THURSDAY 4/27

700 CLUB -- Horns & Vinyl

BAD ALBERT'S -- Annieville Blues, free

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Alex D & Rudeboy, $5

CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Joanne Klein, Marc Smason, Beth Chandler

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Marta Sebestyen, Muzsikas, $17.50

COFFEE MESSIAH -- Charlotte Vanderwolf & Folk Friends, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Peter Gilmore, Conor Byrne

CONTOUR -- The Furious Skills, $4

*CROCODILE -- The Now, Ruston Mire, Carmine, $6

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -- Many Voices One Song, $10

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

*FOXES LOUNGE & CABARET -- Pho Bang: Hostess Ursula Android, w/ special guests $5

GALWAY ARMS -- Owl 'n' Thistle Band

GIBSON'S -- Need Zero, Ness

*GORDON BIERSCH -- Pete Krebs, free

IRISH EMIGRANT -- Oliver Mulhulland

J&M CAFE -- Rockin' Blues with J. R. Boogie, free

JAZZ ALLEY -- Chucho Valdes Quartet

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Scott Harris Band, $5

MONA'S -- Larry Vincent Jones Jazz Ensemble

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Ham Carson Quintet, free

OK HOTEL -- Ruby Darby, Touched, $5

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Seattle Slim, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Tom Bennett's Alt. Country Jam, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Emanuel Lewis

PARADOX THEATER -- Ted Leo, the Holy Child, the Jimmy Stuarts, Day by Day, $6

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

*PARAMOUNT -- Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie $25.50

PINK DOOR -- Lonnie Williams Jazz Trio, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Giant Harley Gathering

SCARLET TREE -- Snoopy's Urban Players, $5

SERAFINA -- Alex Guilbert

STILL LIFE COFFEEHOUSE -- Seattle Guitar Circle, free

TIR NA NOG -- The Blue Healers, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Randall Bays and John Williams, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB -- John Floridis, free

TULA'S -- Kelley Johnson Quartet, $8

FRIDAY 4/28

6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- The Remnants

700 CLUB -- Jumbalaya

AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Cheeky White Devils, Circa, $5

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Below Zero, Y, Daily Jones, Tickle, $6

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

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- African Roots, $10

*BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Shinehead, $10

*BREAKROOM -- The Ruby Doe, the Tremens, $5

CENTURY BALLROOM -- Yerba Buena, $15

CHEF WANG -- Brian Nova Trio, free

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Tom Creegan with Peter Gilmore, $3

CROCODILE -- Monkeywrench, the Bangs (6 pm, all ages); Monkeywrench, the Briefs, the Wire Taps (9 pm, 21+), $8

DOC MAYNARD'S -- The Retros, $8

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- Spandex Ballet, $10

FIDDLER'S INN -- Bigfoot Zoo

FOUR ANGELS CAFE -- Elizabeth Carpenter, free

GALWAY ARMS -- Isla Ross

*GIBSON'S -- A-Frames, the Heroic Trio, Dead Air

*GRACELAND -- Poster Children, Kinski, Subminute: Radio, $7

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- The Kareem Kandi Band

HIGHLINER -- Carolyn Cruso, free

HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12

HOPVINE -- Johnny Ross

I-SPY -- The Groovie Ghoulies, the Phantom Surfers, the Hi-Fives, the Smugglers, $8

IRISH EMIGRANT -- Oliver Mulhulland

JAZZ ALLEY -- Chucho Valdes Quartet

JIMMY Z'S, EVERETT -- Men from Mars, Man in a Boat, $5

LAKEPOINTE BAR & GRILL -- Lane Myer, the Wanna Bes, Quick 66, $5

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Little Kings, $10

LATONA PUB -- Orville Johnson, $2

LITTLE RED HEN -- Led Stetson

MADISON'S CAFE -- Preston Mill, Bird of Passage, $6

MELTING POT RESTAURANT -- The Glynn Brothers Quartet

MERCER ARENA -- Beck, Café Tacuba, $25

NEO BISTRO -- Bill Chism Quartet, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Jax Band, $10

NIKO'S PLACE -- Bead, free

*OK HOTEL -- The Pin-Ups, Hog Molly, Tot Finder, Zach Murphy, $6

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Nueva Era, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- Third World County

PARADOX THEATER -- Vendetta Red, Dolour, Home Town Hero, the Juxtapositions, $6

PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Cicatrix, Kid Kurry, Cremation, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Mayfly, M Set, $8

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- The Hurricanes

SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $6

SHARK CLUB -- Afrodisiacs

SHOWBOX -- Super Diamond, Used Cars, $15

SIT & SPIN -- Hanuman, Chris Chandler, $8

SLIDERS, RENTON -- Hit Explosion, $7

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

STOREROOM TAVERN -- Hotknife, the Darrells

TIR NA NOG -- The Jelly Rollers, $2

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Tom Landa & the Paperboys, Hat, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB -- One Two Three, free

