THURSDAY 12/14

700 CLUB--Soul Power: Al Rowe Project

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--BeeCraft, Soup of the Day, the Funk If I Know, $5

BENAROYA HALL--The Makaha Sons, Cyril Pahinui, Robi Kahakalau (7 and 9 pm), $20/$30

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Al Rowe, $5

BREAKROOM--Right On, the Harpys, Bad Girls, $6

CATWALK--Murder of Crows, Dyed Emotions, Lateral Tension, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Flowmotion, Happy Savage, $5

CROCODILE--Crazy Town

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

*FOXES--Phó Bang: Ursula Android w/ DJ Baby J, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

GRACELAND--Blue Collar, $5

*I-SPY/NATION--I-Spy Anniversary Party

J&M CAFE--J. R. Boogie, free

JACK STRAW PRODUCTIONS--Bret Battey's "On the Presence of Water" and "Writing on the Surface," w/ Chad Kirby (7 pm), free

JAZZ ALLEY--Pat Martino Trio, $15.50/$22.50

*KEYARENA--Deck the Hall Ball w/ Green Day, Papa Roach, Moby, Orgy, Fuel, Eve 6 (6 pm), $38/$41

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Mark Whitman Band, Sweet Talkin', $5

LEGENDS--Alice Stuart

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Little Bill & the Bluenotes, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Dave Conant & the D-Rangers, $2

MONA'S--Urban Oasis, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, $5

OK HOTEL--Discohesive, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OUTFIELD BAR (REDMOND)--Rockstar Crush Show (9 and 11 pm), free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Four Out of Five Doctors

PALOMINO--Bob Heinemann Trio, free

PARADOX--Brother's Keeper, Contingent, Martyr, Last Rights (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAGON--Imagineers

*PARAMOUNT--Megadeth, Gruntruck, Hell's Belles, $31

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free

*PLANET HOT ROD--Giant Harley Gathering (4 pm)

RAINBOW--The Wayback Machine, Upwell, Christian Warren & Bongo Todd, $5

SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P. K., $5

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Peter Ross (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

*SHOWBOX--John Lee Hooker, Curtis Salgado Band, Lloyd Jones, $35

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

SUNSET TAVERN--The Government, Nod and Smile, 100th Monkey, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Tom Landa & the Paperboys, Big Spoon, $10/$12

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Bill Chism, free

ZAK'S--Plug Uglies

FRIDAY 12/15

700 CLUB--Seraphonic

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio

BAIT-HOUSE--Fairly Honest, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Anger Management, DJ Tripp (CD release), Satori, Rocket Fuel, $6

*BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

*BARGE INN--Eddie Spaghetti & Ron Heathman, free

BENAROYA HALL--The Coats, $15

BITTERS--Beth Quist (8 pm), $5

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sister Carol, $10

BREAKROOM--Cutthroats .09, RC5, Diesto, $6

CATWALK--Meg Lee Chin

CENTRAL SALOON--Carmine, Pris, Left to Roam, $10

CONSOLIDATED WORKS--Intonarumori, $7

CROCODILE--The Rockfords, Orbiter, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatniks, $10

FENIX--Hit Explosion, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN--22nd Annual Celtic Yuletide Concert (7 pm), $18/$24

GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly

*GRACELAND--The Gossip, Selby Tigers, Serum Grays, $6

HIGHLINER--Redeker-Stephan Band, free

HOPVINE--Don Goodwin Trio, $2

JAZZ ALLEY--Cyrus Chestnut Trio, $12.50/$16.50

LA SPIGA--Edmonia Jarrett

LAKEPOINTE--Room Zero, Underride, Windowpane, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Groovestock, $10

LATONA PUB--Kevin Jones Band, $2

LEGENDS--Tim Turner Band

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Little Bill & the Bluenotes, free

LOCK & KEEL--Texas Funeral, $2

MELTING POT RESTAURANT--Glynn Brothers Quartet

NEO BISTRO--Bill Chism Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--John Hodgkins Band, $10

*OK HOTEL--Living Daylights, Rockin' Teenage Combo, $12

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Latin Expression, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--M. J. Bishop Band, $3

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

PARADOX--Peter Parker, Ex Hustlers, Sam Vega (8 pm, all ages), $6

PLANET HOT ROD--Catch 22, the Seatown Manglers, Abadox, Amtal Ruin, $5

RAIN DANCER--Flowmotion, Delbert, $6

RAINBOW--Electric Ottoman, Ota Prota, $6

ROYAL CASINO--Big Happy, free

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

SEATTLE CATCH--Barbara Miller, free

SERAFINA--Woody Woodhouse

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Last Call Romeos, Automatic, Upper

