GWAR WITH GOD FORBID AND GOAT WHORE -- Hard Rock theatrics. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. $13.50/$15 day of show. 513-562-4949.

Varied Venues
NICK FRYER TRIO -- Jazz. 6 p.m. Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Pane E Vino, 1714 Erie Ave., Hyde Park. 513-321-7100.

SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT WITH GREG MAHAN AND RYAN ADCOCK -- Acoustic. 7 p.m. Thursday. Habañero, 358 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. 513-961-6800.

2 B-LO -- Pop. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Argosy Casino and Hotel, 777 Argosy Pkwy., Lawrenceburg. 1-888-ARGOSY-7.

BELINDA SCROGGINS -- Acoustic Rock. 7 p.m. Friday. Wild Oats, 2692 Edmonson Road, Norwood. 513-531-8015.

COMMON GROUND -- Rock/Dance. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Eastside Inn, 4056 Mount Carmel/Tobasco Road, Eastside. 513-528-3800.

ERIC GRAY -- Jazz guitar. 7 p.m. Friday. Habañero, 358 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. 513-961-6800.

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ JAM -- Jazz. 9 p.m. Friday. One Mo Cup, 4116 Hamilton Ave., Northside. 513-542-8100.

GREG SCHABER AND HIGH STREET -- Blues. 10 p.m. Friday. The Courthouse Restaurant, 2015 Declaration Drive, Independence. 859-363-4400.

HERB KIRSCHNER TRIO -- Jazz. 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The Cricket Lounge, Cincinnatian Hotel, 601 Vine St., Downtown. 513-381-3000.

KARL DAPPEN -- Jazz. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Applewood Restaurant, 215 Judiciary St., Aurora. 513-381-2775.

PEGGY ERIN -- Acoustic. 6 p.m. Friday. Maya's, 9749 Kenwood Ave., Blue Ash. 513-791-5005.

ZAC KREUZ -- Jazz. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Seafood 32, 150 W. Fifth St., Downtown. 513-352-2142.

ANN CHAMBERLAIN, ED MORGAN AND WAYNE YEAGER -- Jazz. 8 p.m. Saturday. Pacific Moon Cafe, 8300 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. 513-891-0091.

CHRIS DUNNETT -- Acoustic. 8 p.m. Saturday. Starbucks, 9412 Montgomery Road, Montgomery. 513-891-7666.

DOUG WOODSON -- Classical Acoustic. 7 p.m. Saturday. Habañero, 358 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. 513-961-6800.

PEGGY ERIN -- Acoustic. 6 p.m. Saturday. Henke Winery, 3077 Harrison Ave., Cheviot. 513-662-9463.

CINCINNATI OPERA EDUCATION ENSEMBLE AND THE CINCINNATI OPERA WITH PIANIST MICHAEL CHERTOCK -- Choral. 8 p.m. Saturday. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Downtown. 513-556-4183.

CECIL YOUNG ORCHESTRA -- Big Band Jazz. 2 p.m. Sunday. Maple Knoll Activities Center, 11199 Springfield Pike, Tri-County. $8. 513-782-2427.

LYNN NEWSOM -- Jazz. 7 p.m. Saturday. Eastgate Retirement Village, 776 Old St. Rt. 74, Eastgate. 513-753-4400.

OTIS WILLIAMS & THE CHARMS, THE REGENCY'S, CODY BLACK, MR. KEITH LITTLE, LEROY & THE DRIVERS, MARICE GIPSON, LOMAX, BIG JOE DUSKIN, SWEET ALICE HOSKINS AND GREG SCHABER -- Historic Blues & Jazz. 6 p.m. Sunday. P.J.'s Lounge, 2300 Reading Road, Mount Auburn. $10 donation, $12 at door. 513-721-9444.

THE QUEEN CITY BALLADEERS WITH MICHELLE RAMBO, JAMON ZEILER AND THE ROANOKE RAMBLERS -- Acoustic. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Old St. George Cathedral, 42 Calhoun St., Clifton. $2. 513-321-8375.

MUSIC CAFÉ WITH ACT II, MT. AUBURN TROMBONE QUARTET, SWEET FUNK, JAKE SPEED AND MARK CORMICAN -- Various. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Fitton Center, 101 S. Monument St, Hamilton. 513-863-8873.

JOANNE SHENANDOAH -- Native American Folk. 7 p.m. Wedneday. Hall Auditorium, Miami University campus, Oxford. Free (but tickets required). 513-529-3200.

