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Live Music Listings

by Brian Goedde

THURSDAY 12/6

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BAIT HOUSE--Open mic, $3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Enkria, $5

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Sofa King

CENTRAL SALOON--Ashbury Park, Organica, $5

CORNISH COLLEGE--Scores of Sound (4 pm, all ages), free

CROCODILE CAFE--Trucker of the Sea, Lamplighter, Lover Adapter, Deception Pass, $6

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

GALWAY ARMS--Jack Cook, Mick Night

* GRACELAND--The Ataris, All, Diesel Boy (7 pm, all ages), $10

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Bob Early Trio

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Open mic (6:30 pm, all ages), free

HURRICANE CAFE--Dirty Beggar, Michele Molner, Three Inch Max, Ward A, Fist Full, $5

* I-SPY--Thunderball, DJ Desmond Williams, $10

J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Kurt Elling, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Pat Buckley

* KEYARENA--Neil Diamond, $37.50/$57.50

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Tiger Zane, free

LITTLE RED HEN--James w/ the Shifters, Elvis Show, free

MEANY THEATER--Contemporary Group, $5/$8

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

MULLEADY'S PUB--Open mic, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Hello from Waveland

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--Joshua is Drowning, Lev'vela, Bendt, Every Last One, free

RAINBOW--Homonicasters, $6

ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5 pm, all ages), free

SAFFRON COW--Joanne Klein, Marc Smason, Greg Robinson

SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Total Experience Gospel Choir (5:30 pm, all ages), $7

SHOWBOX--Not So Silent Night Afterparty w/ P. Diddy, $20/$25

SIT & SPIN--Particle, 94th Street, $7

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOI--Danya, free

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Stacey Earle, Mark Stuart, $12/$14

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

FRIDAY 12/7

2 LOUIES BALLROOM--John Hiatt & the Goners, $25

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

BAIT-HOUSE--Bob Early, $3

BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BENAROYA HALL--Beverly Graham, Tina Lear, Joe Carolus, $10/$20

BIT SALOON--Blumeadows

BITTERS--Zhaoui, $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Rocky Dawun, $10

* BREAKROOM--Experience Nuge Project, Tinn Lizzy, $6

CAFE VENUS--Machete

CENTRAL SALOON--M-Set, the Dragonflies, 6fg, $8/$10

* CENTURY BALLROOM--Jane Siberry, Aiko Shimada, $20/$22

CONOR BYRNE'S--Ravensreel, $4

CORNISH COLLEGE--Scores of Sound (4 pm, all ages), free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Rock *A* Teens, the Turn-Ons, the Get Down Syndrome, $7

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--DJ DCYPOL (8pm, all ages), $5

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

* EMP--John Hiatt & the Goners w/ Sonny Landreth, $27.50/$29.50

FIDDLER'S INN--Reggie Garrett, Gary Westcott, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

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

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--40 Foot Fakeout, Landshark, $5

GALWAY ARMS--KW Miller

* GRACELAND--The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Rival Schools, the Hives, One Time Angels (6 pm, all ages), $10

HIGHLINER--Heather Banker, free

HURRICANE CAFE--Laguna, Fire Crotch, Jaded 52, the Kaleidoscope Project, Crimany, Old Man Smithers, $5

* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Home Alive benefit w/ the Bad Girls, Studfinder, Tales from the Birdbath

J&M CAFE--The Beatniks, $8

JAZZ ALLEY--Kurt Elling, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--Counterfist, Slow Gas Heater, Ethyl

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

LAST SUPPER CLUB--Plush: Tommy Martin & Tor, $10

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Cooke & Greene Quartet, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace (CD release), free

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Karl Funk, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Bill Wolford

MULLEADY'S PUB--Knox, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Little Bill & the Bluenotes, $10

OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Blood Alley Accident, Flying or Falling, Empathy for Arms, Steve Koozer (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD PEQULIAR--Combustion Collective

