THURSDAY 1/20
2 LOUIES BALLROOM, BLAINE -- Steve Riddler
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Reggae Night: Pure Water
700 CLUB -- Horns & Vinyl
AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Everything Went Black, Drop Cry, Champion, Ad Conscientious Objector, Push Pin, $6
BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues with guest, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Inmemorium, Suicide Culture, Immoral Intent, $5
BALTIC ROOM -- La Movida, with Darek Mazzone, Amy Denio, Lawrence Martin, Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, $5
BOHEMIAN -- The Dream Band, Alex D & JB, Selector Raiford, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- Waxie Maxi, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH -- Charlotte Vanderwolf & Folk Friends, free
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Percy Francis & BOT
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Stesha Brandon, Joe Jencks
*CROCODILE -- Five Gears in Reverse, Marc Olsen, Congratulators, $6
FLOYD'S -- Steve Gauci Open Jazz Jam
FLYING LEMON LOUNGE -- Open mic/jam session, free
GALWAY ARMS -- Leo McNamara
GIBSON'S -- 24 Robbers, Gun Bunny, Slimpickins
*GORDON BIERSCH -- Pete Krebs, free
HABANA -- Hadley Caliman Quartet
JAZZ ALLEY -- Kevin Eubanks Quartet
KELLS -- Corner Bhoys, $3
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner
LITTLE RED HEN -- Los Orchids
MONA'S -- Fred Hoadley Trio
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Ham Carson Quintet
OK HOTEL -- Blue Glove Club, $5
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Unfinished Business, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Emmanuel Louis
PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free
PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering
SCARLET TREE -- Z-Funk, $5
*SEATTLE ART MUSEUM -- Pop Art Night
SERAFINA -- Alex Guilbert
SHOWBOX -- Galactic, El Guzano Trio (Stanton Moore, Skerik, Joe Doria), $15
SIT & SPIN -- The Mad Tea Party: Rockin' Teenage Combo, Pauley Ethnic, $5
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
STARS BAR -- The Brian Nova Trio, free
STILL LIFE COFFEHOUSE -- Reggie Garrett, free
TIR NA NOG -- Blue Healers
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Chris Smither, $12
TULA'S -- Steve Griggs Quintet, $5
WILDHORSE CASINO, PENDLETON -- Chris Ward
FRIDAY 1/21
2 LOUIES BALLROOM, BLAINE -- The Walrus, $3
2ND AVENUE PIZZA -- Black Cat Orchestra
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Zero Down
700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya
BAIT-HOUSE -- The Mason Darnall Trio, free
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- 3 Minutes to Midnight
BITTERS CO. -- Seattle Classical Guitar Society, free
BOHEMIAN -- Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown, Selector Raiford, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- The Dreamband, Selector Soul 1, $10
BREAKROOM -- Caustic Resin, Swarming Hordes, Stagger Lee, $7
CENTRAL SALOON -- Mother Hips, $10
CENTURY BALLROOM -- Loudon Wainwright III
CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova, free
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Hudson Blues Band
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Hanz Araki, $3
*CROCODILE -- Fastbacks, Minus 5, Rusty Willoughby, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Retros
FENIX ABOVE -- Hit Explosion, $10
FIDDLER'S INN -- Swingin' Doors
GALWAY ARMS -- Isla Ross & guests
GIBSON'S -- The Cripples, the Adding Machine, Tales from the Bird Bath
GRACELAND -- Slugger, Whole Bolivian Army, the Maniacs, $6
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- The Kareem Kandi Band
HIGHLINER -- Don Goodwin Jazz Trio, free
HOPVINE -- Johnny Ross
I-SPY -- Systemwide
JAZZ ALLEY -- Kevin Eubanks Quartet
KELLS -- Corner Bhoys, $3
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Tim Turner Band
LATONA PUB -- Mark Graham, Orville Johnson, $2
LITTLE RED HEN -- Big Ed, Country Comfort
MELTING POT RESTAURANT -- The Glynn Brothers Quartet
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- The Brothers of Maximum Catharsis
OK HOTEL -- Rizzo, St John, the Pin-Ups, $6
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Unfinished Business, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Dark Molly
PARADOX THEATER -- The Bixby's CD Release, $10
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free
*PLANET HOT ROD -- Dee Dee Ramone, Sexy Christ, Sea Jayne Tripp, $12
RAIN DANCER -- A Bird of Passage, M Set, Log Cabin, $8
