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Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Mon 9: CFB National Championship
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Mon 9: Karaoke (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Mon 9: Poetry Forum 7-9:30pm
Mon 9: Monday Mayhem with SKP (free) 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Mon 9: DJ Capn Lonesome (free)
Clintonville Woman's Club - 614-268-5525
Mon 9: Vaughn Wiester's 21-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra 7:30-10:45pm
Due Amici - 614-224-9373
Mon 9: Jesse Michael Barr 6-9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Mon 9: Open Stage w/ Matt Jones 9pm-1am
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Mon 9: Trivia Night with Steve 7pm
McCoy Center - 614-469-0939
Mon 9: New Albany Orchestra: New Albany Orchestras: Electrify Your Strings 6:30pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Mon 9: Beautiful Monday's Poetry open mic 7-10pm
Mon 9: Beautiful Monday's Dance Party 10pm-2am
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Mon 9: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Mon 9: Nerd Night
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Mon 9: Stand Up Comedy Open Stage 8pm
Spacebar
Mon 9: Karaoke 9pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Mon 9: The Business of Art 6:30-8:30pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Tue 10: Comedy Hecklefest: D-Minus, J. Cokes, Rich Johnston, Paul Bearer, Bree Frick, Freddie Free ($5, ages 18+) 8-10:30pm
Bernard's Tavern - 614-223-9601
Tue 10: Excesss Trivia (free) 9pm
Tue 10: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money (free) 10pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Tue 10: Open Mic Tuesday Music and Comedy 8pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Tue 10: Bluegrass Jam (free) 10pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Tue 10: Open Stage w/ Matt Jones 7-11pm
Hounddog's Pizza - 614-263-4058
Tue 10: The Best Karaoke in Columbus 10pm-2am
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Tue 10: Songwriters workshop
Ledo's Lounge - 614-263-1009
Tue 10: Live Band Karaoke with Dirty Money 9pm
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Tue 10: Rock Your Cock Off Karaoke (free) 9pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Tue 10: Trace Marie & Blue Level, Jason & Michelle 8pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Tue 10: Jazz Jam Session: Pete Mills, Andy Woodson and Cedric Easton 8:30pm
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Tue 10: That Belongs in a Museum! 7:30pm
Rosie O'Grady's - 614-471-7220
Tue 10: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Tue 10: Writing Wrong Poetry 7-10pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Tue 10: Tundra 4tet ($8) 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Tue 10: Tuesdays with Mak & Winks 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Tue 10: Big Head's Bar Trivia 7pm
Tue 10: Karaoke wih Liv 10pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Tue 10: Black Daddy, Get Dangerous, Nobody, Pot Pocket, Echoside ($10, ages 18+) 9pm
Taps Pizza & Lounge 360 - 614-885-8277
Tue 10: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies 9:30pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Tue 10: Writers Group 7-9pm
Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Wed 11: West Fifth 6:30pm
Barrel On High - 614-564-9058
Wed 11: Barrel Open Mic Comedy Night 8:30pm
Basement - 614-224-2430
Wed 11: Liza Anne, Fields & Planes ($10/$12, all ages) 7pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Wed 11: CD102.5FM Frontstage Live W/ Hello Emerson, Roofdogs 9pm
Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar - 614-388-8765
Wed 11: Jazz Wednesday w/ Ryan Jewell Quintet 8pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Wed 11: The Guests, Hytwr, Toxic Womb ($5) 9pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Wed 11: Cary Dachtyl
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Wed 11: DJ Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
Hey Hey Club - 614-445-9512
Wed 11: Sue's Blues Open Blues Jam hosted by The Blues All Stars with Rick Collura (free) 6:30pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Wed 11: Poetry Open Mic
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Wed 11: Everybody's a Comedian! (free) 8:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Wed 11: Sean Carney Band 9pm
NYOH's Buckeye Bar - 614-246-2810
Wed 11: Swingin' Wednesdays 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Wed 11: Big Head Trivia 7pm
Rafters Beer Pub - 614-263-2120
Wed 11: Open Mic / Acoustic Jam (free) 8pm
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Wed 11: Story Club Columbus 8pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Wed 11: The Break: Weekly Hip Hop night (free) 9pm
Retro Lounge - 614-670-8464