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Scott Law Trio

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Weight of the World, $5

RAGING RIVER SALOON--Too Slim & the Taildraggers

RAINBOW--Mamasutra, Toxic Funk

* RE-BAR--Mandonna, the Razorbabes, Gun Street Girls, DJ Robyn, $7

REDHOOK BREWERY--Mark Dufresne, free

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

* SEATTLE MENNONITE CHURCH--Seattle Composers Salon w/ Christopher DeLaurenti, Matt Marth, Doug Palmer, $5

SECLUDED ALLEY WORKS--Elysian (CD release), Beat Reduction, Lee Rude, $3

SERAFINA--Woody Woodhouse

SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8

ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL--Handel's Messiah (1743 London revival edition), $20/$35

TOMMY'S--Subdwellers, Ragamuffin, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Evangeline, Deer Whistle, Going South, $6

ZAK'S--6 Beer Bladder, Big Bubba, Cringe, Chump Change, $5

SATURDAY 12/8

BAD ALBERT'S--Chris Stevens, Greg Roberts, $2

BAIT-HOUSE--Bob Early, $3

BIT SALOON--Blumeadows

BITTERS--Orchestra Halam

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Rocky Dawun, $10

BREAKROOM--Victim's Family, Removal, $7

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM--Vocal Jazz, $5/$8

* CAFE VENUS--Jessica Lurie, $5

CATWALK--VNV Nation, $20/$25

CENTRAL SALOON--Shuggie, Once for Kicks, Miller Lane, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Suffering Gaels, $4

* CROCODILE CAFE--Mermen, Stradhoughton Echo, the Stares, $10

DOC MAYNARD'S--Gruvbox, $10

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

ELYSIAN--Kim Virant, Deerwhistle, Susan Robkin, $6

FIDDLER'S INN--Toad Jam, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Mary McPage, free

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

* GRACELAND--Angels of Light, Virgil Shaw, Carissa's Wierd, Suffering & the Hideous Theives, $10

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HAPPY PALACE--Heather Graham is Hot

HIGHLINER--The Tommies, free

HURRICANE CAF:--Northwest Unity Jam: Static Fugue, Ediadio, Painted Window, Hoo Head John, Brother Justice, Rezzin, $5

* I-SPY--DJ Food, Four Tet, Bonobo (10 pm), $12

* I-SPY--eXBeSTFRIeNDS, Evan Johansen, Chevron, Mine Thirty-Seven (4 pm, all ages), $8

* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Eat the State benefit w/ Zillionaires, the Valley, Me Infecto, St. Louis Smiles

JAZZ ALLEY--Kurt Elling, $17.50/$21.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--Liquor Box, Underride, the Merchants

LARRY'S--Dr. Funk, $10

LEGENDS--Wand, Shoogacar, free

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Cooke & Greene Quartet, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace (CD release), free

LOBO INN--Playland, Slitliquor

LOCAL 46--Jamnesty: Krystal Radio, Layman's Terms, the Spitlicks (8 pm, all ages), $5

LULU'S--Club Jazz

MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Charlie Spring, free

MONKEY PUB--Hillbilly Shrome, Spider Music Orchestra, $3

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Neon Brown, free

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Podunk Monks, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Mark Dufresne, $10

O'SHEA'S--Tiny Giants

OLD PEQULIAR--Sunday Morning Music

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Bradbury Press, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Scott Law Trio

PARADOX THEATER--Visionaries, Beat Junkies, Copywrite, DJ B-Mello (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Trans-Siberian Orchestra, $28/$31

PARK PUB--Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo, free

* PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-- The Esoterics: Stellarum

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--6fg, Lazy Plain & the Dragonflies, $5

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Trouble Boys

RAIN DANCER--Changes Daily, $5

RAINBOW--Rai, Happy Savage

REDHOOK BREWERY--Hudson Blues Band, free

ROCKET SCIENCE STUDIOS--Uncle Leuschner & the Chris Complex, DJs CTRL, Tawny, the Rev, $3

ROCKSPORT--The Shitkickers

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

SERAFINA--Cheryl McLin

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Those Guys, $8/$10

* SIT & SPIN--Ponga, $10

ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL--Handel's Messiah (1743 London revival edition), $20/$35

ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL--Peter Phillips & the Tudor Choir, $15/$18

* STELLA PIZZA--Gas Huffer, Right On, $6

STILL LIFE COFFEEHOUSE--Karin Blaine, Raconteur, Barton Cole, $9

TOMMY'S--Jam on White Bread, Silkroot, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Jesse Dayton (7 pm), $7

TRACTOR TAVERN--Omar Torrez (CD release) (9:30), $10

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Roy Kay Trio, free

ZAK'S--Mindshaker, DXD, Enkrya, Chiefs, $5

SUNDAY 12/9

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Hit Parade, $12/$50

BREAKROOM--Nobody Wins, Jetlag, Downway (8 pm, all ages), $6

CENTRAL SALOON--Clatterbone, Trigger-Happy Campers, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

FIDDLER'S INN--Steve Lawlor, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

GALWAY ARMS--Ember Swift, Lesliwood

GRACELAND--Roots of Orchis, Evan Johansen, $6

HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

HURRICANE CAFE--High Profile, Room Zero, Pris, Hippies in Flames, Gluttons for Punishment, the Mu, $5

JAZZ ALLEY--Kurt Elling, $17.50/$21.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $5

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Uptown Lowdown Dixieland Band, $6

PINK DOOR--The Itinerate Locals, free

RAINBOW--Olli Klomp & PK, Bantam Duo, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Carlos Washington & Giant People, $6

WASABI BISTRO--Zhaoui

MONDAY 12/10

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--James David Band, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Hit Parade, $12/$50

* BLUWATER BISTRO--La Movida, DJs Darek Mazzone, Amy Denio, Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, Lawrence Martin, free

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

CENTURY BALLROOM--Lisa Koch

CONTOUR--Urban Tongue w/ Tiffany Wilson, Bill Yuns

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

* EMP--Pigface, Gravity Kills, Godhead, Meg Lee Chin, Chris Connelly, $12/$15

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

GRACELAND--Everyone Gets Laid, Harkonen, DJ Red Leather Chapstick, $3

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Barfly, $5

MEANY THEATER--University Chorale & Chamber Singers' Christmas Fantasy, $5/$8

MEANY THEATER--UW Percussion Ensemble, $5/$8

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Ember Swift

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rumba Abierta, free

RAIN DANCER--Chris Stanley Band, free

RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3

* SIT & SPIN--Biography of Ferns, Fruit Bats, Terror Sheets, $7

THERMO'S--Open mic

TUESDAY 12/11

* CAFE VENUS--Weird Science

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Springtrap-Hum, Troy Swanson (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

CROCODILE CAFE--Lisa Loeb, Phil Cody (7 pm, all ages), $15

DUBLINER--Open mic

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

HURRICANE CAFE--Open mic, free

I-SPY--The Fakes, Ronson Family Switchblade, Millhous, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50

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

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

MEANY THEATER--University Symphony, $5/$8

* MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players

NATION--Eryn Young, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction

PINK DOOR--Miles & Karina, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5

SCARLET TREE--DJ Violate (old skool, funk), $3

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Jose Gonzalez Trio, free

VOGUE--Vicious Dolls

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

WEDNESDAY 12/12

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Enkria, $5

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

CENTRAL SALOON--Liquorbox, Murder of Crows, Ladyslipper, $5

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

* CROCODILE--Jon Auer, Centromatic, $7

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FLAME--San Pedro Circus, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Heather Banker

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Bob Early Trio

HOPVINE--Open mic

HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, $5

I-SPY--Dan Bern, $12

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JACK STRAW PRODUCTIONS--Carolyn Graye

JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Passage, free

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Lance Hofstad

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Michelle Dedman Trio, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bee Craft

PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Siamese, $5

SCARLET TREE--206 Ribshack: Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, $3

SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert

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

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

* SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Airplane, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Revue, $6

UGLY MUG CAFE--Open mic

WIT'S END--Open mic, $2

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