Eight Days a Week 

Bickett Gallery: Jazz & Improv Night with Blue Rose Quartet

Bogart's: Travis Proctor

Caffe Driade: Gregory Douglass

Cave: 7:30 pm: Brother Sean; 10 pm: Kill Henry Sugar

Foster's: Sleeping Booty with Rubberband

Fowler's: Saludos Compay

Go! Room 4: International Orange with Applejuice Orchestra, Go Machine

Helios Coffee Company: Intro by Keith

Irregardless: Chen and Neal Chapman

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano by Anthony Pascone

Library: Study Hall with DJ Pez

Lincoln Theatre: Project 86

Local 506: Sentinel, Chromados

Martin Street Music Hall: Merge with DJs Merlin, Shade and Phobia

MVP's Tavern: Tommy Redd's open jam

Nightlight: Eastern Seaboard

Pour House: Tater with Last Train Home

Six String: Bluegrass Experience

Sushi Blues: Deja'Vu

CONCERTS

Dave Youngman Quintet: 6-9 pm: Kicks off Jazz on Main Summer Concert Series. Main Street, next to fountain in Streets at Southpoint, Durham. www.thestreetsatsouthpoint.com. Free.

Thu, May 6
April + George: Fruta with DJ Keith

Bickett Gallery: Eastern Seaboard

Berkeley Cafe: Silent, Inc with Triple Threat, Enkog, DJ Jo Lee

Cat's Cradle: Los Amigos Invisibles

Cave: 7:30 pm: Seth Coluzzi; 10 pm: Django Haskins

Club 9: International Night

Crowley's of Stonehenge: open mic with EG Peters

De La Luz@ Temple Ball: Caveman

General Store Cafe: Jazz with Hutchison, Hoole and Elliott

Gino Russo's: Groovetown

Go! Room 4: Erie Choir with Hotel Lights

Holiday Inn Chapel Hill: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Band

Irregardless: Blue T, Fred and David Westbrook

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner Piano with Mary Mace

Kings: Viva La Venus with Lactose Quervo

Library: Club Night with DJs Kiko, Sleazy McQueen, Intuition

Lincoln Theatre: Drive-By Truckers

Local 506: Triple T's hosted by DJ Motherbrothers

Martin Street Music Hall: DJ Blake Presents Martha Quynn's Living Room

Montas: Grooves After Seven

MVP's Tavern: Lonesome George's all blues jam

Nightlight: Dylan Metrano with Tiger Saw, America Dear

Pour House: Open mic jam with Brent Robertson

Six String: Eric Taylor and Blue Ruby Music

Sushi Blues: Raw with LeMoore

Top of the Hill: Alabasta Suitcase

CONCERTS

Paddy Keenan with Patsy O'Brien: 7:30 pm: Irish and Celtic music. Part of Little Lake Hill House Concerts, Raleigh. www.bettpadgett.com, 787-6378. $15.

Fri, May 7
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

All People Grill: Skeeter Brandon

Bakus: Flamenco guitar

Berkeley Cafe: Plan B

Blue Bayou Club: Armand's Really Big Band

Bogart's: Syncopation

Bull Pen Lounge: Michael Leonhardt (piano)

Cafe Cyclo: Spin with LeMoore

Cat's Cradle: The Wailers

Cave: 7:30 pm: Brenda Linton Band; 10 pm: David Spencer Band

Crosspointe: Jason Harrod

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Magic Pipers

De La Luz@ Temple Ball: The Method and Result

Fat Daddy's: Lil Dave and Howlin Blues Band

Foster's: Blue Dogs

General Store Cafe: Lightnin' Wells

Gino Russo's: Main Event

Go! Room 4: Schooner with Bellafea, the Sames

Irregardless: Karen Jones with Michael Jones Jazz Duo

Java Divine Coffee Bar: Alex Smith

Joe & Jo's Downtown: The Capricorns with Green Bean Go!, Anderson Toone

Library: Brooklyn Nights with Kid AG

Lincoln Theatre: David Allan Coe with Rebel Son

Local 506: The Spinns, Tyler and the Puffs

Martin Street Music Hall: Innocent AD with Striking Susan and Age of Despair

Margaux's: Rich Emily Band

Michael Dean's: Mojo

Montas: Fiesta Tropical

MVP's Tavern: Rocket Band

Nightlight: Clang Quartet with Black Castle and Ahleuchatistas

Pour House: Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival with Gibb Droll

Sadlack's: The Breaks with The Nevers

Sidelines: 751 Band

Six String: Hooverville with Andrew Calhoun

Tony's Bourbon Street Oyster Bar: Staircase

Washington Duke Inn: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Duo with Ben Palmer

Woody's@City Market: Viavant

CONCERTS

Mother's Day Concert with the Meadow Singers: 2-4 pm: Part of Coffeehouse Concerts series. Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury O'Dell Pl, Cary. Ages 55 and up. 469-4081. $5.

