THURSDAY 5/16
BAD ALBERT'S--Jon Hodgskins, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Killing Faith, the Empty Spaces, Fiction Moon, $5
BENAROYA HALL--Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, $15/$50
CENTRAL SALOON--Ellen Says No, Bradbury Press, Ashbury Park, $5
CHOP SUEY--The Turn-Ons, the Lights, New Mexicans, $5
CONOR BYRNE'S--Jim Hinde, free
CROCODILE CAFE--Orange Goblin, Alabama Thunderpusy, Sludgeplow, $8
DUBLINER--Raybone Experience, free
GRACELAND--Satovan, Discid, guests, $6
HOPVINE--Kareem Kandi w/ Will Blair & Jacques Willis, free
I-SPY--Chris Fortier, Kunda Buffer, $10
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Pops Spoiler & the Deadbeats, the Plasters, Downpipe, $5
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, $3
JAZZ ALLEY--Arturo Sandoval, $19.50/$23.50
LARRY'S--Four Fodder, Chiaroscura, Fantastic 4, $5
* LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, Smokers Die Younger, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Deadwod & MudBug, free
MONA'S--The Momemtum Jazz Quartet
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Ham Carson Quintet, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Emanual Lewis
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--Wolfgang Fuchs, Damon Smith, Jerome Bryerton, Reuben Rading (8 pm, all ages), $9
RAINBOW--Platypus Music, $5
* RE-BAR--Pho Bang!: the Lights, $5
ROX BROILER (KENMORE)--Leon Hendrix, $5
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts and P.K., $6
SERAFINA--Andrea Dupree
SIT & SPIN--The Lashes, H.A.D., Hello, $6
ST. CLOUDS--Sugartown & Jim McIver
SUNSET TAVERN--Light Heavyweights, Verona, guest DJs, $5
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--Toshi Reagon, $15
WAZOBIA--Broken Temple, Anoka Hills Projects, Green Cucumber, $5
FRIDAY 5/17
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--Matt Lee and the Hep Tets, $3
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya, DJ Topspin
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Pablo Moses & the Revolutionary Dream Band, Katt, $10
CAFE VENUS--Cyclone Killers (CD release), $5
CAFFE VITA--The Rawlings, Sterling Quartet (8 pm, all ages), free
CENTRAL SALOON--Shuggie, Model Rockets, Dear John Letters, $8/$10
CENTURY BALLROOM--Omar Torrez (CD release), Orpheus, $12
* CHOP SUEY--Aveo, 20 Minute Loop
CONOR BYRNE'S--John Weiss & Reggie Miles, $3
CONTOUR--Metropolis: Billy Man, Trio de Janeiro
* CROCODILE CAFE--The Briefs, the Epoxies, the Spits, Catahoula Hounds, $7
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Beatniks, $10
DOWNTOWN YMCA--Slackjaw, Lightheavyweight, the New Mexicans, Blood Alley Accident (8 pm, all ages), $7
FADO--The Weatherheads
FIDDLER'S INN--Toadjam, $2
GRACELAND--Drop 6, Weight of the World, Clinch, $8
HIGHLINER--Owl, free
HOKUM HALL--The Three Ragtimers, $12/$14
HOPVINE--Zazou
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Full Shift Trigger, Rural Pictures, Dien, $5
J&M CAFE--80 Something, $10
JAZZ ALLEY--Arturo Sandoval, $19.50/$23.50
KEYARENA--Nickelback (7 pm, all ages), $45.50/$50.50
KOLBEH--Hejira w/ belly dancers
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Nicole Fournier & Her Three Pound Universe, $10
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Passage, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free
MARINA CANTINA--Black Vinyl Allstars, $5
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Tony Cummins, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Nebraska Bush Pullers (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The Chris Stevens Band, $10
OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Solaris, Mayday, Hogan's Alley, Chemical X (8 pm, all ages), $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl & Thistle Band
