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