Live
THURSDAY 3/30
4TH AVE. TAVERN, OLYMPIA -- Big Wu, Soup of the Day, $6
700 CLUB -- Horns & Vinyl
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Ahisma, Contingent, Anger Management, $5
BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues with guest, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Suicide Culture, Serpens Aeon, Drawn & Quartered, $5
BALTIC ROOM -- Hollis Golightly, Maurice Montana
BOHEMIAN -- Alex D & Rude Boy, $5
CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Joanne Klein, Marc Smason, Beth Chandler
COFFEE MESSIAH -- Charlotte Vanderwolf & Folk Friends, free
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Percy Francis & BOT
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Hanz Araki
CONTOUR -- The Furious Skills, $4
*CROCODILE -- Sludgeplow, Hog Molly, Ton, $6
FLOYD'S -- Steve Gauci Open Jazz Jam
FLYING LEMON LOUNGE -- Open mic/Jam session, free
FOXES LOUNGE -- Pho Bang, hosted by Ursula Android, w/ The Catheters and Laissez-Faire. $5
GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band
GIBSON'S -- The Fabulous Shockwaves, the Confessions, the Wreckless Bastards, Ian & the Barrettes
*GORDON BIERSCH -- Braden Blake of Super Deluxe, free
GRACELAND -- Hot Rod Lunatics, Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Quick 66, $5
HABANA -- Central Intelligence, Ghetto Children, Lin Dan Dan, Maroon Colony, $7
J&M CAFE -- Rockin' Blues, with J.R. Boogie, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Dr. John
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Hudson Blues Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN -- The Shiners
LOXSTOCK -- Jinn CD release
MADISON'S CAFE -- Georgette Dashielle with Phillip Van Setters, $5
METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Sense Field, the Axidentals
MONA'S -- Marco de Cavalho Trio
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Ham Carson Quintet, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Dan Heck Trio
PARADOX THEATER -- Aaron Sprinkle, Jesse Smith, Nojo on the Rojo, $6
PARAGON -- H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free
PIONEER SQUARE SALOON -- Spoken Word Open Mic, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Emmanuel Louis
SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $5
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM -- Katya Chorover, $7
SERAFINA -- Alex Guilbert
*SHOWBOX -- Charlatans UK, Stereophonics, $17
SIT & SPIN -- The Mad Tea Party: Rockin' Teenage Combo, Pauley Ethnic, $5
SLIDERS -- Afrodisiacs, $6
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
STILL LIFE COFFEEHOUSE -- Odd Man Out, free
TIR NA NOG -- The Blue Healers
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Droo Church, Hummingbird, Suitcase, $4
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- One, Two, Three, free
TULA'S -- Jay Thomas Sextet, $10
FRIDAY 3/31
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Zero Down
700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- The Roulettes, No Outlet, $5
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Chiaroscuro, World 7, Below Zero, Bu Ku Fungi, $6
BALTIC ROOM -- Monty Banks, Mark Mitchell, $5
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Shmoes, free
BOHEMIAN -- Brothers of the Baladi, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Marty Dread & Dreamband, $10
CENTRAL SALOON -- Ghetto Monks, $10
CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova, free
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Peter Gilmore
CROCODILE -- Willis, Sensefield, Hilltop Washington, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Beatniks, $8
FENIX ABOVE -- The Genitorturers, $10
FIDDLER'S INN -- Bigfoot Zoo
GALWAY ARMS -- Isla Ross
GIBSON'S -- The Stuck-Ups, the Recordbreakers, the Spits
*GRACELAND -- Quasi, the Black Heart Procession (6 pm, all ages), $8
GRATEFUL BREAD -- Vance Gilbert, $8
HABANA -- Power Lounge Experimental Ensemble, DJ Pablo, $5
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- The Kareem Kandi Band
HIGHLINER -- Redecker, Stephan & Leighton Trio, free
HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12
HOPVINE -- Sambalero
I-SPY -- Big Daddy Kane, Prince Paul, $20
JAZZ ALLEY -- Dr. John
LAKE FOREST INN -- Windowpane, New Year's Day, Full Tilt, $5
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White Band, $5
LATONA PUB -- Jim Page, $2
LITTLE RED HEN -- Buckaroo Blues
LOCK AND KEEL -- The Spectors, Quick 66, Hot Rod Lunatics, $3
MADISON'S CAFE -- Tiger Zane with Scott Montgomery and Copperhead, $6
MELTING POT RESTAURANT -- The Glynn Brothers Quartet
MOORE THEATER -- Los Folkloristas, $15
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Gamelan
MUCKLESHOOT CASINO, AUBURN -- Spiral Starecase, free
MURPHY'S PUB -- Clay Pipe, $2
NEO BISTRO -- Eric Madis Duo, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- James Solberg Band, $10