Cary Children's Concert Choir: 7 pm: Singers perform Copland, more. Greenwood Forest Baptist Church, Cary. 462-3864. Free.

David Childers and Modern Don Juans: 7 pm: Part of Bynum Music Series. Alt-country music. 950 Bynum Rd, Bynum. 542-1858. Free, suggested donation $3-5.

Jazz at The Know: 7-10 pm: Weekly live jazz series hosted by jazz writer and announcer Larry Thomas. Music by Generations Band (Brother Yusuf, Freeman and Aidia Ledbetter). 2520 Fayetteville St, Durham. 682-7228. $5.

B.J. Thomas: 8 pm: Pop, country, gospel singer. Clayton Center, 20 minutes from downtown Raleigh. 553-3152, www.theclaytoncenternc.org. $26.

Capital Area Chorale: 8 pm: Spring concert of Feel the Spirit! God's Trombones and other Spirituals. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1520 Canterbury St, Raleigh. www.cachorale.org, 787-7364. $5-10.

Glorious and Free: Sounds of Canada: 8 pm: Spring concert by group Women's Voices with performances of Canadian composers. University United Methodist Church, 150 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 932-5455. $10 adults, $5 children.

With A Song In Our Hearts: 8 pm: F.R.E.D. performs with The General Assembly Chorus and Central Carolina high school barbershop quartets. BTI Center, Fletcher Opera Theatre, Raleigh. 303-0284. $15-25.

Avett Brothers CD Release Concert: 9 pm: Greenville, NC roots group celebrates release of Mignonette with opener Michael Reno Harrell. ArtsCenter, 300-G Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787. $12.

Sat, May 8
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

April + George: Worldbeat with DJ Steve

Babette's: Susan Reeves Trio

Bakus: Jafaar

Berkeley Cafe: Rebel Empire with Bass Envy

Bickett Gallery: Go Machine with Ivan (Rosebuds) and Ticonderoga

Bogart's: Super Glide

Cafe Cyclo: Merge with Xopher

Caffe Driade: Saludos Compay

Cat's Cradle: Dirtbombs with Forty Fives, Jimmy and the Teasers

Cave: 7:30 pm: Susan Kirk; 10 pm: New Town Drunks with Jim Smith and his Tall Buildings

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Skeeter Brandon

De La Luz@ Temple Ball: afternoon kids show, Paul Rosenburg; evening: Gomachi and Mosadi Music

The Edge: International Saturdays with DJ Billy Bill

Fat Daddy's: DL Token

Foster's: DJ Big Ben

General Store Cafe: Sheila Warner & Kathleen Hannan

Gino Russo's: Lounge Lizards

Go! Room 4: Sentinel

Hillsborough Farmer's Market: Ninian Bell

Irregardless: Moore Square Dance Band with Don Martin Duo

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano by Stephen Smith

Java Divine Coffee Bar: Leastways

Joe & Jo's Downtown: Gaslight

Kings Barcade: Hot Damn Hell-Themed party with DJ exe, DJ Castro, NC Rollergirls, and more

Lincoln Theatre: Barefoot Manner

Local 506: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings with DJs Marco, Midnite Cowboy & JMutt

Martin Street Music Hall: Return of the Wicked

Metro: Underground Flaunt with LeMoore

Michael Dean's: Magic Pipers

Nightlight: The Loners with Andy Airplane, Can Joann, Buckthorne Superstar

Pour House: Evening with John McEuen

Sadlack's: Independent Animal Rescue Benefit with Ohio Farm Cats, Crisis Lounge, Turkey Buzzard, more

Six String: noon: Bamboo Music Showcase; 8 pm: Jimmy Landry with Austin Echo

Spice Street: Fusion with DJ Intuition and Kid AG

Sunset Grille: Kingfish Unplugged

Tir na nOg: Josh Mayo with Modern Epic

Tony's Bourbon Street Oyster Bar: Mojo

Twisted Fork: Travis Proctor

Vin: Sala@Vin with DJs Joshua & Keith

Vineyard Cafe: Davis & Davis

Woody's@City Market: DJ T-LO

CONCERTS

Bluegrass Gospel Picnic: Noon-5 pm: With Charles Pettee and FolkPsalm, Joyful Noise Bluegrass Band, more. Aqueduct Conference Center, 1700 Mt Carmel Church Rd, Chapel Hill. 933-5557. $10, children under 12 free.