Wed 11: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Rick's Coaches - 614-476-4496
Wed 11: Chris Logsdon 8-11:30pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Wed 11: Trivioke/Free Pool
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Wed 11: Consider The Source w/ Safety Squad ($10) 9pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Wed 11: Weird Wednesday: Electric Orange Peel 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Wed 11: Little Shop of Horrors 7:30pm
Wed 11: Hashtag Comedy 2017 8pm
Shrunken Head (formerly Vic's) - 614-299-2295
Wed 11: Acoustic Open Mic wth Billy Zenn 7pm
Spacebar
Wed 11: Spacebar Trivia 7pm
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Wed 11: Open Mic Night 7-9pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Wed 11: Open Mic
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Wed 11: Winter Hash Sessions: Porch Fire (free) 6pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Wed 11: Karaoke Wednesday 9:30pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Thu 12: Mosses, Tommy Jay, Descoladores ($5, ages 18+) 9pm
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Thu 12: Wubba Wubba Wubba (late 80s'/early 90s hip hop/r+b) 9pm
Bluestone - 614-884-4646
Thu 12: Craig Morgan, Drew Baldridge ($25/$30) 7pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Thu 12: Thursday Night Karaoke Part One 7pm
Thu 12: Freq (free) 10pm
Brazenhead Pub (5th Ave.) - 614-737-3738
Thu 12: Music Trivia/The Music Show hosted by Scoota 7-9pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Thu 12: KT Ramsey, Master Servos, Complete Strangers ($5) 9pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Thu 12: Liver Quiver
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Thu 12: DJ Ace Karaoke 9pm-2am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Thu 12: The Chaplin Plays: Wild Women Writing 8-10pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Thu 12: Side Sleeper. live music
King Avenue Five - 614-297-8060
Thu 12: Open Mic with Billy Zenn 7pm
Little Bar - 614-291-8887
Thu 12: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Thu 12: The Salty Caramels 9pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Thu 12: Rese Jhordan 9pm
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Thu 12: James Wooster 6pm
Thu 12: Bluegrass with the Relentless Mules 9:30pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Thu 12: Popgun ($10) 8pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Thu 12: Little Shop of Horrors 7:30pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Thu 12: Ladies 80's & More (ladies free, guys $5/$10, ages 18+)
Spacebar
Thu 12: Jenna's Birthday Disco Party
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Thu 12: Raquel Lily, J. R. Fisher, The Pink Owl, Chris Hughes
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Thu 12: Matt Munhall 6pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Thu 12: SassyDo Improv ($5) 7-9pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Thu 12: Almond & Olive (free) 6pm
Thu 12: Everyone Leaves, Fossil Youth, Caving, Creature Comforts, So Far, So What? ($10) 6pm
Zeno's Bar - 384 W. 3rd Ave.
Thu 12: Comedy Death Spot Open Mic hosted by Tom Plute 10pm
400 West Rich - 614-937-0629
Fri 13: The Amazing Cat Show/Colony Cats benefit: Movement Activities & Mikey Thomas 7-11pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Fri 13: Cathedral Dance Party ($5, ages 18+) 10pm
Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Fri 13: Trailer Park Ninjas
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Fri 13: Great Lakes Turntable Pils Re-issue Party w/ Cd102.5 Scene Team
Fri 13: George Michael Tribute 9pm
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Fri 13: Friday Night Karaoke Part Deux!! 6pm
Fri 13: The "Yes" Show Part 2 9:30pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Fri 13: Strung Up 7pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Fri 13: Bloody Incisors (record release), Hookers Made Out Of Cocaine, Tasty, Zeroth Ones ($5) 9pm
PICK: HMOOC is Hookers Made Out Of Cocaine.
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Fri 13: Japanese B-Sides
PICK: Japanese B-Sides play rock, garage and pop songs from the 60s/70s you may not hear everyday, but still might know.
Donatos Basement (OSU) - 614-294-5371
Fri 13: The Language, Hanging Moon 6pm
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Fri 13: Peekaboos, Weird Science, Army Of Infants, Tasty ($5, ages 21+) 9pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Fri 13: Willie Phoenix 9pm-1am
PICK: Willie Phoenix 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.
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Fri 13: The Chaplin Plays: Wild Women Writing 8-10pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Fri 13: The Floorwalkers 10pm
PICK: The Floorwalkers take on pop/soul/blues rock kinda bores me, but some of ya like 'em.