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- J.R. & One Hit
RE-BAR -- 10th Anniversary Cabaret
RIDGE PUB -- Paula Maya & the Earth Tribe
SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve
SEATTLE CATCH -- Kalass
SERAFINA -- The Milo Petersen and Valerie Illman Chamber Jazz Dueo
SHOWBOX -- Left Hand Smoke, Brian Cohen and the AM Disasters, $10
SIT & SPIN -- Cookie, Megababe, Slit Liquors
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
TIR NA NOG -- Tiger Zane
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Wylie & the Wild West CD Release, $12
*TRACTOR TAVERN -- Split Lip Rayfield, Richmond Fontaine, $6
TULA'S -- Marc Seals Quintet, $10
SATURDAY 1/22
2 LOUIES BALLROOM, BLAINE -- The Walrus
2218 -- Hans Brehmer
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Zero Down
700 CLUB -- Digable
BAD ALBERT'S -- The Jellrollers, $2
BAIT-HOUSE -- The Mason Darnall Trio, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Heads above Water, Milk Boy, Gray Daisy, the Sexphiles, Jelly Neck, Cow-Hammer, Nude Guitars, Junktrain, 3 Day Notice, $7
BALTIC ROOM -- Hana, $6
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- 3 Minutes to Midnight
BOHEMIAN -- Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown, Selector Raiford, $10
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- The Dreamband, Selector Gino, $10
BREAKROOM -- Acid King, Sludgeplow, $6
CENTRAL SALOON -- Tony Coleman, $10
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Hudson Blues Band
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Clay Pipe, $3
CORNISH COLLEGE -- Bill Frisell & Dale Bruning, $12
CROCODILE -- The Spores/The Bangs/The AUTOMATON Adventure Series/Cougar
DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Beatniks
EASY STREET PUB -- Potato Underground
ELLIOTT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free
ELYSIAN -- Sheryl Wiser and Her All-Star Review, Rio Grande Nationals, $6
*FENIX ABOVE -- Dee Dee Ramone, Sexy Xrist, $10
FIDDLER'S INN -- Jim Page, Artis the Spoonman
GALWAY ARMS -- Orville Johnson & Mark Grahm
GIBSON'S -- Little Champions, Christiene Darling
GRACELAND -- SP Unlimited, Dinsdale, Lead Pipe Cinch, $7
*GROUND ZERO, BELLEVUE -- Jen Wood, Michael Compton, Amy Mahardy, Mike Turpen, Sarah Burgess
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Sonado
HIGHLINER -- Happy Savage, free
HOPVINE -- Floyd Mountain Boys
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Kevin Eubanks Quartet
JULES MAE'S -- TheBrotherEgg, Jim Sykes
KELLS -- Corner Bhoys, $3
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Dr. Funk, $10
LATONA PUB -- Burning Plow, $2
LITTLE RED HEN -- Big Ed, Country Comfort
LOCK AND KEEL -- Shinola, $2
MONA'S -- Tenor Saxophonist Hadley Caliman and his Ensemble
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Peter Kardas
NIKO'S PLACE -- Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and bellydancing by "Zaphara," free
OK HOTEL -- Josh White, Mandarin, Automata
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Unfinished Business, $10
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Wendy Woo, Hott Funk
PANTAGES THEATER, TACOMA -- Mavis Staples (A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson), $32/$12
PARAGON -- Funky Lovebomb
PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free
RAIN DANCER -- Woodard, Moderately Desperate, Easy Spin
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- The Heathen
RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- The Variables
ROCKSPORT -- Atomic Punks, $10
SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve
SEATTLE CATCH -- Katherine Moore
SERAFINA -- The Aaron Parks Duo
SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- Laura Love Band
*SIT & SPIN -- Voyager One, the Drop, Fairgrove
SLIDERS -- 80 Something, $7
SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Clumsy Lovers CD Release, the Sugar Beets, $8
TULA'S -- Clarence Acox Quartet, $10
TWO BELLS TAVERN -- Larry Van Over, free
SUNDAY 1/23
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- T-Town Blues Band
700 CLUB -- Suite 7
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band
BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Flash Hevily Jam Session
CENTRAL SALOON -- Central Ska Hornfest, $5
CHINA JADE -- Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Irish Session, free
EASY STREET PUB -- Open mic with Ricky
FENIX ABOVE -- Six Feet Under, Emmolition, Hate Plow, $10
FIDDLER'S INN -- Stansilove
GALWAY ARMS -- Max Paul Schwennsen, J.P.
