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Basement - 614-224-2430
Mon 5: Rubblebucket, Mal Devisa ($15) 7pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Mon 5: Karaoke (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Mon 5: Poetry Forum 7-9:30pm
Mon 5: Monday Mayhem Prohibition Repeal Party (free) 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Mon 5: DJ Capn Lonesome (free)
Clintonville Woman's Club - 614-268-5525
Mon 5: Vaughn Wiester's 21-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra 7:30-10:45pm
Donatos Basement (OSU) - 614-294-5371
Mon 5: Microwave, A Will Away, Head North 6pm
Due Amici - 614-224-9373
Mon 5: Jesse Michael Barr 6-9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Mon 5: Open Stage w/ Matt Jones 9pm-1am
Express Live! (formerly Lifestyle Communities Pavilion) - 614-431-3600
Mon 5: Mac Miller ($32/$35, all ages) 6pm
Grass Skirt Tiki Room - 614-429-3650
Mon 5: Repeal Day Party: DJ Arlette of Swank 7-11pm
Hughes Auditorium (OSU) - 614-292-0789
Mon 5: Flute Studio Recital 6:30pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Mon 5: OSU Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Mon 5: Trivia Night with Steve 7pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Mon 5: Beautiful Monday's Poetry open mic 7-10pm
Mon 5: Beautiful Monday's Dance Party 10pm-2am
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Mon 5: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Mon 5: Nerd Night
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Mon 5: Comedy Open Stage 9pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Mon 5: A Golden Giveback, Stay Gold Collective, Razook, Zac Ali ($15 dos, all ages) 8pm
Spacebar
Mon 5: Karaoke
Weigel Auditorium (OSU) - 614-292-0789
Mon 5: Gospel and Spiritual Choir 8pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Tue 6: Gin Wigmore, Lo/Hi ($15) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Tue 6: Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band, Pinegrove, Petal ($15/$18, ages 18+) 7pm
Basement - 614-224-2430
Tue 6: Andie Case, Will Deely ($12/$15/$60 VIP, all ages) 7:30pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Tue 6: Excesss Trivia (free) 9pm
Tue 6: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Tue 6: Open Mic Tuesday Music and Comedy 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Tue 6: Safe Passages (free)
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Tue 6: Bluegrass Jam (free) 10pm
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Tue 6: The Best Karaoke in Columbus 10pm-2am
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Tue 6: Songwriters workshop
Ledo's Lounge - 614-263-1009
Tue 6: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money 9pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Tue 6: Rock Your Cock Off Karaoke (free) 9pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Tue 6: Tom Russell 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Tue 6: Jazz Jam: Pete Mills, Andy Woodson and Cedric Easton 8:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Tue 6: STP Tuesday 9pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Tue 6: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Tue 6: Writing Wrong Poetry 7-10pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Tue 6: Tony Monaco Trio 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Tue 6: Jam Central Station 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Tue 6: The Holiday Lunchbox 2016 1pm
Tue 6: Holiday Hoopla 2016 7:30pm [SOLD OUT]
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Tue 6: Big Head Bar Trivia 7pm
Tue 6: The Shrunken Head's Karaoke 10pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Tue 6: Joy, Hanging Moon, Crewneck, Humility, Deathsong ($10) 7pm
Taps Pizza & Lounge 360 - 614-885-8277
Tue 6: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies 9:30pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Wed 7: Shana Falana, Comrade Question, Plastic Pinks ($5/$6, ages 18+) 8pm
Barrel On High - 614-564-9058
Wed 7: Barrel Open Mic Comedy Night 8:30pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Wed 7: Paper Bird, Deadwood Floats ($12/$14, all ages) 8pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Wed 7: WRuby Darling, Admiral Contempt, Hashtag Comedy, Cortney Gail 9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Wed 7: Jazz Wednesday w/ Tim Dvorkin 8pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Wed 7: Tom Davis
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Wed 7: Fresh Baked, Sama, Cocaine Model, Entel, Fallsteeze ($5, ages 18+) 10pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Wed 7: DJ Ace Dance & Karaoke 8pm-1am
Hey Hey Club - 614-445-9512
Wed 7: Sue's Blues Open Blues Jam hosted by The Blues All Stars with Rick Collura (free) 6:30pm
House with No Name
Wed 7: Mr. Phylzzz, Will Wood, TTUM 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Wed 7: Poetry Open Mic
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Wed 7: Everybody's a Comedian! (free) 8:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Wed 7: Micah Schnabel, Darrin Bradbury 9pm
NYOH's Buckeye Bar - 614-246-2810
Wed 7: Swingin' Wednesdays 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Wed 7: Big Head Trivia 7pm
Rafters Beer Pub - 614-263-2120
Wed 7: Open Mic / Acoustic Jam (free) 8pm