TULA'S -- Jay Thomas Quintet, $10

SATURDAY 4/29

6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Mr. Blackwatch & Friends

700 CLUB -- Digable

AUBURN'S BEST ANNEX -- Visions, Throw Down, Burden, Contingent, $5

BAD ALBERT'S -- Eric Madis & Blue Madness, $2

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Battlestar Spaztica, NME, Static, Sweet Root, Left to Roam, Lazy Plain, Changes Daily, Coughing Choir, $7

BALTIC ROOM -- The Bad Ass Band, Jill Cohn & Mary Lydia Ryan, $7

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Zulu Spear, $10

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE -- Shinehead, $10

*BREAKROOM -- Wayne Kramer, the Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Dirty Birds, $8

CONOR BYRNE'S -- The Suffering Gaels, $3

CONTOUR -- Casbah: Foxglove

*CROCODILE -- Harvey Danger, Mountain Con., Sunset Valley, $10

DEXTER HAYES PUBLIC HOUSE -- Smoking Section, free

DOC MAYNARD'S -- Kry, $8

EASY STREET PUB -- Morning Wood

ELLIOTT BAY BREWING -- Heather Banker, free

*ELYSIAN -- Used Cars, Max Average, the Pulses, $7

FENIX UNDERGROUND -- Lee Rocker, $10

FIDDLER'S INN -- Aloha Danny, Shelly Walker

FOUR ANGELS CAFE -- Brian Kenney Fresno, free

GIBSON'S -- Jodie Watts, the John Benders, Hyram Figg

GRACELAND -- Fleshtones, the Swinging Neckbreakers, the Gimmicks, $8

HIGHLINER -- Lew Jones, free

HOKUM HALL -- Musica Curiosa 2, $12

HOPVINE -- Floyd Mountain Boys

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

IRISH EMIGRANT -- Oliver Mulhulland

JAZZ ALLEY -- Chucho Valdes Quartet

JIMMY Z'S, EVERETT -- Men from Mars, Peep Show

KING CAT THEATRE -- Tony Levin with the California Guitar Trio, $20

LAKEPOINTE BAR & GRILL -- Resin Room, Moth, For the Love of Suffering, $5

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Michael Hill's Blues Mob, $10

LATONA PUB -- Don Goodwin Jazz Quartet, $2

LITTLE RED HEN -- Led Stetson

LOBO SALOON -- Nyce, Mudbug

MADISON'S CAFE -- Willow, Tart, $7

*METROPOLIS, OLYMPIA -- Sleater-Kinney, Gene Defcon, Glass Candy, the Shattered, $6

MONA'S -- One Two Three

MONKEY PUB -- Bareknuckle Boxers, Brownfinger, $3

MURPHY'S PUB -- Kimball Conant & the Fugitive Combo, $2

NEO BISTRO -- Bill Chism Quartet, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT -- Bebop & Destruction, $10

NIKO'S PLACE -- Live Bouzuki "Grecian Sounds" and bellydancing by "Zaphara," free

*OK HOTEL -- Radio Nationals, Fernando, the Fakes, $7

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Nueva Era, $10

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Grasshopper, $5

OWL 'N' THISTLE -- The Dark Mollys

*PARADOX THEATER -- Pedro the Lion, Ida, T. W. Walsh, Seldom, $7

PARAGON -- Funky Lovebomb

PINK DOOR -- Tony Yazzolino on accordion, free

PLANET HOT ROD -- Super Villain, Hollis, Evil Project, $5

RAIN DANCER -- Mummery, Three Degrees West, Woody Russell, $6

RC'S SPORTS BAR & GRILL -- Rubber Soul

ROCKSPORT -- Afros, $8

SCARLET TREE -- Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $6

SEATTLE CATCH -- Urban Oasis

SHARK CLUB -- The Retros

SHOWBOX -- Neve, Frankie Machine, Peter Searcy (6 pm, all ages), free

*SIT & SPIN -- 764-HERO, Love as Laughter, Automaton Adventure Series (3 pm, all ages), $7

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

TIR NA NOG -- The Kennedy Brothers, $2

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Tom Landa & the Paperboys, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB -- Mark Whitman Blues All Stars, free

