Live Music in Greater Cincinnati: This Week's Concerts and Club Shows (March 27-April 2)

Besides several sold-out shows, music options this week include Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Huntertones, Mdou Moctar and Best of Cincinnati Reader Pick winner for "Best Local Musician" Jess Lamb with her "Best Local Band (Originals)," The Factory

Mar 27, 2019 at 3:11 pm

Jess Lamb and her band The Factory play a free show Friday at Arnold's - Photo: Annette Navarro
Photo: Annette Navarro
Jess Lamb and her band The Factory play a free show Friday at Arnold's

WEDNESDAY 27

ARNOLD'S BAR AND GRILL - Todd Hepburn. 7 p.m. Piano/Various. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Jonathan Spaulding. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10.

* THE GREENWICH - Down Home Collective. 8 p.m. Jazz. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Pat Kelly Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - Dallas Moore and Lucky Chucky. 10 p.m. Country. Free.

THE MAD FROG - Hip Hop Open Mic. 9 p.m. Hip Hop

MADISON THEATER - Tyler Childers. 8 p.m. Folk/Country. Sold Out.

MOTR PUB - Speaking Suns. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Black Mountain Throwdown. 9:30 p.m. Folk/Rock/Roots/Various. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Ky Myle with Jamie Carr. 9 p.m. Roots. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB - Maritime Law & Friends. 9 p.m. Acoustic/Jam. Free.

VINKOLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT - Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

THURSDAY 28

ARNOLD'S BAR AND GRILL - Philip Paul Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Kyle English. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Angie Coyle Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Jazz

COMMON ROOTS - Open Mic. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

THE GREENWICH - Now Hear This. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $5.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - James E. Smith Quartet. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.

* LUDLOW GARAGE - Jazz Phish. 8:30 p.m. Jazz/Jam. $15-$35.

MADISON THEATER - Tyler Childers. 8 p.m. Folk/Country. Sold Out.

MOLLY MALONE’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT - Missy Werner Band. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

MOTR PUB - Noah Smith's Crooner Circus. 10 p.m. Singer/Songwriter/Various. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Open Mic. 7 p.m. Various. Free.

* STANLEY’S PUB - Flexadecibel with Extansion. 10 p.m. Funk. Cover.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Life Brother and Mynah Tones. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. 

FRIDAY 29

* ARNOLD'S BAR AND GRILL - Jess Lamb + The Factory. 8 p.m. Alt/Rock/Soul/Pop/Various. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Brad Lark. 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

* BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Greater Cincinnati Band Challenge with Closer To Clarity, David Franke, Lucid Wasteland, Michelle Robinson Band, Missing November, New Van Goghs, The Fine Line and The Magnums. 7 p.m. Rock/Various. $10.

BOGART'S - Mello Mood 3-Year Anniversary. 9 p.m. Dance/R&B. $20-$40.

* BROMWELL'S HÄRTH LOUNGE - Hank Mautner and Bill Gemmer with The Steve Schmidt Trio: Tribute To Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

click to enlarge Mad Anthony returns from hiatus to play Friday night's Phratry Records documentary premiere at Southgate House Revival - Photo: Jesse Fox
Photo: Jesse Fox
Mad Anthony returns from hiatus to play Friday night's Phratry Records documentary premiere at Southgate House Revival

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Josh Kline Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

* COMMON ROOTS - Moriah Haven. 8 p.m. Roots. $5.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Yacht Rock America. 8 p.m. Soft Rock. Free.

THE GREENWICH - Sonny Moorman's "Final Friday Blues". 8 p.m. Blues. $5.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Northside Jazz Ensemble. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

JAG'S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - The Whammies. 9:30 p.m. ’80s Pop/Rock. $5.

JIM AND JACK'S ON THE RIVER - Stagger Lee. 9 p.m. Country. Free.

KJ'S PUB - Saving Stimpy. 9:30 p.m. Rock. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - The Amy Sailor Band. 10 p.m. Country. Cover.

LUDLOW GARAGE - Kenny Lattimore. 8:30 p.m. R&B. $40-$75.

MANSION HILL TAVERN - Doug Hart Band. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

MARTY'S HOPS & VINES - Rockin' George LaVigne. 9 p.m. Acoustic Rock. Free.

* MOTR PUB - This Pine Box with Josyln & the Sweet Compression. 10 p.m. AltRock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Sweet Lil, Strobobean, Soften, Grotesque Brooms and Heaven’s Gateway Drugs. 9 p.m. Alt/Indie/Rock/Various. Free.

* NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Safe and Sound with Foreign Hands, Treason and Guts. 8 p.m. Hardcore. $8, $10 day of show.

PARKERS BLUE ASH TAVERN - Encore Duo. 6 p.m. Acoustic Classic Rock. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Ronnie Vaughn and Co. 7:30 p.m. Rock. Free.

THE REDMOOR - Motown LIVE. 8 p.m. Pop/R&B. $15.

* REVEL OTR URBAN WINERY - No Cool Kids Allowed featuring Joness, Bla’sze and more. 9 p.m. Hip Hop. Free.

RICK'S TAVERN - Don't Tell Steve. 10 p.m. Pop/Rock. Cover.

SCHWARTZ'S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB - Marcelo Silviera Trio. 8:30 p.m. Brazilian Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Ricky Nye & Rob Lumbard. 9 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Will Payne Harrison, Warrick & Lowell and The Rayo Brothers. 9 p.m. Roots/Americana. $8, $10 day of show.

* SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Phratry Records Documentary Premiere and Showcase featuring Ampline, The Full Counts, Mad Anthony, Maple Stave, Nonagon and Sleepcrawler. 8 p.m. Indie Rock/Post Punk/Various. $5, $10 day of show.

* STANLEY’S PUB - See You in the Funnies with The Vims and The Midwestern. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.

* THOMPSON HOUSE - Goatwhore. 8 p.m. Metal. $15.

TOP CATS - Smoke & Mirrors, Carian, Smoke Healer and Black Tractor. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover.

* URBAN ARTIFACT - The Bees Trees, Honey Monsoon, Resonator and Fycus. 9 p.m. Rock/Funk/Jazz/Soul/Various. $5.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Myers, Sharfe, Hoskins, Bratton. 9 p.m. Jzz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

WEST SIDE BREWING - The Pandora Project. 7 p.m. Rock

SATURDAY 30

ARNOLD'S BAR AND GRILL - Moonshine Drive. 8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

THE AVENUE EVENT CENTER - Lil Zay Osama. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. $25.

BELTERRA CASINO RESORT - The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute to The Beatles. 10 p.m. Beatles tribute band. $15- $30

click to enlarge Jazz crew Huntertones play Ludlow Garage Saturday - Photo: huntertones.com
Photo: huntertones.com
Jazz crew Huntertones play Ludlow Garage Saturday

BLIND LEMON - Mark Macomber (9 p.m.); Kiersten Wones (6 p.m.). 6 p.m. Acoustic

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Wrecking Crue, Defenders Of The Faith and Hands Of Doom. 7 p.m. Motley Crue/Judas Priest/Black Sabbath tributes. $10.

* BOGART'S - Black Stone Cherry and Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown. 7:30 p.m. Rock. $22.

BROMWELL'S HÄRTH LOUNGE - John Zappa with The Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Mike Wade Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

COMMON ROOTS - Christine Schnetzer and Robin Trout. 8 p.m. Various. $5.

* FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Ernie Johnson From Detroit. 8 p.m. Funk/Afrobeat/Various. Free.

* THE GREENWICH - The Spear Shakers. 9 p.m. Blues/Rock. $10.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - FrenchAxe. 9 p.m. World/Jazz/Canjun. Free.

JAG'S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - Airwave Band. 9 p.m. R&B/Pop/Dance. $5.

JIM AND JACK'S ON THE RIVER - Rodney Alan Combs. 9 p.m. Country. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - Naked Karate Girls. 10 p.m. Pop/Rock/Dance. Cover.

* LUDLOW GARAGE - Huntertones. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $12-$15.

MACADU'S - Basic Truth. 9 p.m. R&B/Soul/Funk. Free.

MANSION HILL TAVERN - Black Jack. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

MARTY'S HOPS & VINES - The Aftertones. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

* MOTR PUB - Wine Lips with Stallone 'N Roses and The Hell's Bells. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.

* NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Soraia, Build Us Fiction and Marr. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

PARKERS BLUE ASH TAVERN - Encore Duo. 6 p.m. Acoustic Classic Rock. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Fox N Hounds. 7:30 p.m. Roots. Free.

* THE REDMOOR - Jim Heil & The Doors of Retrovention with The Pink Doors. 8 p.m. Doors/Pink Floyd tribute. $7, $12 day of show.

