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. Tonight's recommendations are marked with our pick.
Artz Rib House
Texas Old Time Fiddlers Jam
7:30 / No Cover / All Ages
Old Time Fiddle
B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub
Suzanne Smith
7:30 / No Cover
Singer-Songwriter
Soothing voice to start the night on 6th off on the mellower side.
Broken Spoke
Hardcore Country w/Alvin Crow, James M. White
8:00
Country
We believe the name gives it away; so come get your fill of fiddle and honky tonk at the venerable dance hall.
Cactus Café
Tom Pacheco
8:30 / All Ages
Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Continental Club (happy hour)
Planet Casper
6:30 / $5
Roots Rock
Longtime Toni Price guitarist Casper Rawls (longtime as in 11 years) filled the slot when his former boss skidaddled outta town.
Continental Club
Tortilla Flats, The Waymores
10:00 / $6
Continental Club Gallery
Ephraim Owens Experience
10:00 / No Cover
Jazz
The coolest jazz cat in town at the coolest groove lounge.
Dolce Vita Gelato & Espresso Bar
DJ Dennis Campa
8:30
Donn’s Depot
Donn & The Station Masters
9:00 / No Cover
Piano, Pop
The owner plays piano and sings, often accompanied by a bass player and a drummer. Donn has a very large repertoire, ask him to play your favorite song, chances are he'll know it.
Eddie V’s Edgewater Grille
Mark Goodwin Trio
7:00 / No Cover
Jazz
Music to accompany your martini in the upscale restaurant’s lounge.
Elephant Room (happy hour)
Stanley Smith w/ Jon Doyle
6:00 / No Cover
Jazz, Folk
Smith’s longtime, laid back happy hour, where the beloved jazz clarinetist picks up the six-string and fingerpicks his way around jazzy folk, bluesy pop with his signature warm, inviting voice. Ace saxophonist Jon Doyle (also a fine clarinetist himself) has been sitting in recently.
Elephant Room
Tameca Jones
9:30 / No Cover
Jazz
A bit of Tina Turner in the otherwise jazz standard approach—and it’s not just the legs and hair.
Evangeline Café (early)
Brennen Leigh
6:00 / No Cover / All Ages
Bluegrass, Americana
Bluegrass songbird Brennen Leigh continues to widen her repertoire and range.
Evangeline Café
Kevin Gallaugher & Greg Anderson
8:00 / No Cover / All Ages
 Flipnotics Coffeespace
Erik Hokkanen’s Laboratory
9:00 / No Cover / All Ages
Swing, Gypsy, Surf, Country
This should be the first set to which Austinites take out-of-towners to demonstrate the sickenly mad range of musical talent this town has to offer. In a tiny coffeehouse room on a Tuesday night, Hokkanen leads one of the most jaw-dropping sets of music in the country.
Friends
Erin Jaimes Band
9:00 / No Cover
Blues
Bassist/vocalist Erin Jaimes leads her band through a blues set that could be likened to Koko Taylor.
Giddy Ups
Greg Duffy
5:30 / No Cover
Ginny’s Little Longhorn
Jim Stringer
9:00
Country, Hillbilly Jazz
Killer diller guitar a la Hank Thompson, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis. Know those names and you know this ain’t child’s play. We’re talking serious guitar monster here.
Güero’s Taco Bar
Trio Indio
6:30 / No Cover
Mexican
Traditional trio of nylon-stringed Mexican countryside music.
Hill’s Café
Bill Rice
7:00 / No Cover / All Ages
Country
Weekly singer-songwriter night at Hill’s, with Oklahoman turned Texan Bill Rice, purveying country somewhere between Keith Urban and Walt Wilkins.
Hole in the Wall
Clyde & Clem’s Whiskey Business
8:00 / No Cover
Bluegrass
Call it prank bluegrass if you will. Clyde & Clem take on bluegrass the way Tenacious D does hip hop, with far more drunken howling.
House Wine
Jay Sims
7:00 / No Cover
Jovita’s
Marshall Ford Swing Band, Chris Jamison
6:30 / All Ages
Western Swing, Americana
Marshall Ford goes to show, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing…Texas style. Jamison packs influences like Paul McCartney and Paul Simon in a singer-songwriter setting.
Lucky Lounge
Boombox, DJ Rapid Ric
10:00 / No Cover
Hip Hop, Funk
Funkin’ horns, drivin’ beats, show-stealin’ MCs and hip-hop overlords. All in one band? That’s BoomBox.
Momo’s
Speak, Goldcure, Yellow Lady Slipper, No Show Ponies, Seader Rose
8:00 / $5
Americana, Rock
No Show Ponies aim for a blend of rock that borrows the lyricism of Bob Dylan, the rock of Springsteen, and the feel of Bill Monroe. Alt-rockers Goldcure go for the FM arena sound.
One 2 One Bar (early)
Wayne Sutton’s Donkey Party
8:00
One 2 One Bar
Karl Morgan
10:00
Blues
Aussie guitarist transplanted to Austin where his bottleneck blues complements the scene mighty fine. A penchant for solo Clapton and SRV shows up in his original music.
Patsy’s Cowgirl Café
Chicken Dog
8:00 / All Ages
Red Fez
DJ Manny
10:00
House
DJ Manny’s turntables for Twist Up Tuesdays have been gettin’ the hookah’ crowd on their feet for four years.
Sam’s Town Point
Open Mic w/ Erin & Michael
9:00
Saxon Pub (happy hour)
Robbie & The Rogues
5:30 / No Cover
Saxon Pub
Dertybird, Shurman, The Band of Heathens
8:00 / $10
Rock, Roots Rock, Americana
Band of Heathens headline early with their spell on the roots world, garnering comparisons to Little Feat and The Band every gig of the way. Followed by California band Shurman, who has just taken up nest in Austin, a perfect home for the band of No Depression rock with strides of Drive-By Truckers, Old 97’s, and Son Volt. Late night, Dertybird show their love for southern rock.
Segovia Spanish Restaurant
Gypzee Heart
7:00
Americana, Newgrass, Gypsy
Local duo comprised of Zhenya Rock (formerly of Red Elvises) and bluesy folk mama Leeann Atherton. Z-Rock wields an array of balalaikas (triangular Russian stringed instrument) along with guitar and banjo.
Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub
Five Ways From Sunday
T.C.’s Lounge
Eastside Band
9:00
Jazz
Bluesy jazz band once seen backing The Texas Trumpets, a somewhat obscure 2003 Austin record from Dialtone Records that, one of these days, will be unearthed as a veritable classic.
Waterloo Ice House 38th Street
Will Dunlap
7:00 / All Ages
Blues, Rock, Roots
Will Dunlap is a baritone guitar extraordinaire and all-around roots rock hound.
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