PARADOX THEATER--Champion (CD release), Stay Gold, Himsa, Youth at Risk, One False Move (8 pm, all ages), $7
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Jars of Clay, Jennifer Knapp, Shaun Groves (8 pm, all ages), $22.50/$32.50
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino and Steve Kamke, free
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--Jack Wright & Bob Marsh, Tari Nelson-Zagar (8 pm, all ages), $8
RAINBOW--Mother's Milk, Papa's Soul Kitchen, Blumeadow, $5
REDHOOK BREWERY--Mark Whitman Band, free
SCARLET TREE--Shades, $7
SERAFINA--Seattle Express
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodesiacs
* SIT & SPIN--Sun City Girls, Miss Murgatroid, $8
* SUNSET TAVERN--Number 13 Baby, Sushi Robo, $7
TOMMY'S--Bambaji, 3 Shades of Gray
* TRACTOR TAVERN--Actual Tigers, the Decemberists, Wonderlick, $8/$10
UNCOMMON GROUNDS--Jamie Zyskowski Duo
WAZOBIA--Middle Man Bob, Stinkfoot, Emery, Doris Henson, Intent, Phokus, Loophole, Mushroom Planet, Civilized Animals, $7
YAK ROOM--Ghoti Hook, the Blamed, Gatsby's American Dream, Acceptance (8 pm, all ages), $7
ZAK'S--Belt Fed Weapon, Myaisis, Circle Sky, $5
ZASU--Underground Jazz, free
SATURDAY 5/18
BAD ALBERT'S--Miles from Chicago, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Matt Lee and the Hep Tets, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Trolls Cottage (CD release), Talimen, $10
BLACKTHORNE VILLAGE PUB--The Silverbacks, $3
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Katt, $10/$15
CAFE VENUS--Eruptuous Revival, $5
CATWALK--Twiztid (6 pm, all ages), $15
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING--The Songcatchers, Lara Lavi, the White Eagle Singers, $20
CENTRAL SALOON--Windowpane, Bathtub Gin, Ivan, $8/$10
CHOP SUEY--Ants Invasion (Adam & the Ants Tribute Band), DJ El Toro, $6
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cabaret: Variety show w/ Sylvia O'Stayformore (midnight), $3
COMET TAVERN--Undisputed Heavyweight Champions, Millhous
CONOR BYRNE'S--Whiskey and the Devil, $3
CROCODILE CAFE--Dudley Manlove Quartet & the Imaginaires, $8
DOC MAYNARD'S--The Retro's, $10
DUBLINER--Infernal Contraption, free
* EMP--The Ventures, the Manatees (8 pm, all ages)
FADO--The Kennedy Brothers
FIDDLER'S INN--The Folk Voice Band, $2
FLAME--Slop Shot, Shot, Cavity Creep, $5
FORECASTERS (WOODINVILLE)--Zeus Storage, free
GRACELAND--Floater, Akai Diggins, Point Defiance, $8
GRATEFUL BREAD--Willow, Nancy Colton (8 pm, all ages), $10
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Myndset (9 pm), $5
HIGHLINER--Larry & the Lizzards, free
HOKUM HALL--The Three Ragtimers, $12/$14
HOPVINE--Ethnic Underground
I-SPY--Mark Farina, Brent Lawrence, $20
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Zombie IV, the Intelligence, the Pist'uns, Chased and Smashed, the Highbeams, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Arturo Sandoval, $19.50/$23.50
KING CAT THEATER--Master of Percussion w/ Zakir Hussain, Sultan Khan, $35/$50
KIRKLAND TEEN CENTER--Asahi, Stradhoughton Echo, Gats 'N Guitars, guests (8 pm, all ages), $5
LARRY'S--Out From Underneath, $10
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER--LoveBites Prom w/ Sylvia O'Stayformore
LITTLE RED HEN--Latigo Lace, free
LOBO SALOON--Whores of abylon, Slitliquor, Duckling, the Foundery
MARINA CANTINA--Cool-Ade, $5
MARINA PARK GRILL (KIRKLAND)--Victor Janusz
MOLLY McGUIRE'S--Tony Cummins, free
MONA'S--The Hadley Caliman Trio
MONKEY PUB--Going South, Sunday Drivers, $3
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--The Fair-Weather Experience (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Red Rose Traditional Jazz Band, $10
