2ND AVENUE PIZZA--Mind Candy (7 pm, all ages), free
ABOUT THE MUSIC--Marcus Printup (8 pm, all ages), $20/$25
BAIT HOUSE--Casual Prads, $5
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Simply Easy Meets a Boy in the Machine, American Tourist, the Eric Scott Band, Nyce, Socials, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Francis Nash, Real Live Hero, StripMall SideShow, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Nibbs Menard, free
* CROCODILE--"Feed Me with Your Kiss": Voyager One, Black Nite Crash, the High Violets, Saturna, the Silver Surger, Nordic, Hypatia Lake, guests, $7
FADO--Lil' Puddin'
FIDDLER'S INN--Scott Law & Friends, $2
GALWAY ARMS--Jen Savage
* GRACELAND--Vendetta Red, Himsa, Vaux (8 pm, all ages), $8
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Phat Phunk Phamily w/ DJs T-Solo, Sho Nuph
INTERMISSION PUB & PARLOUR--Chasen, free
IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers, $8
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, $3
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Pat Buckley & Mick Chegwidden
LARRY'S--3D
LITTLE RED HEN--The Penningtones, free
MONA'S--The Blue Arc Trio, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic (8 pm, all ages)
NANA'S SOUP HOUSE--The Steve Griggs Group, Valerie Joyce, Milo Petersen
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Life After Liftoff
PARADOX THEATER--Midian: Gothic, industrial dance night (8 pm, all ages), $5
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--Eso Steel, Climax Golden Twins (8 pm, all ages), $7
RAINBOW--Oxygen Lounge: Oxygen Ensemble, Wally Shoup Trio, $5
ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Blues Torpedos
SCARLET TREE--Das Rut w/ Reggie Watts and P.K., $6
* SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Heather Duby, free
* SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--Plan B, DJ Kento, $5
STEEL SKY--Darrius Willrich, $3
SUNSET TAVERN--Slow Boys, Faster Daddy, Blue Dots, $5
TOST--Zulu, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--The Shitkickers' Country Christmas: Robert Stewart Fiasco, $7
ZAK'S--Jimmy Flame & the Sexxy Boys, Tarantulada, Black Phantom Railroad, freeFRIDAY 12/20
* 2ND AVENUE PIZZA--The Diskords, the Stuck-Ups, the Hunches (8 pm, all ages)
ABOUT THE MUSIC--Friday Groove Night: Porterhouse, Al Rowe Project, $7
BAIT-HOUSE--Fairly Honest Jazz Band Holiday Show, $5
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Pirax, Braindead, Agony of Deciet (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Francis Nash, Cats from Dog Mountain, Hellbilly & Betty Mayhem (10 pm), $7
* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya, DJ Vitamin D, $10
BAREFOOT, USA--Guitar Monks, $5
* BORDERS--Dear John Letters (7 pm, all ages), free
CAFE VENUS--Corinne Rose, Unsanctified Gospel, $3/$5
CAMPAGNE--Anna Witte, free
CATWALK--DJs Drew, Hana Solo, $10/$15
CENTRAL SALOON--Point 1, TV616, the Outfit, $8/$10
* CHOP SUEY--FCS North, the Make-Out Choir, MC Ian Bell, $8
COFFEE MESSIAH--Blue Tarp (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--John Weiss & Reggie Myles, $3
CONTOUR--Metropolis: Trio de Janeiro
CORNER INN--The Mark Whitman Band, free
* CROCODILE--Loveless Records Christmas/ Anniversary Show: Voyager One, Neo, the Drop, $7
DOC MAYNARD'S--M-Set, Sugarbang, Life Without Sun
EN SEATTLE--Kareem & Friends
FADO--Them Blokes
FIDDLER'S INN--ToadJam, $2
FLOYD'S PLACE--KW Miller, free
GALWAY ARMS--Les Thangud Quartet w/Muddy
* GRACELAND--Graceland's Christmas Party!: The Whip, Visqueen, David Dondero, Popular Shapes, free
* GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Gods Among Men, Afterdust, Monstrawtikuss Frankenstienikuss (7 pm, all ages), $5
HIGHLINER--Owl
HOKUM HALL--A Mighty, Merry Wurlitzer Christmas, $12/$15
HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi Trio, $2
INTERMISSION PUB & PARLOUR--Rio Cole, Five Philpin & Sam Lett, free
IRISH EMIGRANT--The Kennedy Brothers
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Grafton Street
LAKEPOINTE--Medusa, Counterfist, Soul's Gate
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--2000 Degrees, $10
LATONA PUB--Momentum Quartet, $2
LEGENDS--Blues Attitude, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Jet City Stranglers, free
MARINA CANTINA--Cool-Ade, $7
MARINA PARK GRILL (KIRKLAND)--Victor Janusz
MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Dustin, the Raybone Experience, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Joran (8 pm, all ages), free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Guitar Slim, $10
OLD PEQULIAR--Pokerface
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band
* PARADOX THEATER--Paradox Christmas Party: The Blood Brothers, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, Akimbo, Murdered House Wives (8 pm, all ages), $8
PARAGON--Phil Carrillo & Jim Schmidt
PINK DOOR--Sogni Doro w/ Tony Yazzolino, free
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss Duo (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAINBOW--Hanuman Collective, Mercury Skin, $8
RENDEZVOUS--Laguna! (11 pm)
SERAFINA--Seattle Express
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Afrodisiacs, $8
SIT & SPIN--The Dusty 45s, Suicide Jacks, the Big Wheel Club, $8
SUNSET TAVERN--Red Dress, Electro Kitty, $10
* TACOMA DOME--Destiny's Child, Eve, Lifehouse, Default, Avril Lavigne, Kylie Minogue, Simple Plan, Daniel Bedingfield, Nick Carter, Kelly Osbourne (4 pm, all ages), $35/$45
TOMMY'S--The Jimmy Stuarts, Static Radio, Spyplane
TRACTOR TAVERN--The Clumsy Lovers, Barbed Wire Cutters, $10/$12
UNCOMMON GROUNDS--Ron Peter, Greg Glassman
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH--Corelli, $22/$27
* VERA PROJECT--Night of the Living Vera (8 pm, all ages), $6
WAZOBIA--IC3, Rundown, Vacants, Dead but Dreaming, $7
ZAK'S--The Weaklings, Short Fuse, El Revengo, $5
SATURDAY 12/21
* 2ND AVENUE PIZZA--Paxil Rose, Cardinal, Tinklepotty (8 pm, all ages), free
ABOUT THE MUSIC--Brent Jensen w/New Stories Trio, Crosscurrent (8 pm, all ages), $12/$17
BAIT-HOUSE--Charisa Martin Cairn, $5
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Revolutionary Dream Band, JB & Ire, $10
CAFE VENUS--Evil Little Men, Kevin Rexroat, Kamikaze Butterfly
CATWALK--Girl4Girl: DJ Stacy, $7
CENTRAL SALOON--Bambaji, Warsaw, $8/$10
COFFEE MESSIAH--Carla Ravencroft (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Clay Pipe, $4
CORNER INN--The Mark Whitman Band, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--Singles Going Steady Christmas Party: The Spits, the Skulls, the New Town Animals, guests, $7
DOC MAYNARD'S--Mindset, Ragamuffin, DC and the Washingtons
* DOWNTOWN YMCA--The Milkbar Christmas Spectacular!: Luna Park, the Mu, Pris, New American, Standard, Quiet After Nine, guests (6 pm, all ages), $1
EN SEATTLE--Sasha & Vocalist
FADO--The Kennedy Brothers
FIDDLER'S INN--Bobcat Bob & Frisko Charlie, $2
FINN MacCOOL'S--Bradbury Press, $4
* GRACELAND--A Very Posies Christmas: The Posies, Golden Boy, $10
GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Point 1, Flasque, guests (8 pm, all ages), $5
HANA'S--Open mic, free
HIGHLINER--Robert Casey's Blues Party
HOKUM HALL--A Mighty, Merry Wurlitzer Christmas, $12/$15
HOPVINE--Correo Aero, $2
* I-SPY--J-Live, Wordsworth, Lifesavas, One Man Army, Vitamin D, the Wonder Twins (5 pm, all ages), $11
I-SPY--The Building Press, Eyes of Autumn, the Lights (9 pm), $7
INTERMISSION PUB & PARLOUR--Paul Hanover & Friends, free
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs (8 and 10 pm, all ages), $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Grafton Street
LARRY'S--Gruvbox, $10
LATONA PUB--Orville Johnson & Mark Graham, $2
LITTLE RED HEN--Jet City Stranglers, free
LOBO SALOON--The Wanna-Be's, Lonesome Teardrops, All American Playboys
MARINA CANTINA--Those Guys
MARINA PARK GRILL (KIRKLAND)--Victor Janusz
MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Klondike 5, free
MONA'S--Marco de Carvalho Trio, $2
MONKEY PUB--Neb!, the Droney Mitchells, $3
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Alazingara (8 pm, all ages)
NANA'S SOUP HOUSE--TJ Read
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Guitar Slim, $10
O'SHEA'S--The Les Thangud Quartet
OLD PEQULIAR--The Fathers
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Carolines
PARADOX THEATER--The Local Show: Teenage Puberty, Straight Line, Charged Threat, Bent Kactis (2 pm, all ages), $7
PARADOX THEATER--The Local Show: Room Zero, Alkai Diggins, the Brandon Keeley Project, 30 Years War (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAGON--Kahler
PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER--Stanley & Kip Greenthal, Joel Bernstein, $12
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn, free
