THURSDAY 11/21
Aladdin Theater-Bill Maher, $32.50-35
Artichoke Music-Lynn Miles w/Cosy Sheridan, 8 pm
Ash Street-Nutbrown, Epsilons, The Punk Group, $5
Berbati's Pan-Add N to X, Soviet, Cobra High, $10
Biddy McGraw's-Daryl On The Rocks
Bitter End-Boys from Ipanema, 6 pm; Blue World Order
Blackbird-Lali Puna, Opiate, Styrofoam, 10 pm, $10
Buffalo Gap-Big Wheel Productions, 8 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Jay Bird Koder
Capitol Coffeehouse-Singer-Songwriters in the Round w/Richard Sales, Richard Moore, 8 pm
Club DV8 -Karaoke from Hell, 10 pm, $2
Crystal-Circulatory System, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't See, The Instrument, Birdy Num Num (Lola's), 10 pm, $8
Goodfoot-Triclops
Green Room-Soul Brothers w/Ezra Holbrook
Hoppers-Round Robin w/guests
Jax-Dave Miller Band, 8 pm
Jazz De Opus-Noah Peterson Quartet
Kennedy School-Tribute to the Greatest Jazz Guitarists feat. The Stolen Moment Quintet, 7 pm & 10 pm pm, $2-5
Laurelthirst-Foghorn Leghorn, 6 pm; Rich Man's Burden
Mississippi-Loose Change, 8 pm
Mock Crest-Donna Jose Open Mic Jam, 8:30 pm
Mt Tabor-One Of Each, Excessive Moderation
Ohm-Black Angel Orchestra, $7
Produce Row Cafe-L'Via's Soul Reunion, $2
Rabbit Hole-Catfish, 6 pm; The Apologists, 8 pm; The Atrocities, 9 pm
Rogue Pub-Ellen Whyte and Friends, 8 pm
Roseland-Beth Orton, Nicole Campbell, 8 pm, $17, All Ages
St. Johns Pub-Lynn Miles w/Cosy Sheridan, 8 pm, $13-15
Blue Monk-Bob Hernandez
Tillicum Pub-Lloyd Jones
Tonic Lounge-Freq Resp
Twilight Cafe-Grant Gascon
White Eagle-Jon Koonce & The Honky Tonk Trio, $3
FRIDAY 11/22
Ash Street-Sour Vein, Last Empire, Witch Mountain, Homo-Eradicus, $6
Berbati's Pan-Helio Sequence, Menomena, Need New Body, Peak Shakane, $7
Biddy McGraw's-Higher Ground
Bitter End-Freewillinsoul; James Low Band, 6 pm; 9 pm
Blackbird-The Aluminum Group, Parker & Lily, Modernstate, 10 pm, $7
Buffalo Gap-Pale Green Pants, 9 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Jim Mesi
Cañita-Guateque Cubano, 10:30 pm, free
Capitol Coffeehouse-Jonathan Hoffman and friends, 8 pm
Club DV8-Palatine Hill, Moonshine Hangover, Future Cowboy
Conan's Pub-Mel, Tripleswift
Corner Saloon-The Menace
Crystal Ballroom-Jazz Mandolin Project; Shut Up & Dance w/DJ Gregarious (Lola's, 10 pm, $3)
Dante's-Doug Stanhope's Comedy Cavalcade, 10 pm, $10
Disjecta-The Shins, The All Girl Summer Fun Band, The Thermals, Burnt Plosives, 9 pm, $6 donation, All Ages
Fez-Andaz, DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid, 9 pm, $6
Green Room-Freak Mt. Ramblers
Hoppers-Hudson Rocket Band
Itisness-Ad Hock: Tim DuRoche, Linda Austin, Doug Theriault, Steve Schneider, Cameron Stevens, Justin Sundstrom, Jill Roberts, 9 pm
Jasmine Tree-the High and the Mighty, Junior's Gang, The Units, The Moneychangers
