Monday 5

4:00       Blind Squirrel
David Shaw (Some dude who is in another band that isn’t bothering to make an appearance, free, 21+)

7:00       Spinelli’s
heartattack, Starts Don’t Mean Anything, Dear Judas, Hatesick (Hardcore, $10, all ages)

7:00       Rosetta Chapel
Fart Armor, Bimbo and Soundtroller (Weird and charming, $5, all ages)

8:00       Magbar
Magbar Metal Monday presents Petrighul and Sand Sage (Metal, Free, 21+)


Tuesday 6

      NOTHING OF NOTE APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TODAY


Wednesday 7

6:30       The Louisville Palace
Daniel in the Lion’s Den and Queen Esther (Jesusy, $42+, all ages)

6:30       Spinelli’s
Silencd (I think????) Self Interest, What Counts, Who Laughs Last and Takeaway (Core, $10, all ages)

7:00       Rosetta Chapel
Smiling, Red Tape Friends, St4rlight and Caboose (Indie, $10, all ages)

7:00       Smyrna Inn
Romy Justice and James Band (Normal, free, 21+)

7:00       The Burl (Lexington)
Love Aint For the Faint of Heart tour presents Laci Kaye Booth (Country, unknown price, possibly all ages)

7:00       Al’s Bar (Lexington)
Hungry Dogs Album Release Party presents Alexander Neeley, Randon Neeley and Taylor Lansdale June (Normal, unknown price, 21+)

7:00       Zanzabar
The Very American Tour presents The Fresh Bears, Isaac Hallal and Henry Sabie (Alt, $15/$19, 18+)

7:30       Mercury Ballroom
Storm the Gates of Hell 20th Anniversary Tour presents Demon Hunter, Wolves at the Gates and Bloodlines (Metal, $37, all ages)

8:00       Green Lantern (Lexington)
Leather Lung and A Void Thinking (Doom/Stoner, $10, 21+)


Thursday 8

6:00       Woodbine Chamber
Ohio Valley Dungeon Synth presents Jenntaiga, Bad Milk Dirty Peaches and Mountain Dew (Gonna go out on a limb here and call this one dungeon synth, $10, all ages)

7:00       The Monarch
Nicky Diamonds and Zeno Jones (Normal, $22/$25, probably all ages)

7:00       The Dog Haus Biergarten (New Albany)
Weinerfest 3 presents Funksway, Meow, Eclectric, The Hidden Colors, For clarity and Cody Jacob Cooper (Various, Free, 21+)

7:00       The Burl (Lexington)
Hog Reveal with Jarley Yung and Unky Bones (Some music in Lexington, $15/$20, all ages)

7:00       J-Town Ampitheater
The Juice Box Heroes (Covers, Free, all ages)

7:00       Zanzabar
The Brokes with unknown supporting act (Strokes tribute band, $15/$18, 18+)

7:30       Headliner’s
Julia Cole and Jordana Bryant (Country presumably, $27 +, all ages)

8:00       The Fishtank (Lexington)
Mystic Squid, Molly’s Midnight Villains and Cody Hiatt (Indie, $10, presumably all ages)

8:00       Al’s Bar (Lexington)
Crystal Spiders, Mean Green, Vibrolas and Narcan Barbie (Doom/Stoner and punk, price not listed, 21+)
Friday 9

3:00       The Enchanted Forest (New Albany)
The Dudes (Normal, free, 21+)

7:00       Magbar
EP Release show for Conniption, with We Sell Houses, Kasualty, Headtrip and Killusonline (Hardcore and or, $10, all ages)

7:00       Maybe It’s Fate
Music in the Attic presents JG Shadid (Individualist, $10 suggested donation, all ages)

7:00       Rosetta Chapel
Alysia Josephine, Milennis Dominic and KJ Olsen (Jangly!!!, $10-$10 suggested donation, all ages)

7:00       The Dive Bar on Frankfort
Jake Stack, Don’t Call Me Lady and Trenton Walls (Punk adjacent, unknown price, 21+)

7:00       B-Side
The Other Side of Life presents Aaron Dillway and Ed Sunsopt (Experimental noisy beeps, $15/$20, all ages)

7:00       Smyrna Inn
Leather and Lace (Acoustic, free, 21+)

7:00       The Dog Haus Biergarten (New Albany)
Weinerfest 3 presents Jay Williams, Optics and Design, Brian Bacon, Trenton Walls, Abe Roque and Kendra Villager (Various, Free, 21+)

7:00       Joe’s Older than Dirt
JD Shelburne (Normal, Free, 21+)

7:00       Zanzabar
Squirrel Flower, Dari Bay and Grace Rogers (Alt/Indie, $18/$23, 18+)