NEVADA WILKENS WITH JACK DOLL JR. -- Jazz. 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Phoenix, Ninth and Race streets, Downtown. 513-721-8901.

Clubs

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson's "Good Hearted Woman" tops the Country charts, 1976

ALLYN'S -- Goshorn Brothers. Rock/Blues. Free.

ARNOLD'S -- Fred Gary with Dottie Warner. Acoustic. Free.

BAR HUMBUG -- DJ Aries presents 3rd World Cinema. Down-tempo Dance/World. Free.

BARRELHOUSE -- Melanie Jane with Mike Hoffman. Rock. Free.

BC'S HOME TEAM GRILL -- Robin Lacy and Dezydeco. Zydeco. Cover.

BLIND LEMON -- Kenny Cowden. Acoustic. Free.

BLUE NOTE -- Denial with Bob Cushing. Rock. Cover.

BLUE WISP -- Ron Enyard Quartet. Jazz. Cover.

BRIARWOOD -- Bill Smith. Solo piano. Free.

THE CELESTIAL -- Triage. Jazz. Free.

CHEZ NORA -- Rich Uncle Skeleton. R&B/Jazz. Free.

CODY'S CAFE -- Gregory Morris. Acoustic. Free.

DEE FELICE CAFE -- Lee Stolar Trio. Jazz. Free.

JACOB'S ON THE AVENUE -- Ed Moss and Judy James. Jazz. $3.

JAZZ IN THE PARK -- D.J. "Mark Anthony." Dance. Cover.

KENTUCKY HERB AND COFFEE COMPANY -- Songwriter's Night. Free.

KNOTTY PINE -- Face. Rock. Cover.

MAD FROG -- Mr. Dibbs with Casual T of Animal Crackers. Hip Hop. Cover.

ONE EYED JACKS -- Worldwide. Funk. Cover.

THE PROMONTORY -- The Steve Schmidt Trio. Jazz. Free.

RICK'S TAVERN AND GRILLE -- Cheaper Than Therapy. Rock. $2.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE -- Staring at the Sea, DW Project, Annette Shepherd and Ann Winslow. Various. $5.

SPORTS PAGE CAFE -- Sneaky Pete. Rock. Cover.

STANLEY'S -- Big In Iowa (unplugged). Rock. Cover.

SUDSY MALONE'S -- Raging Raymond. Rock. Cover.

SUNFLOWER COFFEE HOUSE -- Black and Tan Carpet Band. Electric Rock. Free.

V-TWIN BAR AND GRILL -- The Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Free.

VILLAGE TAVERN -- Eurmama. Acoustic. Free.

YORK STREET CAFE -- Tracy Ann, Janet Presley and Chris Collier. Acoustic. Cover.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22
Several Rap artists boycott the Grammys over the award show's decision not to broadcast the Rap winners award presentations, 1989

A.J. ROADHOUSE -- Sonny Hill and the Nightshift. Blues. Free.

ALLYN'S -- Levels with Randy Villars. Jazz. Free.

ANNIE'S -- Quiet Riot and Altered Ego and Prizoner. Hard Rock. Cover.

ARNOLD'S -- Ohio Valley Rounders. Bluegrass. Free.

BARRELHOUSE -- Schfvilkus (see interview). Jazz/Funk/Fusion. Cover.

BARRETT'S -- Blue Stone Ivory. Oldies. $5.

BC'S HOME TEAM GRILL -- The Indoorfins. Rock. Cover.

BLUE NOTE -- Marsha Brady and Cowden and Goins. Rock. Cover.

BLUE WISP -- Renato Vasconcellos Trio. Jazz. Cover.

BOBBY MACKEY'S -- Bobby Mackey and The Big Mac Band. Country. Cover.

BRIARWOOD -- Bill Smith. Solo piano. Free.

BURBANK'S SHARONVILLE -- Goshorn Brothers. Blues. Free.

THE CELESTIAL -- Larry Kinley and Co. Jazz. Free.

CHARLIE BAZ'L'S -- Crosley. Rock. Cover.

CHEZ NORA -- Rich Uncle Skeleton. R&B/Jazz. Free.

THE COMET -- Dixie Trash. Rock. Free.

DEE FELICE CAFE -- The Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band. Dixieland. Free.

EAST END CAFE -- Blue Karma. Rock. Cover.

FLICKER INN -- The Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Cover.

FRITTER'S -- Eddie's Falt. Rock. Cover.

HAVANA MARTINI CLUB -- Airwave. Jazz. Cover.