NIKO'S PLACE -- Bead, free
OK HOTEL -- Hafacat, Carmine, Wow and Flutter, $6
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- DJ J-Styles, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Emmanuel Louis
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on Accordion, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- EVL Project with Oclocracy & NME, $5
RAIN DANCER -- Mayfly, 3 Degrees West, $8
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Amelia White
RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Men From Mars, SuperSonic Soul Pimp
SCARLET TREE -- Z-Funk, $6
SEATTLE CATCH -- Miles Corbin
*SHOWBOX -- Cubanismo! (Two shows: 6 pm, 11 pm), $22
*SIT & SPIN -- Red Stars Theory, Hovercraft, Enemymine, $7
SLIDERS -- 80-Something, $7
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
THIRD PLACE BOOKS -- Guarneri Underground
TIR NA NOG -- The Jelly Rollers, $2
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Big Wu, Flood Plain Gang, $6
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- Creeping Time, free
TULA'S -- Marriott Jazz Quintet, $10
SATURDAY 4/1
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Zero Down
700 CLUB -- Digable
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- 5 Good Reasons, Pushpin, 5 Cent Refund, $5
BAD ALBERT'S -- Bailey's Blues, $2
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Captain Tractor, Sex Philes, Pop Spoiler, $8
*BALTIC ROOM -- Black Cat Orchestra, Mark Mitchell, $6
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Only Fools Fall
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Shoddy Prototypes, free
BOHEMIAN -- Afrisound, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Marty Dread & Dreamband, $10
BROADWAY PERFORMANCE HALL -- Pierre Bensusan, John Renbourn
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Peter Gilmore
CONTOUR -- Casbah: Foxglove
CROCODILE -- Source of Labor, Phat City Smokehouse, Piece of Sol, Boombap Project, DJs Insult2Injury, $7
DEXTER HAYES PUBLIC HOUSE -- David D, free
DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Retros, $8
ELLIOTT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free
FENIX ABOVE -- Hit Explosion, $10
FENIX UNDERGROUND -- Kry, $10
GIBSON'S -- Laissez-Faire, the Blow-Up, the Bad Girls
GRACELAND -- Acid King, High On Fire, Bottom, $6
*HI*SCORE ARCADE -- Tight Bros From Way Back When, Eternal 13, the Recordbreakers, $4
HIGHLINER -- Kuli Loach, free
HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Dr. John
JIMMY Z'S, EVERETT -- Fingered
KANE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON -- Ledward Ka'apana, $15.50
KORT HAUS PUB -- Jeff & The Jet City Flyers, free
LAKE FOREST INN -- Mtf, DXD, Unkle Betty, $5
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White Band, $10
LATONA PUB -- Cedar Waxwings, $2
LITTLE RED HEN -- Buckaroo Blues
MADISON'S CAFE -- Mary Lydia Ryan with Jaeger and Vassili
MONA'S -- One, Two, Three
MONKEY PUB -- The Wasters, $3
MOORE THEATER -- Lit, Save Ferris, Fenix TX, $15
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Michael Comisky, Bill Volmut
MURPHY'S PUB -- Emerald City Bards, $2
NEO BISTRO -- Eric Madis Duo, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- James Solberg Band, $10
NIKO'S PLACE -- Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and bellydancing by "Zaphara", free
OK HOTEL -- Rockin' Teenage Combo, $7
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- DJ J-Styles, $10
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Deadwood, $5
PARAGON -- Funky Lovebomb
PATTI SUMMER'S CABARET -- Juxtapose, Stop That, Matt Bruno, $5
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- No Quarter, Last Call Romeo, Mr. Joshua & Bastard Sons of the Nuge, $5
RAIN DANCER -- Big Time Rosie, A Bird of Passage, $8
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Entropic
RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Lazy Boy Brown
ROCKSPORT -- The Gruvbox, $7
SCARLET TREE -- Elite, $6
SHARK CLUB -- 2000 Degrees
*SIT & SPIN -- Supersuckers, the Briefs, Blood Brothers, $7
SLIDERS -- The Beatniks, $7
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
THE MONKEY -- The Wasters
THIRD PLACE BOOKS -- How's Bayou, free
TIR NA NOG -- The Kennedy Brothers, $2
*TRACTOR TAVERN -- Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, Destroyer, Mike Nicolai, $7
TROLLEYMAN PUB -- Brian Butler Band, free
TULA'S -- Don Lanphere Quartet, $10
TWO BELLS TAVERN -- Robert Dan and Bradley Hopper, free
SUNDAY 4/2
700 CLUB -- Suite 7
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Big Daddy Fred's Country Jam
CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Marc Smason Quartet
CENTRAL SALOON -- Central Ska Hornfest, $5
CHINA JADE -- Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free
EASY STREET PUB -- Open Mic with Ricky
