THURSDAY 12/13
BAD ALBERT'S--Annieville Blues, free
BAIT HOUSE--Open mic, $3
* BREAKROOM--Right On, the Stuckups, the Instants, $5
CENTRAL SALOON--Liquid Messiah, the Mu, Moc Moc, $5
* CROCODILE CAFE--The Lashes, the Cripples, Cobra High, $6
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--Combo Craig
GALWAY ARMS--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
* GRACELAND--Zebrahead, Handsome Devil, Peter Parker (7 pm, all ages), $15
GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Acoustica
HURRICANE CAFE--La'vela, $5
* I-SPY--Neo, Saeta, Emma's Mini, $6
J&M CAFE--Herding Cats, free
JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LAKEPOINTE--NY Fireman's Fund benefit w/ Susan Robkin, Katie Cornell
LARRY'S--The Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Psychobilly 9 PM, free
MEANY THEATER--Konstantin Lifschitz, $30
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Open mic, free
MULLEADY'S PUB--Open mic, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--David Friesen, Jeannie Hoffman, Jerry Hahn, Al Pimentel, $7
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Open mic
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Sweet Juice
PARAGON--HB Radke & the Jet City Swingers
PEACE CAFE--Open mic, free
PINK DOOR--Lonnie Williams, free
RAIN DANCER--Seratonin, Enders Brothers, free
RAINBOW--Soup of the Day, Beecraft, $5
REDHOOK BREWERY--Brian Kent Quartet, free
ROCK BOTTOM--San Pedro Circus (5 pm, all ages), free
SCARLET TREE--Das Root w/ Reggie Watts, P.K., $6
* SHOWBOX--Warren G, guests, $20/$25
SIT & SPIN--Upwell, Nu Soul Tribe, Drizzle, DJ Groovesmith, $8
ST. CLOUDS--The Electrodes
* SUNSET TAVERN--Wayne "The Train" Hancock, $10
THOMPSON'S--Blue Gypsies, free
TOI--Danya, free
TRACTOR TAVERN--Laura Love Band, $12/$14
TRAVELERS--Open mic, free
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
ZAK'S--Schmidtaholics, the Mob Forties, Ward A, Pistol Grip, $4
FRIDAY 12/14
BACCANO--Brian Nova Trio, free
BAIT-HOUSE--Karin Kaji, Kevin Guffy, $3
BALTIC ROOM--Jumbalaya
BENAROYA HALL--The Coats, $16.50
BIT SALOON--Jelly Rogers
BITTERS--Casey Neil Trio, $5
BLACK LAB GALLERY--Open mic, free
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sister Carol, $10
* BREAKROOM--Christmas Drag Show, $6
* CAFE VENUS--Saeta X-mas Show, $3/$5
CATWALK--A.R.S. Christmas Party
CENTRAL SALOON--Bambaji, Ragamuffin, $8/$10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Lil' Puddin', $4
CROCODILE CAFE--Dudley Manlove Quartet, Batum Schrag, $8/$10
DOC MAYNARD'S--Rockaroake, $10
* DOWNTOWN YMCA--Black Swan Foundation (8pm, all ages), $5
EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet
FIDDLER'S INN--Don Goodwin Trio, The! M Dudes, $2
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
FLOYD'S PLACE--K.W. Miller
GALLAGER'S (KENT)--Girls Rock #4: Liquorbox, Slink, Late September Dogs, Sullen-Bliss, Lucid, Flask, $5
* GALWAY ARMS--Bread Line Blues
GRACELAND--Team Sleep, Fallacy (6 pm, all ages), $12
GRACELAND--SP Unlimited, Drop 6, Eris, Esina (10 pm), $7
HIGHLINER--Owl, free
HOPVINE--Zazou
HURRICANE CAFE--Subject to Change, Greedies, $5
* I-SPY--Dishwalla, Alien Crime Syndicate (7 pm, all ages), $10
I-SPY--DJ Lil' Ricky, Pro Quick, Bulak (10 pm), $12
* INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--The Wire Taps, New Luck Toy, Charming Snakes, $5
J&M CAFE--The Beatniks, $8
JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Corner Bhoys
LAKEPOINTE--Tremorcordis, Mindshaker, Rucker's Tomb