Jax-Diggabone
Jazz De Opus-Mary Kadderly Quartet
Jimmy Mak's-Dave Fleschner Band, $5
Laurelthirst-Prairie Dogs, 6 pm; Little Sue
Meow Meow-Pete Krebs, Sean Croghan, Reclinerland, $5
Mississippi-Lew Jones, 6 pm; Jim Brundberg, Ed Haynes, 9 pm; Drew Victor, 10:30 pm
Mt Tabor-Miracle Enemy, The Mighty Hog Fuel, False Prophets, Perguratory
Music Millennium NW-Brenda Weiler, 7 pm, free, All Ages
Ohm-Mark Farina, Madina, D-lyte, $17
Porky's Pub-SK & The Punkass Bitches, New Land Of Me, Filthy Animals
Produce Row Cafe-The Stephens, $3
Rabbit Hole-Billy No. 9, 6 pm; Heavy Petting Zoo, 9 pm
Red and Black Cafe-Ethno-eclecticism, Sid Brown, Steve Amdahl, Darshan, 8 pm, All Ages
River Roadhouse-Wolfgang
Rogue Pub-Lynn Conover and Billy kennedy, 9 pm
Roseland Grill-The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Cato Salsa Experience, Citizen Bird, 9 pm, $13.50-15
Satyricon-The Gays, The Nightmares, Falling Short
Shot in the Dark Coffee-James West, Josh Butter, 9 pm
Mt Tabor Acoustic-Fez Fatale, Bye Bye Chinook
Blue Monk-Renato Caranto
Tillicum Pub-Ellen Whyte and Reflex Blue, 9:30 pm
Tonic Lounge-The Airlines, Rally Boy, Crack City Rockers
Twilight Cafe-Damien Masterson & Blue World Order
White Eagle-X Angels, $5
SATURDAY 11/23
Aladdin Theater-John Reischman, The Jaybirds, Foghorn String Band, $13
Artichoke Music-Flamencello!, 8 pm, $15
Ash Street-Bastinado, Audio Learning Center, Heavy Johnson Trio, ICanLickAnySonofaBitchintheHouse, $6
Berbati's Pan-The Kathy Walker Band, Jack Town, Rubberneck, Slam, $12-14
Beulahland-Ronester
Biddy McGraw's-Reverend Evan Hadley
Bitter End-Jackstraw, 9 pm, $5
Blackbird-Degenerate Art Ensemble, Old Time Relijun, Captured By Robots, Faun Fables, 10 pm, $6
Borders-Gresham-Lew Jones, 7 pm, free
Buffalo Gap-Hank Rasco & Friends, 9 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Jim Mesi
Cañita-Guateque Cubano, 10:30 pm, free
Capitol Coffeehouse-Troy, 8 pm
Club DV8 -Anatomy of a Ghost, Zero Complex, Crosstide, Clarity Project
Conan's Pub-The Blueprints, The New Iberians
Corner Saloon-The Menace
Crystal-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Big Wig
Dante's-Porcupine Tree, Fingertight, $10-12
Disjecta-Xiu Xiu, Damned Yellow Swans, Nice Nice, Super Unity, Ghost To Falco, Panther, Panama, Boom De La Boom, 7 pm, $6, All Ages
Duff's Garage-Tommy Womack, John Bunzow
Fez-Cabaret Allumage Extravaganza, 8 pm, $10
Gemini Bar -Curtis Salgado
Goodfoot-Mr. Rosewater w/special guests go by Train
Green Room-Grooveyard
Hoppers-Norman Sylvester Band
Jasmine Tree-Electric Eye, Tough Love, ButtFrenchers, The Hollow Points, 9 pm, $3
Jazz De Opus-Tom Grant
Jimmy Mak's-Spot 79, $5
KYLA'S-Hens, Rokpocket Mouse, Muneca Chueca, 8 pm, 2645 NE 22nd