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Dr. John
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers' Invitational Jam, $5
MADISON'S CAFE -- Open Mic
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Early Evening Blues, $5
PARAGON -- Woody Woodhouse & Groove Ally
PARKER'S CASINO -- Latin Night, with lessons, $5
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- T-Town Blues Band
SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free
THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open Mic, free
TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Lincoln Briney, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Sam Wies, Randy Claire, $7
WILD SPIRITS BAR -- Open Jam
MONDAY 4/3
700 CLUB -- 1-2-3 Jazz
AGUA VERDE CAFE -- Zhaoui: Flamenco & Gypsy swing, free
ART BAR -- Spoken word & music, with Inphuzion
AXIS -- The Brian Nova Trio, free
BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz Jam w/ John Wicks, Geoff Harper and Ryan Burns, $3
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova & Funk 69
BOHEMIAN -- Reggae Jam with Straight Ahead, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie Sheets Blues Jam, $5
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Karl Thurmond & 3 Piece Suit
*CROCODILE -- Crooked Fingers, Empire State, Barton Caroll, $7
EVERETT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER -- Chris Barron, $20
FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Disciples of Sound
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- Henry Cooper, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Holy Names
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner Band, free
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Dr. Sax, free
ON THE BOARDS -- Voice and Vision: Rebreather, Project W, $8
PARADOX THEATER -- Damien Jurado, Shannon Stephens, Rose Thomas, $6
SIT & SPIN -- El Guzano, $6
TUESDAY 4/4
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Nichole Fournier
700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey
AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT -- Urban Oasis, free
BOHEMIAN -- Fully Loaded Tuesdays, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- New Music Spotlight Open Mic, $5
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Pete Moceri Band
*CROCODILE -- Verbena, $7
EVERETT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER -- Chris Barron, $20
GALWAY ARMS -- Liza Warfel
GORDON BIERSCH -- Ponticello, free
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Classical Spanish Guitar
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- "Jazzy Blues," with the Aaron Donahue Band, free
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LOCK AND KEEL -- Bushwhack Tuesday: Open Mic with Evan Duke
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Barfly, $5
PARAGON -- Phil Carrillo
PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Nicole Fournier
SCARLET TREE -- Anneville Blues Jam, free
*SHOWBOX -- Femi Kuti, $18
SIT & SPIN -- Elemental: Electronic & Subsonic Grooves, $5
TACOMA DOME -- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, $67.50
TRAVELER'S PUB -- Open mic, with Phil Parsons, free
WEDNESDAY 4/5
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Karaoke
700 CLUB -- The King of Clubs
ADRIATICA RESTAURANT -- Brian Nova & Buddy Catlett, free
ART BAR -- Live jazz, with the Dan Heck Trio & Joe Doria
BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues with guest, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Sun Productions Showcase, $5
BALTIC ROOM -- Reed
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Open Mic, free
BOHEMIAN -- Dreamband, Alex D & JB, $5
BOHEMIAN LOUNGE -- Club Tropico: Nueva Era
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Jerry Miller & Daibando
FENIX ABOVE -- Head Trauma, Hog Molly, Sludgeplow, $1
*GORDON BIERSCH -- Josh White, free
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Comedy Club
HOPVINE -- Open mic
*I-SPY -- Sil2K Showcase: Meanderthal a.k.a. the Failure to Thrive Syndrome, Bill Horist, and dj jjustice, DJ Azrael, $5
ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney
KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White All-Star Blues Jam, $5
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- "Smooth Jazz"
METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Swing Night, $4
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim, $5
PARAGON -- Sonny Byers' Motown Review
PARAMOUNT -- Oasis, Travis
SCARLET TREE -- Manteca, $5
*SHOWBOX -- City Of, Stradhoughton Echo, $5
*SIT & SPIN -- SAMO: DJ-inspired live Drum 'n' Bass, $5
SIX DEGREES, KIRKLAND -- Jill Cohn, free
SWINGSIDE CAFE -- Nova Devonie & David Keenan, free
TIR NA NOG -- Brusker Ban
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Big Spoon, $6
ZEITGEIST -- Resonant/Circuit: Bhob Rainey, Jack Wright, free