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Wed 7: Old Time Jam 7:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Wed 7: The Break: Weekly Hip Hop night (free) 9pm
Retro Lounge - 614-670-8464
Wed 7: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Rick's Coaches - 614-476-4496
Wed 7: Chris Logsdon 8-11:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Wed 7: Trivioke/Free Pool
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Wed 7: Cowtown Round hosted by Jason Quicksall and Jesse Henry 8pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Wed 7: Weird Wednesday: Wed ZepWeen, Scarlet and Grateful House Band 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Wed 7: The Holiday Lunchbox 2016 1pm
Wed 7: Holiday Hoopla 2016 7:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Wed 7: Acoustic Open Mic with Billy Zenn 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Wed 7: Triller Than Most Local Showcase ($10 dos, all ages) 7pm
Spacebar
Wed 7: Spacebar Trivia 7pm
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Wed 7: Open Mic Night 7-9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Wed 7: Open Mic
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Wed 7: Short's Brewing Event (free) 5pm
Wed 7: Runnin' With The Diesel Tour 2016: Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Southern Ave ($20) 9pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Wed 7: Karaoke Wednesday 9:30pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Thu 8: Dragonette, Gibbz ($12/$14, all ages) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Thu 8: ALCON, Zuck's Turkey Farm ($5, ages 18+) 9pm
Basement - 614-224-2430
Thu 8: Trapt, Dead Mans Dew ($13/$15, all ages) 7:30pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Thu 8: the True Facts, 20xx, Jacoti Sommes 8pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Thu 8: Bi Local Happy Hour 5pm
Thu 8: Thursday Night Karaoke Part One 7pm
Thu 8: Freq (free) 10pm
Brazenhead Pub (5th Ave.) - 614-737-3738
Thu 8: Music Trivia/The Music Show hosted by Scoota 7-9pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Thu 8: Bozniak, Jason Frederick ($5) 9pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Thu 8: Blues Brews & BBQ: Deuce 'n a Quarter (CD release) 7:30-11pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Thu 8: Danny Fox
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Thu 8: August Wilson's Radio Golf 7-9:45pm
Thu 8: Christmas in Columbus: A Holiday Adventure 8-9:30pm
House with No Name
Thu 8: Oliver Houston 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Thu 8: Lazy Susan and the Beanbag
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Thu 8: Open Mic with Billy Zenn 7pm
Little Bar - 614-291-8887
Thu 8: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Thu 8: Steve Forbert 9pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Thu 8: Joseph ($5) 7pm
No Culture - 419-357-7901
Thu 8: Shitty Neighbors, Church Camp 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Thu 8: Tony Monaco Trio
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Thu 8: Jake Loew 6pm
Thu 8: Bluegrass with the Relentless Mules 9:30pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Thu 8: The Holiday Lunchbox 2016 1pm
Thu 8: Holiday Hoopla 2016 7:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Thu 8: Big Head Trivia Special 7pm
Thu 8: Northern Junkyard Orchestra, Coal Fired Bicycle, Thunder Thighs 8pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Thu 8: Ladies 80's & More (ladies free, guys $5/$10, ages 18+)
Spacebar
Thu 8: The Cadence, Victory Gardens, Megan Taylor
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Thu 8: Matt Munhall 5-8pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Thu 8: SassyDo Improv ($5) 7-9pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Thu 8: Conscious Pilot, the Fat Catz ($5) 9pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Thu 8: Comedy Death Spot Open Mic hosted by Tom Plute 10pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Fri 9: Cathedral Dance Party ($5, ages 18+) 10pm
Alrosa Villa - 614-885-9125
Fri 9: Third World, Turkish Royals, Roots Sound ($20, all ages) 9pm
Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Fri 9: Social Crush
Basement - 614-224-2430
Fri 9: Toy and Canned Food Drive Benefit: Memory Drive, Plaid Brixx, Wolfmen, New Haven, James Schaber, Lil Cal, The Hammer Kids ($13) 6:30pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Fri 9: 24th Annual CD102.5FM For The Kids Thon Celebration: Fields and Planes, Emily and the Complexes, Go Analog 7pm-1am
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Fri 9: Friday Night Karaoke Part Deux!! 6pm
Fri 9: Seven Deadly Sins Series: Redemption 9:30pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Fri 9: Fiddle Me This 7pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Fri 9: Crystallized Organism: Visual Works 2015 - 2016 (free) 9pm
Columbus Performing Arts Center (CPAC) - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: A Seussified Christmas Carol 7:30pm
Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center (formerly Capitol Theatre) - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: Jim Jefferies 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Fri 9: Christmas with The Randys 9pm
PICK: The Randys play fun 1920s-1960s offbeat covers that get most of the audience dancing. Here they focus on Christmas, holiday and seasonal songs.