Laurelthirst-James Low, 6 pm; Kevin Hendrickson CD release
Lewis & Clark-Brave New Works Core Ensemble, 8 pm, $15
Meow Meow-Immolation, Vader, Berzerker, Origin, $13.50
Mississippi-Kama, 8 pm; Fantastic Idea Project, 10:30 pm
Mt Tabor-Logos Eye, Jollymon
Music Millennium NW-Tommy Womack, 5 pm, free, All Ages
Nocturnal-Kung Pao Chickens, DJ Dizzystarhouse, Foghorn Leghorn, Retrovirus, Retrograde, 4 pm, free
Ohm-Levitate feat. Uberzone, Dan Reeds Odyssey, IJJI, DJ Jeffe, Mestizo, $10
Paris Theatre-Wick, Mindstain, Stone Creep, Fusion Ball, Missing Nero, All Ages
Produce Row Cafe-Jerry Rigged, $3
Rabbit Hole-Lara Mitchell & Lorna Hunt and Thain, 9 pm
River Roadhouse-Wolfgang
Rogue Pub-Catherine Welson and Bob Love, 8 pm
Roseland-Joe Satriani, All Ages
Satyricon-Pretty Girls Make Graves, JR Ewing, Hint Hint
Schnitzer Hall-Oregon Symphony: Rachmaninoff's 2nd Symphony; Principle Cellist Nancy Ives, 7:30 pm, $16-72
St Philip Neri Catholic Church-Novum Chamber Singers: Prelude to the Holidays, 8 pm, $10-15
Mt Tabor Acoustic-Casual Music, Brenda Weiler, 9:30 pm
Blue Monk-Original Cats
Tillicum Pub-Ellen Whyte and Reflex Blue, 9:30 pm
Tonic Lounge-Kapuda, Head Of Lies, Killing Faith, 3FG
Twilight Cafe-Jonny Mercury
White Eagle-Amelia, $6
SUNDAY 11/24
Aladdin Theater-Stanley Clarke, $22.50-24
Ash Street-Anatomy of A...7" release w/The Hunches, The Triggers, Capt. vs Crew, Electric Eye, $6
Berbati's Pan-p:ear Benefit
Blackbird-System & Station, Wet Confetti, Two Guys
Buffalo Gap-Toni Land, 6 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Andy Stokes
Crystal Ballroom-Acoustic Mayhem (Lola's), 9 pm, $2
Disjecta-The Lowdown, Shadow Glove, Johnny X and the Groadies, Point Line Plane, Sleetmute/Nitemute, Reeks & the Wrecks, The Formless, Moustache, 7 pm, $6, All Ages
Goodfoot-Dustin Hamman, Shoeshine Blue
Hoppers-Aaron Black Band
The Hutch-Terry Robb
Jazz De Opus-Dan Balmer w/Go By Train
Kennedy School-Kenny Benny feat. Norton Buffalo, Jon Koonce & The Honky Tonk Trio, Quarterflash, The Lansings, Los Lost, Wheatfield, Neon , 5 pm & 10 pm, $10 donation
Laurelthirst-Freak Mtn Ramblers, 6 pm; Neil Gilpin's Belmont Street Octet
Maverick-Acoustic Open Mic w/Folk City, 7 pm
PSU Lincoln Performance Hall-Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Oregon District, 1 pm, free
Rabbit Hole-End Pattrick and Dear Francis, 6 pm
Roseland-X, Richmond Fontaine, Telephone, 7:30 pm, $18
Satyricon-Atom Sane, Julliane Tulip, Railer
Schnitzer Hall-Oregon Symphony: Rachmaninoff's 2nd Symphony; Principle Cellist Nancy Ives , 7:30 pm, $16-72
Tillicum Pub-Johnny Martin, 6 pm
Twilight Cafe-Open Mic
MONDAY 11/25
Biddy McGraw's-Alexander Green
Bitter End-Nicole Campbell, 9 pm, free
Blackbird-Mouse that Roared, Minmae, Bonobo Project
