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