Wednesday 03
Arnold’s Bar and Grill – Todd Hepburn. 7 p.m. Blues/Jazz/Various. Free.
Bella Luna – RMS Band. 7 p.m. Soft Rock/Jazz. Free.
Blind Lemon – Charlie Millikin. 8:30 p.m. Pop. Free.
Century Inn Restaurant – Paul Lake. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock/Jazz/Oldies/Various. Free.
Crow’s Nest – Steve Dirr. 10 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
*Fountain Square – Reggae Wednesdays with Ras Bonghi Allstars. 7 p.m. Reggae. Free.
Fraze Pavilion – Rachel Platten with Us the Duo. 7:30 p.m. Pop. $35-$45, $40-$45 day of show.
Jag’s Steak and Seafood – Steve Thomas. 6 p.m. Sax/Piano/Vocals. Free.
MOTR Pub – Heavy Hinges with Laurel & the Love-In. 10 p.m. Rock/Soul/Blues/Various. Free.
Mansion Hill Tavern – Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots. Free.
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend – Goo Goo Dolls with Collective Soul and Tribe Society. 7 p.m. Rock/Pop. $39.50-$75.
Pit to Plate – Bluegrass Night with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 7 p.m. Bluegrass. $2.
Silverton Cafe – Bob Cushing Acoustic. Free.
Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) – Cale Tyson with Palamara. 8 p.m. Country. $10, $12 day of show.
Yeatman’s Cove – 5:13 featuring LunchBox. 5 p.m. Rock/Funk/Blues. Free.
Thursday 04
Arnold’s Bar and Grill – Dottie Warner and Wayne Shannon. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.
*Backstage Cafe – The Black Order, Split The Abyss and Junior Crime Fighters. 7 p.m. Metal. $5, $8 day of show.
Blind Lemon – Drew Rochette. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Bogart’s – Ratt with Downtread. 7 p.m. Hard Rock/Metal. $30.
Crow’s Nest – Maria Carrelli. 10 p.m. Americana. Free.
*Energy Nightclub – Flux Pavilion with G-Buck. 9 p.m. EDM/Various. $36.
Fountain Square – Salsa on the Square with Salsazón!. 7 p.m. Salsa/Latin/Dance. Free.
The Greenwich – Mambo Combo. 8:30 p.m. Latin Jazz. $5.
Knotty Pine – Mitch & Steve. 10 p.m. Blues/Pop/Rock. Free.
Latitudes Bar & Bistro – Ricky Nye and Bekah Williams. 6 p.m. Blues. Free.
Live! at the Ludlow Garage – Sister Hazel with Green Light Morning. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock. $20-$35.
*The Mockbee – The Animal Crackers, Irrelevant, B-Shields and Raised x Wolves. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $5.
Newport on the Levee – Live at the Levee with Naked Karate Girls. 7 p.m. Rock/Pop/Dance. Free.
*Northside Yacht Club – City Mouse, DAAP Girls and The Girls. 9 p.m. Pop/Punk/Rock/Various. $5.
Plain Folk Cafe – Open Mic with Aaron Hedrick. 7 p.m. Various. Free.
Quincy’s Bar & Lounge – Adia Dobbins and Jim Connerley. 8 p.m. Jazz Pop. Free.
*Seasongood Pavilion – It’s Commonly Jazz with William Menefield Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.
Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) – The Harmed Brothers with Arlo McKinley. 9 p.m. Americana/Folk/Rock. $10, $12 day of show.
*Urban Artifact – Frontier Folk Nebraska, Alone at 3AM, Noah + the Rescue Radio and Normandie Wilson. 8:30 p.m. Rock. Free.
*Washington Park – Bandstand Bluegrass with Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle. 7 p.m. Folk/Americana. Free.
Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant – Roots Cellar eXtract. 7 p.m. Americana. $10 (food/drink minimum).
Friday 05
*20th Century Theater – N.O.W. Fest featuring The Cliftones, Elementree Livity Project, Buggs tha Rocka, Free(w)ill, Zebras in Public, Hunting Agnes, Moon Cat Preacher, Ameera, J-Phunq & Wizzle T.I.M.E. and more. 7 p.m. Reggae/Hip Hop/Rock/Various. $10-$20.
404 – Jim Connerley & Vintage Keys. 8 p.m. Jazz. $5.
Arnold’s Bar and Grill – Comet Bluegrass Some-Stars. 9 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
Bella Luna – Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free.
Belterra Park Gaming – Ricky Nye Inc. 5 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
Blind Lemon – Warren Ulgh (9 p.m.); Elizabeth Waters (6 p.m.). 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
*Bogart’s – Mad Anthony with Black Pharoah. 9 p.m. Rock. $10.