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--T-Boy Neal Band w/ Becky Sue, $10
LAST SUPPER CLUB--Plush: Tommy Martin & Tor, $10
LATONA PUB--Don Goodwin Quintet
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Nick Vigarino, free
LITTLE RED HEN--Big Ed, free
* MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Aiko Shimada, Kaitlyn ni Donovan, $6
MULLEADY'S PUB--The Government, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $10
OLD FIRE HOUSE (REDMOND)--Hardesty, the November Group, Cepheid, the Science (8 pm, all ages), $5
OLD PEQULIAR--The Shiners
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
* PARADOX THEATER--X-mas Special: Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Luke Abrams (8 pm, all ages), $7
PLANET HOT ROD--Little Ray & the Uppercuts, the Swains, Heartwood, $5
RAGING RIVER SALOON--Jim Basnight
RAINBOW--Liquid Quartet, Amy Denio y Las Machas, $10
REDHOOK BREWERY--Mark Whitman Band, free
ROCK BOTTOM--Susan Robkin
SCARLET TREE--3D, $7
* SECOND AVENUE PIZZA--Dosed Bernie, Mad Man Jo Smitty, Steel Pole Bath Tub, Darren Mor-X (9 pm, all ages), free
SHABBAZZ CAFE--Open mic, $5
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Afrodisiacs, $8
* SHOWBOX--Sleater-Kinney, Pretty Girls Make Graves (9 pm, 21+), $10
* SIT & SPIN--Fauxbang! w/ the Epoxies, Ursula & the Androids, Jackie & the Control Tops, DJ Baby J, $7
ST. CLOUDS--Alice Stuart
* SUNSET TAVERN--45s, A-Frames, Popular Shapes
TOMMY'S--Slow Gas Heater, Roxy Lopez Experience, Victim By Design, $5
TOWN HALL--Seattle Children's Chorus, $9/$12
TRACTOR TAVERN--Flowmotion, Alligator Wine, $7
ZAK'S--Agent 86, Mea Culpa, Tarantulada, Octabites, Brown Finger, $5
* ZEITGEIST--Black Cat Orchestra (8 pm, all ages), $6
SATURDAY 12/15
BAD ALBERT'S--Eric Madis, $2
BAIT-HOUSE--Phil Brooks, $3
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Victims, Nol Katomi Plaza, Late Summer Purple, Nail Soup Blues Band, Severed Head, and more (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Bradbury Press, Ellen Says No, World 7, Half Track (10 pm), $7
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Hit Parade, $12/$50
BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH--B.O.M.B. Holiday Blast: (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque), $15/$20
BIT SALOON--Buzz Monkey
BOHEMIAN BACKSTAGE--Sister Carol, $10
* BREAKROOM--Hogmolly, RC5, Dirty Birds, $6
CENTRAL SALOON--Ivan, Windowpane (CD release), Six Foot Savage, $8/$10
CONOR BYRNE'S--Dark Molly, $4
* CROCODILE CAFE--Mudhoney, the Spits, Leatherboy, $10/$12
DOC MAYNARD'S--Black Vinyl Allstars, $10
EL GAUCHO--Billy Wallace Quartet
ELYSIAN--Crop Circles (CD release), Tiny Kings, the Chiggers, $6
* FABULOUS FIRWOOD--Hell's Belles, Just Dirt
FIRESIDE ROOM--Overton Berry, free
* GRACELAND--Man...Or Astro-Man?, Zero Zero, the Pattern, $10
GRATEFUL BREAD--Edie Carey, Andrew Kerr, $10
* GROUND ZERO (BELLEVUE)--Waxwing, Aveo, Minus the Bear, Woke Up Falling (8 pm, all ages), $5
HANA'S--Open mic, free
HIGHLINER--Kevin Jones Band, free
HOPVINE--Better Left Unsaid
HURRICANE CAF:--Number 9, Structure, Corrupt, A Bitter Man, $5
* I-SPY--Gun Street Girls, Girl Trouble, the Invisible Men, the Boss Martians, DJ Dan Gallucci, $8
INDUSTRIAL COFFEE--Static Fugue, Rural Pictures, Willie Johnson, the Purrs, $5
JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50
KELLS--Corner Bhoys
LARRY'S--Korla Wygal & Her Private Reserve, $10
LATONA PUB--Purple Martin
LITTLE RED HEN--Big Ed, free
