* BALTIC ROOM--Black Sheep Thanksgiving w/ DJ Nasir

CENTRAL SALOON--Turkey Day Bash w/ Ragamuffin, $5

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

* GRACELAND--Drums and Tuba, the Terror Sheets, the Mines, $8

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

MOTION LOUNGE--Rockaraoke

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

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic

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

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

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

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOI--Danya, free

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

ZAK'S--Andalusia, Me Infecto, Annasabin, Sorry, $4

FRIDAY 11/23

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

* BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--Alice Stewart

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Tippa Iri, $10

* BREAKROOM--Barbara Pittman, Six String Eric & His Lazy Ranch Hands, the Knocked-Outs, $10

CAFE VENUS--Keeth Apgar, the Harmonica Pocket, $3

CATWALK--Prodd, M.T.F., Room Zero, Church of Hate, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Point 1, Infinite Kid, DC & the Washingtons, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Shannon Sunders & the Splinters, $4

* CROCODILE CAFE--The Haggard, Free Verse

DOC MAYNARD'S--Those Guys, $10

DOWNTOWN YMCA--Special Music (8pm, all ages), $5

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

* EMP--Buddy Miles Express, Phat Sidy Smokehouse, $10/$12

FIDDLER'S INN--Don Goodwin Trio, Danny Godinez Band, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Blues Orbiters, free

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--King Pin Hayes, Mine, Grey Daisy, Circus of Shadows, Highway Saints, $5

* GRACELAND--Mr. T Experience, Big In Japan, the Lashes, Lloyd's Rocket, $8

GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Creation is Crucifixion, Kalibus, Playing Enemy, Homo-Eroticus (7 pm, all ages), free

HOPVINE--Pearl Django

HURRICANE CAFE--Hate Fist, A Bitter Mahn, $5

* I-SPY--Kevin Yost, Jacob London, $10

* JAZZ ALLEY--Taj Mahal, $21.50/$25.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--Bent (CD release)

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band w/ Danny Hull, $10

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Little Bill & the Bluennotes, free

LITTLE RED HEN--8 Second Ride, free

MOTION LOUNGE--Coolade

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Missing Persons benefit w/ b.n. Maya

MULLEADY'S PUB--The Bradburry Press, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams Group, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Combustion Collective, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Jam on White Bread

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Landshark, Fantastic 4, Strichnine, $5

RAGING RIVER SALOON--Go Nation

RAIN DANCER--Honey Tongue, Radio Star, Susan Robkin, $5

RAINBOW--Gnu, Ragtime Millionaires, $6

REDHOOK BREWERY--Freestyle Candela, free

SCARLET TREE--Shades w/ Gloria, $7

SERAFINA--Milo Peterson

SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8

* SHOWBOX--Bebel Gilberto, A Guy Called Gerald, $19.50

SIT & SPIN--Fighting Machinists, M-Set (CD release), Smooch Knob, $8

ST. CLOUDS--The Carolines

TOMMY'S--Madison, Nyce, Left to Roam, $5

* TRACTOR TAVERN--Hanuman, Thee Old Codgers, $10

SATURDAY 11/24

BAD ALBERT'S--Rod Cook, $2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Jumpin' Johnny, Joe Stallino, Mystic Pop, Velvalux, Delbert, the Band, $7

BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus w/ Frederick Swann, $5/$12.50

BIT SALOON--Little Ray & the Uppercuts

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Sister Luv, $10

* BREAKROOM--The Spits, the Stitches, Neon King Kong, the Starvations, $6

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM--Tom Collier & His Students, $5/$8

CAFE VENUS--Aiko Shimada, Laura Viers w/ Danny Barnes, Corrine Rose, $8

CATWALK--Tweeker (CD release)

CENTRAL SALOON--Flowmotion, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Setana, $4

CROCODILE CAFE--Red Neck Girlfriend, Cookie, Dollar Store Cowboys, $6

DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retros, $10

* EASY STREET RECORDS (WEST SEATTLE)--Vendetta Red (6 pm, all ages)

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

ELYSIAN--Mambo 9, $7

FIDDLER'S INN--Midlife Chrysler w/ Orville Johnson, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--The High Rollers, free

* GRACELAND--Juliana Theory, the Movie Life, the Starting Line (6 pm, all ages), $10