Center Bar Stage at Miami Valley Gaming – Pandora Effect. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
Century Inn Restaurant – Jim Teepen. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Clifton Plaza – The Dirty Shirleys. 8 p.m. Jazz. Free.
The Comet – Summer Underground, Violent Kind and Fun Machine. 10 p.m. Alt/Pop/Rock. Free.
Crow’s Nest – Jeremy Short. 5 p.m. Americana. Free.
Eastgate Brew & View – Encore Duo. 6:30 p.m. Acoustic/Rock/Roots/Various. Free.
*Fountain Square – Indie Vol. 2016 with Civil Twilight and Jess Lamb. 8:30 p.m. Alternative. Free.
Fraze Pavilion – Dave Koz and David Sanborn. 6:30 p.m. Jazz. $35-$45, $40-$50 day of show.
The Greenwich – Rollins Davis Band featuring Deborah Hunter. 9 p.m. Jazz/R&B. $5.
Live! at the Ludlow Garage – The Way Down Wanderers. 8 p.m. Americana. $12-$15.
*MOTR Pub – The Claudettes. 10 p.m. Alternative Blues/Various. Free.
MVP Bar & Grille – Amy Sailor Band. 10 p.m. Country/Rock. Free.
Mansion Hill Tavern – Jay Jesse Johnson. 9 p.m. Blues. $4.
Martin’s Someplace Else Tavern – Brother Smith. 9 p.m. Country/Roots.
*The Mockbee – Lumenocity After Party Projection Show featuring music by MOZEY, Meiosis and CYDO. 9 p.m. Electronic. $5.
Mount Adams Pavilion – Greedy Pritchard. 8 p.m. Dance/Rock/Alt.
Northside Tavern – Rock-n-Roll Against Dirty Coal Fundraiser with Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke Challenge. 8 p.m. Various. Free.
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend – Kidz Bop Kids. 6 p.m. Pop/Children’s. $25-$47.50.
Plain Folk Cafe – Red Cedars and Ed Stapleton & Jody Knoop. 6 p.m. Roots/Americana. Free.
Quincy’s Bar & Lounge – Lee Stolar Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz. Free.
The Redmoor – William Menefield. 8 p.m. Jazz. $10.
Rick’s Tavern – Buffalo Ridge Band. 9:30 p.m. Country.
*Sharonville Convention Center – Robby Krieger Band. 6:30 p.m. Rock. $45-$75.
Southgate House Revival (Lounge) – Eric Lambert with Aaron Hendrick. 9:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) – The Peaks with The Summit and Coe. 9 p.m. Rock. $5.
Stanley’s Pub – Morgan’s Road and MoleHill. 9 p.m. Roots/Rock/Various. Cover.
Thompson House – Varsity with Hell Raiser, The World I Knew, Eyes on Orion, Soft Spoken and Innova. 7 p.m. Rock. $10.
The Underground – Ricardo Lambert, Laurent Che, Darris Sneed, Devonte and Israel Olaore. 7 p.m. Hip Hop/Gospel. $10.
Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant – The Wayne Yeager Organ Trio with Bob Roetker. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).
Saturday 06
404 – Bone Voyage Jazz Band. 6 p.m. Jazz. $10.
*Arnold’s Bar and Grill – Cincinnati Dancing Pigs. 9 p.m. Americana/Jug band. Free.
Bella Luna – Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free.
Blind Lemon – G. Burton (9 p.m.); Evan Uveges (6 p.m.). 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Center Bar Stage at Miami Valley Gaming – Pandora Effect. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
Clifton Plaza – Latin Heat. 7 p.m. Salsa/Dance. Free.
College Hill Coffee Co. – Ricky Nye. 7:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
The Comet – Sleeping Bag, Swoops, Cross Country and Weakness. 10 p.m. Indie/Rock/Punk/Various. Free.
The Cricket Lounge at The Cincinnatian Hotel – Phillip Paul Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.
Crow’s Nest – HuTown Holler. 10 p.m. Americana/Folk. Free.
Fountain Square – FSQ Live with Holy White Hounds and more. 8:30 p.m. Rock. Free.
*Fraze Pavilion – Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle. 7:30 p.m. Folk/Americana. $15-$25, $20-$30 day of show.
The Greenwich – Natalie Brady Quartet. 8 p.m. Jazz. $5.
JAX Tavern – Naked Karate Girls. 9 p.m. Rock/Pop/Dance.
Jim and Jack’s on the River – Gypsy Stone. 9 p.m. Country. Free.
Live! at the Ludlow Garage – The Bundys. 8 p.m. Americana. $15-$35.