REDWINE & CO. - Ricky Nye and Rob Lumbard. 8 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

RICK'S TAVERN - Wayward Son. 10 p.m. Rock. $5.

RISING STAR CASINO AND RESORT - Clint Black. 8 p.m. Country. Sold Out.

SCHWARTZ'S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB - Pat Kelly Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Brian Dolzani, Matt Woods and Bonehart Flannigan. 9:30 p.m. Singer/Songwriter. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Taste of The Beard 2019 with Possessed by Paul James, Lost Dog Street Band, Willy Tea Taylor and Chris Rodrigues & Abby the Spoon Lady. 7 p.m. Americana. Sold Out.

STANLEY’S PUB - The Stolen Faces. 10 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. Cover.

* TOP CATS - Rosewood Coast (album release show). 7 p.m. Pop Rock. Cover.

* URBAN ARTIFACT - Triiibe, Eugenius and IN2ITIV3. 10 p.m. Hip Hop/Soul. Free.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Scott Wojahn. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

* WOODWARD THEATER - A Delicate Motor (EP release show) with Turtledoves and Brooklynn Rae. 9 p.m. Indie/Various. $8, $10 day of show.

SUNDAY 31

AMERICAN CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CLUB - The Casuals. 3 p.m. Polka. $14.

BLIND LEMON - Jeff Henry. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

click to enlarge Innovative Saharan rocker Mdou Moctar plays Southgate House Revival Monday - Photo: Jerome Fino
Photo: Jerome Fino
Innovative Saharan rocker Mdou Moctar plays Southgate House Revival Monday

THE COMET - The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - Randy Peak. 10 p.m. Acoustic/Various. Free.

LATITUDES BAR & BISTRO - BlueBirds. 8 p.m. Rock/R&B. Free.

MANSION HILL TAVERN - Open Jam with Deb Ohlinger. 6 p.m. Blues

MOTR PUB - Mission Man with Juice Lee. 8 p.m. Rap. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Dusty Bryant. 8 p.m. Singer/Songwriter. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Daikaiju. 9 p.m. Surf/Various

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Greg Short and Friends. noon Singer/Songwriter. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Joshua Ray Walker. 7 p.m. Country. $10, $12 day of show.

* SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Kim Richey with Jordie Lane. 7 p.m. Country. $20, $22 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB - Open Jam. 9 p.m. Improv/Various. Free.

TAFT THEATRE - Bon Iver. 8 p.m. Indie/Folk/Various. Sold Out.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Dead Humor, Stratoscope and Blueprint. 8 p.m. Rock/Various

WESTSIDE VENUE - Blues Jam with Jimmy D. Rodgers and Lil Al Thomas. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.

MONDAY 01

BLIND LEMON - Ben Armstrong. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Monday Night Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Jazz

THE GREENWICH - The Flying Circus Big Band. 8 p.m. Jazz/Various. $5 or two canned goods

KNOTTY PINE - Open Mic. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

click to enlarge Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn play Memorial Hall on Tuesday
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn play Memorial Hall on Tuesday

MANSION HILL TAVERN - Open Acoustic Jam with John Redell & Friends. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

MCCAULY'S PUB - Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/Various. Free.

MOLLY MALONE’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT - Open Bluegrass Jam. 8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - The Qtet. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Funk/Jazz/Fusion. Free.

* SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Mdou Moctar with Guerilla Toss. 8 p.m. Electronic/World/Folk. $15.

STANLEY’S PUB - Jazz Jam. 9 p.m. Jazz/Improv. Free.

TUESDAY 02

ARNOLD'S BAR AND GRILL - John Redell. 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 - Lynne Scott, Lee Stolar & Lou Lausche. 7:30 p.m. Jazz

* CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL - Music Live@Lunch with Todd Hepburn. 12:10 p.m. Jazz/Ragtime/Americana. Free.

CROW'S NEST - Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

LATITUDES BAR & BISTRO - Latitudes House Band and Open Mic. 8 p.m. Various (open mic at 11 p.m.). Free.

THE MAD FROG - House Music. 9 p.m. EDM. Free.

* MEMORIAL HALL - Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn. 6:30 p.m. Progressive/Roots/Jazz/Various. $35-$65

* NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Sen Morimoto with FLOCKS and Kawa. 9:30 p.m. Progressive/Jazz/Pop/Hip Hop/Electronic. Free.

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