8:00       Headliner’s
Whitney and Oscar Lindsey (Indie, $40 +, all ages)

8:00       Mellwood Tavern
Tom and Tyrone (Normal, free, 21+)

8:00       Planet of the Tapes
Nervous Verbs and Daniel Martin Moore (Acoustic, $10, 21+)

8:00       The Enchanted Forest (New Albany)
The Dirty Hand (Covers, free, 21+)

8:00       Mercury Ballroom
Giovannie & the Hired Guns with Austin Meade (Alt? $25+, all ages)

9:00       Fox Den Billiards
The Swerve (Normal, free, 21+)


Saturday 10

ADL       The Merriweather
Deady, Modiste, Shitfire, Hot Patootie, Bad Wires, Dutch Light, Skintone and Cadaillac Young (Mixed but leans towards harder, free, all ages)

ADL       Huston Quin Park
Ramen Fest 2026 presents Gago Gago, Smiling, Prophecies Foretold, Fairy Eater, Symptoms of Being an Angel, Altran Con Roenn and Vomit Spit (Mixed, Free, all ages)

2:00       Smyrna Inn
Tenth Annual Sock Benefit presents Romy Justice and James Band, Big Cuz Band, Johnny Doughnut, Hundred Proof Mojo and Your Friend in Time (Normal music for people to sit in a bar and have vague conversations about how they are disappointed that their kids don’t visit more often, free, 21+)

2:00       1497 Bethany Road (Nicholasville)
F-alt Festival presents Son & Moon, Dead Girl Walking, Girlsmell, Toadivine, Kudzu Mountain, Flndr and Optics & Design (Gonna call this alt, $10, all ages)

7:00       Magbar
Burning Brain Band, Vibrolas and Blind Scryer (Punkish for the most part, $10, 21+)

7:00       Whirling Tiger
Drama 2026 Tour presents Nicole Atkins with Ziona Riley (Singer Songwritercore, $22/$25, all ages)

7:00       The Dog Haus Biergarten (New Albany)
Weinerfest 3 presents Normac, Catty Wampus, Benjee Howard, HIRT and Coda Canyon (Various, Free, 21+)

7:00       Joe’s Older than Dirt
Van Waylon (Normal, Free, 21+)

7:00       Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Coloring Book 10 Year Anniversary Tour presents Chance the Rapper with La Reezy (Hip Hop, $71, unknown if this is all ages or not)

7:30       Rosetta Chapel
Mommy’s Cigarettes, The Shunting and Criminal Record (Punk, $10 suggested donation, all ages)

7:00       Zanzabar
I Don’t Kiss and Tell, I Kiss Tour presents Elizabeth Nichols and Soren Anderson (Country adjacent, $15/$19, 18+)

7:30       Mercury Ballroom
Bayside, Driveways and Grave Secrets (Alt, $40+, all ages)

8:00       Green Lantern (Lexington)
Tombstalker, Protrusion, Purulency and Sinistrum (METAL AS FUCK, $15, 21+)

8:00       Headliner’s
Suzie Toot, Kori King and Lydia B Kollins (Drag, $46+, 21+)

8:00       The Louisville Palace
The Temptations with the Four Tops (Old pop, $54+, all ages)

9:00       TK’s Pub
Lampus (Normal, free, 21+)

9:00       Fox Den Billiards
Honky Tonk Rewind (Country, free, 21+)


Sunday 11

ADL       Huston Quin Park
Ramen Fest 2026 presents Oneiro, Turnpike, Kat Lyons and Friends, Agents Incorporated, Why Doms, Splice and Pissed On (Mixed, Free, all ages)

4:00       Planet of the Tapes
Lyons Lane (Alt, $25/$20, 21+)

5:00       Mellwood Tavern
The Allmanacs (Normal, $10, 21+)

5:30       Third Turn
Leftover Dough and Lampus (Normal, free, all ages)

6:00       Hop Atomica
Harmonic Dysfunction (Normal, free, 21+)

7:00       Al’s Bar (Lexington)
The Burning Brain Band, Melondome, Tiny Tiny and A Void Thinking (Rock, $10, 21+)

7:00       Zanzabar
The Toxhards with unknown supporting act (Alt, $15/$19, 18+)

7:00       Magbar
Stop.Drop.Rewind, Midday Mayday and Charmers (Flavors of punk dance through their heads, $12, all ages)

7:00       Portal
Fairy Eater, Mike Bandana, Hungu and sloan.xm (sludgy stonery doom, $15, all ages)

8:30       Mellwood Tavern
The Pranksters (Normal, free, 21+)