Candlelight Cafe-Jesus Presley
Green Room-Open Mic with Mississippi Mud
Jazz De Opus-Triclops Trio
Laurelthirst-Kung Pao Chickens, 7 pm, free
M Bar-Derek Fisher, the Perfect Cyn: ambient, downtempo, uplifting house, progressive
Mississippi-Powel Roberts Project
Mt Tabor-I-Say Reggae, Shamir
Porky's Pub-Open Mic, 10 pm
Produce Row Cafe-Ron Steen Jazz Jam, $2
Roseland-Sigur Rös feat. Amina, Siggi Armann, 8 pm, $20, All Ages
Schnitzer Hall-Oregon Symphony: Rachmaninoff's 2nd Symphony; Principle Cellist Nancy Ives, 8 pm, $16-72
Twilight Cafe-Fairly Honest Jon
White Eagle-Little Sue & Lynn Conover
TUESDAY 11/26
anna bannana's-Tree Age, guests, 8 pm
Ash Street-Rob Walsh, Magic Red Panties
Biddy McGraw's-Brongaene Griffen & Elizabeth
Bitter End-John Bunzow, 8 pm , free
Blackbird-The Forth, Laserhawk, Queen Bee Jackson, 10 pm, free
Boxxes-Mlsha's Make-A-Date, $2-7
Buffalo Gap-Strongbox, 8 pm
Burlingame Pizza-Brian QTN, Myshkin, Anne Weiss, 8 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Linda Hornbuckle
Goodfoot-Eclectic Electro starring Surrounded by Ninjas, 9 pm, free
Green Room-Pete Krebs
Jazz De Opus-Nancy King & Steve Christofferson, 8:30 pm
Meow Meow-Rainer Maria, Rilo Kiley, $7
Mississippi-Tom McNalley
Mt Tabor-Money & Lovin, Upright Dub Archestra
Music Millennium NW-Rubberneck, 6 pm, free
Ohm-Dahlia, Ben & Ravi, $5
Produce Row Cafe-Bluegrass Jam, free
PSU Lincoln Performance Hall-Master Class w/ the Prazàk Quartet; 8 pm performance $13.50-27, 12 pm, free
Rogue Pub-Harrison, 8 pm
Satyricon-PDX Local Showcase
Blue Monk-Ramsey Embick Trio
Tillicum Pub-Norman Sylvester, 9:30 pm
Tonic Lounge-Ezra Holbrook, Rob Walsh, Jasmine A.S.H., Dead End Crush
Twilight Cafe-Let You know. . .
White Eagle-Cornbred
WEDNESDAY 11/27
Alberta Street Public House-Zyddeco Dance Party, 7:15pm, free
Berbati's Pan-Black Angel, Kulture Shock, $7
Bitter End-Whiskey Puppy; SILKY featuring Olivia Warfield, 6 pm, 9 pm, free
Blackbird-Bastinado, Me Infecto, Wadsworth, 10 pm
Candlelight Cafe-Oceans 503
Goodfoot-jazz night, free
Green Room-Soul Butlers w/Ezra Holbrook
Gresham Inn-Jam Session, 8 pm
Hoppers-Terry Robb
Jazz De Opus-Eddie Weid
Mississippi-Ross and the Hellpets
Mojo's Coffee Den-Wide Open Mic w/Patrick Finley, 7-10 pm, free
Produce Row Cafe-June Bunton's Open Mic, free
Rabbit Hole-Dust Kunkel, 9 pm
Reed College-Trial By Fire, The Physical Challenge, Dead Even, The Screaming Evils, 7 pm, $6
Rogue Pub-Jane Doe, Ellen Whyte & Sonny Hess, 8 pm
Satyricon-Voodoo Machine, Untied, American Rebus, Sathya
Mt Tabor Acoustic-Dan Murray
Blue Monk-Frank Gratkowski
Tillicum Pub-Jim Mesi , 9:30 pm
Twilight Cafe-Eric Allen
White Eagle-Brian Berg's Rocks Off Wednesday w/Mission 5, The Quags, Sir Lawrence 7, The Student Prince, The Hi-Lonesomes, 8:30 pm, $3