THURSDAY 12/20
BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free
BAIT HOUSE--Open mic, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Samurai Spirit, the Collective, $5
* BREAKROOM--Milhous, The Daryls, Northwest Breeders, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Sugartown, the Janeways, $5
* CROCODILE CAFE--The World of Dr. Illteams: Young Fresh Fellows, Model Rockets, Shuggie, Once for Kicks, $8
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
* GRACELAND--31 Knots, Sharks Keep Moving, Dilute, $6
GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Scotty Harris Trio
HURRICANE CAFE--Cable Land, Aoede, $5
* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--No Complaints, Byproduct, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, free
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
KEYARENA--Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas Show, $28.50/$32.50
LARRY'S--The Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Willow, Nancy Colton, free
LITTLE RED HEN--The Shiners, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic, free
MULLEADY'S PUB--Open mic, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quartet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez Band
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PATTI SUMMERS'--Victor Noriega Trio
PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free
RAIN DANCER--Liquid Voodoo, Zeus Storage, free
RAINBOW--White Rhino, Ehren Ebbage, $5
REDHOOK BREWERY--Hutson & Powell, free
ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5 pm, all ages), free
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
* SHOWBOX--The Steve Kimock Band, Garaj Mahal, $15.50
SIT & SPIN--Piece of Meat Theater, Skerik's Ball Gag, $8
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6
ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
* TIMBERLINE TAVERN--Naughty Holiday Party w/ Miss Sylvia O'Stayformore, Jackie Hell & Ursula Android, Gun Street Girls, DJ Baby J, DJ Toro, $6/$8
TOI--Danya, free
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Danny Barnse & Thee Old Codgers, Jo Miller & the Burly Roughnecks, $6
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
FRIDAY 12/21
5TH AVENUE THEATER--Smooth Jazz Christmas w/ Dave Koz & Friends, $37.50/$45
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--The Jazz Committee, $3
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BIT SALOON--Mike Lynch & the Tim Sherman Band
BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free
BOHEMIAN CAFE--Alex Duncan, $10
* BREAKROOM--Quickie, Lloyd's Rocket, Notary Republic, $6
CAFE VENUS--Cyclone Killers, Scott Everhardt, $5
CATWALK--Girl4Girl: DJ Stacey
CENTRAL SALOON--Repeater, Slink, $8/$10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Suffering Gaels, $4
CONTOUR--5 Senses: DJ Tommy Martin w/ Tor Dietrichson (Latin)
* CROCODILE CAFE--The World of Dr. Illteams: the Fastbacks, the Minus Five, Pure Joy/James Jimmy, the Maroons, the Chris & Tad Show, the Four Knives, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S--Those Guys, $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)--Toast, free
GALWAY ARMS--Ray Carney
* GRACELAND--A Very Special X-mas w/ Death Cab for Cutie, Damien Jurado, Seldom, $14
GRATEFUL BREAD--Stanley & Kip Greenthal, $10/$12
GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--T Minus 1, Bras Lux, Machine Corpse (7 pm, all ages), free
HIGHLINER--Hutson-Powell Blues Band, free
HOPVINE--Ethnic Underground
HURRICANE CAFE--Cheeky White Devil, Go Ahead, Mindome, $5
I-SPY--Jon Lee & DJ Dab, Mixed Nuts, Drew, Pablo, $10
IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Sing-a-Long w/ Oliver & Neil
J&M CAFE--Retros, $8
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
KELLS--Corner Bhoys w/ Michael Chang
LAKEPOINTE--Soul's Gate, the Sins, Feast of Friends
LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE--Square Dance: Hart & Blech, Suzanne Girardot, $6
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Ocean 500, $10
LAST SUPPER CLUB--Plush: Tommy Martin & Tor, $10
LATONA PUB--Double Stop
LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free
LOCK & KEEL--Ultra Find, $2
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Nebraska Bush Pullers, $6
MULLEADY'S PUB--The Cumbustion Collective, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Jax Band w/ Peaches, $10
OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Mike "Monster Ballads" Turpen, the Silly Hearts, Love! Gum! Pennies! (8 pm, all ages), $5
OLD PEQULIAR--Tiny Giants
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
PARADOX THEATER--Panic, Breaker Breaker, Stay Gold, Champion, Over My Dead Body (8 pm, all ages), $8
* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Barry Manilow, $37.50/$70
PLANET HOT ROD--After All, Drown Mary, Fury 161, Hate Fist, $5
RAGING RIVER SALOON--The Back-up Band
RAINBOW--Flail Ensemble: No Strings Attached, $7
REDHOOK BREWERY--Creeping Time, free
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
SEATTLE FIRST COVENANT CHURCH--African Children's Choir
SERAFINA--Ruthie Dornfeld & John Miller
SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8
* SHOWBOX--Elliott Smith, Alaska, $15
SIT & SPIN--Post Stardom Depression, Point Defiance, Jodie Watts, $6
ST. CLOUDS--Looking for Sailors
ST. MARK'S CATHEDRAL--Gregorian Chants, free
TOMMY'S--Alkai Diggins, Room Zero, Fame in Failure, $5
TOWN HALL--A Choral Arts Christmas, $12/$18
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Das Booty & the Terrible Men's Choir Holiday Show, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, DJ 76, $6
WAZOBIA--The Flood, $7
ZAK'S--Positively Negative, Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Thunderfist, Rabid Dogs, $5
SATURDAY 12/22
BAD ALBERT'S--Cooke & Green, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Rachel Contorer, Ty Bailie, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Flask, Pains Run, Alki Diggins, Loadstone, Brick, Possum Jerky (10 pm), $7
