700 CLUB--A Bird of Passage, $5

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

*BALLARD FIREHOUSE--NW Rock Showcase, $5

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Al Rowe Project, $5

CATWALK--Dapper Jones, Suitcase, Ruby Darby, Victim By Design, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Pyro Class Flow, Scream Radio, Madison, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Nancy Conescu, free

CROCODILE--Stabbing Westward, the Apex Theory (9 pm, all ages), $1.07

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Karl Haug & Co.

GIBSON'S--Eugene Iowa, Satisfiers, Black Powder Pin-Ups, $5

HIGHLINER--Carolyn Cruso, free

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi Trio, free

I-SPY--Alicia Dara, Tiger Zane, Holly Figueroa, Dan Jewell, Todd Sloan, Sarah McCullough, Carry Lauder, Mary Shokes, $6

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver Mulholland

JAZZ ALLEY--Charlie Hunter, $15.50/$19.50

*LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Jen Wood, free

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

MONA'S--Momentum Quartet, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--A Bird of Passage, free

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

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free

*RAINBOW--Danny Barnes & Thee Old Codgers, $6

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

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Hugh Livingstone & the Orbis Factor (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $6

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

SUNSET TAVERN--Scott Law Band, $5

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

*TRACTOR TAVERN--The Mary Janes, Christy McWilson, Matt the Electrician, $7

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Sean McGinn Quartet, free

TULA'S--Jay Thomas Quartet, $5

VOGUE--Inertia, Projekt, Mynde

ZAK'S--MyEnigma, Fliberty, 20 Units of Dope,

Beer Zone, $5

FRIDAY 5/18

700 CLUB--Seraphonic

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Plush, Free Confusion, Liquid Thin, 5th Row, First Dream, $7

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BARGE INN--Mark Notermann, free

BARLEE'S CAFE--Cordon Blues

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Joe Bowbeer, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Toby Foyeh, $10

BREAKROOM--Bl'ast, Portrait of Poverty, the Pricks, Leveler, $7

CATWALK--Sumerland (CD release), Lovesick, 3SKS, $7

CENTRAL SALOON--Duke McCabe, Once For Kicks, Common Heroes, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Cambalache, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Julie Langan & Verina Commins, $3

*CROCODILE--Zeke, Hog Molly, the Cherry Bombs, $8

DOC MAYNARD'S--2000 Degrees, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--The Janeways, the Mu, Sophit, Coccyx (8 pm, all ages), $5

EASY STREET RECORDS (WEST SEATTLE)--Dorkweed (7 pm, all ages), free

*EMP--Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm, Tony Coleman Band (8 pm, all ages), $15

FIDDLER'S INN--Danny Godinez Band

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Breadline Blues

*GIBSON'S--Burning Cindys, the A-Frames, Bastinado, Lopez, $5

GRACELAND--Dave Brockie Experience, Beer Zone, Load Levelers, the Cross Tops, $8

HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free

HOPVINE--Mercury w/ Carla Hansen, $2

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver & Neil

*JAZZ ALLEY--Charlie Hunter, $15.50/$19.50

LAKEPOINTE--Counterfist, Scream Radio, Madison, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Guitar Shorty, $10

LAST SUPPER CLUB--Al Rowe Project, $10

LATONA PUB--Ethnic Underground, $2

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Paul Whistler Band w/ Nora Michaels, free

LOCK & KEEL--Ramblin' Roberts, $2

MOTION LOUNGE--CoolAde

NEO BISTRO--Eric Madis Duo, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Don Goodwin Band, $5

*OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Hell's Belles, Damnaged, Free Verse, Butterface (8 pm, all ages), $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Peepshow, $3

PINK DOOR--Tony Iazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Tripwire, River Red, Ground Zero, Switch, $5

RAIN DANCER--94th Street, RAI, Forrest Kyle, $5

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $7

SCARLET TREE--In Black & White, $7

SERAFINA--Bonnie Birch

*SHOWBOX--Critters Buggin, Bachir Attar, FCS North, $15

*SIT & SPIN--The Turn Ons, the Gimmicks,

Stagger Lee, $7

SPEAKEASY--Sheryl Diane, Alyssa Burrows, Margo Lauritzen, Skyward

ST. CLOUDS--Danny Wheatman

*SUNSET TAVERN--Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, the Chris and Tad Show, the Moonbabies, $7