LOBO INN--Beat Reduction, Elysian, In the Drink, free
* LOCAL 46--Peter Parker, Polecat, Lure of the Animal (8 pm, all ages), $6
LULU'S--Club Jazz
MONKEY PUB--Ample, Positively Negative, $3
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Elizabeth Carpenter, Jill Cohn, Willow
MULLEADY'S PUB--Sunday Drivers, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Mark Whitman Big Band w/ Sweet Talkin' Jones, $10
O'SHEA'S--Toad Jam
OLD PEQULIAR--The Podunk Monks
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Thornton Creek & MJ Bishop Band, $5
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Owl 'n' Thistle Band
PARAGON--Imaginaires
PLANET HOT ROD--Plain Jane, Fantastic 4, the Highsiders, $5
RAGING RIVER SALOON (FALL CITY)--Charles White Band
RAIN DANCER--Single Wide, Alligator Wine, $5
RAINBOW--Lloyd's Rocket, Bandersnatch
RED ONION TAVERN--Combustion Collective
REDHOOK BREWERY--BeeCraft, free
ROCKSPORT--Rockaroake
SCARLET TREE--206 Ribshack: Ernest Humphry, Thaddius Turner, Gerald Turner, Davy C, Mark Cardenas, $7
SHARK CLUB (KIRKLAND)--Retros
* SHOWBOX--Sleater-Kinney, Tracy & the Plastics (7 pm, all ages), $10
* SIT & SPIN--Loveless Records 2 Year Anniversary w/ Man of the Year, Vendetta Red, Orbiter, the Drop, $7
* SONIC BOOM RECORDS (BALLARD)--Man...Or Astro-Man?, DJ Zeph (4 pm, all ages), free
* SUNSET TAVERN--The Fells, the Fallouts, Head
* TRACTOR TAVERN--The Squirrels 12th Annual X-mas X-travaganza w/ Henry Boy & His Band, $7/$6
ZAK'S--Organ Donor, Semesus, One Less Human, Sod Hauler, $5
SUNDAY 12/16
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Bent Richard, Subject 117, Never Again, First Time Felon, West of Waco, Greedies (4 pm, all ages), $7
BALTIC ROOM--Smack: Reggie Watts, Davis Martin, Thaddeus Turner, Kevin Goldman
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Martin Ross Band
* BENAROYA HALL--Holiday Organ Sing-Along, $16/$51
BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH--B.O.M.B. Holiday Blast: (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque), $15/$20
CENTRAL SALOON--Common Heroes, the Pale, $5
CHINA JADE--Dennis Shadduck, free
FIDDLER'S INN--Jim Page, $1
FLOYD'S PLACE--Jennifer Savage
GRACELAND--Ms. America's Trash, Sophie Tucker, Agent 86, $6
HABANA'S RESTAURANT--Quasi Nada
HOPVINE--Bob Heinemann
I-SPY--Schoolyard Heroes, In the Drink, Firstname Lastname (9 pm, all ages), $6
* JAZZ ALLEY--Jacky Terrasson & Stefon Harris, $16.50/$20.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Roger Rogers Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Jerry and the PhilBillys, free
O'SHEA'S--Open mic
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Ain't No Heaven 7, $6
PARAGON--Rick Uselton
RAINBOW--Spider Music Orchestra, Joga, $5
* SHOWBOX GREEN ROOM--All Things to All People w/ Sean Nelson: The Long Winters, the Prom, David Schmader, the Silver Bells, Tamara Paris, Harvey Danger, $10
ST. CLOUDS--Trevor Wheetman
ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL--Joyous Nativity: A Croatian Cantata
TRACTOR TAVERN--Washington Blues Society Party, $10
UNITED METHODIST--Rainbow City Band w/ David Di Fiore
MONDAY 12/17
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Optimus Rhyme, $5
BELLTOWN BILLIARDS--Brian Nova & Funk 69
BENAROYA HALL--Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Hit Parade, $12/$50
BLUWATER BISTRO--DJ Kevin Chills, Eddie, Peter Vintico, free
CENTRAL SALOON--Sid Law's Cirque Du Pop, $5
CHINA HARBOR--Anthony Cordova Band, $5