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Fri 9: Little Beat, Funke, Jed James and Foi Oi Oi ($5, ages 21+) 9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Fri 9: Wednesday Wine 9pm-1am
Express Live! (formerly Lifestyle Communities Pavilion) - 614-431-3600
Fri 9: 105.7 The Xmas Party: The Struts, Holy White Hounds, Coin, Daymare ($24.50/$26, all ages) 6pm
Garden Theater/Ethel's Bar - 614-725-4042
Fri 9: Open Tap Dance Jam, hosted by Movement Afoot 9pm-12m
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Fri 9: August Wilson's Radio Golf 7-9:45pm
Fri 9: Christmas in Columbus: A Holiday Adventure 8-9:30pm
Global Gallery Coffee House - 614-262-5535
Fri 9: Midnight Madness 5pm-12m
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Fri 9: V/V (5 of 5) String Quintet
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Fri 9: Smokestack Lightning 8pm
King Avenue United Methodist Church - 614-424-6050
Fri 9: Columbus Gay Mens Chorus ($20) 8pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Fri 9: Ian Hummel (free) 7pm
Fri 9: LRPM: Dana (free) J. 9pm
McCoy Center - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: New Albany Children's Ballet: Nutcracker 7pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Fri 9: Hebdo 10pm
PICK: Joey Hebdo plays a variety of upbeat American pop, folk and rock with some roots, reggae, and rag influences.
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Fri 9: Dan + Shay, Walker Hayes ($22/$25, all ages) 7pm
North City Tavern - 614-846-0796
Fri 9: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: BalletMet: The Nutcracker 7:30pm
PICK: Tchaikovsky's ballet music is among my favorite "serious" music. Just be ready for a long show if ya go.
Palace Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: Dave Koz & Friends Christmas 2016 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Fri 9: The Trains
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Fri 9: Alex Schrock 6pm
Fri 9: Erika Hughes and the Well-Mannered 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Fri 9: Franklinton Fridays- Opening Reception artist Daidria Eckels 7pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Fri 9: Earth Entertainment Local music showcase
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Fri 9: Thank You Scientist 8pm
Schottenstein Center - 614-431-3600
Fri 9: Gaither Christmas Homecoming 7pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Fri 9: The Holiday Lunchbox 2016 1pm
Fri 9: Holiday Hoopla 2016 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Fri 9: Angela Perley & The Howlin Moons, The High Definitions ($10/$12, all ages) 8:30pm
PICK: Angela Perley, one of Alive's bands to watch last year, started off doing more old-time-y backwoods Appalachian and country tunes, but now veers more toward rockabilly and rock.
Southern Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 9: ProMusica: Messiah Side-by-side Sing-Along 7:30pm
Spacebar
Fri 9: Pearl Jam Karaoke 6-9pm
Fri 9: Motherfolk, Basic Cable Preachers
Summit - 614-268-9377
Fri 9: Build ($7/$5 with student ID) 10pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Fri 9: Trachete
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Fri 9: Deeptones 10pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Fri 9: Dane Terry: Bird in the House ($20, $17 Wexner members, $13 students) 8pm
PICK: Dane Terry probably should have been a band/man to watch a few years ago with keyboard and broad influences spanning all sorts of genres from the last 200 years or so.