Jaafar: 1 pm: World music concert. Ten Thousand Villages, Cameron Village, 435 Woodburn Rd, Raleigh. 787-8066.

Dub Addis: 1-3 pm: Part of World Fair Trade Day celebration. One World Market, 811 Ninth St, Durham. 286-2457.

With A Song In Our Hearts: 2 & 8 pm: Please see May 7 listing.

Ginuwine: 7 pm: Hip-hop MC with Joe, Brian McKnight, more. Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh. www.alltelpavilion.com.

Jonathan Byrd and Dromedary CD Release Party: 8 pm: Bluegrass picker and songwriter and Athens, GA group team up on CD The Sea and the Sky. ArtsCenter, 300-G Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787. $12.

Sun, May 9
Club 9: Kaz's Coffee House Open Jam

Copeland's: Eddie Thigpen Jazz Trio featuring Scott Sawyer

The Edge: Absolut Sundays with DJ Chela No. 1

Go! Room 4: Chris Brokaw, Antietam, Evening Pines

Kings: 5 pm: matinee show; 9 pm: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings with DJs Marco & Midnite Cowboy

Montas: Salsa Salvaje Social

Pour House: Old Habits

Sadlack's: Evan Wade's One Man Band

Skylight Exchange: open mic

Southend Brewery and Smokehouse: Laura Ridgeway and Friends

West End: The DJ Group

CONCERTS

Jon Shain: 2-4 pm: Acoustic singer-songwriter. Part of Uncommon Concerts on the Commons. Carrboro Town Commons, next to Town Hall, Carrboro. 918-7367. Free.

Gail Gillespie & Nora Rogers: 3-4 pm: Old time musical mother-daughter duo. Presented by PineCone and NC Museum of History Part of Music of the Carolina Series. Daniels Auditorium, NC Museum of Art, www.pinecone.org, 715-0200. Free.

Fortuna Farewell Concert: 8 pm: Durham Renaissance choir performs at the end of 20 year career. Chapel of the Cross, 304 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 683-9672. Free.

Mon, May 10
Blue Bayou Club: Blue Monday All-Blues Jam

Cave: Snmnmnm with Gertie Fox

Comet Lounge: Open mic with Russ Thompson

Go! Room 4: Decibully with Maple Stave and Port Huron Statement

Library: open mic

Lincoln Theatre: Evan & Jaron with Owen Beverly

Local 506: Microphone Mondays featuring six Beat Battle Champions

Pour House: Kinetics

Six String: The Duhks

Tue, May 11
Bar Metro: Funk Night

Berkeley Cafe: Filth Crew with Krispen, Restriction, more

Blue Bayou Club: open mic with Diane & Gregory

Bogart's: Brad Benson

Cat's Cradle: Todd Rundgren

Cave: 7:30 pm: Clark Stern Trio; 10 pm: Voodoo Organist with Jehovah Chang

Library: International Dance Party

Local 506: Early 80's and Goth Night hosted by Dracula's Daughter

Pour House: Nathan Davis Band with Wounded Soul and Rulke of 9ne

Six String: open mic

CONCERTS

Fortuna Farewell Concert: 8 pm: Durham Renaissance choir performs at the end of 20 year career. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 810 W Chapel Hill St, Durham. 683-9672. Free.

Wed, May 12
Bar Metro: Mid-Week Crisis with DJs

Berkeley Cafe: Turner and Josh open mic

Bogart's: Travis Proctor

Cave: 7:30 pm: Emily Waszak, 10 pm: Unmentionables with The Notions

The Coffee Mill: Steve Owen

Go! Room 4: Shannon Wright with Decahedron

Helios Coffee Company: Intro by Keith

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano by Anthony Pascone

Library: Study Hall with Thundercuts

Local 506: Gripweed Manifold, The Three Torches

Martin Street Music Hall: Merge with DJs Merlin, Shade and Phobia

MVP's Tavern: Beatle's open jam

Pour House: Kickin' Grass with The Duhks

Six String: Carolina Road Bluegrass Band

Sushi Blues: Deja'Vu

CONCERTS

Jim Crisp Quintet: 6-9 pm: Part of Jazz on Main Summer Concert Series. Main Street, next to fountain in Streets at Southpoint, Durham, visit www.thestreetsatsouthpoint.com. Free.

