THURSDAY 11/29

ALADDIN ON THE SQUARE--May Palmer

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Echo System, Liquid Voodoo, Sacred Ground, $10

*BALTIC ROOM--Matt Corwine, Solenold, DJs Randy Jones, Eric Moon

CENTRAL SALOON--The Gar Hooker Project, Six Foot Savage, Luna Park, $5

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig

*GRACELAND--Hoobastank, Pressure 4-5, Earshot (7 pm, all ages), $7.50

GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Bill Chism Trio

HUB BALLROOM--Jurassic 5, Binary Star, Onry Ozzborn, Juse Boogy & Twixx, DJ B-Mello (7 pm, all ages), $16/$22

HURRICANE CAFE--Lev'vella, Ted Wallis, $5

I-SPY--Flux Information Sciences, Marazene Heartbeat Clock, Language Arts, $6

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

KELLS--Liam Gallagher

LA BODEGA--Eric Jaeger

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Ashleigh Flynn, free

LITTLE RED HEN--The Penningtones, free

MEANY THEATER--Emerson String Quartet, $30

MONA'S--Teo Sutton Trio

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

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Kennedy Brothers

*PARADOX THEATER--Stay Gold, Die Hard Youth, No Cheat, No Surrender, Sidetracked (8 pm, all ages), $6

*PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Luther Vandross, $52/$57

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free

RAIN DANCER--Hyoka, Little Big Men, DC & the Washingtons, Tilted Blue, free

RAINBOW--Oxygen Ensemble, the Combustion Collective, $6

REDHOOK BREWERY--Don Goodwin Group, free

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

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

SIT & SPIN--Peter Parker, guests

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

*SUNSET TAVERN--Tres Pistolas

THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free

TOI--Danya, free

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free

ZAK'S--Brothers Justice, Sorry, Anasabin, Dyi Product, $4


FRIDAY 11/30

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free

*BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

BIT SALOON--Jeff & the Jet City Flyers

BITTERS--Children of the Revolution, $5

BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--The Mighty Diamonds, $10

*BREAKROOM--Tyco Party, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Vendetta Red, the Drop, Little Luann, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Danny O'Hanlon, $4

CORNISH COLLEGE--First Avenue, $6/$12

*CROCODILE CAFE--Ruston Mire, Spyglass, Suitcase (CD release)

DOC MAYNARD'S--Coolade, $10

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

FIDDLER'S INN--Acoustic Zoo, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller

FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Lonnie Williams, free

GALLAGER'S (KENT)--Shorty's Big Day, Artist to Icon, Crash Landing, Killing Faith, Men from Mars, Seatown Manglers, $5

*GRACELAND--Stagger Lee, the Get Down Syndrome, Ursula and the Androids, Jackie and the Control Tops, $7

HIGHLINER--Little Bill & the Bluenotes, free

HOPVINE--Buckshot Jazz Brigade

HURRICANE CAFE--Murder of Crows, 6FG, $5

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

KELLS--Corner Bhoys

LAKEPOINTE--Face Plant, Room Zero, Stella 7

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White Band, $10

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Great Guiness Toast, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Lee Anderson & 90 Proof, free

MOORE THEATRE--P.O.D., Fenix TX, Blindside, $20.50/$23

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Erin Rubin

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Junkyard Jane, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Combustion Collective, free

*PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Shelby Lynne, Delbert McClinton, Ryan Adams, $30/$73

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

PLANET HOT ROD--Fake 1, Liquid Messiah, No. 9, $5

RAGING RIVER SALOON--Los Orchids & the Valley Girls

RAIN DANCER--Single Wide, Super Locrian, Laguna, $5

RAINBOW--Sunday Morning Music, Primerose xo, $7

REDHOOK BREWERY--ESP, free

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SECLUDED ALLEY WORKS--Celebrate Resistence w/ the Pinkos, Mea Culpa, the November Group, Walken, the August Spies, $3/$10

SERAFINA--Bonnie Birch

SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8

SIT & SPIN--Crystal Radio, Down Pilot, Aiko Shimada Band, $8

*SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Lila (6 pm, all ages), free

SUNSET TAVERN--Radio Nationals, Firebrat, Jodie Watts, $5

TOMMY'S--Bicycle, June Detector, Going South, $7

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Shinola (CD release), Dusty 45s, Redneck Girlfriend, $8

VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--Na Hila Hila Boys, free

ZAK'S--Schmidtaholics, 26,000 Volts, Platonic Bondage, S.G.C., $5


SATURDAY 12/1

BAD ALBERT'S--Bill Chism, $2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Alpha Yaya Diallo, $10

BENAROYA HALL--Roosevelt Jazz: Ellington Nutcracker (7:30 pm), $10/$15

BENAROYA HALL--Christmas at Benaroya w/ Seattle Choral Company, $15/$35

BIT SALOON--Toys for Tots benefit w/ Drag Strip Riot, Shinola

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--The Mighty Diamonds, $10

*BREAKROOM--The Lawnmowers, Down Pilot, Jupiter Crash, $6

BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM--Music for Lute: the Cusp of the Baroque, $8/$10

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING--Rickie Byars-Beckwith, $17/$20

CENTRAL SALOON--Get off the Stage, $8/$10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Danny O'Hanlon, $4

CROCODILE CAFE--Actual Tigers, Dear John Letters, $10

EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet

ELYSIAN--Mayfly, Alex Woodard, Roxy

FIDDLER'S INN--Rai, $2

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Ray Carney

*GRACELAND--Tomahawk, DJ Swamp, $15

HANA'S--Open mic, free

HOPVINE--Creeping Time Contemporary

HURRICANE CAF:--Relic, Enkria, Artist to Icon, Fake One, $5

INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Gloryholes, the Getdown Syndrome, the Lonesome Teardrops