HOPP'S (WEST CHESTER) -- Spiff. Rock. $2.

JAZZ IN THE PARK -- L.Y.D. Jazz. Cover.

JILLIAN'S -- Burn. Rock. Cover.

KALDI'S -- Erwin Stuckey Trio. Jazz. Free.

KNOTTY PINE -- Dallas Moore Band. Outlaw Country. Cover.

LUCILLE'S -- The Moon Dogs. Blues. Cover.

MAD FROG -- Homunclus with The Argument. Rock/Groove/Pop. Cover.

THE MANHATTAN -- Porcelain Will. Rock. Cover.

MANSION HILL TAVERN -- Chris Carero Trio. Blues. $3.

MARGO'S -- Wild Stuff. Rock. Free.

MILLER'S FILL INN -- The Gamut. Rock. Cover.

MILLION'S -- 10ft. Big. Rock. Cover.

OLDE VILLAGE TAVERN -- Bob Cushing. Acoustic Rock. Free.

ONE EYED JACKS -- Soul Pocket. Funk. Cover.

PATRICK'S SPORTS BAR -- Who Cares. Rock. Cover.

PUTTER'S TAVERN -- Leadfoot Johnny. Blues/Rock. Cover.

RAZZBERRY'S -- Richard Adams. Jazz/Blues. Free.

REALITY TUESDAY CAFE -- Greater Cincinnati Sit & Sing featuring Crosley and Saving Ray. Rock. Cover.

RED DOG SALOON -- Darby and the Tropical Penguins. Acoustic duo. Cover.

RED FISH -- Ricky Nye and the Swingin' Mudbugs. R&B. Free.

RICK'S TAVERN AND GRILLE -- Trump Tight. Funk/Dance. $3.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE (PARLOUR) -- Seth Adler, Nicholas Tuttle, Rick Martin, Scott Darner, Jay Robertson and R.J. Robertson. Various. $5.

STANLEY'S -- Lane Sauers Band. Jazz/R&B. Cover.

STRIKE ZONE -- Crash Landing. Rock. Free.

SUDSY MALONE'S -- Gerald's Rainbow. Rock. Cover.

SUNFLOWER COFFEEHOUSE -- Jason Ludwig. Acoustic Rock. $2.

TOP CAT'S -- The Liks with Defari and Living Legends (see Gig of the Week). Hip Hop. Cover.

V-TWIN BAR AND GRILL -- Uptown. Rock. $2.

VILLAGE PUB -- Steve Sparks. Acoustic. Free.

WOODEN HORSE -- Twisted Fate. Rock. $3.

YORK STREET CAFE -- Katie Rieder and the Perkolaters. Folk/Pop. Cover.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23
Synth Pop hitmaker Howard Jones is born, 1955

ALLYN'S -- Dave Nutt. Acoustic. Free.

ARLIN'S -- Fisher Effect. Rock. Free.

ARNOLD'S -- Side Cars. Western Swing Jazz. Free.

BARRELHOUSE -- Jerry's Little Band. Dead Rock. Cover.

BC'S HOME TEAM GRILL -- Rick House. Rock. Cover.

BLUE NOTE -- Bad Habit, Polecats, Skwerm and Bob Cushing. Rock. Cover.

BLUE WISP -- Renato Vasconcellos Trio. Jazz. Cover.

BOBBY MACKEY'S -- Bobby Mackey and The Big Mac Band. Country. Cover.

BOSWELL ALLEY -- Leadfoot Johnny. Blues/Rock. Cover.

BRIARWOOD -- Bill Smith. Solo piano. Free.

BURBANK'S SHARONVILLE -- Goshorn Brothers. Blues. Free.

THE CELESTIAL -- Larry Kinley and Co. Jazz. Free.

CHARLIE BAZ'L'S -- Strukture. Rock. Cover.

CHEZ NORA -- Rich Uncle Skeleton with Charlie Shwietzer. R&B/Jazz/Latin. Free.

CLUB ELYSIUM -- DJ Adam T and DJ Will. Hip Hop. Cover.

CODY'S -- Red Idle. Rock. $3.

THE COMET -- The Tigerlilies and Post-Haste. Pop/Rock. Free.

DEE FELICE CAFE -- The Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band. Dixieland. Free.

DILLY DELI -- Wild Carrot. Folk. Free.

EAST END CAFE -- 5FU. Rock. Cover.

FLICKER INN -- The Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Cover.

FRITTER'S -- Eddie's Falt. Rock. Cover.