O'SHEA'S--The Riff Brokers, Rural Pictures
OLD PEQULIAR--Combustion Collective
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Jerry and the Philbillys, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Passage
PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band
PINK DOOR--Tamara the Trapeze Lady, free
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--SST (Surround Sound Transmission), (8 pm, all ages), $6
PORTA GREEK TAVERNA--Liz Proios (Greek music)
RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $10
REDHOOK BREWERY--Creeping Time, free
SCARLET TREE--Shades, $7
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM--Ernstine Anderson, $40/$50
* SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Greg Spence Wolf, Nicole Napier, Michael Guthrie, free
SERAFINA--Ruthie Dornfeld
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Those Guys, $8/$10
SIT & SPIN--Instant Winner (CD release), Combover, Nobody Wins (3 pm, all ages), $5
SIT & SPIN--Richmond Fontaine, Caleb Klauder, the Triggerlocks (9 pm), $7
* SUNSET TAVERN--The Catheters, the Glory Holes, the Riverboat Gamblers, $6
* TACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY--The Typing Explosion, the All Girl Summer Fun Band (7 pm, all ages), free
THE HOLE (PORT ORCHARD)--All Wound Up, Magnetic North, Third, Bad Apple, $5
TOMMY'S--Changes Daily, Ragamuffin
TOST--Dan Rut, $5
TOWN HALL--Kai Chen
TRACTOR TAVERN--Jim Roll (5 pm), $7
TRACTOR TAVERN--Hanuman, Tarka (9:30 pm), $10
UNCOMMON GROUNDS--M J Bishop
ZAK'S--Kled, Life Without Sun, $5
SUNDAY 5/19
ACORN--Andrea Dupree, David Pascal, Greg Fulton
* BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Mad Rain, Invisible Boy, Foul Play, Die Trying, Dissonance, Never Again, Patterson Trax, Optimus Rhyme, Switch, Necessary Evil, Ian & Syblim (3 pm, all ages), $3
BALTIC ROOM--Smack
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
CAFE SEPTIEME--Victor Noriega, Mark Mitchell
* CATWALK--Kotton Club: DJs Funkdaddy, Rockaphella, $10
CENTRAL SALOON--Nyce, $5
CENTURY BALLROOM--Everbody Eats: Swing and salsa dance, $10
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
EMP--Chris and Tad (all ages, 1 pm), $7/$10
FIDDLER'S INN--Daddy Treetops, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage, free
* GRACELAND--Hella, the Replikants, Ex-Models, the Seconds (3:30 pm, all ages), $7
HOPVINE--PK & Brian Kent
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Deborah Bartley, An American Starlett, John Vecchiarelli, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Arturo Sandoval, $19.50/$23.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Rogers Roger's Invitational Jam, $5
LE PICHET--Reggie Watts (2:30 pm), free
MOORE THEATRE--Gov't Mule, John Butler Trio, $21.50
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Evergreen Classic (6:30 pm), $6
PARAGON--Brandi Carlile
* PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Elvis Costello & the Imposters (8 pm, all ages), $39.50/$49.50
POLESTAR MUSIC GALLERY--Tom Baker, Dale Speicher (3 pm, all ages), $6
RAINBOW--Jim Page, Amy Denio Y Las Machas, Brian Kenney Fresno, $5
SHOWBOX--Peter Murphy, Michael J. Sheehy, $23/$25
SIT & SPIN--Cavity: Midnight Thunder Express, Eastside Suicides, Mexican Blackbird, $4
SUNSET TAVERN--Jive Turkey, $5
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Trio de Janeiro
TOMMY'S--Subdwellers (noon)
TOST--Kym Tuvim, Hand to Mouth, Christoher Blue, $8
TRACTOR TAVERN--Kathryn Mostow (CD release), $10
MONDAY 5/20
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Little Big Man, Shan, Annie O'Neil & 100,000 Down, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
