THURSDAY 12/21

5TH AVENUE THEATER--Smooth Jazz Christmas w/ Dave Koz, Rick Braun, Peter White, Brenda Russel, $30/$44

700 CLUB--Soul Power: Al Rowe Project

BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Flairophonic Velvets, $5

BOHEMIAN CAFE--Five Footers, $5

BREAKROOM--Frail, Moc Moc, the Government, $6

CATWALK--Symptoms, Fingered, Family, $5

CENTRAL SALOON--Swift Albro, Radio Star, Whileaway, $5

CONOR BYRNE'S--Conor Byrne, free

*CROCODILE--Plastiq Phantom, Computer Impossible, Malaise, $5

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

*FOXES--Phó Bang: Ursula Android w/ DJ Baby J, $5

GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band

J&M CAFE--J. R. Boogie, free

JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $13.50/$17.50

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Little Kings, $5

LEGENDS--Alice Stuart

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Mirah, Dennis Driscoll, Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano, free

LOCK AND KEEL--Dave Conant & the D-Rangers, $2

MONA'S--Tio Sutton Trio, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Ham Carson Quintet, $5

*OK HOTEL--Juke, Brian & Ryan of the A.M. Disasters, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic, free

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Lea Krueger

PALOMINO--Bob Heinemann Trio, free

PARAGON--Imagineers

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free

PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams Trio, free

*PLANET HOT ROD--Giant Harley Gathering (4 pm)

RAINBOW--Troll's Cottage, Paradigm, $5

*RENDEZVOUS--Stranger Opposition™ Unofficial and Entirely Unsanctioned Holiday Party w/ Starfish Petting Zoo, the Cripples, $3

SCARLET TREE--The Root w/ Reggie Watts & P. K., $5

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Afrodisiacs, $6

*SUNSET TAVERN--Duff McKagan's Loaded, Nitrous Foxide, the Simians, $5

TRACTOR TAVERN--The Fossils, Williams & Bray, $5

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Pearl Django, free

FRIDAY 12/22

700 CLUB--Seraphonic

BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Nude Guitars, Brown Eye #5, Camel Toe, Dirge Palace, Slim Pickens, Spirit Device, NW Breeders, Mentors Tribute, Abadox, $7

*BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya

*BARGE INN--Eddie Spaghetti & Ron Heathman, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Andy O, $10

*BREAKROOM--St. Bushmills' Choir, $8

CATWALK--Jodie Watts, Monotone Pictures, Cober, $7

CENTRAL SALOON--Windowpane, Dead Letters, Speed Twin, $10

CONOR BYRNE'S--Pete Yeates & Mikey Beglan, $3

*CROCODILE--No. 13 Baby, Jason Trachtenburg, In Color, $6

FENIX--The Retros, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--Mummery

GRACELAND--Seamless, Yellow Second, A Man Called Sun, $6

JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $13.50/$17.50

LAKEPOINTE--Scream Radio, RadioStar, Madison, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Little Kings, $10

LATONA PUB--Orville Johnson & Scott Law, $2

LEGENDS--Breadline Blues

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Butterbean w/ Rich Dangel, free

LOCK & KEEL--The Penningtones, $2

MELTING POT RESTAURANT--Glynn Brothers Quartet

NEO BISTRO--Henry Cooper, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Cash McCall, $10

OK HOTEL--Frances Nash, Orange Peeler, $6

*OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--March 15, Hollywood Mike Miranda, Cry of the Banshee, November Group, Powers of Darkness..., V.F.W. (8 pm, all ages), $5

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Cambalache, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band

PARADOX--Bugs in Amber, the Sweet Science, Land Further East, Building Press (8 pm, all ages), $6

PLANET HOT ROD--Hollow, Sea Jayne Tripp, Ph 70, Duff McKagan & Loaded, $10

RAINBOW--Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band, $7

ROYAL CASINO--Expertease, free

SCARLET TREE--Shades, $7

SERAFINA--Marc Smason Duo

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--An Unkind Christmas Party

*SHOWBOX--Big Star, Death Cab for Cutie, Acoustic Posies, $20

SIT & SPIN--Healer, For the Love of Suffering, DXD, $8

SUNSET TAVERN--"Kwanzaa at the Sunset" w/ Freestyle Candela, Rumba Dancing, $5

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Dusty 45's, the Dempseys, $10

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Hudson Blues Band, free

TUGBOAT ANNIE'S (OLYMPIA)--Little Green Men, $2

ZAK'S--Third Rail Delivery

SATURDAY 12/23

700 CLUB--Digable All-Stars

BAD ALBERT'S--Bailey's Blues, $2

BARGE INN--Jacques Willis Combo, free

BLUE MOON TAVERN--Girls Night X-Mas Party, free

BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Alpha Yaya Diallo, $10

*BREAKROOM--C-Average, Swarming Hordes, Bacchus, Cry of the Banshee, $6

CONOR BYRNE'S--Pete Yeates & Mikey Beglan, $3

*CROCODILE--Radio Nationals, Lower 48, Steprocket, $6

ELYSIAN--Blue Collar Love, A.D.U.M., Brendt Andersen, $6

FENIX--'80s Something, $10

FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free

GALWAY ARMS--K. W. Miller

GO CLUB (OLYMPIA)--The Mendoza Family, $3

*GRACELAND--Old Man Smithers, the Razorbabes, the Fartz, Quick 66, $6

*I-SPY/NATION--Super Deluxe, Harvey Danger, Stocking Stuffers, $10

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $13.50/$17.50

KORT-HAUS PUB--Dr. Richard Kimball & the Fugitive Combo

LAKEPOINTE--Harry Canyon, Tyler, $5

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White Band, $10

LATONA PUB--Fletch's X-Mas Extravaganza, $2

LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Butterbean w/ Rich Dangel, free