CONTOUR--Urban Tongue w/ Tiffany Wilson, Bill Yuns
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
FIDDLER'S INN--Open mic
* GRACELAND--Saves the Day, Hey Mercedes, Thursday, $15
HOPVINE--Volunteer Muse, J Hiram Boggs, Jared Haney
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Barfly, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Special Guests, free
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--New Orleans Quintet, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rumba Abierta, free
RAIN DANCER--Tribalicious, free
RAINBOW--The Berry Bros, $3
* SHOWBOX--Jaguares (6:30 pm, all ages), $25/$30
ST. CLOUDS--Tom Bennett & the Rolling Blackouts
STADIUM EXHIBITION CENTER--106.1 Jingle Bell Bash w/ Barenaked Ladies, Train, Jessica Simpson, Lifehouse, $35
THERMO'S--Open mic
TUESDAY 12/18
BALLARD FIREHOUSE--Montgomery Burns, Beautiful Soup, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Cognitive Dissidents: Matt Marth, Keith McKenney, John Cocktoastin' Trio minus 2 (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Open mic, free
* CROCODILE CAFE--El Vez X-mas Show, King of Hawaii, $12/$14
DUBLINER--Open mic
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
EL NI--O--Andre Feriante, free
GALWAY ARMS--Open mic
* GRACELAND--Graceland/Singles Going Steady X-mas Party w/ the Briefs, the New Town Animal, DJ Cherry Canoe, free
I-SPY--Tagging Satellites, Michael John Serpe, Daniel Harmann (CD release), $6
IRISH EMIGRANT--Jam on White Bread
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Tim Turner Band, $5
LITTLE RED HEN--Tommy Westley & Don Kellogg, free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--Steelhead
NATION--Hammer of the Gods, $5
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--File Gumbo Zydeco Band, free
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--John Bishop, $3
OWL 'N' THISTLE--The Balloons
PARAGON--Robert Stewart
PINK DOOR--Tony Yazzolino, Steve Kemke, free
RAIN DANCER--Singer/Songwriter Showcase, free
RAINBOW--Hair of the Dog, $5
SLIDERS (RENTON)--Rockaraoke, $3
* SUNSET TAVERN--Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Laura Veirs, Danny Barnes
VOGUE--Vicious Dolls
WASABI BISTRO--Altered States, free
WEDNESDAY 12/19
AGUA VERDE CAFE--Zhaoui
BIT SALOON--Rambling Roberts
CENTRAL SALOON--The Northern Souls, Touched, the Bend, $5
COFFEE MESSIAH--Open mic (8 pm, all ages), free
CONOR BYRNE'S--Jeremy Fisher
* CROCODILE--Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hot Hot Heat, $6
EL GAUCHO--Daniel Davidson
FIDDLER'S INN--Hot Pony, $2
GRACELAND--The Kottonmouth Kings, Primer 55, Bionic Jive, Mix Mob, $13
GREENLAKE BAR & GRILL--Bob Early Trio
HOPVINE--Open mic
HURRICANE CAFE--Frank Roberts Plus, Last Name First, $5
I-SPY--Aoede, Ambitious Career Woman, Tableland, $6
IRISH EMIGRANT--Irish Session
JAZZ ALLEY--The Bobs, $15.50/$19.50
KELLS--Liam Gallagher
LARRY'S BLUES CAFE--Charles White's All-Star Blues Jam, $5
LIQUID LOUNGE AT EMP--Narcotik (CD release), free
MR. SPOT'S CHAI HOUSE--The Stockton Syndrome
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT--Floyd Standifer, free
OLD TIMER'S CAFE--Dr. Sax
OLD TOWN ALEHOUSE--Rayburn, free
OWL 'N' THISTLE--Rubber Band
PARAGON--Urban Improv
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, Mark Cardenas, $3
SHOWBOX--Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, $15
SIT & SPIN--Poetry Slam w/ Blue Glove Club, $4
* 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
