couple years ago, started off doing more old-time-y backwoods Appalachian and country tunes, but now veers more toward rockabilly and rock.
North City Tavern - 614-846-0796
Fri 6: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Palace Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 6: Je'Caryous Johnson's Married But Single 8pm
Park Street Patio - 614-220-9151
Fri 6: Osage (free) 6pm
Fri 6: The New Mastersounds, Moon Hooch ($17) 9pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Fri 6: Scarlet Fever Band
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Fri 6: Family Friendly First Friday 6pm
Fri 6: Creole du Nord 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Fri 6: ReStart Drum and Bass 10pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Fri 6: The New Columbus 2 Concert hosted by DJ TRILL
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Fri 6: Hey Monea! 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Fri 6: Scandalous 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Fri 6: The Quiz Box 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Fri 6: The Greezy Bullets, The Patrick McLaughlin Band, Billy Zenn and The Ringers 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Fri 6: Zomboy, Ghastly, VJ Vendetta ($20/$25/$30, ages 18+) 9pm
Spacebar
Fri 6: Basic Cable Preachers (single release), Nights, Indian Opinion, Punch Drunk Tagalongs 8pm
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Fri 6: Available Light Theatre: Feels Like (the Body Project) 8pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Fri 6: Cold as Life, Empire of Rats, Yesterday's Youth, Time has Come, Bonehead, The Come Up ($10) 7pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Fri 6: Two Years Later, So Long Stargazer, Culture Vultures
University District Gateway
Fri 6: Dan Heidt 5-7pm
Fri 6: Kelly Zullo 7-9pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Fri 6: Fox N Hounds 10pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Fri 6: Steve Lehman Octet 8pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Fri 6: Civilization: Youth Open Mic 6-8pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Sat 7: Villainz (CD release), DJ Clay, Bonez Dubb, THC, J Birz R, M2S, Billz, Thrilla J, Demi Goodnes, Mr 6ix ($12, all ages) 5pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sat 7: Heatwave Dance Party ($5) 9pm
PICK: Heatwave is a vinyl only Motown/Garage Rock/Mod/R&B/Soul/Oldies dance party.
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sat 7: Electric Hand (EP release), The Whiles, Trachete 8-11pm
PICK: The Whiles have some great indie pop/folk songs and have developed a little darker, not so pristine side in recent years.
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Sat 7: Cautionary Tales: An Alternative Comedy Showcase 7-10pm
Sat 7: 90's Prom Karaoke 10pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Sat 7: Mossy 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sat 7: Excesss Karaoke (free) 10pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sat 7: The Drew Allan Duo (free) 7:30-9pm
Sat 7: The Castros ($8/$10) 9:30pm-12m
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sat 7: Circus of Cool ($4) 10pm
PICK: The players, performers and readers may change, but Circus of Cool is all about poetry read to jazz or jazz played to poetry - all live and usually improvised.
Donatos Basement (OSU) - 614-294-5371
Sat 7: BoyMeetsWorld, Two Years Later, Absolute Hero, We Are The Movies, You vs Yesterday 6pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sat 7: The Graduates 9:30pm-1:30pm
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sat 7: The Last Five Years 3-5pm, 8-10pm
Haiku - 614-294-8168
Sat 7: Louise Salvador
House with No Name
Sat 7: Seagirls, Sama 8pm
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Sat 7: Lennon Orchestra 8pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Sat 7: Live Band Karaoke with Parker Paul and Pete English 9pm
Mint (Grey Area) - 42 West Jenkins Ave.
Sat 7: Ritual: Titonton Duvante, Kevin Frey, Kevin Failure, Justin Carver, Jake Kohn, Jed James, Levitation Sound System ($10, ages +21) 10pm
PICK: Titonton, a founding member of local techno/electronica band Body Release (with Charles Noel, Todd Sines and Mike Szewczyk), plays a mixture of electronica, techno and minimalism.
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sat 7: Canta Brasil 10pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Sat 7: Chief Keef ($35/$38, all ages) 7pm
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Sat 7: Corrosion Of Conformity, Lo-Pan, Rat Bastard Syndicate 7:30pm
PICK: Lo-Pan remind me of Sabbath and early grunge - what the kids call stoner rock these days.
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sat 7: Powerful Pills
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sat 7: Crescent Fresh 6pm
Sat 7: Seth Swingle 9pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Sat 7: Aaron Evens (release)
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sat 7: Graceful Closure, Danger Scene, Flint Eastwood 6:30pm
Sat 7: The Water Buffalos 10pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sat 7: Scandalous 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sat 7: Get Right With DJ Tron (ages 21+, free before 10:30pm/$5/$10 after 12:30am) 10pm
Spacebar
Sat 7: Zombie On Radar, Skull Practitioners, Chiroptera, Minions of Mayhem 9pm
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Sat 7: Available Light Theatre: Feels Like (the Body Project) 8pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Sat 7: Fister, Lion's Daughter, Artillery Breath, Traitors Return to Earth ($8/$10) 9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Sat 7: Bloodthirsty Virgins, DPS, Ferns 9:30pm
University District Gateway
Sat 7: Luke Mossburg 3-5pm
Sat 7: Kristen Peters 5-7pm
Sat 7: Philip Fox 7-9pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Sat 7: Trio NOT 10pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sat 7: Happy Hour The Underhills (free) 6pm
Sat 7: Central Blues Co. ($6) 9pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sun 8: Mothers, Palm ($8/$10, ages 18+) 6pm
Sun 8: Excesss Karaoke (free) 10pm-close
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sun 8: Cate Le Bon, Mega Bog ($10/$12, all ages) 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sun 8: Psychic Teens, WVWhite, 20XX ($5) 9pm
Columbus Museum of Art - 614-221-4848
Sun 8: Sunday at Central: Angelin Chang 3pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sun 8: Lucas Holmes Solo Pianist (free) 10am
Sun 8: Bobby Floyd Trio Jam Session ($8/$10) 6-8pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sun 8: Joe Ong ($4) 8pm
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Sun 8: Jonny Craig, Tilian Pearson, Kurt Travis, Victory Heights, Creature Comforts ($15 - $18, all ages) 6pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sun 8: Karaoke 9pm-2am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sun 8: The Last Five Years 3-5pm
Sun 8: Divas United 3-5pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sun 8: Mouths of Babes, Wild Ponies 8pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sun 8: Old Time Jam 7:30pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sun 8: HooDoo Soul Band 10pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sun 8: School House Rock Live! 2pm
Sun 8: Front St. Funk 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sun 8: The Flex Crew ($10, ages 21+) 10pm
Studio Two, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Sun 8: Available Light Theatre: Feels Like (the Body Project) 2pm
Third & Hollywood - 614-488-0303
Sun 8: Erik Augis, Woodson, Tsamous 11:30am
Union Bar and Food - 614-421-2233
Sun 8: Sunday Brunch: Debra Tucker, Richard Lopez 12n-2pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Sun 8: Connection Experiment 12-2pm