CENTRAL SALOON--Left on Ayerson, Kidd Kurry, Tut, $5
I-SPY--Sod Hauler, Severhead, Electric Orchid, Sindios, $6
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Kled, Mulligan Men, Lee Rude, $5
J&M CAFE--The Rubberband, free
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Enders Brothers, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--The New Orleans Quintet, free
SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--XXXtreme Karaoke, free
SORRY CHARLIE'S--Scot Lee
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
SUNSET TAVERN--78 Nova: John Wicks, Steve Scalfati, Joe Doria, DJs Ams, Mug Frosty (d&b), $5
TRACTOR TAVERN--The McCloskey Brothers, Hot Club Sandwich, $6
TUESDAY 5/21
AVENUE ONE--Urban Oasis, free
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Liquid Voodoo, Jaded Lane, Lucky Penny, $5
CAFE VENUS--Singing on Mars Karaoke
CHINA HARBOR--Radio Rhythm Orchestra, DJ Nosey Joe, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Arrington De Dionyso, Biostatic (8 pm, all ages), free
* CROCODILE CAFE--The High Violets, the Natural History, guests, $6
I-SPY--Unexpected Arrival, Byrdie, Central Intelligence, Sleep, DJ Supasam (8 pm, all ages), $6
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread
KISMET--Chris Spencer Trio
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--The Tim Turner Band, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
LULU'S--Tim Friedlander Quartet
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Tim Miller and Gina Sala (8 pm, all ages)
NATION--Portable Get Down, $5
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--B-Bop & Destruction
PARAGON--Robert Stewart & Cameron Williams
PARAMOUNT THEATRE--Trey Anastasio, $33
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino and Steve Kamke, free
RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
RE-BAR--Local 101: Guitar Defamation League, First Name Last Name, $5
SCARLET TREE--Jam on White Bread, $3
* SHOWBOX--Beth Orton, $15/$18
SUNSET TAVERN--Paul Bennoit & Friends, Darren Loucas, Brian Kenney Fresno, $5
* TACOMA DOME--Ray Charles, $35/$45
TEMPERO DO BRASIL--Marco de Carvalho
TRACTOR TAVERN--Global Funk Council, $6
VICTROLA COFFEE & ART--The Jose Gonzales Trio, free
VOGUE--The Viscious Dolls
WEDNESDAY 5/22
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui
BAD ALBERT'S--Nick Vigarino, free
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
BOHEMIAN CAFE--15 Minutes of Fame Talent Search
CENTRAL SALOON--One Time Thrill, Spiral, the Myriad
CHOP SUEY--Loudermilk (CD release), $5
CROCODILE CAFE--Kelly Hogan, Danielle Howle, Carolyn Mark, $8
I-SPY--Mike Clark, B-Side Players, $13
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Brian Fiest Band, $5
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White All Star Jam, $5
MARINA CANTINA--Butterbean, free
MEANY HALL--Miro Quartet, $30
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Steve Edwards (8 pm, all ages)
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Havey Wineapple, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--The Eric Verindi Jazz Trio, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Danny Godinez
PARAGON--The Imaginaires
PINK DOOR--The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free
RAINBOW--Ancestor Radio, Raif, $5
SCARLET TREE--Momo, Expanse, $5
* SHOWBOX--Cornershop, Minus the Bear, $14/$17
ST. CLOUDS--Charlie Hiestand
SUNSET TAVERN--Rockaraoke w/ the Legendary George Jefferson Starship, $5
TOI--Buckshot Jazz Trio, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--An American Starlet, the Silver Bells w/ Reggie Watts, Heather Duby, $5
TULA'S--Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra, $8