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

KELLS--Corner Bhoys

KORT-HAUS PUB--Dr. Richard Kimball & The Fugitives

LARRY'S--Linda Hornbuckle, $10

LEIF ERIKSON BALLROOM--Yerbabuena

*LOCAL 46--Alien Crime Syndicate, Vendetta Red (8 pm, all ages), $6

LULU'S--Club Jazz

MEANY THEATER--Chava Alberstein, $28

MONA'S--Urban Oasis w/ Kiko & Michael

MONKEY PUB--Yam, Jimmy Stuarts, $3

*MOORE THEATRE--Psychedelic Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, $25

MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY--Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, $3/$7.50

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Don Goodwin Group, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Crooked Mile, Eight Hands, $5

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

*PARADOX THEATER--Brodie, Acceptance, Ruckus, Bad Apple, E.W.I. (8 pm, all ages), $7

PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, free

RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Los Orchids & the Valley Girls

RAIN DANCER--The Spinning Sun, Apriority, IPO, $5

RAINBOW--The Quick, Phonkbutt, Sunday Drivers, $6

RED ONION TAVERN--Glacier Blues

REDHOOK BREWERY--Zazou, free

SCARLET TREE--Elite, $7

SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Me Infecto, Free Verse (9 pm, all ages), free

SERAFINA--Alma Villegas

SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Hit Explosion, $8/$10

SHORECREST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER--Magical Strings, $12/$15

*SHOWBOX--Dispach, Flowmotion, $12

*SIT & SPIN--Sanford Arms, No. 13 Baby, Kill Me Tomorrow

ST. CLOUDS--Blu Meadows

TOMMY'S--Bambaji, Six Foot Savage, free/$5

TOWN HALL--Elliot Bay Pipe Band, $7/$10

TRACTOR TAVERN--Wylie & the Wild West, $12

ZAK'S--Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Hot Rod Lunatics, Ample, Octabites, $5


SUNDAY 12/2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Tremorcordis (all ages), $7

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

BASTYR UNIVERSITY--Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, $12/$17

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

BENAROYA HALL--Roosevelt Jazz: Ellington Nutcracker (2 pm), $10/$15

BENAROYA HALL--Christmas at Benaroya w/ Seattle Choral Company, $15/$35

CENTRAL SALOON--Who's Your Daddy, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free

FIDDLER'S INN--Heather Banker, $1

FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage

GRACELAND--Poe, Think of England, $13/$15

HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada

I-SPY--Pretty Girls Make Graves, Callisto, C.O.C.O. (2 pm, all ages), $7

I-SPY--Saul Williams, FCS North, DJ Riz, $13

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

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

LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Jay Thomas Big Band w/ Becca Duran, $5

O'SHEA'S--Open mic

PINK DOOR--The Itinerate Locals, free

QUEEN ANNE LUTHERAN CHURCH--Sorge dal Mar l'Aurora, $10/$14

RAINBOW--Paul Benoit Band, PK & David Katz, $5

SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE--Nichol Veneé Eskridge (CD release), $10

*SHOWBOX--Brad, guests, $12/$14

TOWN HALL--The Medieval Women's Choir

TRACTOR TAVERN--Martial Arts in the Public Interest benefit w/ No 226, Saeta, Dawn Jewel, $6

TULA'S--Reggie Goings & Hadley Caliman Quintet, $7


MONDAY 12/3

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Icy Coast, Eugene Iowa, Pleasure of Feel, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

BREAKROOM--Duane Peters & the Hunns, Catahoula Hounds, $6

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--Morbid Angel, Deicide, Zyclon, Soilent Green, Exhumed (7 pm, all ages), $25

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Barfly, $5

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--The Pot Luck Orchestra, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

RAIN DANCER--Madhouse Cabaret Party, free

RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3

*SHOWBOX--Slayer, Chimaira, American Headcharge (6 pm, all ages), $26.50

THERMO'S--Open mic

TULA'S--Carolyn Graye & Greta Matassa Vocal Jam


TUESDAY 12/4

COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Sounds in My Head, Three Messiahs Three (8 pm, all ages), free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free

*CROCODILE CAFE--The Sunshine Fix, Call and Response, Microphones, $7

DUBLINER--Open mic

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Open mic

GRACELAND--Texelvania, the Nerves, Dan Melchoir's Broke Revue, Alta May, $6

HURRICANE CAFE--Open mic, free

I-SPY--Eris, Erin McNamee, $7

JAZZ ALLEY--Michael Wolff & Impure Thoughts, $15.50/$17.50

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

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

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons

PARADOX THEATER--Converge, American Nightmare, the Hope Conspiracy, Thrice (8 pm, all ages), $10

PINK DOOR--Miles & Karina, free

RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free

RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5

RE-BAR--DJ Venom, transAtlantic iceFloe, Arama, $5

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3

VOGUE--Vicious Dolls

WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free


WEDNESDAY 12/5

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

BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts

CENTRAL SALOON--One Eyed Jack, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM--John Wesley Harding, David Lewis, $12

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

CORNISH COLLEGE--Taneko, $5/$10

CROCODILE--Super Magnificent Action Trio, $6

EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson

FIDDLER'S INN--Seven Year Anniversary w/ All-Star Jam

*GRACELAND--Clutch, Biohazard, Candiria, Kidney Thieves, $18

HOPVINE--Open mic

HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, $5

I-SPY--Tart, Hourglass Lake, Lila, $5

IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session

JAZZ ALLEY--Michael Wolff & Impure Thoughts, $15.50/$17.50

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

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

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Mark Whitman Band, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Big Spoon

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