PORTA GREEK TAVERNA--Liz Proios (Greek music)
RAINBOW--White Rhino, Smith Daddy, $6
ROCKSPORT--Killing Faith, Late September Dogs, $7
SCARLET TREE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $7
SEATTLE CAFE & WINE BAR--Klaus Lendzian
SERAFINA--Leo Raymundo
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Beatniks, $8
* SHOWBOX--Modest Mouse, MC Fred Armisen, DJ Kento, $17.50/$20
SIT & SPIN--Dorkweed, Dear John Letters, Ripley, $6
SOUTH LAKE UNION COMPLEX--Nocturnal Rage, Mad Ro, Sunny Bonoho, DJs Kutfather, D-Doxx, $5/$3 w/ canned food donation
STEEL SKY--Barbie Anaka & Group, $6
SUNSET TAVERN--Baby Gramps, the Dolamites, Rubber Chicken Lollipops, Royal Famille Ducaniveax, $8
THUMPER'S--Jeannette w/Jeff Caldwell, $12
TOMMY'S--The Subdwellers
TOST--Das Rut Holidaze, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Das Booty, $7
UNCOMMON GROUNDS--James "Curley" Cooke
* UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH--Sacred Music by Duke Ellington featuring the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, $19/$23
VERA PROJECT--107.7 the End's Seattle Music Night w/ secret suprise guests, $1.07
ZAK'S--Pist'uns, the Make Out Choir, Mexican Blackbirds, $5
SUNDAY 12/22
ABOUT THE MUSIC--The Marriott Brothers Quintet, Matt Jorgensen + 451 (8 pm, all ages), $12/$17
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus present Snowglobe
CENTRAL SALOON--New American Standard, Humidiflyers, Sole Moxie, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
* GRACELAND--The Lashes, Roy, guests, $6
HOKUM HALL--A Mighty, Merry Wurlitzer Christmas, $12/$15
INTERMISSION PUB & PARLOUR--Scott Law & Mary Maas, free
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs (6:30 and 8:30 pm, all ages), $16.50/$20.50
LE PICHET--The Gumbo Twins (2:30 pm), free
LITTLE RED HEN--Okie Doke, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Two Scoops More, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Ain't No Heaven 7 Dixieland Band, $6
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The One Tons
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn
* RE-BAR--Phoenicia & Vic at the Holiday Lounge, $13
SALUTE RISTORANTE--Pete Vogel, free
SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert
* SHOWBOX--Modest Mouse, Swarming Hordes, DJ Kento (7 pm, all ages), $17.50/$20
* SIT & SPIN--Cavity: The Make Out Choir, the Holy Ghost Revival, the Beautiful Mothers, $4
SUNSET TAVERN--Manatees Holiday Bash (5 pm), $3
SUNSET TAVERN--Sunset Bloody Sunday: Mirrella Ropella, Just Karma, N.O.M., DJ Jason Knowles (9 pm), $5
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho Trio
THUMPER'S--Jeannette w/Jeff Caldwell, $12
TOST--Extreme Leisure: Michael Manahan, Kevin Chills, Osiris, $3
MONDAY 12/23
BADA LOUNGE--The Hypnotic: Open mic featuring Michael Powers (7 pm, all ages), $8
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus present Snowglobe
CENTRAL SALOON--Metal Monday: Draghead, Killing Faith, Blunt Force Trauma, $5
FADO--Chris Stanley
FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic, free
* GRACELAND--A Nightmare Before Christmas: All-Star Misfits Cover Band, American School of Warsaw, the Hollow Points, $5
HOPVINE--Papa Judd, John Nelson, Kurt Myhaver, free
INTERMISSION PUB & PARLOUR--The Brasseur Ensemble, free
J&M CAFE--The Rubberband, free
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Eric Scott, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--New Music Night: Anabret, free
MOLLY MAGUIRE'S--Open mic
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Karl Haug's jam session
PARADOX THEATER--The Local Show: Everything is Meaningless, Pataha, Apperception, Sylphid (8 pm, all ages), $7
PORTA GREEK TAVERNA--Andy Coe Trio
SCARLET TREE--Sol!, $5
SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee Jazz Duo
TUESDAY 12/24
CHINA HARBOR--John Holte's Radio Rhythm Orchestra, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free
FADO--Cooter Stew
GALWAY ARMS--Open mic
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jennifer Savage
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Corporate Monkeys, free
NOC NOC--Live Tues, $5
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly
* RE-BAR--Local 101, $5
SEATTLE CAFE & WINE BAR--Klaus Lendzian
STEEL SKY--Dan Covrett Quartet, free
WEDNESDAY 12/25
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
CENTRAL SALOON--Annual Anti-X-Mas Party!: Ragamuffin, $5
