THURSDAY 5/17
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
