Spend some time this first week of 2020 enjoying live music at your favorite area music venue
Cincinnati Dream Pop band Sungaze plays a free show at MOTR Pub on Saturday, Jan. 4 with The Cordial Sins and Fern Murphy
FRIDAY 03
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Erwin Stuckey Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER – What’s Left. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
KNOTTY PINE – The Amy Sailor Band. 10 p.m. Country. Cover.
THE MAD FROG – DirtySnatcha. 9 p.m. Dubstep. Cover.
* MADISON LIVE – Telehope with Golds. 8 p.m. Alt/Pop/Rock. $10, $12 day of show.
MANSION HILL TAVERN – Misterman and the Mojo Band. 8 p.m. Blues. Cover.
* MOTR PUB – Resonator with Freak Mythology and The Never Setting Suns. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE – Full Moon Ranch. 7:30 p.m. Folk/Americana. Free.
RICK’S TAVERN – 3-Day Rule. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – The Revival with Rosemont Garden and Home Grown Head. 9 p.m. Roots/Rock. $7, $10 day of show.
* URBAN ARTIFACT – Leopold the Ghost with Feral Friends and Plug. 8 p.m. Alt/Indie/Rock. Free.
SATURDAY 04
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Cincinnati Dancing Pigs. 8 p.m. Americana/Jug band. Free.
BLUE NOTE HARRISON – Aces High. 8 p.m. Iron Maiden tribute. $10-$15.
BOGART’S – Southern Accents with Flying Buffaloes and Seth Canan & The Carriers. 8 p.m. Tom Petty tribute/Rock/Roots. $10.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Art Gore All-Stars. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER – Slow Burn. 9 p.m. Rock/Blues. Free.
KNOTTY PINE – Lt. Dan’s New Legs. 10 p.m. Pop/Dance/Various. Cover.
* MOTR PUB – Sungaze with The Cordial Sins and Fern Murphy. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
THE PIKE BAR AND GRILL – Misterman and the Mojo Band. 8 p.m. Blues. Cover.
PLAIN FOLK CAFE – Moonshine Drive. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
RICK’S TAVERN – House Party. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover.
* RIVERFRONT LIVE – 90’s Grunge Night with STP 2, Red Hot Cinci Peppers, Sinful Crow, Life After This and more. 8 p.m. Rock/Grunge. $10-$100.
ROSELAWN LIVE – Rod Wave. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. $30-$75.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – Noah Vonne with Jacob Tippey. 8 p.m. Singer/Songwriter. $8, $10 day of show.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Drop the Sun with The Electric Indigo and Sovereign Being. 9 p.m. Alt/Rock.
SUNDAY 05
THE COMET – Comet Bluegrass Allstars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.
MADISON LIVE – The Unlikely Candidates with The Orphan The Poet. 8 p.m. Rock. $12, $15 day of show.
* MOTR PUB – Vacation with Constant Insult. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
MONDAY 06
MOTR PUB – Sharp Toys with Cold Stereo, Brent Stroud and Cold Heat. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
STANLEY’S PUB – Jazz Jam with The Stanleyband. 9 p.m. Jazz/Improv. Free.
TUESDAY 07
BLIND LEMON – Nick Tuttle. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Lynne Scott, Lee Stolar and Lou Lausche. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.
* = CityBeat recommends