*MOTR Pub – Richard Buckner. 10 p.m. Folk/Americana. Free.
MVP Bar & Grille – Moonlight & Whiskey. 10 p.m. Folk/Americana. Free.
The Mad Frog – Hate Dept., Deconbrio, The Deity and Caducus. 7 p.m. Rock/Industrial/Various. $10, $12 day of show.
*Madison Live – Harbour with Circle It, Daniel In Stereo and Northbound. 7 p.m. AltRock. $8, $10 day of show.
Madison Theater – Round2Crew with Dylan Holland and Alex Angelo. 7 p.m. Pop/Rap. $15.
Mansion Hill Tavern – Prestige Grease. 7 p.m. Blues. $3.
Martin’s Someplace Else Tavern – Lepers vs. Lions. 9 p.m. Rock.
Mount Adams Pavilion – Flip Cup All-Stars. 8 p.m. Rock/Pop/Country/Rap.
Northside Tavern – Whitfield Crocker, Lazy Heart and Kate Wakefield. 10 p.m. Indie/Rock/Various. Free.
Northside Yacht Club – Andy and the Pandys, Calumet and Fycus. 9 p.m. Indie/Rock/Pop.
Plain Folk Cafe – The Jenkins Twins and Russ Childers. 6 p.m. Americana. Free.
Southgate House Revival (Lounge) – Thorn County with Billy Catfish. 9:30 p.m. Country/Folk/Bluegrass. Free.
Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) – Justin Wells with Andrew Leahey & The Homestead. 9 p.m. Americana/Rock/Various. $10, $12 day of show.
Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary) – The Dramatic Rhythms Experience featuring Dramatic Rhythms, Band of Pirates, Roja, Noyse Merchants and Blue Moon Circus. 8:30 p.m. World/Progressive/Various. $10, $15 day of show.
*Thompson House – C the Gray (album release show) with Mizani, T.Hunt, Quazay and D.W.D.S. 6 p.m. Hip Hop. $8.
The Underground – The Tangees, Derailed, The Uptown, Johnny Park and Witches In Paris. 7 p.m. Rock. Cover.
Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant – The Faux Frenchmen. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).
Sunday 07
Blind Lemon – Jeff Henry. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. free.
The Comet – Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
Fraze Pavilion – Lady Antebellum. 7:30 p.m. Country. $59, $64 day of show.
Knotty Pine – Randy Peak. 10 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Mansion Hill Tavern – Open Blues Jam with The Ben Duke Band. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.
The Mockbee – Chase the Monkey, The Alaskans, The Roof Dogs and Acid Ears. 8 p.m. Rock/Punk/Jazz/Various. $5.
Northside Tavern – Bulletville. 8:30 p.m. Country. Free.
*Riverbend Music Center – Rob Zombie and Korn with In This Moment. 6:30 p.m. Hard Rock/Metal. $25-$69.50.
Sonny’s All Blues Lounge – Sonny’s All Blues Band featuring Lonnie Bennett. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.
*Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary) – Wye Oak with Tuskha. 8:30 p.m. Indie Rock. $15.
Monday 08
Blind Lemon – Tom Roll. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Bogart’s – Lacey Sturm and Cage9. 7:30 p.m. Rock. $10.
Knotty Pine – Open Mic. 8 p.m. Various. Free.
MOTR Pub – New Madrid. 10 p.m. Alt/Pop/Psych/Rock/Various. Free.
McCauly’s Pub – Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.
Northside Tavern – The Qtet. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Funk/Jazz/Various. Free.
Tuesday 09
Arnold’s Bar and Grill – Casey Campbell. 7 p.m. Roots/Blues. Free.
Blind Lemon – Nick Tuttle. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
BrewRiver GastroPub – John Ford. 6:30 p.m. Blues/Roots. Free.
The Comet – Super Oragami. 10 p.m. Experimental/Electronic/Funk/R&B/Various. Free.
Jag’s Steak and Seafood – Zack Shelly and Chon Buckley. 6 p.m. Piano/Vocals. Free.
Lane Public Library, Hamilton Branch – Ricky Nye. Noon. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
MOTR Pub – Writer’s Night. 10 p.m. Open mic/Various. Free.
*Northside Yacht Club – Drug Church, Donovan Wolfington, Current Events and Flesh Mother. 8 p.m. Alt/Rock/Various. $8, $10 day of show.
*Riverbend Music Center – Gwen Stefani with EVE. 7 p.m. Pop/Various. $29.95-$149.95.
Stanley’s Pub – Trashgrass Night with members of Rumpke Mountain Boys. 9 p.m. Jamgrass/Bluegrass/Jamgrass/Various. Cover.
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This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 3, 2016.