TULA'S -- Janis Mann Quartet, $10

TWO BELLS TAVERN -- James & Katy Palmer, free

SUNDAY 4/30

6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Casual Affair

700 CLUB -- Suite 7

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- The Martin Ross Band

CARINA BAR & GRILL -- Marc Smason Quartet

CONOR BYRNE'S -- Irish Session

EASY STREET PUB -- Open Mic with Ricky

FIDDLER'S INN -- Lonesome Steve Mitchell

GROUND ZERO -- Bonfire Madigan, Mad as Birds, Amy Mahardy, $5

HABITAT CAFE -- Dennis Rea and Eric Amrine, free

*HOPVINE -- Pete Krebs

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Chucho Valdes Quartet

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

LITTLE RED HEN -- Jam Night with Big Daddy Fred

MADISON'S CAFE -- Open mic

ODDFELLOWS HALL -- Tony Grasso Saxophone Quartet with Greta Nuntzel, $10

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Early Evening Blues, $5

PARAGON -- Henry Cooper Band

PARKER'S CASINO -- Latin Night, with lessons, $5

PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- T-Town Blues Band

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM -- Glenn Slayden, $7

SHOWBOX -- Great Big Sea, Big Spoon, $10

*SIT & SPIN -- Sureshot Sundays: B-Girl & B-Boy Break Battle with all-star DJs and MC freestyle competition (3 pm, all ages, $5); Darkside Hiphop Sunday (9:30 pm, 21+)

SPEAKEASY -- Poppy Moody, free

THE VILLAGE INN PUB -- Open mic, free

THUMPER'S -- Angie Rolfs with D. J. Gommels, $7

TINI BIGS LOUNGE -- Soul Finger, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- John Hall, Freebo, Jonelle Mosser, $10

TULA'S -- Chuck Bergeron Trio with Walter White, $5

WILD SPIRITS BAR -- Open Jam

MONDAY 5/1

700 CLUB -- 1-2-3 Jazz

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

ART BAR -- Way Milky

AURAFICE -- Launch: Experimental music and performance art

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Tripwire, No Life Crisis, Hatefist, $5

BALTIC ROOM -- Jazz Jam with John Wicks, Geoff Harper and Ryan Burn, $3

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS -- Brian Nova & Funk 69

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Reggae Jam with Straight Ahead, $5

CENTRAL SALOON -- Jamie & the Sheetrockers, $5

FIDDLER'S INN -- Open mic

GRACELAND -- Armored Saint, Karma to Burn, 40 Grit, Sludgeplow, $12

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Disciples of Sound

*I-SPY -- Crazy Maker, ButtHutt, Heavy Traffic, $5

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Henry Cooper, free

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- Tim Turner Band, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- The Jim Basnight Thing

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Dr. Sax, free

ON THE BOARDS -- Voice and Vision: Elizabeth Falconer, Jay Clayton, $10

SIT & SPIN -- El Guzano, $6

TUESDAY 5/2

700 CLUB -- Jive Turkey

BALLARD FIREHOUSE -- Aftermath, the Virgin Electra, $5

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Yeke Yeke, $5

COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Pete Moceri Band

DV8 -- Slipknot, One Minute Silence, Mudvayne, $15

GALWAY ARMS -- Liza Warfel

GORDON BIERSCH -- Greg Collinsworth, free

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Classical Spanish Guitar

ICON GRILL -- Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE -- Aaron Donahue Band, free

JAZZ ALLEY -- Joyce with Dori Caymmi

KELLS -- Liam Gallagher, free

LARRY'S GREENFRONT -- The Scott Harris Band

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

OK HOTEL -- Steve Freeborn & the OK Hotel House Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE -- Barfly, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- John Bishop Combo, $2

PARAGON -- Phil Carrillo

PINK DOOR -- The Julie Cascioppo Experience, free

PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Nicole Fournier

SCARLET TREE -- Anneville Blues Jam, free

SHOWBOX -- Droo Church, Once for Kicks, the Record Breakers, $5

SIT & SPIN -- Elemental: Electronic & Subsonic Grooves, $5

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

WEDNESDAY 5/3

6TH & PROCTOR BAR & GRILL -- Karaoke

700 CLUB -- King of Clubs

ART BAR -- Dan Heck Trio, Joe Doria

BLUE MOON TAVERN -- Open mic, free

BOHEMIAN CAFE -- Dreamband, $5

CALABRIA, KIRKLAND -- Piano bar with Marc Radice

COLE'S TAVERN, TACOMA -- Jerry Miller & DalBando

*CROCODILE -- Five Gears in Reverse, Sushi Robo, Acetylene, $6

EL NIñO -- Andre Feriante, free

*GORDON BIERSCH -- Marc Olsen (5:30 pm), free

HABANA'S LOUNGE, TACOMA -- Comedy Club

HOPVINE -- Open mic

*I-SPY -- Sil2K Showcase: Disjunkt, Infusion, Thermogenesis, Stuart McLeod, $5

ICON GRILL -- Scott Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY -- Joyce with Dori Caymmi

KELLS -- Oliver Mulholland, free

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

LIZZARD LOUNGE -- Smooth Jazz

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE -- Oggmung, $2

*PARADOX THEATER -- The Arsonists, Narkotic, Sinsemilla, $6

SIT & SPIN -- For the Cash, $5

SIX DEGREES, KIRKLAND -- The Rainy City Jazz, free

TRACTOR TAVERN -- Rainy Pass, Frontline, $7

ZEITGEIST -- Resonant/Circuit: Bhob Rainey, Jack Wright, free