HAVANA MARTINI CLUB -- Sweet Alice Hoskins. Blues. Cover.

HILL STATION -- Brothers First. Country/Rock. Cover.

HOPP'S (WEST CHESTER) -- Milk. Rock. $2.

JAZZ IN THE PARK -- Ray Love Entertainment. Dance. Cover.

JILLIAN'S -- Chrome. Rock. Cover.

JUD-I'S -- Roadhouse. Rock. Free.

KALDI'S -- Ron Enyard Organ Trio. Jazz. Free.

KEEGAN'S -- Strange Brew. Rock. Free.

KNOTTY PINE -- Dallas Moore Band. Outlaw Country. Cover.

LUCILLE'S -- G. Miles and the Hitmen. Blues. Cover.

the manhattan -- Porcelain Will. Rock. Cover.

MANSION HILL TAVERN -- Blue Ravens. Blues. $3.

MARGO'S -- Wild Stuff. Rock. Free.

MILLER'S FILL INN -- The Gamut. Rock. Cover.

MILLION'S -- Worldwide. Funk. Cover.

MILTON'S -- The Planets. Rock. Free.

ONE EYED JACKS -- 7-T-Sly. Funk. Cover.

THE OVERFLOW -- Saving Ray. Rock. Cover.

PLUSH -- Color Test. BritRock. Cover.

PORCELAIN WILL -- The Manhattan. Rock. Cover.

PUTTER'S -- Greg Schaber and High Street. Blues. Free.

RAZZBERRY'S -- Mark Schulte. Jazz/Blues. Free.

REALITY TUESDAY CAFE -- Mark. Rock. Cover.

RICK'S TAVERN AND GRILLE -- Trump Tight. Funk/Dance. $3.

THE ROOST -- The Activators. Rock/Blues/Rockabilly. Free.

RYTHMS -- Basic Truth. Old School R&B/Soul/Funk. Cover.

SOMEPLACE ELSE -- Ruckus. Rock. $2.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE (BALLROOM) -- Femmes in Harmony (benefit for victims of domestic violence) featuring Katie Reider, Tracy Walker, Bromwell and Diehl, Fetsih, Neverville and Belinda Scroggins. Various. Cover (8 p.m. start).

SOUTHGATE HOUSE (PARLOUR) -- 34 Satellite (see To Do list), Chris McCoy and Michael Jantz. Pop/Rock. $5.

STANLEY'S -- 8-Ball Junkies. Rock/Jazz, Cover.

STRIKE ZONE -- Crash Landing. Rock. Free.

TOP CAT'S -- Phammilly Impulze. Hip Hop. Cover.

V-TWIN BAR AND GRILL -- Uptown. Rock. $2.

VILLAGE PUB -- Uncle Salty. Rock. Free.

WEDGE INN -- Teresa Klug and Terry Diver. Acoustic. Free.

WOODEN HORSE -- Twisted Fate. Rock. $3.

YORK STREET CAFE -- Ben Walz, Wojo and Masala. Rock. Cover.

ZEN AND NOW COFFEEHOUSE -- John Stafford. Acoustic. Free.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24
Jazz great David "Fathead" Newman is born, 1933

ALLYN'S -- Blue Birds Big Band. R&B. Cover.

AWAKENINGS COFFEE AND TEA CO. -- Bobby Sharp Trio. Jazz. Free.

BARRETT'S -- The Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Free.

BLUE NOTE -- Cowden and Goins and Scallywagon. Rock. Cover.

BLUE WISP -- Scott Belck Big Band and Cat City. Jazz. Cover.

CHEZ NORA -- Erwin Stuckey Trio. Jazz. Free.

CLUB ELYSIUM -- DJ Adam T. Hip Hop. Cover.

THE COMET -- Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. Bluegrass. Free.

HABIT'S -- Johnny Schott's Guest Performer Night featuring Tim Hart & The Boys and open mic. Acoustic. Free.

JILLIAN'S -- Cammy Awards showcase featuring Gamut, Ryan Adcock, Ricky Nye, The Stapletons, Saving Ray, Dallas Moore, Eugene Goss, Spindle, Pike 27, Messerly & Ewing and Visual Kaos. Various (4 p.m. start). $3.

MANSION HILL TAVERN -- Ben Walz. Rock. $3.

