by Traci Vogel

THURSDAY 12/16

*700 CLUB -- SAMO: Live drum 'n' bass & jungle

BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues with guest, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Dirt Farmers, Faces Pale, $5

*BALTIC ROOM -- La Movida with DJ Colony & musicians

playing Afro beats, salsa, mambo & samba, $5

BOHEMIAN -- Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown, $5

CENTRAL SALOON -- Michael Powers, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Hanz Araki, $3

CROCODILE -- Sludgeplow, Christdriver, Mac, $1

FENIX ABOVE -- Scariest Christmas Ball, with

Switchblade Symphony, $25/$22.50

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- Scariest Christmas Ball,

with Bella, $22.50

*FLOYD'S -- Steve Gauci Open Jazz Jam

FLYING LEMON LOUNGE -- Open mic/jam session, free

GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band

*GORDON BIERSCH -- Jen Wood, free

GRACELAND -- Six Appeal, Overtones

HABANA -- Horns & Vinyl

KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Hudson Blues Band, $5

LITTLE RED HEN -- Darrell Data

MONA'S -- Phil Sparks, Steve Griggs

MOORE THEATER -- Counting Crows, Gigolo Aunts,

Joe 90, $27.50

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Ham Carson Quintet, $8

OK HOTEL -- Pineridge Tornado Relief Benefit: the

Light Brothers Network, $12

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Open mic, R&B, & Smooth

Soul with K.T.D.L., $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Emmanuel Louis

PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON -- Live music open mic,

with Andrew Andrewson, free

*PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering

RAIN DANCER -- Player King, $5

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Iamic, Mean Jolly Green

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Global Village, free

RUPERT'S -- Attack-O, Blackjack Betty, Full Tilt, $3

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM -- B.N. Maya

SERAFINA -- Alex Guilbert

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry

Jazz Piano, free

*SPEAKEASY -- Piece of Sol, Vitamin D, isangmahal,

Fran Varian, $5

STARS BAR -- The Brian Nova Trio, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Danny Barnes & the Old Codgers,

Dickel Brothers

TULA'S -- Jay Thomas Sextet, with Yasuhiro Kohama, $8

FRIDAY 12/17

700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya, $5

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- KUBE Earthquake Mix, $8

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Flash Hevily & the

Thundermen Reunion

BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Shmoes, free

BOHEMIAN -- Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown, $10

*BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Eek-A-Mouse, $10

*BREAKROOM -- Mars Accelerator, Bugs in Amber,

Fairgrove, $6

CENTRAL SALOON -- Smokin' Gun, $10

CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- CULanTI, $3

*CROCODILE -- Little Red Hen Presents: Label Mania!

A Benefit for Home Alive, with Love Battery, Bell, the

Pin Ups, Eureka Farm, Graig Markel, more, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Beatniks, $8

FENIX ABOVE -- The Diablotones, Easy Big Fella, $10

GALWAY ARMS -- Isla Ross

GLOBE ALE HOUSE -- Jeff & the Jet City Fliers

GRACELAND -- Audioasis Xmas Party: Polecat, Haywire,

Matchless, Tuffy, $6

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- The Kareem Kandi Band

HI*SCORE ARCADE -- Eternal 13 CD Release, the

Vaccines, free

HIGHLINER -- Beats Cookin', free

HOPVINE -- Urban Oasis

JAZZ ALLEY -- Eric Reed Trio, Russell Malone Quartet

*JULES MAE'S -- Hog Molly

KELLS -- Grafton St., $4

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Dr. Funk, $10

LATONA PUB -- Henry Cooper, $2

LITTLE RED HEN -- Jayne Lane, Stillwater

LOCK AND KEEL -- D-Rangers, $2

MOORE THEATER -- Counting Crows, Gigolo Aunts,

Joe 90, $27.50

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Jim Knodle, Dave Storrs, $3

MURPHY'S PUB -- Kimball & the Fugitives, $2

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Milo Petersen and the

Jazz Disciples, $10

OK HOTEL -- The Squirrels 10th Annual Xmas

Xtravaganza, $7

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Ready Made Family, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Memphis Test, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band

PINK DOOR -- Magician Kirk Charles, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Drunk As Usual, Jackass, Lord

Barfly, Thug, Cow-Hammer, DJ Happy Fun 2000, Sea Jayne Trip, Mr. Nobody, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Third World County, Delbert,

Credo's Hat, $8

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Beecraft

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Dhammapada, Face First

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Mark Whitman Blues All Stars

