*700 CLUB -- SAMO: Live Drum 'N Bass & Jungle

BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues with Nick Vigarino, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Hunting Humans, $5

*BALTIC ROOM -- La Movida with DJ Colony &

musicians playing afro beats, salsa, mambo & samba; Hollis Golightly & Maurice Montana, $5

BOHEMIAN -- Ambassa, $5

CAFE PINCEAU -- Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo

COFFEE MESSIAH -- Charlotte Vanderwolf & Folk Friends, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Peter Gilmore, Conchun O'Broin, $3

FENIX ABOVE -- Food.com Charity Event

*FLOYD'S -- Steve Gauci Open Jazz Jam

FLYING LEMON LOUNGE -- Open mic/Jam session, free

GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'N' Thistle Band

*GORDON BIERSCH -- Marc Olsen, free

*HABANA -- Horns & Vinyl CD Release

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Four Plus, $5

OK HOTEL -- Benefit for Free Seattle Radio, with Anti-Fascist Marching Band, Jethro Tull, $8

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- R&B with K.T.D.L., $5

PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON -- Live Music open mic, with Andrew Andrewson, free

*PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Oggmung, Manteca

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Ja Va Trio, free

RISTORTANTE SALUTE -- Woody Woodhouse

RUPERT'S -- Linear North, Epigene, Linus, $3

SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & her Private Reserve, $5

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM -- The Ethnic Underground, $7

SERAFINA -- Jeff Zionts

*SHOWBOX -- Sixteen Horsepower, Sycophant, Cory Larson, $10

SIT & SPIN -- Damien Jurado, Michael John, Collin Spring, $5

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free

STARS BAR -- The Brian Nova Trio, free

TULA'S -- Mid-Eastern Music & Belly Dancing, $5

FRIDAY12/3

*2 LOUIES BALLROOM -- Teh Big Fix, the Dusty 45s, NY Jimmy & the Jive 5, $10

700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya, $5

BALLARD EAGLES HALL -- Indigo Swing, $10/$15

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- KUBE Earthquake Mix, $8

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Travis Johnson & Electric Orange

BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Daddy Treetops and the Howlin' Tomcats, free

BLUE MOUSE THEATER, TACOMA -- Wretch Like Me, Apocalypse Hoboken, Armchair Martian, $6

BOHEMIAN -- Sister Carol, Ambassa, $10

BREAKROOM -- Jeremy Toback, Gas Giants, the 45s, $6

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Latin Expression, $12/$15

CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Nancy Conescu, $3

CROCODILE -- Sweetwater, Rizzo, the Briefs, $7

DOC MAYNARD'S -- 80s Something, $8

FENIX ABOVE -- Ranking Roger & Friends, $10

GIBSON'S -- Allout, Fumunda, Pink Chihuahua

GRACELAND -- Generator, Dead Letters, Blyss, $6

HABANA -- The Fitzgerald Wipe Down

JAZZ ALLEY -- Maynard Ferguson & his Big Bop Nouveau Band

KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, $3

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- L.J. Porter & the Vampin' Hos, $10

LITTLE RED HEN -- The Souvenirs, the Rio Grande Nationals

LOCK AND KEEL -- The Drop

LOXSTOCK -- Porterhouse

MELTING POT RESTAURANT -- The Glynn Brothers Quartet

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Larry Ludwig on Sitar, $3

MURPHY'S PUB -- The Kennedy Bros, $2

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- D. Rangers, $10

OK HOTEL -- Fighting Machinists, Fragile Jack, Chronically Strange, Sean Bates, $6

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Paradigm, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Memphis Test, $5

PINK DOOR -- Accordian music, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Little Green Men, Sea Jayne Trip, Resin Room, Arrythmia, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Hanuman Trio, Big Spoon, $8

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- ButtHutt, Hot Knife

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- The Tim Turner Band

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Guitar Band, free

RISTORANTE SALUTE -- Hans Fahling Quartet

SCARLET TREE -- Shades, $7

SEATTLE CATCH -- Edmonia Jarrett SERAFINA -- The Steve Nowak Jazz Duo

SIT & SPIN -- Josh White, $6

SLIDERS -- 2000 Degrees

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free

*TRACTOR TAVERN -- Sleepy La Beef, Teddy Morgan & the Pistolas, Pushrod & the Pistons, $8

WILD SPIRITS BAR -- Version 2, $3

SATURDAY12/4

2 LOUIES BALLROOM -- Sister Carol, $10

2218 -- Hans Brehmer

*4TH AVENUE TAVERN, OLYMPIA -- Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band, $6