PJ'S LOUNGE -- Historical Blues and Jazz Masters Summit (see Spill It) with Otis Williams and the Charms, Leroy Jones and the Drivers, Cody Black, The Rock & Roll Regencies, Big Joe Duskin, Maurice Gipson, Mr. Keith Little, Greg Schaber, Lomax, New Persuaders, Sweet Alice Hoskins, The Latenighters and Marcos Sastre with Roger Yeardley. Jazz/Blues (5 p.m. start). $10/12 day of show (tickets: 513-251-2813).

SONNY'S ALL-BLUES LOUNGE -- Uncle Russell & Kinfolk. Blues. Free.

SONNY'S LOUNGE -- Gene Walker with the Art Gore Trio. Jazz. $5.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE -- The Drunken Monkeys. Alternative. Cover.

STRASSE HAUS -- Bob Cushing. Acoustic Rock. Free.

SUDSY MALONE'S -- Porn Rock, P.T. Grim and Lazy American Workers. Rock. Cover.

YORK STREET CAFE -- Hard Molly, The Trips and Morals Galore. Rock. Cover.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 25
The late George Harrison is born, 1943

BLUE WISP -- Lou Lausche Quartet. Jazz. Cover.

CODY'S CAFE -- Brian Newman Trio. Jazz. Free.

MAD FROG -- Tropicoso. Salsa/Latin. Cover.

MILLION'S -- Tim Sylvester. Rock. Cover.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26
Fats Domino is born with the first name Antoine, 1928

ALLYN'S -- Songwriter's Night. Open songwriter forum. Free.

ARNOLD'S -- Fred Gary. Acoustic. Free.

BLIND LEMON -- Zack Thomas. Acoustic. Free.

BLUE WISP -- Phil DeGreg Trio. Jazz. Cover.

BRIARWOOD -- Bill Smith. Solo piano. Free.

BURBANK'S SHARONVILLE -- Open jam with the Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Free.

CELESTIAL -- Lee Stolar. Jazz. Free.

CODY'S CAFE -- Ryan Adcock Showcase Night. Various. Free.

DEE FELICE CAFE -- Earl Waldman. Piano Jazz. Free.

KALDI'S -- Jeff Roberts and the Lazy Boys. Bluegrass. Free.

KENTUCKY HERB AND COFFEE COMPANY -- Open mic. Free.

MILLIONS -- Paul Otten. Rock. Cover.

ONE EYED JACKS -- 8-Ball Junkies. Funk. Cover.

THE OVERFLOW -- Phammilly Impulze. Hip Hop. Cover.

RED DOG SALOON -- Matt Cowherd. Acoustic Rock. Cover.

STANLEY'S -- Open Mic. Various. Free.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27
A mountie arrests Stones' guitarist Keith Richards for drug possession in Toronto, 1977

BEACH'S GROESBECK TAVERN -- Scotty Anderson. Roots/Jazz. Free.

BLUE NOTE -- A Salute to the Standards by "Curly & the Q-Balls" with Tim Goldrainer. Rock. Cove.r.

BLUE WISP -- Blue Wisp Big Band. Jazz. Cover.

BRIARWOOD -- Bill Smith. Solo piano. Free.

CELESTIAL -- Lee Stolar. Jazz. Free.

CHEZ NORA -- Ricky Nye. R&B. Free.

CODY'S CAFE -- The Freddies. Folk/Bluegrass. Free.

THE COMET -- The Gazelles and the Lee County Killers. Rock. Free.

CROW'S NEST -- Bob Cushing. Acoustic Rock. Free.

DEE FELICE CAFE -- Phil Burkhead, Lou Lausche and Ron McCurdy. Jazz. Free.

DUCK CREEK -- Songwriter's Open Mic. Free.

EAST END CAFÉ -- Songwriter Night/Open mic. Various. Free.

HARDY'S ROCK CAFE -- Open Mic hosted by Justus. Acoustic (9 p.m. start). Free.

MAD FROG -- Comet Bluegrass All Stars. Bluegrass. Cover.

MADISON INN -- The Sonny Moorman Group. Blues. Free.

ONE EYED JACKS -- Open jam with Them Bones. Blues. Cover.

PACHINKO -- Kenton County Regulators. Bluegrass (7:30 p.m.). Free.

PETE'S CAFE -- Michael and Jeff from House Party. Acoustic. Free.

PLUSH -- Opi Yum Yum. Indie. Free.

STANLEY'S -- Harold Kennedy. Bluegrass. Free.

TOP CAT'S -- Hip Hop night with Definition (see Spill It). Cover.

TWILIGHT ZONE -- The Rick House Party Band. Rock. Free.

WEEZEE'S -- Open Jam with Wizard. Free.

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