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Rob Crotty Band, Entropy, Avona (4 pm, all ages), $7
BIT SALOON--Blumeadows
* BOHEMIAN CAFE--Andy O (reggae, R&B) Afterhours: DJs Donald Glaude, Amani, Kundabuffer (trance, house), $10
* BREAKROOM--COCA benefit w/ the Ruby Doe, Vendetta Red, $6
CAFE VENUS--Amy Denio y las Machas, Paula Maya, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Rubberneck, $8/$10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Ravensreel, $4
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatniks, $10
EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet
ELYSIAN--Phat Sidy Smokehouse, Mother's Milk, $7/$9
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Miles from Chicago, free
GALWAY ARMS--Charlie Spring
* GRACELAND--The Mentors/the Northwest Breeders, the Schmidtaholics, Anger Management, $8
HANA'S--Open mic, free
HIGHLINER--Fishermen's Terminal Community Celebration Band, free
HURRICANE CAF:--Soul Nagro, Morge, Semesus, $5
* I-SPY--Swollen Members, DJ J-Rocc, Boom Bap Project, Onry Ozzborn, Pale Soul, Sleep, Oldominion, DJ B-Mello (7 pm, all ages), $12
* I-SPY--Helio Sequence, Melody Unit, the Mines (9 pm), $8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--San Pedro Circus, Magic Cordoba, Silk Root, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Sing-a-Long w/ Oliver & Neil
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
KELLS--Corner Bhoys w/ Michael Chang
LAKEPOINTE--Dolly Llamas
LARRY'S--Andy S, $10
LATONA PUB--Momentum
LEGENDS--North Aurora Children benefit w/ Electric Orchid, Arama, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--John Stephen Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Buckaroo Blues, free
LOBO INN--The Reactors, Midriffs, free
* LOCAL 46--Blöödhag, Third Degree, the Hit, Mea Culpa, Saint Louis Smiles, Schoolyard Heroes, the High Priests of Panic, Artist to Icon (6 pm, all ages), free/$6
LULU'S--Club Jazz
* MEANY THEATER--Handel's Messiah arranged by Mozart, $7/$25
MONKEY PUB--Neo, Old Man Smithers, $3
MULLEADY'S PUB--Ray Carney, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Rent Collectors, $10
O'SHEA'S--Jim Page
OLD PEQULIAR--The Bradbury Press
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bird of Passage
PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band
* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Barry Manilow, $37.50/$70
PLANET HOT ROD--Go Ahead, the Sickness, Chief, $5
RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Hambone Wilson
RAIN DANCER--Ellen Says No, Out from Underneath, Rural Pictures, $5
RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $8
REDHOOK BREWERY--PK, free
ROCKSPORT--The Souvenirs X-mas Party, $8
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--2000 Degrees, $8/$10
* SIT & SPIN--Crack Sabbath Holiday Special, $10
ST. CLOUDS--Luna Nueva
TOMMY'S--The Company, Clay Daddey, Luna Park, $5
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Ian Moore (7 pm), $10
TRACTOR TAVERN--Hanuman (9:30 pm), $10
* UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH--Ellington Sacred Music Concert w/Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Dee Danels, James Caddell, $17/$23
ZAK'S--Graveyard Shift, Mad Bombers, the Unlucky Boys, Hung Dice, $5
SUNDAY 12/23
BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CENTRAL SALOON--Holy Roller Revival Show, Pillsplitter, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
FLAME--San Pedro Circus, $5
FLOYD'S PLACE--SixFootSavage
GRACELAND--Bent, Stay Mad, Quadro Boys, $6
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada
HOPVINE--Zhaouy
IRISH EMIGRANT--Oliver
* JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free
O'SHEA'S--Open mic
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Duwamish, $6
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez Band
PARAGON--Park Olson
RAINBOW--Gravity, Shane Saznow, $5
ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman
MONDAY 12/24
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--The Ben Kennedys, Winter in August, Complex Numbers, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
BENAROYA HALL--Center for Spiritual Living Christmas Eve Celebration Service w/ Marco Cassone, Choir of Light, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Sid Law's Cirque Du Pop, $5
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Barfly, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
RAIN DANCER--Chris Stanley Band, free
RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH--Songs of John Taverner, free
THERMO'S--Open mic
TUESDAY 12/25
CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free
DUBLINER--Open mic
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free
GALWAY ARMS--Open mic
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
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, Steve Kemke, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3
VOGUE--Vicious Dolls
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
WEDNESDAY 12/26
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
CENTRAL SALOON--Wand, Comfort Station 22, Ruckers Tomb, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Dave Hates Chico, free
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
* GRACELAND--T'was the Night After X-mas Party w/ DJs Frankie Chan, Red Leather Chapstick, $2
HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, $5
IRISH EMIGRANT--Leo McNamara
JAZZ ALLEY--Ernestine Anderson & the Rich Dangel Big Band, $16.50/$115.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White's All-Star Blues Jam, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Hair of the Dog
PINK DOOR--Julie Cascioppo, free
RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free
RAINBOW--Siamese, White Rhino, $5
SCARLET TREE--206 Ribshack: Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, Mark Cardenas, $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