RIDGE PUB -- Maia Santell & House Blend

SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & her Private Reserve

SEATTLE CATCH -- Kathy Moore

SERAFINA -- Woody Woodhouse, Michael McLallan

*SHOWBOX -- Pink Martini, Latin Expression, the

Lions of Batucada, DJ Darek Mazzone, $12

SLIDERS -- 2000 Degrees, $7

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry

Jazz Piano, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Model Rockets, Minus 5, the

Congratulators, $6

TULA'S -- Ray Vega Quartet, $10

SATURDAY 12/18

2218 -- Hans Brehmer

700 CLUB -- Digable

BAD ALBERT'S -- Bill Chism & Kevin Wallace, $2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Big Hippy Love Buckle,

Rodeo Jones, Pharmacy, Tickle, Cow-Hammer,

Stranger Parade, My Mother's Madness, $7

BALTIC ROOM -- Miracle Whip & friends, $6

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Flash Hevily & the

Thundermen Reunion

BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Renderhorse, free

BOHEMIAN -- I & I, $10

*BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Eek-A-Mouse, $10

*BREAKROOM -- Richmond Fontaine, Mountain

Consolidated, Ian Moore, $7

CELLOPHANE SQUARE, UNIVERSITY -- Logic Probe,

DJ Deutsch mark

CENTRAL SALOON -- Kim Wilson, Tony Coleman Band

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Carlos Moncada & house band

CONOR BYRNE'S -- CULanTI, $4

CROCODILE -- Red Velvet Relief, Wit Woo, $6

DOC MAYNARD'S -- Jumbalassy, $8

EASY STREET PUB -- Mark Kanning

ELLIOTT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free

ELYSIAN -- The Living Daylights, Kultur Shock, $7

EMERALD QUEEN CASINO -- "Voices of Rock": Mickey

Thomas, Jim Jameson, John Cafferty, Reno, $20

FENIX ABOVE -- Subset, M.I.R.V., Peepshow, $15/$12

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -- Magical Strings

Yuletide Concert, $20/$10

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH -- A Concert of

Sacred Music by Duke Ellington, $20/$15

GALWAY ARMS -- Buskar Ban

GRACELAND -- Fighting Machinists, Silver Dollar, $6

HABANA -- Phat Sidy Smokehouse

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Sonado

HI*SCORE ARCADE -- Biography of Ferns, free

HIGHLINER -- Justin Curtis Band, free

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Eric Reed Trio, Russell Malone Quartet

KELLS -- Grafton St, $4

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Dr. Funk, $10

LATONA PUB -- Paul Benoit & Reggie Garrett, $2

LITTLE RED HEN -- Jayne Lane, Stillwater

LOCK AND KEEL -- Johnny Deluxe, $2

LUX COFFEESHOP -- Howard Ahia

MONA'S -- Marco de Cavalho, the Fatal Samba Ensemble

MOORE THEATER -- KMTT's Winter Warmth Featuring

Los Lobos, Wood, $50

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Brothers of Max(imum)

Catharsis

MURPHY'S PUB -- Mango Kings, $3

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Obrador, $10

NIKO'S PLACE -- Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and

bellydancing by "Zaphara," free

OK HOTEL -- Leukemia Benefit: Members of Devilhead

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Ready Made Family, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band

PARADOX THEATER -- Merit Peters, Evan Brubaker, $10

PARAGON -- Funky Lovebomb, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Noxious Weed Killer, Sunday's Fix,

Painted Window, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Big Folk (formerly Jerry Garcia Band),

Big Time Rosie, $10

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Organica

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- The Variables

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Halogen Orange, free

RIDGE PUB -- Jeff & the Jet City Fliers

ROCKSPORT -- Retros, $8

RUPERT'S -- The Whole Bolivian Army, Liquid by 9,

Little Green Men, $5

SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & her Private Reserve, $7

SEATTLE CATCH -- Tom Armstrong Duo

SERAFINA -- Ruthie Dornfeld, John Miller

SHOWBOX -- Los Lobos, Wood

SLIDERS -- Funky Divas, $6

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry

Jazz Piano, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- The Souvenirs, the Briefs, $10

TULA'S -- Ray Vega Quartet, $10

TWO BELLS TAVERN -- Joey Kline's Snowy Joey

Christmas Special, free

VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO -- Stanley & Kip Greenthal

Winter Solstice, $9

SUNDAY 12/19

700 CLUB -- Kaya, with guest DJs, $5

BANDOLEONE -- Urban Oasis

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Flash Hevily Jam Session

CENTRAL SALOON -- Skasmopolitan, $5

CHINA JADE -- Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Irish Session, free

*CROCODILE -- 764-HERO, the Spores, $6

EASY STREET PUB -- Open mic with Ricky

GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Eric Reed Trio, Russell Malone Quartet