SUNSET TAVERN--Alex Woodard, Going South, Jason Trachtenburg's Family Slide Show Players, $7

*THEKLA (OLYMPIA)--Digital Underground, Uncommon, the Grinch (6 pm, all ages), $15

THERMO'S--Used Cars

TRACTOR TAVERN--Tom Landa & the Paperboys, Danny Godinez, $10/$12

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Mark Whitman Band, free

ZAK'S--Fat Sally, Camel Toe, Slink, Dirge Palace

SATURDAY 12/16

700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars

BAD ALBERT'S--Blues Healers, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Fairly Honest, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Pup Tent, $7

BARGE INN--Gerald Collier, free

BENAROYA HALL--H.E.L.P. of Puget Sound benefit w/ Mike Strickland (8 pm), $20

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Happy Savage, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sister Carol, $10

BREAKROOM--Invisible Men, the Peeps, the Lashes, $7

CENTRAL SALOON--Five Fingers of Funk, Soul Sychadelics, $10

*CROCODILE--Silkworm, Kinski, Pop Star Assasins, $7

DEXTER & HAYES--Smoking Section, free

DOC MAYNARD'S--Kry, $10

ELYSIAN--Tiny Kings, Weary, Larry Barret, $6

FENIX--Jumbalassy, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FIRST UNITED METHODIST--Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra w/ Dee Daniels (7:30 pm), $18/$22.50

GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band

*GRACELAND--Louder Milk, Post Stardom Depression (CD Release), Eris, $8

*GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--The Need, Frenchie & the German Girls, Shotgun Won (8 pm, all ages), $5

HIGHLINER--I.O.U.'s, free

HOPVINE--Urban Oasis, $2

*I-SPY/NATION--Digital Underground (7 pm, all ages; 11 pm, 21+), $20

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Cyrus Chestnut Trio, $12.50/$16.50

LAKEPOINTE--Quistaday, the Agents of Change, A.K.A., $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $10

LATONA PUB--Acoustic Zoo, $2

LEGENDS--Main Street

LOCK AND KEEL--Johnny Ross, $2

MONA'S--Momentum Quartet, $2

NEO BISTRO--Bill Chism Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Guitar Slim, $10

NIKO'S PLACE--Grecian Sounds Bouzouki Trio w/ bellydancer Zaphara, free

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Greasy Biscuit & Hopkins

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Nueva Era, $10

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

PARADOX--Blenderhead, Wonderful, Padre (8 pm, all ages), $8

PARAGON--R. Baldwin's Version of Cool

PINK DOOR--Ensemble Sub Masa, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Harsh, Relic, Suffergauge, $5

RAIN DANCER--M-Set, Lesli Wood, Kelley Bradley, $6

*RAINBOW--Sex Mob, Zony Mash, $12

ROCKSPORT--War Pigs, $7

ROYAL CASINO--Big Happy, free

SERAFINA--Ruthie Dornfeld & John Miller

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Room XIII, Weight of the World, Underride

SIT & SPIN--DJ Shortcut, Beyond Relaity, Sinsimila, Boom Bap Project, $10

*SUNSET TAVERN--Hog Molly, the Cripples, the Girls, $5

THERMO'S--Undisputed Heavyweight Champions of the World, the Schmidtaholics

TOMMY'S--Moxie

*TRACTOR TAVERN--The Squirrels 11th Annual XXXMas Extravaganza, Four-Hour Ramona, $6

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Mark Whitman Band, free

VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO--Heidi Muller & Dan Maher, $8

ZAK'S--Red Hour Glass, My Nock, Adam's Eve

ZOKA COFFEE HOUSE--Smason Brass Band

SUNDAY 12/17

700 CLUB--Slow Ride

ARISTOCRAT'S--Clockwork (trance, house), $10

BARGE INN--Kimball Conant, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Common Heroes, Once for Kicks, 5:00 Somewhere, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session, free

GALWAY ARMS--Rick Usleton

HOPVINE--Elizabeth Carpenter (CD release), Todd Werny, $1

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Cyrus Chestnut Trio, $12.50/$16.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers' Invitational Jam, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Aaron Park, $5

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Ain't No Heaven Seven, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jelly Rollers