THERMO'S--Mea Culpa, Agent 86, the Amazombies

TRACTOR TAVERN--Tony Furtado Band, the Splinters, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Dangerous Brain Clinic, free

TULA'S--Dave Peck Trio, $10

*UNIVERSITY LIBRARY--Teen Cthulu, Akimbo, Me Infecto, angeldrag (8 pm, all ages), free

ZAK'S--Carnival of 8, Undercurrent, Mudbug, $5

SATURDAY 5/19

700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars

BAD ALBERT'S--Kevin Guffy & Friends, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks, $3

*BALLARD FIREHOUSE--DeeDee Ramone, City Girls' Boy, the Fucking Chachis, $12/$15

BARGE INN--Midnight Ramblers, free

BARLEE'S CAFE--Cordon Blues

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Moonbabies, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Alex D & J.B., Ras Kidus, $10

BREAKROOM--Benefit for JAMPAC w/ Shinola, Dirty Birds, Lower 48, Judge Roy Bean, $6

CENTRAL SALOON--The Retros, $10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Mitch Woods & His Rocket '88s

COFFEE MESSIAH--Ivory Smith, Ffej, the Cellophane Phasers (8 pm, all ages), $2

CONOR BYRNE'S--The Whyos, $3

CONTOUR--Al Rowe Project

*CROCODILE--Hanuman, Living Daylights, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Afrodisiacs, $10

ELYSIAN--Danny Barnes, Tiny Kings, Laura Veirs, $7

EMP--Billy Lee Riley & the Sun Spots, Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics (8 pm, all ages), $15

FALLOUT RECORDS--The A-Frames, Nearly Deads (3 pm, all ages), free

FIDDLER'S INN--Klaus Lendzian

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly

GIBSON'S--Moral Crux, Wayward Youth, Day By Day, $5

GORGE--Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Keith Urban, $43/$58

GRACELAND--Sick Things, War Pigs, Wild Dogs, Tin Lizzy, $8

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Middle Dexter, One Point Two, Metempsychosis, Monstrawtikuss Frankensteinikuss (8 pm, all ages), $5

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HOPVINE--Karma Sutra, $2

HURRICANE CAF:--The Load Levelers, Ward A, Tarantulada, MyEnigma

*I-SPY--Saul Williams, Source of Labor, Sientific American, $12

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver & Neil

JAZZ ALLEY--Charlie Hunter, $15.50/$19.50

JIMMY Z'S--Positively Negative, the Fartz, Portrait of Poverty, $5

LAKEPOINTE--The Prom Kings, Butterface, Trailer Park Romeos, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Guitar Shorty, $10

LATONA PUB--Gary Westcott & Reggie Garrett, $2

LEGENDS--Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Johnny Deluxe, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Johnny Ross, $2

MONA'S--Urban Oasis, $2

NEO BISTRO--Eric Madis Duo, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Alice Stuart Band, Rhythm Rascals, $10

O'SHEA'S--Kareless Kings

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--M.J. Bishop Band, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez Band, $3

PINK DOOR--Tony Iazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Structure, Fantastic 4, Drunk as Usual, Seatown Manglers, $5

RAIN DANCER--Subdwellers, Sunchild, the Fighting Machinists, the Fakes, $8

RAINBOW--YBO2, Sun City Girls, $8

ROCKSPORT--Creeping Death, Windowpane, $9

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SERAFINA--Ruthie Dornfeld

*SHOWBOX--The Living End, Tsunami Bomb, Tight Bros From Way Back When (7 pm, all ages), $12.50/$15

*SIT & SPIN--Kent 3, Glory Holes, Get Down Syndrome

SLIDERS (RENTON)--The Beatniks

SPEAKEASY --Sweet Tea, Laguna, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Nancy K. Dillon Trio

*STADIUM EXHIBITION CENTER--Black Eyed Peas, L-Burna, Dimitri from Paris, Grandmaster Flash, Funkmaster Flex, DJ Nasir, Eva, Nick Twisted

SUNSET TAVERN--Scared of Chaka, the New Town Animals, the Bad Apples, $7

THERMO'S--Milhous, Fliberty, the Deefs

TOMMY'S--Bambaji, Troll's Cottage, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Clumsy Lovers, Jam on White Bread, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Hudson Blues Band, free