700 CLUB -- Digable

ARTSPACE -- Reggie Watts, Omar Torrez, Jason Webley, Jeppa Hall, Christopher Overstreet, $8

BAD ALBERT'S -- Henry Cooper & the String Dusters, $2

BALTIC ROOM -- Monty Banks, Mark Mitchell, $5

BENAROYA HALL -- Matt Messina and Orchestra, $18

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Travis Johnson & Electric Orange

BOHEMIAN -- Bredren, $10

*BREAKROOM -- Megababe Record Release, Speedball Racer, Drag Queen Jackie Hell, $6

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Yerba Buena, DJ Cebrina, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Nancy Conescu, $3

*CROCODILE -- The Knitters, the Picketts, $20

DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Beatniks, $8

EASY STREET PUB -- Box Car Tramps

ELLIOT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free

*ELYSIAN -- Pete Krebs and Gossamer Wings, Rusty Willoughby, Vanessa Veselka, $7

FENIX ABOVE -- Jumbalassy, $10

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- The Bix Six, the Dusty 45s, $10

FOUR ANGELS CAFE -- Justin Lund, free

GIBSON'S -- The Undisputed Heavyweight Load Levelers

GRACELAND -- Apocalypse Hoboken, the Catheters, Armchair Martian, Wretch Like Me, $6

GROUND ZERO, BELLEVUE -- Diablotones, Lucky 66, $5

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Maynard Ferguson & his Big Bop Nouveau Band

KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, $3

KING CAT THEATER -- Moe, $14.5

KIRKLAND SENIOR CENTER -- Caught Red Handed, Milhous, Velloket, $3

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- L.J. Porter & the Vampin' Hos, $10

LATONA PUB -- The IOU's, $2

LITTLE RED HEN -- The Souvenirs, the Rio Grande Nationals

LOCK AND KEEL -- The Creepers, the Donuts, $2

MERCER ARENA -- Melissa Etheridge, $55/$75

METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Nameless Faces, Tale for Thomas, Counterfit, Bratmobile, Gene Defcon, the Gossip, Emily's Sassy Lime, DJ Krime, $5

MOORE THEATER -- Danzig, $25

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Seattle Guitar Circle

MURPHY'S PUB -- The Kennedy Bros, $2

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Isaac Scott, $10

*OK HOTEL -- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, $10

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Herbivores, $10

PARAGON -- Woody Woodhouse, Groove Alley, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Super Czar, Modern Day All-Star, Ghetto Monks, Jaded Mary, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Living Daylights, 4 Out of 5 Doctors, $8

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Mount Analog, Millennium Bug Revue, Bill Horist

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- The Tim Turner Band

REDHOOK BREWERY -- Scott Law Band, free

ROCKSPORT -- Power Rage, $8

RUPERT'S -- Cruiser CD Release, June Detector, the Wanna Bes, Halfacre Day, Firebrat, Radio Star, $5

SCARLET TREE -- Shades, $7

SERAFINA -- Ray Baldwin's Version of Cool

SIT & SPIN -- Fernando, the Baseboard Heaters, $6

SLIDERS -- 80 Something, $8

SORRENTO HOTEL FIRESIDE ROOM -- Overton Berry Jazz Piano, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Willis, Big Spoon, $8/$10

TWO BELLS TAVERN -- Creeping Thyme, free

WILD SPIRITS BAR -- Loud Mouth Orange, $3

SUNDAY12/5

1201 CAFE & LOUNGE, PORTLAND -- Gong Show Karaoke

700 CLUB -- Kaya, with guest DJ's, $5

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN -- Flash Hevily Jam Session

CENTRAL SALOON -- Skasmopolitan, $5

CHINA JADE -- Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Irish Session, free

EASY STREET PUB -- Open Mic with Ricky

FENIX ABOVE -- The Whole Bolivian Army, Mayfly, Linus, Mark Wright, $5

GALWAY ARMS -- Hanz Araki & Friends

GIBSON'S -- Mark Growden, Brian Kenney Fresno, Peter Whitehead, $5

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Maynard Ferguson & his Big Bop Nouveau Band

