THURSDAY 5/3
700 CLUB--A Bird of Passage, $5
BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Phat Sidy Smokehouse, Salassi I Soldier & the Jupiter Band, Adrian Xaviner, $5
CATWALK--Load Levelers, the Daryls, the Wannabes, Mea Culpa, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Surreal Sutra, Penelope's Pacecar, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--The Simpletones, free
*CROCODILE--Rufus Wainwright, Tegan and Sara, $15
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
GALWAY ARMS--K.W. Miller & Jon Parry
GIBSON'S--Undercurrent, Seymourglass, Carrie Beil Band, $5
GRACELAND--Sludgeplow, Argonaut, Gluttons for Punishment, $5
GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Open mic (6:30 pm), free
JAZZ ALLEY--Chick Corea New Trio, $22.50/$26.50
LARRY'S--Roger Rogers Band, $5
*LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Grant Hart, free
LOCK AND KEEL--Dave Conant, $2
MONA'S--Jack Brownlow Trio, free
MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke
MURPHY'S PUB--3rd Annual Acoustic Guitar Competition, Baby Gramps, $2
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, $5
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Splinters, free
PARAGON--H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free
RAINBOW--Michael Williams, $6
RENDEZVOUS--The Anathema Project (CD release), Anansi, $5
*SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P.K., $5
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Jr (5:30 pm, all ages), $7
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--The Retros, $6
*SHOWBOX--The Old 97's, the Honeydogs, $13
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs
ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--Sharon Shannon Band, $20
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
TROLLEYMAN PUB--Pearl Django, free
ZAK'S--Spark Plug, Elysian
FRIDAY 5/4
700 CLUB--Seraphonic
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--Zazou, $3
BALLARD EAGLES--The Swamp Guise, $8
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Leon Russell, $22.50/$25
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BARGE INN--Memphis Radio Kings, Charlie Post, free
BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Buttercups, free
CAFE VENUS--Jimmyjack, $5
*CATWALK--Vendetta Red, Pris, the Fongs, $7
CENTRAL SALOON--Too Slim & the Taildraggers, $10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Leo MacNamara, $3
*CROCODILE--J Mascis & the Fog, Love as Laughter, Watery Graves, $12
DOC MAYNARD'S--Those Guys, $10
*EMP--The Makers, Droo Church (8 pm, all ages), $7
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band
GIBSON'S--10-4 Back Door, the Real Pills, the Stuck-Ups, the Octabites, $5
GRACELAND--Flogging Molly (6 pm, all ages, $10); eXBeSTFRIeNDS, Poseur, Swords Project, the Standard (10 pm, 21+, $6)
JAZZ ALLEY--Chick Corea New Trio, $22.50/$26.50
LAKEPOINTE--Five Minute Fall, Ashland (CD release), Nightshade, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $10
LAST SUPPER CLUB--Al Rowe Project, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Brothers Creeggan, the Prayer Boat, free
MOTION LOUNGE--CoolAde
MURPHY'S PUB--3rd Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival w/ Daddy Treetops, Mick Knight, T.J. Reade & Jerry Martin, $2
NEO BISTRO--Johnny Lewis Duo, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--John Hodgkins Band, $5
*OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--The Bangs, Tracy & the Plastics, Michael Compton, Patsy (8 pm, all ages), $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band, $3
PARADOX--Ruckus, Shifter, Point No Point, the Suzies (8 pm, all ages), $6
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn, free
PLANET HOT ROD--Lowend, the Swinos, Tempered Cast, Chief, $5
RAIN DANCER--Travis Shredd & the Good Ol' Boys, Paradym, No Mas, $5
RAINBOW--Project/Object, $15
SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7
SEATTLE LABOR TEMPLE--Benefit for King County Labor Agency w/ Charlie King, Karen Brandow, $10/$12
SERAFINA--Woody Woodhouse
*SHOWBOX--Benefit for JAMPAC w/ Maktub, Carrie Akre, Steve Fisk, $10
*SIT & SPIN--Faux Bang w/ the Get Down Syndrome, the Chromatics, DJ Baby J, Ursula Android & Jackie Hell, $6
ST. CLOUDS--Stainless Steele
THERMO'S--Quick 66, Old Man Smithers, Mea Culpa
TRACTOR TAVERN--The Souvenirs, Danni Leigh, Clay Bartlett, $10
TROLLEYMAN PUB--BeeCraft, free
ZAK'S--Beef Kurtain, Samsara, Anthony Lee, State K Bloom, $5
SATURDAY 5/5
700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars
AL'S TAVERN--The Donettes
BAIT-HOUSE--Zazou, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--BeeCraft, Organica, the Funk If I Know, $8
BARGE INN--Bret Phillips, free
BENAROYA HALL--Shirley Caesar (6 pm)
BLUE MOON TAVERN--Shamaniacs, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Jumbalassy, $10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Peter Gilmore, $3
CONTOUR--Al Rowe Project
*CROCODILE--Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Evangeline, $10
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10
EASY STREET RECORDS (WEST SEATTLE)--Jon Auer (4 pm, all ages), free
*ELYSIAN--Mambo 9, Yva Las Vegas & Pan, Las Hallflowers, $7
EMP--Little Milton, Henry Cooper (8 pm, all ages), $15
FALLOUT RECORDS--The Blow Up, the Charming Snakes (3 pm, all ages), free
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
GALWAY ARMS--Mayfly
*GIBSON'S--Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, the Fartz, FlameThrower, Gut Bomb, $5
*GRACELAND--Jets to Brazil, the Love Scene, the Hit (6:30 pm, all ages, $10); Grant Hart, Jon Auer, S (10:30 pm, 21+, $10)
*GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Anti-Beauty Pageant w/ Hell's Belles, Mirah, Dear Nora, Delta Dart, Free Verse, the Gossip, Amy Mahardy, Holly Figueroa, Vivid Vixens, I Ladri (8 pm, all ages)
HANA'S--Open mic, free
I-SPY--Hit Explosion, DJ Trent Von, $10
IRISH EMIGRANT--Ponticello
JAZZ ALLEY--Chick Corea New Trio, $22.50/$26.50
KANE HALL--3rd Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival w/ Keith B. Brown, Blackie Jo James & the Natives Band, Warren Murray, $15/$18
LAKEPOINTE--Custom Hustler, Jack the Hotrod, M-Set, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Curtis Salgado, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephan, free
MONA'S--Hadley Caliman Trio, $2
MONKEY PUB--Ligature, the Lights, the Valley, $3
NEO BISTRO--Johnny Lewis Duo, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Bebop & Destruction, $10
O'SHEA'S--Dogs Playing Poker
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band, $3
*PARADOX--Slim Moon, xbxrx, Chromatics, Ambitious Career Woman (2 pm, all ages), $6
PINK DOOR--Shoehorn, free
PLANET HOT ROD--Madison, Scream Radio, $5
RAIN DANCER--Nature Boy Saints, Big Kid's Book, Here Comes Everybody, $5
RAINBOW--Sunday Morning Music, Delbert, $7
RED ONION TAVERN--RAI, free
ROCKSPORT--The Afros, $10
*SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P.K., $7
SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Elektroshakra (9 pm, all ages), free
SERAFINA--Alma Villegas
*SIT & SPIN--Guardian Alien, Super Kali, $7
SLIDERS (RENTON)--In Your Face
ST. CLOUDS--Nancy K. Dillon Trio
SUNSET HILL COMMUNITY CLUB--Joe Jencks (CD release), $10/$12
THERMO'S--Tinn Lizzy, Rezzin
TOMMY'S--Three Degrees West, Healer, Bijou, $5
*TRACTOR TAVERN--Sycophant, the Giraffes, the Reactors, $7
TROLLEYMAN PUB--Reptet, free
ZAK'S--Milhous, Load Levelers, Thunderfist, Wormdrive, Lopez, $5
SUNDAY 5/6
*BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Flock of Seagulls, Boy Next Door, $18/$20
*BALTIC ROOM--Smack: DJs Killa B, Misskick, Vitamin D w/ Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CENTRAL SALOON--Silkroot, $5
CENTURY BALLROOM--John Gorka, Alice Peacock, $15/$18
CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session w/ Barry Foy, free
*CROCODILE--Tight Bros From Way Back When, Valentine Killers, Federation X, Serum Grays (4:30 pm, all ages), $7
ELYSIAN--Licky the Cat Benefit and Puppet Show, free
*GRACELAND--Folk Implosion, Alaska, Lou Barlow, $12
*GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Anti-Beauty Pageant w/ Hell's Belles, Mirah, Dear Nora, Delta Dart, Free Verse, the Gossip, Amy Mahardy, Holly Figueroa, Vivid Vixens, I Ladri (8 pm, all ages)
JAZZ ALLEY--Chick Corea New Trio, $22.50/$26.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Invitational Jam, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Bucky's Blues Jam, free
O'SHEA'S--Open mic
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Four Out of Five Doctors, free
RAINBOW--F Is For Fake, Mercury Man, $5
*SIT & SPIN--Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5
ST. CLOUDS--David Mahler & Julie Hanify
TRACTOR TAVERN--Mark Graham & Orville Johnson, Rainy Pass, $10
TULA'S--Marc Seales' Jam Session, $5
MONDAY 5/7
700 CLUB--Blue Glove Club, $5
ART BAR--Open mic, $1
BARGE INN--Open mic, free
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
CENTRAL SALOON--Clockwise, $5
FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic
*GRACELAND--Pris, Carrie Bell, Little LuAnn, $5
HOPVINE--Songwriters Showcase, free
I-SPY--SIL2K: Bill Horist, Ed Petry, Mike Peterson, Office Products, David Tronzo, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Lynd, Eric Rice & Friends, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Combustion Collective, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Mayfly, free
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Mad Ronas
TRACTOR TAVERN--Tom Russell, Chuck Pyle, $15
ZAK'S--Trita Dagio
TUESDAY 5/8
700 CLUB--Open mic, free
AVENUE ONE--Woody Woodhouse, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Mike Stacy Project, $5
BREAKROOM--The Vibrators, Moral Crux, Bottles & Skulls (8 pm, all ages), $7
CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free
*CROCODILE--Vendetta Red, Raft of Dead Monkeys (CD release), Blue Collar Special, $5
EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free
GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band
*GRACELAND--Verona, the Ruby Doe, Texas Instrument, $6
JAZZ ALLEY--Sphere, $16.50/$20.50
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
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bebop & Destruction, free
PARAGON--Park Olsen
RAINBOW--Golden Arm Trio, $5
*SHOWBOX--Living Colour, Alien Crime Syndicate, $20
*TRACTOR TAVERN--Billy Moon, Jill Cohn, $6
WEDNESDAY 5/9
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free
ART BAR--Identity: DJ Foolchild, Untamed Minds, $1
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Al Rowe, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Benefit for Fenix Earthquake Fund w/ Mindfly, Patient Zero, Subsonic, Damnaged, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic, free
CONTOUR--Seraphonic, Digable All-Stars, DJ Rockafella, DJ Woogie
*CROCODILE--Tantric, Loudermilk (4 pm, all ages), $1.07
GALWAY ARMS--Action Jack & Blind Stauff
*GRACELAND--Of Montreal, Marshmallow Coast, the Prom, Jessie Bogs, $7
HOPVINE--Open mic, free
I-SPY--Very Special Forces, Bloodbunny, $6
JAZZ ALLEY--Sphere, $16.50/$20.50
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--Sweet Juice, free
PARAGON--Little Bill & the Bluenotes
PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free
PIONEER SQUARE SALOON--Open mic, free
RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free
RAINBOW--Bigfoot Zoo, $5
SCARLET TREE--Phill, $3
SERAFINA--Alex Guilbert
SHOWBOX--The Disco Biscuits (6 pm, all ages), $12
ST. CLOUDS--Barry Ingle
*SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary Red Lesters, $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--Old Blind Dogs, $15
WIT'S END--Open mic, $2
