AURAFICE--Licorice Ice Cream Open Mic (8 pm, all ages), free

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Club Kiss: DJs Alex D, Rude Boy, $5

BREAKROOM--Acacia, $6

* CATWALK--Red Cross Benefit: Bobbitt & Ronica Sanyal, $7

CENTRAL SALOON--Pataha, Plug Spark Sanjay, Luna Park, $5

COMET TAVERN--RC5, The Glory Holes, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Patrick Weathers

* CROCODILE CAFE--Hanuman, $10

El Gaucho--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

* GRACELAND--Stadhoughton Echo, the Nervous Ticks, Buckfast Superbee, Half-Track, $5

HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi, Julian MacDonough, Will Blair, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Lav'vela

* JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams, $17.50/$21.50

* KING CAT THEATER--Moe, $20

LARRY'S--The Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Roger Fisher, free

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

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Kennedy Brothers

PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAINBOW--Danny Godinez, $5

REDHOOK BREWERY--Romales, free

RENDEZVOUS--Black Star Line, Hailee, Judo for the Blind, free

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

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

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

* SIT & SPIN--American Red Cross Liberty Fund benefit w/ Tart, Automaton, Hello from Waveland

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes

SUNSET TAVERN--Costeau, $6

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Amy Denio Project, Jessica Lurie Ensemble, Aiko Shimada, $5

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

FRIDAY 10/5

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BITTERS--Skip Healy

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Michael Rose, $10

* BREAKROOM--UK Subs, Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, 8 Bucks Experiment, $7

CENTRAL SALOON--Zen Driver, Jack the Hotrod, $8/$10

CENTURY BALLROOM--Sultans of Swing, $15

CONOR BYRNE'S--PH Factor Jug Band

CONTOUR--Xoos

* CROCODILE CAFE--Death Cab for Cutie, the Prom (5:30 pm, all ages), $10

* CROCODILE CAFE--Death Cab for Cutie, the Prom, Aveo (9 pm), $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--Those Guys, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--Leigh, Slavebang, No Decision, Units of Mass Production (8pm, all ages), $5

El Gaucho--Billy Wallace Quartet

EMP--MXPX, Green13, $6/$8

FALLOUT RECORDS--Lindsey Kuhn

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Little Bill & the Blue Notes, free

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--Halftrack, Radio Star, Bendt, Red Star 7, $5

* GALWAY ARMS--Bread Line Blues

GRACELAND--Southern Culture on the Skids, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, $13

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Monstrawtikuss Frankensteinikuss, Gonken, No Outlet, Catalyst (7:30 pm, all ages), $5

HIGHLINER--Kevin Jones Band, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Red Hour Glass, Soul Broke, Pyramid Scream

* I-SPY--Breakestra, DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Amad Jamal, E-Rule, Boom Bap Project, John Doe, DJ Five, $14

* JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Liam Gallager

LAKEPOINTE--Liquor Box, Ivan, the Merchants

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Aaron Black Band, $10

LITTLE RED HEN--The Boxcar Tramps, free

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Darran & Dave, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Podunk Monks, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Tim Sherman Band, $10

OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Damaged, Mayday, Nexus 1, Zero Hour (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD PEQULIAR--The Janeways

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

PARADOX THEATER--Dead and Gone, Wormwood, the Last Great Liar (8 pm, all ages), $7

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Brody, High Siders, Duckies Dilemma, $5

RAIN DANCER--Ellen Says No, Apriori, the All American Playboys, $5

RAINBOW--Organica, Ediadio, Combustion Collective, $6

REDHOOK BREWERY--Mark Whitman Band, free

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SERAFINA--Woody Woodhouse

* SIT & SPIN--Gas Huffer, Girl Trouble, The Pulses, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Joe's Horn System

* SUNSET TAVERN--Richmond Fontaine, Kim Virant, Lee Rude & the Trainwrecks, $5.