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Fri 13: Colossal Brother, The Good Old Boys, Memory Drive, Flashback Humor, The Forty, Radar Hill, New Haven ($10/$15, all ages) 6:30pm
No Culture - 419-357-7901
Fri 13: Sleepology, Steven King 6pm
North City Tavern - 614-846-0796
Fri 13: Buckeye Karaoke Junkies
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Fri 13: Columbus Symphony: Klezmer Showcase 8pm
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Fri 13: The Goldberry's (free) 6pm
Fri 13: Whirlybirds 9pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Fri 13: Jevin's Friday the 13th Show: Miller And The Hunks, On Display, Mystic Mamba, Joaquin Zarate, Eddie Wolfe, Jake White, Michael Valles ($5-$7, ages 18+)
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Fri 13: Jesse Henry's Strutterfly Happy Hour Show ($6) 7pm
Fri 13: Foley ($8) 11pm
Scarlet and Gray Cafe - 614-291-2347
Fri 13: CloZee + Psymbionic, Magnetic 9:30pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Fri 13: Body Heat 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Fri 13: Blackalicious, Latyrx ($18/$20, all ages) 8:30pm
Spacebar
Fri 13: Mungbean, Fluffer, Moira 9pm
Summit - 614-268-9377
Fri 13: Disorder: dystopian dance party ($5 ) 10pm
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Fri 13: Folquinox 9:30pm
Tree Bar - 614-725-0955
Fri 13: Project Elise, Kostka, Ex-Nihilo, Kyle Cretin
Columbus Performing Arts Center (Van Fleet Theater) - 614-469-0939
Fri 13: CATCOisKids: Goldilocks and the Three Bears 7:30pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Fri 13: The Tubs 10pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Fri 13: Forced Entertainment: Tomorrow's Parties ($22/$19 members/$10 students) 8pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Fri 13: WAKE&SHAKE ($5 suggested donation) 6-8am
Fri 13: See You Thursday Improv ($5) 8-9:30pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Fri 13: Woodlands 6th Annual Grateful Dead Tribute ($5) 6pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sat 14: Rock Potluck: 40 Musicians from 40 Different Columbus Bands form 8 New Bands For One Night Only ($5, ages 21+) 8pm
PICK: 40 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.
Bar 145 - 614-564-9198
Sat 14: Lee Gantt Band
Bossy Grrl's Pin Up Joint - 2598 N. High St.
Sat 14: Sex Talk and Reading 4:30pm
Sat 14: The Crossfade! 9pm
Byrne's Pub - 614-486-4722
Sat 14: Drowsy Lads 9:30pm
Cafe Bourbon Street - 614-268-9377
Sat 14: Excesss Karaoke (free) 10pm
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sat 14: Generations of Blues Show featuring Joe Louis Walker 7:30-11:45pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sat 14: Jen Miller
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sat 14: 28 Eyes 9:30pm-1:30am
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sat 14: The Chaplin Plays: Wild Women Writing 8-10pm
House with No Name
Sat 14: Blind Uncle Harry, Sweater Weather 8pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Sat 14: Brian Griffin
Lincoln Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 14: PBJ & Jazz: Sean Carney Band ($5) 10am, 11:30am
PICK: Some jazz and sandwiches for the kids. No, REALLY!
Little Rock Bar - 614-824-5602
Sat 14: An Evening with Joe Peppercorn (free) 7pm- 10pm
PICK: Joe Peppercorn is the lead singer of the Whiles, the Smiths tribute band, Headmasters, and the main person behind the annual Beatles Marathon.
