WEDNESDAY 05
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10.
HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT – Josiah Wolf Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.
MOTR PUB – Hher with Pete Fosco and Marisa Seremet. 10 p.m. Alt/Experimental. Free.
*NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – Wristmeetrazor with Foreign Hands, Low End, Hangman and Apnea. 8 p.m. Metal. $10, $12 day of show.
*SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Spiderhand. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
STANLEY’S PUB – Singer/Songwriter Night with Jonathan Luck. 9 p.m. Various. Free.
*VINOKLET WINERY – Bluegrass Wednesdays with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
THURSDAY 06
*ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Philip Paul Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.
BIG ASH BREWING – Ben Levin Duo. 7:30 p.m. Blues
*BOGART’S – Jordan Davis with Kassi Ashton. 8 p.m. Country. $23.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Julia Higgins Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz
FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY – Brent James. 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT – Emily Jordan Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.
KNOTTY PINE – Mitch Greve. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
*LUDLOW GARAGE – John Sebastian. 8:30 p.m. Folk/Rock. $30-$65.
*MADISON THEATER – Tauk. 8 p.m. Progressive/Rock/Jam/Various. $15, $18 day of show.
MOTR PUB – The Heavy Hours with Corey Larrison. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Little Lawnmowers and Willow Street Carriers. 9 p.m. Americana/Various. Free.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE – Open Mic. 7 p.m. Various. Free.
SCHWARTZ’S POINT – Duo for Two-Oh with Jordan Pollard & Dan Drees. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
*STANLEY’S PUB – Surf Night with They Never Came Back and The AmpFibians. 9 p.m. Surf. $5.
*URBAN ARTIFACT – Roots of Creation performing Grateful Dub. 9 p.m. Reggae Grateful Dead tribute. $12, $15 day of show.
WESTSIDE VENUE – Bob Cushing. 9 p.m. Acoustic.
FRIDAY 07
*ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Ben Levin and the Heaters. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.
*BIG ASH BREWING – Freak Mythology with Anna and the Deeper Well. 8 p.m. Funk/Rock/Various.
*BOGART’S – The Motels, Bow Wow Wow and When In Rome II. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock. $20.
BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE – Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Phil DeGreg Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
COLLEGE HILL COFFEE CO. – Ricky Nye. 7:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
*FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER – Lee Rocker. 8 p.m. Rockabilly/Roots. $25-$30.
FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY – The Newbees. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.
HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT – The Faux Frenchmen. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.
JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD – 3 Piece Revival. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Pop. Free.
JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER – Deuces Wild. 9 p.m. Country. Free.
KNOTTY PINE – Whiskey Daze. 10 p.m. Country. Cover.
LUDLOW GARAGE – The Ark Band. 8:30 p.m. Reggae. $12, $15 day of show.
MOTR PUB – The Vims with Spirit of the Bear. 10 p.m. Alt/Pop/Rock/Various. Free.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE – DeadCentric. 7:30 p.m. Jam. Free.
RADISSON CINCINNATI RIVERFRONT – Basic Truth. 8 p.m. R&B/Soul/Funk. Free.
*THE REDMOOR – Mambo Madness with El Ritmo Del Mañana and Mambo Combo. 6 p.m. Latin Jazz. $10.
RICK’S TAVERN – Cassette Junkies. 9 p.m. Rock. $5.
RIVERFRONT LIVE – LoCash and Drew Baldridge. 8 p.m. Country. $25.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Earle Diamond, Soul Group and Chalk Eye. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – The Eskimo Brothers with Jerry King & the Rivertown Ramblers. 9 p.m. Rockabilly. $8, $10 day of show.
STANLEY’S PUB – Blu Million. 10 p.m. Rock. $5.
*URBAN ARTIFACT – Cincy For Australia: A Concert for Relief with Ben Idle, Drop The Sun, IN2ITIV3, Kaitlyn Peace & The Electric Generals and Brooklynn Rae. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. Cover.
*WASHINGTON PLATFORM – Greg Chako & Organ-ized Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).
SATURDAY 08
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Hot Magnolias. 8 p.m. New Orleans Jazz/Roots. Free.
BIG ASH BREWING – Misterman and the Mojo Band. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.
BLUE NOTE HARRISON – The Classic Rock Experience. 7 p.m. Classic Rock. $10.
BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE – Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Kathy Wade and Mike Wade w the Phil DeGreg Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
THE COMET – Queen City Imperial Soundsystem. 10 p.m. Dance/Reggae. Free.
*FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY – See You in the Funnies. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock. Free.
HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT – Dixie Karas Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.
JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD – The Sly Band. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Pop/Dance. Cover.
JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER – De Ja Vu. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
KNOTTY PINE – Marsha Brady. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.
*LUDLOW GARAGE – Freekbass & The Bump Assembly Does P-Funk featuring members of Turkuaz, P-Funk and Bootsy’s Rubber Band. 8:30 p.m. Funk. $12, $15 day of show.
THE MAD FROG – Dieselboy. 3 p.m. EDM. $10.
MCCAULY’S PUB – Diesel. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.
*MOTR PUB – Triiibe. 10 p.m. Hip Hop/Funk/Soul. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Reversels with Self-Similar, Self Surgery and Danbient. 9 p.m. Free.
*NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – The Lippies with The Eradicator and The Raging Nathans. 9 p.m. Punk. $8, $10 day of show.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE – No Sorrow. 7:30 p.m. Americana. Free.
THE REDMOOR – Red Hot Cincy Peppers. 9 p.m. Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute. $5.
RICK’S TAVERN – Mustang Sally’s. 9 p.m. Country. Cover.
*RIVERFRONT LIVE – Rumpke Mountain Boys. 9 p.m. Progressive Bluegrass. $10.
*SCHWARTZ’S POINT – Rusty Burge with Dan Karlsberg and Dan Dorff. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
SORG OPERA HOUSE – The Menus. 7 p.m. Rock/Pop/Dance. $15, $20 day of show.
*THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL – The Tillers Second Annual Old Time Stringbreaker’s Ball with Joseph Huber, Mama Said String Band, Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, Ma Crow & Company, Harlot and Mystery String Band plus Rabbit Hash String Band. 6 p.m. Folk/Bluegrass/Americana. $15, $20 day of show.
STANLEY’S PUB – Shiny Old Soul. 10 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. $5.
TRINITY GASTRO PUB – Bob Cushing. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
WASHINGTON PLATFORM – Mandy Gaines Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).
WIEDEMANN BREWERY AND TAPROOM – Jet Pack Academy. 8 p.m. Classic Rock. Free.
SUNDAY 09
BOGART’S – Badfish with Tropidelic and Little Stranger. 8 p.m. Alt/Pop/Ska/Various.
THE COMET – Comet Bluegrass Allstars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT – Mike Darrah. 10:30 a.m. Jazz. Free.
LATITUDES BAR & BISTRO – BlueBirds. 8 p.m. Rock/R&B. Free.
MANSION HILL TAVERN – Deb Ohlinger Open Mic. 9 p.m. Blues. Free.
*MOTR PUB – BODEGA with Sleepcrawler and The Wants. 8 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Classical Revolution. 9 p.m. Classical/Chamber/Various. Free.
THE REDMOOR – Greater Cincinnati Youth Jazz Collaborative. 6 p.m. Jazz. $10.
SCHWARTZ’S POINT – Paul Patterson Ensemble. 6 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
*SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory. 7 p.m. Blues/Rock/Various. $20, $25 day of show.
WESTSIDE VENUE – Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.
MONDAY 10
*BOGART’S – NGHTMRE with Kompany and more. 8 p.m. Electronic/Dance. $27.50.
MANSION HILL TAVERN – John Redell and Friends. 9 p.m. Open mic. Free.
MCCAULY’S PUB – Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/Various. Free.
MOTR PUB – Rexford Stevens. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
STANLEY’S PUB – Jazz Jam with The Stanleyband. 9 p.m. Jazz/Improv. Free.
TUESDAY 11
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Ben Levin. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.
BLIND LEMON – Nick Tuttle. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
BREWRIVER CREOLE KITCHEN – The Twirlers. 7 p.m. R&B/Classic Pop/Standards. Free.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – CCM Faculty Jazztet. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL – Music Live@Lunch with Moyen Age. 12:10 p.m. Medieval. Free.
MCCAULY’S PUB – Stagger Lee. 3 p.m. Country. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Mark Messerly and Amber Neff. 9 p.m. Singer/Songwriter. Free.
STANLEY’S PUB – Trashgrass Troubadours. 9 p.m. Bluegrass. $5.
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This article appears in Feb 5-18, 2020.