*RAINBOW--Zony Mash, Sex Mob, $10

*SIT & SPIN--Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5

STADIUM EXHIBITION CENTER--Jingle Bell Bash w/ Mandy Moore, Third Eye Blind, Pink, Mya, & more

TINI BIGS LOUNGE--Lincoln Briney Trio, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Junkyard Jane, Mark Dufresne Band, $5

TULA'S--Marc Seals' Jam Session, $5

VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO--Stanley & Kip Greenthal, $9

VILLAGE INN PUB--Open mic, free

MONDAY 12/18

700 CLUB--Norm Balles Project

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free

ART BAR--Open mic, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Genuine Havoc

BARGE INN--Open mic, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Access: Oggmung, DJ Diskyze, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Nine Below Zero Blues Jam, $5

CROCODILE--Valentine Killers

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GALWAY ARMS--Lew Jones

HOPVINE--Songwriters Showcase, free

*I-SPY/NATION--SIL2K: Saul Williams, DJ Topspin, DSD-One, Jumbalaya, DJ Gold Drop, Wordsayer, $10

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE--The Jim Basnight Thing

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--K. W. Miller

SUNSET TAVERN--David Brewer & the Intimidators, $5

TUESDAY 12/19

*700 CLUB--Bassackwards

AVENUE ONE--Edmonia Jarrett, free

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN--The Lazy J's Jam

CONTOUR --XOOS w/ DJ Eddie

CROCODILE--Sludgeplow, the Ruby Doe, Medulla Piñata, $5

DUBLINER--Open mic, free

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Scott Law

GRACELAND--Counterfist, Noxious Weed Inspector, Maximum Coherence, $5

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Doug Lynn Band, free

JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $13.50/$17.50

*KEYARENA--Hot Boyz, Juvenile, Lil' Kim, Lil' Wayne, Nelly, and more, $40.50/$45.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Harris Band, free

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Foolchild, MC Insane, Insight, Groove-Tec, Non-Paralax, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Rockin' Country Piano Bar, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic, free

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop Combo, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Sue Orfield Group

PARADOX--Legion, Fear of Dolls, Hideous Thieves (8 pm, all ages), $6

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

PINK DOOR--Black Cat Duo, free

RAINBOW--Hammer of the Gods, $5

SCARLET TREE--Annieville Blues, free

*SHOWBOX--Pigeonhed, DJ Meeso Blinky, the Lay D, Riz, Steve Fisk, $10

SIT & SPIN--YES tribute night w/ Joe Bars, Kurt Bloch, $10

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Ragamuffin, $2

SUNSET TAVERN--Mike Dumavich w/ Eyvind Kang & Tim Young, Larry Barret, Mossy Rocks, $5

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild benefit w/ Laura Love & Barbara Lamb, Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks, $15

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WEDNESDAY 12/20

700 CLUB--Get Back Play'az

ART BAR--Diversity: DJ Tom C (house)

BARGE INN--The Carvalho Brothers, free

*BENAROYA HALL--Klezmer Conservatory Band, $10/$67

CENTRAL SALOON--The Funk If I Know, Beecraft, $5

*CROCODILE--Bangover, Little LuAnn, Wussy Beat Up the Jocks, $5

FIESTA MEXICANA--Immaculate Flave Hiphop Showcase

FLOYD'S PLACE--Open mic, free

GALWAY ARMS--Rick Usleton

GRACELAND--Grand Rapids, Tarentel, Wow and Flutter, $6

HOPVINE--Open mic, free

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $13.50/$17.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White's All-Star Jam, $5

LEGENDS--The Trouble Boys

LIZZARD LOUNGE--Smooth jazz

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Nebraska Bush Pullers, free

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OK HOTEL--Crack Sabbath, $5

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Seattle Slim, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Little Big Band, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez

PARAGON--Rumba Abierta

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PINK DOOR--Marco de Carvalho, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON --Open mic w/ C. A. Sinatra

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Transmutations, $5

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphrey, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, & Davy C, $5

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

*SHOWBOX--Benefit for Union Gospel Mission w/ the Gentlemen, Pedro the Lion, Damein Jurado, Lodi, $10

SIT & SPIN--Exbestfriends, Vendetta Red, the Watery Graves, $6

SUNSET TAVERN--"Sucka Night" w/ Pastor Kaleb Hagan-Kerr, the Legendary Red Lesters, $5

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Wednesday, $6

VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO--Open mic, $3