TULA'S--Dave Peck Trio, $10

TWO BELLS TAVERN--Nicholas Vroman & Friends, free

ZAK'S--Gluttons for Punishment, Galadriel, the Strange, Ring Cincada, $5

SUNDAY 5/20

700 CLUB--Street Life, $6

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Outlet, 2 Wheels Flat (4 pm, all ages), $7

*BALTIC ROOM--Smack: DJs Killa B, Misskick, Vitamin D w/ Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman

BELLEVUE COMM. COLLEGE--Benefit for the Vera Project w/ Roundabout, Dolour, Weapons of Matt Destruction, Asahi (8 pm, all ages), $6

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Otis P & the Jive Funk, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session w/ Barry Foy, free

FIDDLER'S INN--Lew Jones

GIBSON'S--Half Life of None, Ruckus, ManPlanet, $5

*GRACELAND--Kill Sadie (CD release), Kentucky Pistol, the Light Heavyweights, Homo Eradicus (6:30 pm, all ages), $6

HOPVINE--Paul Benoit & Friends

IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver Mulholland

JAZZ ALLEY--Charlie Hunter, $15.50/$19.50

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Bucky's Blues Jam, free

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

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

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Double Pumper Holly, free

RAINBOW--Ediadio, $5

*RENDEZVOUS--Polecat, Our City's Finest, Destro, $2

*SHOWBOX--Benefit for Leukemia/Lymphoma Society w/ Loaded, Combover, Bad Apples, $10

SUNSET TAVERN--Spirit Tuck, DJ MissKick, $5

TOMMY'S--Danny Godinez Band, free

TRACTOR TAVERN--Rockin' Lloyd Tripp, $5

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

MONDAY 5/21

700 CLUB--Blue Glove Club, $5

ART BAR--Open mic, $1

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Half Life of None, Empire, Pataha, $5

BARGE INN--Open mic, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE--David Joe, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Clockwise, $5

*CROCODILE--Martin Sexton, $17

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band

*GRACELAND--The Fucking Champs, Drunk Horse, the Last of the Juanitas, C-Average, $8

HOPVINE--Zach Boyle, Carlos Lantz, Mark Gold, free

I-SPY--SIL2K: Bare Bones benefit for Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance & Improvisation, $10

JAZZ ALLEY--Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather, $16.50/$18.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

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

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Mad Ronas

SUNSET TAVERN--Organically Groan Duo, $5

TULA'S--BCC Jazz Band, $5

TUESDAY 5/22

700 CLUB--Jay Roulston Quartet, free

AVENUE ONE--Pearl Django, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Carnival of 8,

Section 34, $5

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Straight Ahead, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

*CROCODILE--C.O.C.O., the Microphones,

Mirah, $5

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

*GRACELAND--Ec8oR, the Blood Brothers, Orguss the Foe Hammer, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Red Light Sting, Audio Assasins (7 pm, all ages), $8

IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread

JAZZ ALLEY--Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather, $16.50/$18.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--206 Rib Shack Orchestra, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley, free

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop Combo, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bebop and Destruction, free

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

SAFFRON COW--Sarah Pinsker w/ Jean Mann, $3

SUNSET TAVERN--Danny Barnes, $5

TULA'S--UW Big Band, $5

WEDNESDAY 5/23

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free

ART BAR--Identity: DJ Foolchild, Untamed Minds, $1

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Reggie Watts, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Sunday Morning Music, Sugartown, Looking For Sailors, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic, free

CONTOUR--Seraphonic, Digable All-Stars, DJ Rockafella, DJ Woogie

*CROCODILE--Pedro the Lion, the Prom, Supine to Sit, $8

GALWAY ARMS--Action Jack & Blind Stauff

GRACELAND--Hour Glass Lake, Crystal Radio, Buckfast Superbee, $6

HOPVINE--Open mic, free

I-SPY--Jeru tha Damaja, DJ B-Mello, Mr. Supreme, Tilson, $10

IRISH EMIGRANT--Leo McNamara, Randall Bays & Friends

JAZZ ALLEY--Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather, $16.50/$18.50

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Lea Krueger, free

*PARADOX--The Honor System, Polecat, the Dutch Flat, Bunkbed (8 pm, all ages), $6

PARAGON--Ted Bellusci Band

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON--Open mic, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner & Davy C, $3

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

SHOWBOX--Mercury Men, Cabrini Green, Bangover, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Barry Ingle

*SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Red Lesters, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Organica, Flowmotion, $5

TULA'S--Yoshyiki Yamanaka, New Stories Trio, $8

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2