GRACELAND--Drop 6, guests, $8

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HOPVINE--Green Tea

HURRICANE CAF:--100,000 Down, $5

* I-SPY--Source of Labor, Beyond Reality, Vitamin D, Candidt, $10

* JAZZ ALLEY--Taj Mahal, $21.50/$25.50

KELLS--Grafton Street

LAKEPOINTE--IVAN, Honey Tongue, Bijou

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Little Bill & the Bluennotes, free

LITTLE RED HEN--8 Second Ride, free

LOBO INN--Old Man Smithers

LULU'S--Club Jazz

* MONA'S--The Reptet Quartet

MONKEY PUB--Late Nite Menu, Shelix, $3

MULLEADY'S PUB--Emily Falls, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Lonnie Williams Group, $10

O'SHEA'S--Skip Peri & Kevin Hyatt

OLD PEQULIAR--Dr. Richard Kimball & the Fugitives

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

* PARADOX THEATER--Mindhead, 27, Carrie Beil (8 pm, all ages), $7

* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Natalie Merchant, $27.50/$38.50

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Fury 161, Midline, Drunk as Usual, Hatefist, $5

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Mark Whitman Band

RAIN DANCER--Ellen Says No, Optimus Rhyme, the Carolines, $5

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band, $8

REDHOOK BREWERY--Momentum Quartet, free

ROCK BOTTOM--Susan Robkin

SCARLET TREE--3D, $7

SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Pop Life, $8/$10

SHOWBOX--Flickerstick, Phantom Planet, Rubyhorse (7 pm, all ages), $12.50

* SIT & SPIN--Fauxbang!: The Turn-Ons, Gun St. Girls, Ursula & the Androids, Jackie & the Control Tops, DJ Baby J, $7

ST. CLOUDS--Looking for Sailors

TOMMY'S--Windowpane, Ethyl, the Merchants, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--Left Hand Smoke, Chickenhead, $10

SUNDAY 11/25

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

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--Soup of the Day, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

FIDDLER'S INN--Kory Tideman, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

GRACELAND--Welcome Back, Hourglass Lake, Shoes for December (9:30), $5

HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

HOPVINE--Marc Olsen

* I-SPY--Jaffa & Café del Mar, DJ Michael Antonia, $10

* JAZZ ALLEY--Taj Mahal, $21.50/$25.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Ain't No Heaven Seven, $6

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez

PINK DOOR--The Itinerant Locals, free

RAINBOW--PK & Scott Law, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman

THUMPER'S--Marc Smason, Joanne Klein, Victor Janusz

TRACTOR TAVERN--Tim Easton, the Believers, $10

MONDAY 11/26

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Pacific University Chorus

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

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

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

* GRACELAND--Minus the Bear, C.O.C.O., DJ Dann Gallucci, $3

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Barfly, $5

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rumba Abierta, free

RAIN DANCER--Rockaraoke

RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3

* SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--All Things to All People w/ Sean Nelson: Wisecrackery, Guests, $5

ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts

THERMO'S--Open mic

ZIG ZAG CAFE--Blue Gypsy

TUESDAY 11/27

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Josh Williamson Band

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

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

* CROCODILE CAFE--Orso, the Building Press, Wimbledon, $7

DUBLINER--Open mic

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

GRACELAND--Dog Fashion Disco, Rub Ring, $10

HURRICANE CAFE--Open mic, free

JAZZ ALLEY--David Sanchez, $15.50/$19.50

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3

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

* PARADOX THEATER--The Prom, Aspera (8 pm, all ages), $7

PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Los Fakires, $24.50/$34

PINK DOOR--Miles & Karina, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

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

VOGUE--Vicious Dolls

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

WEDNESDAY 11/28

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

CENTRAL SALOON--Pataha, 3 Inch Max, August Spies, $5

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

CROCODILE--Hailee, the Fakes, Jodie Watts, $6

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

* EMP--Nikka Costa, Miranda Lee Richards, $8/$10

FLAME--San Pedro Circus, $3

* GRACELAND--Radio Berlin, Ghost Orchids, the Stockton Syndrome, $6

HOPVINE--Open mic

HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JAZZ ALLEY--David Sanchez, $15.50/$19.50

KANE HALL--Baroque Ensemble, $5/$8

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Das Root, free

* MOORE THEATRE--Mercury Rev, Wilco, $25/$27

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Rubber Band

* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Luther Vandross

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