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Roger Rogers Jam, $5

LAVA LOUNGE -- Open mike, with MC Ty

LITTLE RED HEN -- Salty Sunday Jams, with Big Daddy Fred

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- Live Jazz with 1-2-3

MADISON'S CAFE -- Open Mic

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Edmonia Jarrett, $5

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Pearl Django, $2

RIALTO THEATER, TACOMA -- Boston Pops Holiday Tour, $50

RUPERT'S -- Open mic, hosted by Michael Comiskey, free

SHOWBOX -- Zoot Suit Sunday, with Indigo Swing, $12

SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free

STARS BAR -- Andre Ferriante

THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open Mic, free

THUMPER'S -- David Morden sing Noel Coward, $5

TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Kimball Conant, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- David Rea & Tom May, $10

MONDAY12/6

*700 CLUB -- Emmanuel Louis, Insult2Injury

AGUA VERDE CAFE -- Rez: Flamenco & Gypsy Swing, free

AXIS -- The Brian Nova Trio, free

BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz Jam with John Wicks, Geoff Harper and Ryan Burns, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova Trio -- Funk!

BOHEMIAN -- Straight Ahead, $5

BROADWAY BAR & GRILL -- Alex Guilbert, free

CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie Sheets Blues Jam, $5

FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic

*GALWAY ARMS -- Leo McNamara & Bill Gallaway

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free

JAZZ ALLEY -- Aaron Parks Trio CD Release Party

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner Band, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing

MERCURY -- Rebreather, $5

MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE -- Marc Smason

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- The New Orleans Quintet, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Lonnie Williams Quartet, free

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- A.D.D.

TRACTOR TAVERN -- The Honky Tonk Review Band, the Owl 'N Thistle Band, Oliver Mulholland, Liam Gallagher, $8/$12

TULA'S -- Kelley Johnson Vocal Showcase, $5

TUESDAY12/7

2218 -- H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers

700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey

AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT -- Urban Oasis, free

*BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Hot Tuna, Derek Trucks Band, $20

CAFE PINCEAU -- Open mic, with Steve Cearley, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Set Dancing

EASY STREET PUB -- Live Jazz with the Brad Pepineau Trio

GALWAY ARMS -- Liza Warfel

GORDON BIERSCH -- The Dan Heck Trio, free

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Jaime Sheets & the Sheetrockers, free

*JAZZ ALLEY -- Richard Bona Sextet

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

KEY ARENA -- Bette Midler, $50/$125

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Scott Harris Band

LOCK AND KEEL -- Bushwhack Tuesday: Open Mic with Evan Duke

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Bar Fly

PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- Johnny Ross

RE-BAR -- HighRize, Mambo 9 Radio Orchestra, Laud

RUPERT'S -- Pingala, free

SCARLET TREE -- Annieville Blues Jam, free

*SHOWBOX -- Built to Spill, the Delusions, $10

STARS BAR -- Larry Fuller

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Damien Jurado, Rose Thomas, $7

TRAVELER'S PUB -- Open mike, with Phil Parsons, free

WEDNESDAY12/8

1201 CAFE & LOUNGE, PORTLAND -- Star Search

700 CLUB -- The King of Clubs

ADRIATICA RESTAURANT -- Brian Nova & Buddy Catlett, free

ART BAR -- Live Jazz with the Dan Heck Trio & Joe Doria

BAIT-HOUSE -- Up by Noon, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- The Kenning Experiment, $5

CENTRAL SALOON -- Snoopy's Urban Jam

*CROCODILE -- No. 13 Baby, the Now, $6

FENIX ABOVE -- Head Trauma Coalition Show, $1

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- The Beatniks, $10

GORDON BIERSCH -- Tiger Zane, free

GRACELAND -- Supersuckers, Hellacopters, Zen Guerilla, $10

*HABANA -- To Witness and Adjust: Live Electronica

HOPVINE -- Open mic

ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney

*JAZZ ALLEY -- Richard Bona Sextet

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Charles White All-Star Blues Jam, $5

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- "Smooth Jazz"

MERCER ARENA -- Offspring, the Vandals, Jughead's Revenge, $25

METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Swing Night, $4

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Flora Purim Airto Moreira, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim

PARAGON -- Mambrasa

PINK DOOR -- The Midnight Trio & the Baritone Kings, free

RAIN DANCER -- Benefit for Deaf Poetic Society, $5

RAINBOW BAR & GRILL -- PFT

RUPERT'S -- Mayfly, free

*SHOWBOX -- Built to Spill, the Delusions, $10

STARS BAR -- June Tonkin

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Hank Williams Revue, Johnny Cash Tribute, $5

ZEITGEIST -- Resonant/Circuit, with music & mayhem, free