MONA'S--Leif Totuschek, Freestyle Candela, $2

NEO BISTRO--Henry Cooper, free

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Cash McCall, $10

NIKO'S PLACE--Grecian Sounds Bouzouki Trio w/ bellydancer Zaphara, free

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Bradbury Press

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Cambalache, $10

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'N' Thistle Band

PARAGON--Lady A & the Baby Blues Band

PINK DOOR--Ensemble Sub Masa, free

RAINBOW--Aaron Donahue Band, Chocolate Washcloth, $6

ROCKSPORT--Those Guys, $7

ROYAL CASINO--Afrodisiacs, free

SCARLET TREE--In Black & White, $7

SERAFINA--Milo Peterson & Valerie Illman

SHOBOAT (TACOMA)--Hollis, Oto Pokt, Aggressive Nature

SHOWBOX--Hit Explosion, the Retros, $10

SIT & SPIN--One Against Five, Patient Zero, Butt Hutt, $7

*SUNSET TAVERN--"Country Christmas" w/ Ray Condo & the Ricochets, Six-String Eric & His Lazy Ranch Hands, $8

TOMMY'S--Boys Next Door, Smack Daddy, the John Benders

TRACTOR TAVERN--RAI, $6

TROLLEYMAN PUB--Momentum Quartet, free

TULA'S--Septology, $10

TWO BELLS TAVERN--Joey Kline, free

*ZAK'S--Infect Records First Annual Christmas Party w/ Portrait of Poverty, Mihous, Lopez, Quick to Blame, $5

SUNDAY 12/24

700 CLUB--Slow Ride

ARISTOCRAT'S--Clockwork (trance, house), $10

*BARGE INN--Gerald Collier, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band

CENTRAL SALOON--X-Mas Eve Bash w/ China Davis, $5

CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck & Pete Carrabba, free

CONOR BYRNE'S--Irish Session, free

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers' Invitational Jam, $5

O'SHEA'S EASY STREET PUB--Open mic

*SIT & SPIN--Sureshot Sunday (3 pm, all ages), $5

TINI BIGS LOUNGE--Lincoln Briney Trio, free

TULA'S--Marc Seals' Jam Session, $5

VILLAGE INN PUB--Open mic, free

MONDAY 12/25

700 CLUB--Norm Balles Project

AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui, free

ART BAR--Open mic, free

BARGE INN--Open mic, free

BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69

CENTRAL SALOON--24th Annual Anti X-Mas Party w/ Nine Below Zero Blues Jam, $5

FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Henry Cooper All-Star Blues Jam, free

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, free

LIZZARD LOUNGE--The Jim Basnight Thing

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free

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

TUESDAY 12/26

*700 CLUB--Bassackwards

AVENUE ONE--Lisa de Costa, free

BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Mistletoe Fire (18+), $10

BIG FOOT INN TAVERN--The Lazy J's Jam

CROCODILE--Betty Ford's Falcon, Reckless Bastards, Nimh, $5

DUBLINER--Open mic, free

EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free

GALWAY ARMS--Josh Kramer

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

J&M CAFE--Doug Lynn Band, free

JAZZ ALLEY--Ernestine Anderson & the Rich Dangel Big Band

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Scott Harris Band, free

LITTLE RED HEN--Rockin' Country Piano Bar, free

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free

OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Barfly, $5

OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop Combo, $2

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Bebop & Destruction

PINK DOOR--Black Cat Duo, free

SCARLET TREE--Annieville Blues, free

SLIDERS (RENTON)--Ragamuffin, $2

TRAVELERS--Open mic, free

WEDNESDAY 12/27

700 CLUB--Get Back Play'az

ART BAR--Diversity (deep house)

BARGE INN--Carvalho Brothers, free

CENTRAL SALOON--EV, Beecraft, $5

CROCODILE--Assai (CD release), Common Heroes, $6

FIESTA MEXICANA--Immaculate Flave Hiphop Showcase

FLOYD'S PLACE--Open mic, free

GALWAY ARMS--Danny Godinez Band

GRACELAND--Benefit for K.A.S.A. w/ the Kerry Lauder Band

HOPVINE--Open mic, free

I-SPY/NATION--Monty Banks & the High Rollers, $7

ICON GRILL--Scot Ranney

JAZZ ALLEY--Ernestine Anderson & the Rich Dangel Big Band

LA SPIGA--Rumba Abierta

LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White's All-Star Jam, $5

LEGENDS--The Trouble Boys

LIZZARD LOUNGE--Smooth jazz

MUDSHARK BAR--Smooth Groove

NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free

OK HOTEL--Crack Sabbath, $5

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

OWL 'N' THISTLE--Scott Law

PARAGON--Ted Bellusci Band

PATTI SUMMERS'--Patti Summers

PINK DOOR--Marco de Carvalho, free

PIONEER SQUARE SALOON --Open mic w/ C. A. Sinatra

RAIN DANCER--Open mic, free

RAINBOW--Transmutations, $5

SCARLET TREE--Ernest Humphrey, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, and Davy C, $5

SERAFINA--Michelle Smith

SUNSET TAVERN--Ween Night, $5

*TRACTOR TAVERN--Hank Williams Wednesday, $6

VALDI'S BALLARD BISTRO--Open mic, $3