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Fri 9: WAKE&SHAKE ($5 donation) 6-8am
Fri 9: See You Thursday Improv ($5) 8-9:30pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Fri 9: Karr Street Band (free) 6pm
Fri 9: The Big Rockin' Blues Band ($10) 9pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Sat 10: CAAMP ($10/$12, all ages) 7pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sat 10: Worriers, Mikey Erg, Pretty Pretty, Sega Genocide ($5/$7, ages 21+) 9pm
PICK: I've still only seen/heard 1 full Sega Genocide set plus its 60's Night Live cover set too many months ago.
Alrosa Villa - 614-885-9125
Sat 10: Boondox, Villainz ($15, all ages) 6pm
Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Sat 10: Gas Station Disco
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sat 10: 24th Annual CD102.5FM For The Kids Thon Celebration: Shamrock Club Pipes and Drums, Garbage Greek, Daymare, The Wet Darlings, So Long Stargazer, Gelatinus Cube 11am-1am
PICK: The Wet Darlings are likable, but remind me too much of some incidental show band in the background of some early 1980's movie bar scene (I'm thinking the one with Demi Moore as a struggling singer specifically).
Bluestone (formerly BoMA) - 614-884-4646
Sat 10: The 7th Annual Beatles Marathon ($20/$25, all ages) 12n
PICK: Joe Peppercorn of the Whiles is joined by a variety of rotating backing musicians to play through the complete Beatles catalog live and in chronological order.
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Sat 10: Sex Talk and Reading 4:30pm
Sat 10: Party & Bars: Jae Esquire Bday Celebration 9pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Sat 10: The Kells 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sat 10: Excesss Karaoke (free) 10pm
Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center - 614-469-0939
Sat 10: Christine's Christmas ($25-$100) 6:30pm
Columbus Museum of Art - 614-221-4848
Sat 10: A Book in Concert; Readings from Tasa's Song by Linda Kass, Carpe Diem String Quartet ($5-$20) 3-4:30pm
Columbus Performing Arts Center (CPAC) - 614-469-0939
Sat 10: A Seussified Christmas Carol 1pm, 2:30pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sat 10: Heartland Christmas Party: Phillip Fox Band 9pm-1:30am
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sat 10: Bob Niederriter
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Sat 10: Ohio Core: Shores of Elysium, Plagues, As Earth Fades, Wait For The Day, Homebound, The Acadia Summit($8 - $10, all ages) 6pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sat 10: Discount Blues 9:30pm-1:30am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sat 10: August Wilson's Radio Golf 2-4:45pm, 7-9:45pm
Sat 10: Christmas in Columbus: A Holiday Adventure 3-4:30pm, 8-9:30pm
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Sat 10: The Final Clampdown 10pm
PICK: Clampdown, the 10+ year monthly rock dance party, calls it a day. Yes, I'm singing that Europe song too.
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Sat 10: Jason Ropp 7:30pm
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Sat 10: Local Color 7pm
PICK: Local Color, influenced by the Dead and other jam bands, has been doing it somewhere around 25 years now.
King Avenue United Methodist Church - 614-424-6050
Sat 10: Columbus Gay Mens Chorus ($20) 2pm, 8pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Sat 10: Pajama Jam! 90's Slumber Party (free) 9pm
McCoy Center - 614-469-0939
Sat 10: New Albany Children's Ballet: Nutcracker 2pm, 7pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sat 10: SpeakEasy 10pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Sat 10: For Today, Norma Jean, My Epic, Silent Planet ($20/$23, all ages) 6pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 10: BalletMet: The Nutcracker 1pm, 5:30pm
PICK: Tchaikovsky's ballet music is among my favorite "serious" music. Just be ready for a long show if ya go.
Park Street Saloon - 614-477-7255
Sat 10: Cam'Ron 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sat 10: The JiMiller Band
Rambling House Brewery - 614-468-3415
Sat 10: Stacked Stones 6pm
Sat 10: The Old Norths 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Sat 10: Footwork: Funk & Soul all night long along with DJ Bombeardo 9pm-2am
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Sat 10: Tim Gmeiner bday show: Playhouse, Roxie, Blueprint, Illogic
PICK: Blueprint is probably the most respected and known rap mogul in town. Illogic is probably the most respectful and literate rapper in town.
