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Written by Dante Dominick
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Headliners are listed first, opening bands last. Times listed are when the opening band starts. Austin.com strives to be accurate in times and cover charges, but don’t sue us if we’re a couple bucks off.
Artz Rib House
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell & The Banned
7:30 / No Cover / All Ages
Americana, Folk
Sarah performs songs of sadness and despair along with songs of hope and beauty in a deceptively simple way that makes it easy to think she's singing just to you.
B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub
Eric Heard Showcase
7:00 / No Cover
Pop, Singer Songwriter
Heard leads the revolving lineup of up-and-coming songwriters playing in the style of U2 Unplugged.
Cactus Café
Open Stage w/ Graham Weber, Dan Grissom
7:30 / All Ages
Continental Club (happy hour)
Olivier Giraud’s Continental Graffiti
6:30 / No Cover
Gypsy Jazz
Django-style hot jazz guitar.
Continental Club
Dale Watson & His Lonestars
10:00 / $5
Country
Watson is the rare, pure country gem that crosses over to mainstream popularity without watering down the country even the slightest bit.
Continental Club Gallery
Crybear
10:00 / No Cover
Cork & Co.
Open Mic w/ Rocking G
7:00 / No Cover
Dolce Vita Gelato
Brian Hudson
8:00
Donn’s Depot
Chris Gage
9:00 / No Cover
Americana, Folk
Gage mans the grand piano every Monday at the venerable train station turned bar (one of the best bars in America according to Esquire magazine).
Eddie V’s Edgewater Grille
Kris Kimura Quartet
7:00 / No Cover
Jazz
Classic show-jazz quartet with phenomenal musicianship and arrangement at the upscale restaurant’s lounge. Kimura’s vocals are Connick-ish and he fills most solos on saxes, clarinet and flute.
Elephant Room (happy hour)
Austin Jazz Band
6:00 / No Cover
Big Band
Twenty members with a love for contemporary big band jazz.
Elephant Room
Michael Mordecai’s Jazz Jam
9:30 / No Cover
Jazz
Non-stop jazz prowess as Austin’s who’s who joins the weekly jam session.
Evangeline Café
Charles Thibodeaux
6:30 / No Cover / All Ages
Cajun
Authentic Cajun and bayou 2-step at the restaurant that just happens to whip up one of the best gumbos in town. Thibodeaux and the Austin Cajun Aces are here just about every Monday.
Flipnotics Coffeespace
Milkdrive
10:00 / All Ages
Flipnotics Triangle
T. Jarrod Bonta
8:00 / No Cover
Country, Western Swing, Jazz
Every Monday at the Triangle, usually fronting his trio. Bonta has played keys on a number of Texas artists’ recordings, including Wayne Hancock, Johnny Bush and Shaun Young.
Güero’s Taco Bar
Trio Indio
6:30 / No Cover
Mexican
Traditional trio of nylon-stringed Mexican countryside music.
Hole in the Wall
Dollar Dan & The Change, The Bread, Missy Beth & The Morning After
9:00 / No Cover
Indie
The Bread, far from stale, offer a new generation’s take on ‘90s Seattle grunge.
Lucky Lounge
The Spoiled, Haydn Vitera
9:00 / No Cover
Haydn Vitera, former fiddle player for Asleep at the Wheel, has gone gritty rockstar on the scene with electric violin and the standard six-string axe.
Mean-Eyed Cat
The Defibulators
7:00
Mohawk
Dexter Romweber Duo, Kid Congo Power & The Pink Monkey Birds, Aaron Blount
9:00 / All Ages
Jungle street rock from Kid Congo, guitarist for Gun Club, Nick Cave, The Cramps, and Knoxville Girl among others.
Momo’s (early)
Freedy Johnston, Kacy Crowley
7:00 / $5
Roots, Rock
NYC’s Freedy Johnston has made a new home of Austin; he has escaped mainstream notoriety while earning praise from critics and peers with songs of alienation and isolation. Folksy songwriter Kacy Crowley continues with her fresh, adventurous pop since refusing to cave into Atlantic Records and going independent several years ago.
Momo’s (later)
Mike Moran, Bukka Allen
10:30 / $5
Americana
Bukka Allen jockeys between piano and accordion to create his sonic roots sound.
Mozart’s Coffee Roasters
John Wilson & Joley Flowers
7:30 / No Cover
Acoustic, Christian
Elegant guitar work and songs of worship and life.
Mugshots
Open Mic w/ Acoustic Odyssey
8:00
Nuno’s on Sixth
Franklin’s Blues
No Cover
Blues
Red Fez
DJ Komson
10:00 / No Cover
Turntables
Room 710
Heart & Soul Sound System
8:00 / No Cover
Reggae, New Wave, Punk
Umbrella name for a group of DJs and musicians creating new and original music for the masses.
Sam’s Town Point
Breck’s Stormy Open Blues Jam
8:30 / No Cover
Blues
Open blues jam, so if you got your 12-bar down, sit in with the band why don’t ya. Players get their red beans and rice for free.
Saxon Pub (early)
Bob Schneider’s Lonelyland, Matt the Electrician
7:00 / $5-$10
Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Schneider’s musical explorations continue to evolve, but many Bob-heads hold the Lonelyland era as the gilded age. Innovative singer/songwriter Matt the Electrician ($5) kicks off the night in a more subdued, but lyrically ethereal way.
Saxon Pub (later)
Stonehoney, Jeff Plankenhorn
11:00 / $5
Roots Rock
Multi-instrumentalist Jeff Plankenhorn (Plank for short) is often seen as the sideman: guitarist for Bob Schneider for example. Fronting he brings a soulful side to bluesy roots rock..
Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub
Brent Wood
Speakeasy
Jonathan Terrell
9:30 / No Cover
Americana, Acoustic
Terrell brings an extended list of soulful originals and an impressive list of counter-culture covers.
Stubb’s
Cooper’s Uncle
6:30
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