TOMMY'S--Red Cross benefit w/ Drop 6, Left to Roam, Men from Mars, Ashland, the Social Studies, $6

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Sanford Arms (CD release), the Lawnmowers, Long Winters, $7

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Drew Victor (CD release), free

ZAK'S--Log Hog, Jesus Chords, Shunt, $5

SATURDAY 10/6

BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Who's Your Daddy, Big Hippy Love Buckle, Saint Sophia, Sik Room, No End (4 pm, all ages), $7

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--King Pin Hays, Loop Hole, Big Hippy Love Buckle, Who's Your Daddy (10 pm), $7

BITTERS--Grey Larson, Paddy League

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Michael Rose, $10

* BREAKROOM--Thalia Zedek, Tara Jane O'Neil, Sam Jayne (9 pm, all ages), $7

CAFF: BRAZIL--Eduardo Mendonca & Jeff Busch, free

CATWALK--Starvox Anniversary II, Cruxshadows, Bella Morte, $10/$12

* CENTRAL SALOON--Kultur Shock, Bambaji, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Ravensreel

* CROCODILE CAFE--Apples In Stereo, the Minders, Call and Response, $8

DOC MAYNARD'S--2000 Degrees, $10

El Gaucho--Billy Wallace Quartet

ELYSIAN--Guardian Alien, Banjovi, $7

EMP--James Talley, $8/$12

FALLOUT RECORDS--The Mistreaters, Bleed

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Hi-Fi Hippies, free

GALWAY ARMS--K W Miller

GRACELAND--Southern Culture on the Skids, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, $13

GRATEFUL BREAD--Mark Erelli

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Champion, Stay Gold (CD release), Left with Nothing, No Return (8 pm, all ages), $5

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HIGHLINER--Chick 'n' Sticks, free

HURRICANE CAF:--Rorke

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--American Deathray, the Stuck-Ups, Eddie Haskils, the Zillionairs, $5

* JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Liam Gallager

* KEYARENA--Bob Dylan, $35/$45

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Cook & Greene Quintet, free

LITTLE RED HEN--The Boxcar Tramps, free

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Joe Gould's Secret, free

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Colville Melody, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ted Belluci Band, $10

O'SHEA'S--The Garhooker Project

OLD PEQULIAR--Rezzin

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Bradbury Press, $5

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

* PARADOX THEATER--The Convocation Of..., Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre, Showpony (2 pm, all ages), $6

PARADOX THEATER--DS13, Spitting Teeth, Ripped to Shreds, Fever Pitch (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAGON--Sonny Byers' Motown Revue

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Ex-Con, Surrounded by Idiots, Family & Suffergauge, $5

RAIN DANCER--Changes Daily, Bijou, $5

RAINBOW--Michael Williams Band, $7

REDHOOK BREWERY--Three Sisters Guitar Band, free

ROCKSPORT--The Retros, $10

SAFFRON COW--Holly Figueroa, Erika Luckett, Liz Queler, Kellee Bradley, Stacey Board

SAKYA MONASTERY OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM--Samsara Meditation Ensemble, $10/$12

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SERAFINA--Alma Villegas

* SHOWBOX--Pedro the Lion, Starflyer 69, Seldom (6 pm, all ages), $10

* SIT & SPIN--Ma'Chell's Birthday w/ the Ruby Doe, the Charming Snakes, the Darlings, Ms. Connie Merlot, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Danny Wheelman

SUNSET TAVERN--Dorkweed, Hello from Waveland, Peter Parker, $7

TOMMY'S--Low End, Surreal Sutra, Stella 7, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Ian Moore (7 pm), $10

TRACTOR TAVERN--Curt Kirkwood, Jerry Joseph (10 pm), $10

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Anna Whitte, free

ZAK'S--Thurd Rail Delivery, Agent 86, Shickshadel, the Accidentals, $5

SUNDAY 10/7

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Red Cross benefit w/ Brian Moritz Band, White Rabbit, Pneuma (4 pm, all ages), $5

* BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

BITTERS--Jean-Michel Veillon, Stanley Greenthal, $12

CATWALK--DJ Funkdaddy, Rockaphella

CENTRAL SALOON--The Pale, Cober, Duke McKabe, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM--Brother Red (8:30 pm, all ages), $10

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

CROCODILE CAFE--John Mayer, Shea Segar, $12.50

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

* HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

* JAZZ ALLEY--Jessica Williams, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Conor Bhoys

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Jay Thomas Big Band w/ Becca Duran, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Uptown Lowdown, $6

PARAGON--Phil Carrillo

SAKYA MONASTERY OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM-- Vira-Lata, $10/$12

SIT & SPIN--Dave Douglas' Witness, $12

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman

SUNSET TAVERN--Be Good Tonyas, Oh Susanna, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Dave Van Ronk, $14

WATERTOWN--Prescription

MONDAY 10/8

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Formula X, Moses Doe, Black Jack Betty, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CENTRAL SALOON--Sid Law's Cirque De Pop, $5

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue

El Gaucho--Daniel Davidson

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GRACELAND--Tim Reynolds, Elise Coakley (9:30 pm, all ages), $12

I-SPY--SIL2K: P.A.N., Yeek Yak Air Force, Palace of Labor, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Soul Manifesto, $17.50/$19.50

KELLS--Conor Bhoys

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Crazy Go Toy, free

RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3

* SHOWBOX--The Old 97s, Minibar, Ken Stringfellow, $13/$15

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

SUNSET TAVERN--Knitting Factory: Joe Doria, Ryan Taylor, DJ AMS, Rick Mandyke, $5

THERMO'S--Open mic

TRACTOR TAVERN--Rocket 350, $5

ZIG ZAG CAFE--Living Spirit Trio

TUESDAY 10/9

AVENUE ONE--Woody Woodhouse, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--E.P.W.A. Wrestling, Section 34 (8 pm, all ages), $8

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Straight Ahead, $5

BREAKROOM--Phantom Rockers, Graveyard Shift, Hung Dice, $6

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: The Aelix (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

CROCODILE CAFE--The Tim Reynolds Trio, Elise Coakley, $12/$14

El Gaucho--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open Mic

GRACELAND--The Nobodys, the Fartz, the Stuck Ups, the Daryls, $6

* I-SPY--The Faint, Now It's Overhead, Soiled Doves, $8

JAZZ ALLEY--Dave Holland Quintet, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free

NATION--Hammer of the Gods, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons

PARAGON--Robert Stewart

PINK DOOR--Brendan Wires, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Shakara, $5

SCARLET TREE--The Drift, $3

* SHOWBOX--Dilated Peoples, Mix Master Mike, Swollen Members, $20

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

* SUNSET TAVERN--Jake London, Grant Johnson, Mike Katell, John Shaw, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan, Kevin Burke, $12

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

WEDNESDAY 10/10

CAFF: BRAZIL--Jovino Santos Neto

CENTRAL SALOON--Radio Star, Asa Cruz, Slink, $5

COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free

* CROCODILE--Bent Queer Rock Festival w/ El Vez "Boxing With God", the Plus Ones, $12/$14

El Gaucho--Daniel Davidson

I-SPY--Atlee, N8, Bronze FM (6 pm, all ages; 10 pm, 21+), free

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JACK STRAW PRODUCTIONS--Koo Nimo, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Dave Holland Quintet, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LAST SUPPER CLUB--King of Clubs, $5

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Passage, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Green Tea, free

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

* PARADOX THEATER--Lovelife, Get Hustle, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, Onalaska (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAGON--Rumba Abierta

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

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

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

* SHOWBOX--Ben Folds, Citizen Cope, $20.50

SIT & SPIN--Poetry Slam w/ Blue Glove Club, $4

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Right in the Face, $3

* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Rod Lavers, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Deep Banana Blackout, $10

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2