Music Related
Raleigh Boychoir Auditions: 4:30-5:30 pm: Friday, May 15. Boys ages 7-12 may participate. Raleigh Boychoir Center, 1329 Ridge Rd, Raleigh. Pre-register, 881-9259.

Traditional Music Jam: First & third Wednesdays, 7-9 pm: Presented by High Strung Violins & Guitars. All levels, traditions welcome. 718 Ninth St, Durham. 286-3801.

Facilitated Drum Circle: Every first and third Wednesday, 7:30 pm: All ages, all levels. Drums for loan. Music Explorium, 403 Weaver St, Carrboro. 969-8400. Donations accepted.

Carolina Mountain Dulcimer Players: Every third Thursday at 7 pm: Fretted dulcimer players of all skill levels welcome. Carol Woods Retirement Community, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill. 919-5359 or shirleyray@aol.com.

Second Thursday Hammered Dulcimer Session: 7:30 pm: All levels welcome, both musicians and listeners invited. 106 Wainright Hall, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh. 990-1903. Free.

Carolina Samba School: Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm: Open to new members. Eduardo de Souza teaching Rio samba, pagode, and Bahia styles. 511 Dairyland Rd, Chapel Hill. 544-5451.

Open Celtic Music Jam: Saturdays, 5-7 pm: Celtic Wonders, 118 A East Main St, Carrboro. www.celticwonders2000.com.

Acoustic Pickin' Circle: Tuesdays, 8-10 pm: Sponsored by Piedmont Stringed Instruments. Crowley's Mini-Mart Billiards, 3055 Medlin Dr, Raleigh. 782-2955.

Durham Music Festival Call for Entries: Interested performers in all music genres encouraged to apply by June 1. Please submit CD and press pack to DADA asap. Durham Association for Downtown Arts, Attn: DMFe, PO Box 488, Durham, NC 27702.

Music Maker Relief Foundation: Help keep the bluest of the blues alive! To find out how you can help the organization that works with the forgotten heroes and pioneers of Southern musical traditions, call 643-2456, visit www.musicmaker.org, or email volunteers@musicmaker.org.

WNCU Jazz Calendar: List your jazz event at www.wncu.org. Contact Edith Thorpe at 530-6122 or ethorpe@wpo.nccu.com with questions.

Thu, May 13
Akai Hana: Eric Leith Piano Improv

April + George: Fruta with DJ Keith

Bar Metro: Eighties New Wave with DJ Anthony

Berkeley Cafe: Third String Magic

Blue Martini: MoJones

Cat's Cradle: Destroyer with Kingsbury Manx and Frog Eyes

Cave: 7:30 pm: Seth Coluzzi; 10 pm: The Duhks

Club 9: International Night

Crowley's of Stonehenge: open mic with EG Peters

Francesca's: Different Drum Trio

General Store Cafe: Jazz with Tony Galiano Band

Gino Russo's: Rewind

Holiday Inn Chapel Hill: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Band

Irregardless: Blue T Fred and David Westbrook

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner Piano with Mary Mace

Local 506: Triple T's hosted by DJ Motherbrothers

Martin Street Music Hall: DJ Blake Presents Martha Quynn's Living Room

Montas: Grooves After Seven

MVP's Tavern: Bob Hieton

Nightlight: Brian Probus with Don de Leaumont

Pour House: Open mic jam with Brent Robertson

Six String: Brown Mountain Lights and Steve Owen

Sushi Blues: Raw with LeMoore

Top of the Hill: Tain Collins Band

CONCERTS

A Perfect Circle: 8 pm: Pop band tours in support of Thirteenth Step. RBC Center, Raleigh, www.rbccenter.com, 861-2300. $29.50.

Fri, May 14
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

Bakus: Flamenco guitar

Berkeley Cafe: Lamar Jones Band CD Release Party

Bogart's: Magic Pipers

Bull Pen Lounge: Michael Leonhardt (piano)

Cafe Cyclo: Spin with LeMoore

Cat's Cradle: Sloan with The Kicks

Cave: 7:30 pm: Mad Tea Party; 10 pm: Big Fat Gap

The Coffee Mill: Vaughan Penn with John Hausman

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Sayer McShane

Fat Daddy's: Big Rick and the Bombers

Foster's: Willie and Me

General Store Cafe: Martha and the Moodswingers

Gino Russo's: EG Peters Band

Go! Room 4: Califone

Joe & Jo's Downtown: Nancy Dragotta and Walking Bones

Library: Brooklyn Nights w/ Kid AG

Lincoln Theatre: Nathan Asher and the Infantry

Local 506: Apollo Heights

Martin Street Music Hall: Revelry with Friends of Rachel, We Could Be Sushi, Hoopnotic Groove Troop, more

