WEDNESDAY 21
20TH CENTURY THEATER–Sixth Annual Benefit for the Oakley Food Pantry featuring Noah Smith. 8 p.m. Country. $10, $15 day of show (bring canned goods).
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–The Tillers. 9 p.m. Folk. Free.
BOGART’S–Grunge Fest with Lift The Medium, STP2, Hollow and Seven Circle Sunrise. 7 p.m. Rock/Grunge. $15.
CAFFÈ VIVACE–Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz.
KNOTTY PINE–90 Proof Twang. 10 p.m. Country/Rock. Cover.
THE LISTING LOON–Ricky Nye. 8:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
MANSION HILL TAVERN–Chuck Brisbin & the Tuna Project. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.
MOTR PUB–Ernie Johnson From Detroit. 10 p.m. Funk/AfroBeat/Various. Free.
MVP BAR & GRILLE–Prizoner. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN–Shiny Old Soul. 9 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. Free.
OCTAVE–Brother Smith. 9 p.m. Funk/Rock/Roots/Country/Various. $5.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE–Missy Werner Band. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
SILVERTON CAFE–Slick Willy and the Kentucky Jellies. 8:30 p.m. Country/Rockabilly/Various.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Get Stuffed on Music with Ruby Boots, Justin Wells, Joe’s Truck Stop, Slippery Creek, Calumet, Lost Coast, Wilder, Sami Riggs, Ben Knight & The Well Diggers, Veronica Grim, Los Honchos, Of The Dell, The Grove, Marjorie Lee, Ohio Valley Salvage, Adam Flaig, The Newbees and Queen City Silver Stars. 8 p.m. Americana/Rock/Various. $12, $15 day of show.
STANLEY’S PUB–Restless Leg String Band. 10 p.m. Bluegrass. Cover.
TOP CATS–Thanksgiving Eve with See You In The Funnies, Sundae Drives, Camper Clark and The Traveling Jam. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. $5.
URBAN ARTIFACT–Fairmount Girls with Static Falls and The Quiet Lives. 8 p.m. Indie Rock/Pop. Free.
WOODWARD THEATER–Dance Yrself Clean. 8 p.m. LCD Soundsystem tribute. Cover.
FRIDAY 23
BOGART’S–Aminé with Kayo Genesis. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $25.
LUDLOW GARAGE–Anna Stine with Andrea Summer. 8:30 p.m. Singer/Songwriter. $15, $20 day of show.
MADISON THEATER–G. Herbo with Southside and Queen Key. 7:30 p.m. Hip Hop. $15.
MEMORIAL HALL–Here Comes the Sun: A Beatles Tribute featuring The Newbees with The Bee-Strings and The Horn-Its. 8 p.m. Beatles tribute. $35-$45.
MOTR PUB–JSPH with CRUNR. 10 p.m. R&B/Pop/Alt/Various. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN–Disaster Class, Sleepcrawler and Dinge. 9 p.m. Rock/Indie/Various. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Funksgiving with Freekbass & The Bump Assembly featuring Sammi Garett. 8 p.m. Funk. $12, $15 day of show.
WOODWARD THEATER–Psychodots (final show) with Bam Powell. 8 p.m. Pop Rock. $20, $22 day of show.
SATURDAY 24
ARONOFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS–98 Degrees at Christmas. 8 p.m. Christmas Pop. $39.50-$79.50
CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN TAP ROOM–Brews, Blues & BBQ with Sonny Moorman, Jamie Carr, and Brian Tarter. 5 p.m. Blues. Free.
MADISON LIVE–Feral Friends, Kenwood Avenue, Dark Harbor and Felt. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. $8, $10 day of show.
MADISON THEATER–Third Annual Homegrown Concert with Tyler Moore Band, Derek Alan Band, East of Austin, Haggard County and Southern Charm. 7:45 p.m. Country. $10, $12 day of show.
MOTR PUB–The Harlequins with The Venus Flytraps. 10 p.m. Rock/Psych/Garage/Various. Free.
OCTAVE–Cycles and Dizgo. 9 p.m. Rock/Electronic/Funk/Jam/Various. $8, $10 day of show.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE–Hickory Robot. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass/Americana. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with Matt Woods. 9 p.m. Roots/Folk/Americana. $20, $22 day of show.
STANLEY’S PUB–Maria Carrelli with Honey & Houston. 10 p.m. Americana/Folk/Bluegrass. Cover.
URBAN ARTIFACT–Go Go Buffalo, Zoo Trippin’, Dracula Wolf and Fycus. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
WOODWARD THEATER–This Pine Box (album release show). 9 p.m. Indie/Rock/Roots. $10, $12 day of show.
SUNDAY 25
THE MAD FROG–Sunday Matinee with Life In Idle, Something Else, Fast Eddy, Samson, Nope and Stonefish. 6:30 p.m. Rock/Various. Cover.
MEMORIAL HALL–2018 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards with Over the Rhine, Freekbass, Lung, Ampline, PHYSCO, Triiibe, Knotts and more. 6 p.m. Rock/Folk/Pop/Funk/Alt/Indie/Hip Hop/Soul/Various. $20, $25 day of show.
MOTR PUB–The Ophelias with C.J. Boyd. 8 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.
TUESDAY 27
THE COMET–Audley with Blossom Hall, Triiibe, Ronin, Devin Burgess, SmokeFace and Xzela. 9 p.m. Hip Hop/Rock/Alt/Funk/Soul/Various. Free.
SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–Ed Moss’s Society Jazz Orchestra. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
STANLEY’S PUB–Trashgrass Tuesday with The Trashgrass Troubadours and Trevor Clark Trio. 8 p.m. Bluegrass/Jam. Cover.
WOODWARD THEATER–Word of Mouth Cincinnati: Aralee Strange Book Release featuring Ruby Vileos. 7 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.
This article appears in Nov 21-28, 2018.