HOPVINE -- Keith Apgar, Christopher Blue
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Kevin Eubanks Quartet
KELLS -- Kellee Bradley Collection, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers Jam, $5
LITTLE RED HEN -- Salty Sunday Jams, with Big Daddy Fred
MADISON'S CAFE -- Open mic
MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY -- Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble, $10
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- K.W. Miller
PARAGON -- Mambrasa
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- T-Town Blues Band
RUPERT'S -- Open mic, w/Michael Comiskey, free
SIT & SPIN -- The Tiger Show: The Kerry Lauder Band, Tiger Zane, Alicia Dara, $5
SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free
STARS BAR -- Andre Ferriante
THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open mic, free
TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Myles Corbin, free
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Willy Porter, $10
*WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY -- Loudon Wainwright III, $19
MONDAY 1/24
700 CLUB -- 1-2-3 Jazz
AGUA VERDE CAFE -- Rez: Flamenco & Gypsy Swing, free
ART BAR -- Bare Knuckle Boxers
AXIS -- The Brian Nova Trio, free
BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz Jam with John Wicks, Geoff Harper, and Ryan Burns, $2
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova Trio -- Funk!
BOHEMIAN -- Straight Ahead, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie Sheets Blues Jam, $5
CENTURY BALLROOM -- Shannon Curfman, $10
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Karl Thurmond & 3 Piece Suit
FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic
GALWAY ARMS -- Irish Traditional Music
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Disciples of Sound
HOPVINE -- Songwriters Monday: J. Ackerman, V. D'Allessario, Carolyn Cruso
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner Band, free
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- The New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Atomic Players
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Attention Deficit Disorder Ensemble
SIT & SPIN -- Crack Sabbath, $5
TULA'S -- Vocal Jam with Kat, $5
TUESDAY 1/25
2 LOUIES BALLROOM, BLAINE -- Leftover Salmon, $10
2218 -- H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers
700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey
CENTRAL SALOON -- New Music Spotlight Open Mic
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Pete Moceri Band
CONOR BYRNE'S -- Set Dancing
*CROCODILE -- Little Luann, Suitcase, City Of, $5
EASY STREET PUB -- Live jazz w/the Brad Pepineau Trio
GALWAY ARMS -- Liza Wardfeld
GORDON BIERSCH -- Dan Heck Trio, free
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Classical Spanish Guitar
ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney
J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free
JAZZ ALLEY -- Corey Harris
KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Scott Harris Band
LOCK AND KEEL -- Bushwhack Tuesday: open mic with Evan Duke
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Bar Fly
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Millennium Bug Review
PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Nicole Fournier
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- The Heathen
SCARLET TREE -- Annieville Blues Jam, free
SHOWBOX -- Mean Jolly Green, Organika, Sucker, $5
SIT & SPIN -- Elemental, $5
STARS BAR -- Larry Fuller
TRACTOR TAVERN -- Dr. Tom's Cure for Evil CD Release, $4
TRAVELER'S PUB -- Open mic, with Phil Parsons, free
TULA'S -- Jim Knapp Orchestra, $7
WEDNESDAY 1/26
6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Karaoke
700 CLUB -- The King of Clubs
ADRIATICA RESTAURANT -- Brian Nova & Buddy Catlett, free
ART BAR -- Live jazz w/the Dan Heck Trio & Joe Doria
BAIT-HOUSE -- Up by Noon, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Jazz Bury Ram, $5
BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Open mic with Martin, free
BOHEMIAN -- Alex D & Rude Boy, Selector Raiford, $5
CENTRAL SALOON -- Enemy Squad, $5
COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Jerry Miller & Daibando
*CROCODILE -- Hog Molly, Cookie, Our City's Finest
FENIX UNDERGROUND -- The Beatniks, $10
GALWAY ARMS -- Jon Parry, Orville Johnson
*GORDON BIERSCH -- Mike Nicolai, free
GRACELAND -- Epigene
HABANA -- The Mad Tea Party, with Rockin' Teenage Combo and Pauley Ethnic
HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Comedy Club
HOPVINE -- Open mic
ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney
JAZZ ALLEY -- Corey Harris
KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, free
LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White All-Star Blues Jam, $5
LIZZARD LOUNGE -- "Smooth Jazz"
METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Swing Night, $4
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim
OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Amanda Stark, Geoff Berner, Joey Kline
PARAGON -- The Jacks
PINK DOOR -- The Midnight Trio & opera singers, free
SCARLET TREE -- Emmanuel Louis
SHOWBOX -- Leftover Salmon, $14
SIT & SPIN -- SAMO, $5
STARS BAR -- June Tonkin
*TRACTOR TAVERN -- Hank Williams Revue, Buck-A-Roosters, $5
TULA'S -- Jay Clayton Vocal Showcase, $5
ZEITGEIST -- Resonant/Circuit, free