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sat 10: Exit Verse 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Sat 10: The Occasional Benders, Ed McGee, The Happy Little Trees ($12/$15, ages 18+) 8pm
PICK: Ed McGee (Ekoostik Hookah, One Under) returns to Columbus solo and with his new band, The Occasional Benders
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sat 10: Little Shop of Horrors 2pm
Sat 10: Holiday Hoopla 2016 7:30pm [SOLD OUT]
Sat 10: Holiday Hoopla 2016 10:30pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Sat 10: Legbone, The Skashank Redemption, Children of Reagan, The Stales 8pm
PICK: Local punk rockers Children of Reagan never quite broke up. Recently they've been playing more than a few times a year.
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sat 10: Call Me Karizma, Spencer Sutherland, Avalon Young, Kid Quill ($15/$18, all ages) 1pm
Sat 10: Bass Jam: Strange Mechanics, Dizgo, Cosmosis, Ghost Gardens, Heady Ruxpin, Toadnuggz (ages 21+ free, ages 18+) 8pm
Spacebar
Sat 10: Other People, Scout Master, Kizzy Hall, Parade Rainer
PICK: Kizzy Hall play noisy-pop that reminds me a bit of Connections & 84 Nash.
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Sat 10: Karaoke 9:30pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Sat 10: Tourist Trap, Original Soundtrack
The Vanderelli Room - 614-403-4689
Sat 10: Hoedown Benefit for Standing Rock 7pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Sat 10: Digs 10pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Sat 10: Dane Terry: Bird in the House ($20, $17 Wexner members, $13 students) 8pm
PICK: Dane Terry probably should have been a band/man to watch a few years ago with keyboard and broad influences spanning all sorts of genres from the last 200 years or so.
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sat 10: Huge Euge Holiday Show ($5) 7pm
A&R Music Bar - 614-224-2430
Sun 11: She Wants Revenge, Nikki's Wives, Damn The Witch Siren ($25/$27, all ages) 7pm
PICK: Damn the Witch Siren is a fun, visually and aurally vibrant electroclash duo.
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sun 11: Excesss Karaoke (free) 10pm-Close
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sun 11: 24th Annual CD102.5FM For The Kids Thon Celebration: Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, Lydia Loveless, St. Tim's Choir 11am-5pm
PICK: Lydia Loveless is a young local country/punk/pop crooner wise beyond her years - be it booze, brawls or boys. Oh, and she's received a lot of national attention the past few years and weeks.
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Sun 11: Crafting with The Kittens 4pm
Sun 11: Otterbein University Student Jazz Night 7pm
Columbus Performing Arts Center (CPAC) - 614-469-0939
Sun 11: A Seussified Christmas Carol 1pm, 2:30pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sun 11: The Bobby Floyd Showcase featuring Houston Person ($8/$10 5-8:15pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sun 11: Wally Mitchel
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Sun 11: Secret Space, Heart Attack Man, Creature Comforts, Weathervein, Truthers ($10 - $12, all ages) 7pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sun 11: Eldorado's Karaoke 9pm
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sun 11: Christmas in Columbus: A Holiday Adventure 3-4:30pm
Global Gallery Coffee House - 614-262-5535
Sun 11: Food Truck Funday 4-7pm
McCoy Center - 614-469-0939
Sun 11: New Albany Children's Ballet: Nutcracker 1pm, 5pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sun 11: Colin John 12m
Sun 11: The Seldom Scene 8pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sun 11: BalletMet: The Nutcracker 1pm, 5:30pm
PICK: Tchaikovsky's ballet music is among my favorite "serious" music. Just be ready for a long show if ya go.
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Sun 11: Mistar Anderson Video Shoot
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sun 11: HooDoo Soul Band 10pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sun 11: Little Shop of Horrors 2pm, 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sun 11: Afton Local Showcase ($11/$14, all ages) 3:45
Sun 11: The Flex Crew ($10, ages 21+) 10pm
Southern Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sun 11: ProMusica: Christmas Oratorio 7pm
Strongwater Food and Spirits - 614-928-3170
Sun 11: Cheers! Art + Music Market 12n-5pm
Third & Hollywood - 614-488-0303
Sun 11: Erik Augis, Woodson, Tsamous 11:30am
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Sun 11: The Connection Experiment 12-2pm