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers Jam, $5

LATONA PUB -- The Jellyrollers, $2

LAVA LOUNGE -- Open mic, with MC Ty

LITTLE RED HEN -- Salty Sunday Jams, w/Big Daddy Fred

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- Live jazz with 1-2-3

MADISON'S CAFE -- Open mic

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- David Friesen

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Pearl Django, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Danny Barnes & the Heathen

RUPERT'S -- Open mic, hosted by Michael Comiskey, free

SIT & SPIN -- Las Estrella Loca Production's Global

Rennaissance of Mass Expression Cabaret Dance

Workshop, $5

SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free

STARS BAR -- Andre Ferriante

THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open mic, free

TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Jim Sisko, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Isaac Scott's Beauty & the Beast

X-Mas Show, the Janet Foos Band, $10

TULA'S -- Patti Allen Quartet, $5

MONDAY 12/20

*700 CLUB -- Emmanuel Louis, Insult2Injury

AGUA VERDE CAFE -- Rez: Flamenco & Gypsy Swing, free

AXIS -- The Brian Nova Trio, free

BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz jam with John Wicks, Geoff

Harper and Ryan Burns, $2

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova Trio -- Funk!

BOHEMIAN -- Straight Ahead, $5

BROADWAY BAR & GRILL -- Alex Guilbert, free

CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie Sheets Blues Jam, $5

FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic

GALWAY ARMS -- Scott Law

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Disciples of Sound

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner Band, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- The New Orleans

Quintet, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Atomic Players

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- A.D.D.

SCARLET TREE -- The Four Doctors, $4

SIT & SPIN -- Player King Jam Session, $5

TULA'S -- Andrinne Wilson Vocal Showcase, $5

WILDHORSE CASINO, PENDLETON -- R. W. Hampton

TUESDAY 12/21

2218 -- H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers

700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey

AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT -- Edmonia Jarrett, free

*BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Hot Tuna, Derek Trucks Band

CAFE PINCEAU -- Open mic, with Steve Cearley, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Set dancing

CROCODILE -- Blue Collar Love, Stradhoughton Echo

EASY STREET PUB -- Live jazz w/the Brad Pepineau Trio

GALWAY ARMS -- Liza Warfel

GORDON BIERSCH -- The Dan Heck Trio, free

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Classical Spanish Guitar

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free

JAZZ ALLEY -- The Bobs, $15.50

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Scott Harris Band

LOCK AND KEEL -- Bushwhack Tuesday: Open mic with

Evan Duke

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- File Gumbo Zydeco

Band, free

OK HOTEL -- Juke

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Bar Fly

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Pete Krebs

PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- 100 Acre Wood

SCARLET TREE -- Annieville Blues Jam, free

SIT & SPIN -- Basement Nation, $5

STARS BAR -- Larry Fuller

TRAVELER'S PUB -- Open mic, with Phil Parsons, free

TULA'S -- Roadside Attraction, $7

WEDNESDAY 12/22

700 CLUB -- The King of Clubs

ADRIATICA RESTAURANT -- Brian Nova & Buddy

Catlett

ART BAR -- Live jazz with the Dan Heck Trio & Joe Doria

BAIT-HOUSE -- Up by Noon, free

BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Open mic with Martin, free

CENTRAL SALOON -- Snoopy's Urban Jam

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Swing, with King Solomon, $5

*CROCODILE -- C Average, the Tremens CD Release,

Biography of Ferns, $6

FENIX ABOVE -- Head Trauma Coalition Show, $1

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- The Beatniks, $10

GALWAY ARMS -- Jon Parry & Rod Cook

GORDON BIERSCH -- Tiger Zane, free

GRACELAND -- Slink, Half Acre Day, $6

*HABANA -- To Witness and Adjust: Live Electronica

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Comedy Club

HOPVINE -- Open mic

ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- The Bobs, $15.50

KEY ARENA -- Amy Grant Christmas Show, Michael W.

Smith, Point of Grace, $42/$25

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White All-Star

Blues Jam, $5

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- "Smooth Jazz"

METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Swing Night, $4

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Steve Edwards Christmas Gala

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Scott Law

PARAGON -- Nick Vigarino

PINK DOOR -- The Midnight Trio & the Baritone Kings

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Old Man Smithers

RUPERT'S -- Men from Mars, 6fg, Harry Canyon, $3

SCARLET TREE -- Emmanuel Louis, $3

STARS BAR -- June Tonkin

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Hank Williams Revue, $5

TULA'S -- Andrinne Wilson Vocal Showcase, $6