This Week Rocks October 19th-25th

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Monday
10/19 – Jumpcuts @ Mag Bar
10/19 – Jazz Night with Don Krekel Orchestra @ Laughing Derby

Tuesday
10/20 – Mipso @ Zanzabar
10/20 – The Lucky Dutch @ New Vintage

Wednesday
10/21 – Daphne Lee Martin @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar
10/21 – Ed Kowalczyk (of Live) @ Bomhard Theater
10/21 – Reformed Whores @ Laughing Derby
10/21 – Dave Liebman @ Clifton Center

Thursday
10/22 – Pimps of Joytime @ Headliners
10/22 – Tom Simmons @ Laughing Derby
10/22 – The Same Game @ The Bard’s Town
10/22 – The Bard’s Town Theater presents:  Crooked @ The Bard’s Town
10/22 – Bo Reardon @ New Vintage (early show)
10/22 – D.L. Marble (late show)

Friday
10/23 – Andy Mineo @ Mercury Ballroom
10/23 – The League of Ordinary Gentlemen @ Gallery K
10/23 – Tom Simmons @ Laughing Derby
10/23 – Randall Bramblett Band @ Headliners
10/23 – Howell Dawdy @ Zanzabar
10/23 – The Bard’s Town Theater presents:  Crooked @ The Bard’s Town
10/23 – Louisville Improvisors @ The Bard’s Town

Saturday
10/24 – Mac Miller @ Mercury Ballroom
10/24 – Maiden Radio @ Highlands Community Campus
10/24 – Third Eye Blind @ Brown Theater
10/24 – Tom Simmons @ Laughing Derby
10/24 – Family Dog @ Zanzabar
10/24 – The Bard’s Town Theater presents:  Crooked @ The Bard’s Town
10/24 – Improv Anonymous @ The Bard’s Town
10/24 – Project Improv @ The Bard’s Town
10/24 – Big Quiet @ New Vintage

Sunday
10/25 – Cold Fronts @ Zanzabar
10/25 – The Lone Bellow @ Mercury Ballroom
10/25 – Mushroomhead @ Diamonds (Highlands)
10/25 – Jacob Williams @ Laughing Derby
10/25 – The Tightest Kids You Know Denver Comedy Fall Tour 2015 @ Gallery K
10/25 – David Sedaris @ Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
10/25 – The Bard’s Town Theater presents:  Crooked @ The Bard’s Town

10 Best & Worst Effing Bars in Louisville

Top 10 Best Bars in Louisville

The Back Door bar.

01.  The Back Door – The Back Door Pour.  Enough said.

02.  Brownie’s The Shed – What it lacks in ambiance it more than makes up for in great prices, awesome staff, and a chill crowd.

03.  Sergio’s World Beers – It’s the best hidden gem in the city, if you don’t already know where it is then you probably have no business being there anyway.

04.  Four Pegs – Great beer selection, great food, great patio…what more is there to love?

05.  Amy Z’s – 2 for $1 Jell-o shots all the time…why aren’t you already there?  Not to mention the fact that at some point in your life you should probably meet Amy, she is a one of a kind bundle of awesome.

06.  Zanzabar – One of the best live music venues in the city and they don’t gouge you on drink prices, not to mention they have pinball machines and retro video games.

07.  Fern & Moody’s – It’s all in their slogan:  “Smoke crack, worship Satan, and fuck midgets.”

Gerstle’s on a weekend night in St. Matthew’s.

08.  Gerstle’s – Killer patio and great live music.  The Merry Pranksters, anyone?

09.  Hill Top Tavern – Great signature cocktails, laid back atmosphere, and The Walking Dead parties.

10.  Silver Dollar – Bourbon.  Lots and lots of bourbon.  Bourbon on top of bourbon.  In addition to bourbon they serve Chicken & Waffles.

The 10 Worst Effing Bars in Louisville

01.  4th Street Live – All of it.  The whole damn place.  The people that hang-out there are the stuff that nightmares are made of, and everything in the place is gross and sticky like some back alley porn shop.

02.  Tin Roof – It’s an overpriced east end version of 4th Street Live.

03.  Baxter’s – It’s an overpriced Highlands version of 4th Street Live.

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04.  Cahoots – Read a newspaper.

05.  Mr. G’s – In theory it should work, but the layout with an excessively large bar in the center of the room makes the place frustrating to navigate when there is any kind of a crowd.  In addition, their shady past with drugs and violence…ugh.

06.  R Place – Shootings and stabbings and fights, oh my!

07.  Hideaway – Their covers are always too high, their bands are too loud for the small room, takes forever to get service, and their bartenders smell like patchouli.

08.  Patrick O’Shea’s (Downtown) – On the weekends it’s not sure if it wants to be a restaurant, Irish pub, or night club.

09.  Drake’s – They are trying to be a hipster, sushi serving hotspot and Hooters, both at the same time.

10.  The Highland Taproom – Ok, there’s really nothing wrong with The Highland Taproom; it’s just that the old Highland Taproom was so damn great the new one pales in comparison.