McConnell Arts Center of Worthington - 614-431-0329
Sat 14: Matt Munhall (CD release) ($20) 7:30-9:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sat 14: Urban Jazz Coalition 10pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Sat 14: Aaron Watson, Zane Williams ($15/$20, all ages) 7pm
Ohio Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 14: Columbus Symphony: Klezmer Showcase 8pm
Palace Theatre - 614-469-0939
Sat 14: Outback: Michael Cabonaro Live 7:30pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sat 14: Three Ton Toad
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Sat 14: Bullit Brothers with Zach Whitney 9pm
Rehab Tavern - 614-220-5655
Sat 14: Comedy night at Rehab (free) 8-10pm
Ruby Tuesday - 614-291-8313
Sat 14: New Year, New Tunes: After the Battle, Something Else, Birds Cage, The Bratz, Ghetto Circus, BareFuzz ($10/$15) 6pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sat 14: Electro Cult Circus ($5) 9pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sat 14: Body Heat 7:30pm, 10:30pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sat 14: 12th Planet, Lumberjvck, Attak, BBX, Toadnuggz ($16/$20, ages 18+) 9pm
Spacebar
Sat 14: Coya Hill, The Abstract, Pale Grey Lore 9pm
Tatohead's (formerly Hal & Al's) - 614-500-3968
Sat 14: Karaoke 9:30pm
Columbus Performing Arts Center (Van Fleet Theater) - 614-469-0939
Sat 14: CATCOisKids: Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1pm, 2:30pm
Walrus - 614-817-1710
Sat 14: Ohio The Giant (duo) 10pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Sat 14: Forced Entertainment: Real Magic ($22/$19 members/$10 students) 8pm
Woodland's Tavern - 614-299-4987
Sat 14: BenderFest 2017 (free) 10pm
Ace of Cups - 614-262-6001
Sun 15: Choke Chains, Mixed Deuce ($5, ages 18+) 6pm
Sun 15: Excesss Karaoke (free, ages 21+) 10pm-close
Big Room Bar - (614) 449-9612
Sun 15: Bash & Pop, The So So Glos ($15/$18, all ages) 7pm
Chocolate House - 614-499-3417 / 1137 Pennsylvania Ave.
Sun 15: 10th Annual Chocolate House Concert: Fauxgrass, Jenny Flory, Eric Nassau ($5-$10 donation) 6pm
PICK: The Chocolate House is Eric Nassau's home. Eric Nassau may travel and play out of town more than any other local artist except maybe Two Cow Garage.
Copious/Notes - 614-947-1520
Sun 15: Bobby Floyd Showcase 6-8:15pm
Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center (formerly Capitol Theatre) - 614-469-0939
Sun 15: Columbus Symphony & CATCOisKids: Peter and the Wolf 3pm
Dick's Den - 614-268-9573
Sun 15: Wally Mitchel
Double Happiness - 614-220-5558
Sun 15: Mat Kerekes, Elder Brother, The Flats, Jetty Bones, Undergrads ($12, all ages) 6:30pm
Eldorado's Food & Spirits - 614-785-0030
Sun 15: Eldorado's Karaoke 9pm
Garden Theater/Short North Stage - 614-725-4042
Sun 15: The Chaplin Plays: Wild Women Writing 2-4pm
Kafe Kerouac - 614-299-2672
Sun 15: President of Central Ohio NORML
McConnell Arts Center of Worthington - 614-431-0329
Sun 15: Matt Munhall (CD release) ($20) 7:30-9:30pm
Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza - 614-436-2625
Sun 15: Robbie Fulks 8pm
Newport Music Hall - 614-431-3600
Sun 15: Greensky Bluegrass, Front Country ($23/$25, all ages) 7pm
Park Street Tavern - 614-221-4099
Sun 15: Sweetwater Hash Sessions: Jimmy McGee and Friends 6pm
Rambling House Soda - 614-468-3415
Sun 15: Old Time Jam 7pm
Rumba Cafe - 614-268-1841
Sun 15: Hoodoo Soul Band ($8) 10pm
Shadowbox Live - 614-416-7625
Sun 15: Little Shop of Horrors 2pm, 7pm
Skully's - 614-291-8856
Sun 15: The Flex Crew ($10, ages 21+) 10pm
Third & Hollywood - 614-488-0303
Sun 15: Erik Augis, Woodson, Tsamous 11:30am
Columbus Performing Arts Center (Van Fleet Theater) - 614-469-0939
Sun 15: CATCOisKids: Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1pm, 2:30pm
Weigel Auditorium (OSU) - 614-292-0789
Sun 15: High School Honor Band Weekend Concert 1:30pm, 2:15pm, 3pm
Wexner Center Performance Space - 614-292-3535
Sun 15: Forced Entertainment: Real Magic ($22/$19 members/$10 students) 2pm
Wild Goose Creative - 614-859-9453
Sun 15: Sunday Comix 2-4pm