Margaux's: The Perculators

Michael Dean's: Crush

Montas: Fiesta Tropical

MVP's Tavern: Boomerang

Nightlight: The Louts with Antagonizers, Semantics and Minor Setback

Pour House: Liz Berlin & Jenn Wertz (of Rusted Root) with Sharif

Sadlack's: Psycho Cupid

Sidelines: Tribe

Six String: Stringfellows

Tony's Bourbon Street Oyster Bar: Time Machine

Washington Duke Inn: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Duo with Ben Palmer

CONCERTS

Alex Weiss CD Release Party: 6-9 pm: Celebrating the release of Beautiful Melody. Admission includes dinner and copy of CD. 706 Lakeview Rd, Durham, Alex_differentdrum@yahoo.com, 477-7577. $15.

Jazz at The Know: 7-10 pm: Weekly live jazz series hosted by jazz writer and announcer Larry Thomas. Music by Generations Band (Brother Yusuf, Freeman and Aidia Ledbetter). 2520 Fayetteville St, Durham. 682-7228. $5.

Cary Town Band Concert: 7:30-9 pm: Old time music. The Bandstand, corner of Walnut and Tanglewood sts, Cary. 467-7336.

C.E. Jordan High School Spring Choral Concert: 7:30 pm: Two nights, Friday and Saturday. Annual concert with songs by Temptations, Aretha Franklin, more. C.E. Jordan HS, 6806 Garrett Rd, Durham. 560-3912.

Flatlanders with Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion: 8 pm: Annual No Depression Concert. Texas supergroup. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, visit www.ncartmuseum.org. $18-25, kids 2-12 free.

Kirk Whalum with Barbara Weathers: 8 pm: Jazz saxophonist & R&B singer. Carolina Theatre, Durham, visit www.carolinatheatre.org, 560-3030. $32.

Stammer! at Artspace: 9 pm: Music and poetry, including The Wigg Report, Topography, jaguaro, Bill Weaver, John Dancy Jones, Scott Carey & Amy Nolan. 201 E Davie St, Raleigh. 821-2787. $4.

Sat, May 15
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

April + George: Worldbeat with DJ Steve

Babette's: Frankie Alexander with Scott Warner, more

Bakus: Jafaar

Berkeley Cafe: Ready-Mixed with Casanova, more

Bogart's: Lounge Lizards

Cafe Cyclo: Merge with Xopher

Cat's Cradle: Slowhand (Eric Clapton Tribute)

Cave: 7:30 pm: Nikki Meets the Hibachi; 10 pm: The Ravens

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Jacamo

The Edge: International Saturdays with DJ Billy Bill

Fat Daddy's: Rocco's Collar

General Store Cafe: Tampa Blue

Gino Russo's: Crush

Go! Room 4: Challenger with Ghost of Rock and Des Ark

Greenshield's Pub: Caribbean Jazz Project with LMT

Helios Coffee Company: Vaughan Penn & Jason Hausman

Hillsborough Farmer's Market: Piedmont Allstars

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano by Stephen Smith

Joe & Jo's Downtown: Hot Lemon

Lincoln Theatre: Appetite for Destruction with No More Mr. Nice Guy

Metro: Underground Flaunt with LeMoore

Michael Dean's: Rich Emily Band

Nightlight: Deadwave Dance Party

Open Eye Cafe: Heidi

Sadlack's: Yellin' Hoarsely

Six String: Doug Jones (of Cravin' Melon) with Rob Clay

Spice Street: Fusion with DJ Intuition and Kid AG

Sunset Grille: Mumbling Beefheads

Tony's Bourbon Street Oyster Bar: Wildmen from Borneo

Vin: Sala@Vin with DJs Joshua & Keith

Vineyard Cafe: ESP

Woody's@City Market: DJ T-LO

CONCERTS

Gospel Extravaganza: 3 pm: Part of Church Without Walls Ministry, Mount Pleasant Worship Center, 1424 Sawyer Rd, Raleigh. 961-2629. Free.

Paul Cubed: 4-8 pm: Celtic music. Part of Flying Pig BBQ event and fundraiser for Durham Symphony. Hope Valley Farms Swim and Tennis Club, Durham. 560-2736 for price.

C.E. Jordan High School Spring Choral Concert: 7:30 pm: Please see listing for May 14.

Bo Lozoff and Friends CD Release: 8 pm: Acclaimed author celebrates first CD in 18 years. ArtsCenter, 300-G Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787. $12.