Live music and DJs in the South Sound

ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC

• The Villa Cafe Tacoma - Downtown. Acoustic Night, with Lauren and Joel Lively. All Ages. 7 pm.
• Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Claudia Schmidt. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12.
• Cafe Luna Vashon. Tamara Lewis. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC.
• Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. The Autumn Electric, with Gina Belliveau. All Ages. 7 pm. NC.
• D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. The Corner. Youth Open Mic. All Ages. 6 pm. NC.
• Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Thistle & Rose, Crosby Tyler. All Ages. 8 pm.
• Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+. 7 pm.
• Victory Life Center Kent. Ultimate Urban Gospel Showcase, featuring Lisa McClendon, Claude Deuce, Michelle Lang, Still Water, Dawkins & Dawkins. All Ages. 6 pm.

BLUES

• Rock The Dock Pub & Grill Tacoma - Downtown. 9 Pound Hammer. 21+. 9 pm.
• Brown's Point Pizzeria Tacoma-Northeast. All Ages Jam, with The Cody Rentas Band. All Ages. 6 pm.
• Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Fingertips. 21+. 9 pm.
• Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Gray Sky Blues After-Festival Party, with Blues Redemption. 21+. 8 pm.
• Cutters Point Coffee Tacoma - Downtown. Gray Sky Blues Festival, featuring JD Hobson. All Ages. 12:30 pm. NC.
• The Indochine Asian Restaurant Tacoma-Downtown. Gray Sky Blues Festival, featuring Maia Santell & House Blend. 21+. 1 pm.
• The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Gray Sky Blues Festival, featuring The Blues Mongols, The Chester Dennis Jones Band, The Randy Oxford Band, International Bluesman Sean Carney. 21+. 1 pm. $8-$10.
• Harmon Brewery and Restaurant Tacoma - Downtown. Gray Sky Blues Festival, featuring The Wired Band, Micah Keselring, Jumpin' Josh, The Stacy Jones Band, Blues Redemption. 21+. 12 pm. NC.
• Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. New Blues Brothers. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Tim Reynolds Showcase. 21+. 9 pm. $15.

COMEDY/GAMES

• Cans Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Underground Presents Brad Upton. 21+. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15.
• Mud Bay Coffee Company Olympia - Westside. Fool’s Play Improv Comedy Troupe. All Ages. 8 pm. $5.
• Blue Heron Arts Center Vashon. The New Loud Americans. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$17.

COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS

• Eagles Lodge Auburn. Buckboard. 21+. 8 pm.
• Elks Lodge Olympia. Country Dance. 21+. 7 pm. $7.
• Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza DuPont. Sammy Steele Band. 21+. 9 pm.

DJ/ELECTRONIC

• Lady Luck’s Cowgirl Up Steakhouse and Saloon Tacoma - Parkland. All Access Saturday Nights. DJ Destiny, country, rock, R&B, dance. 21+. 9 pm.
• Jake's on 4th Olympia - Downtown. DJ Becca queer-friendly dance mix. 21+. 9 pm. $4.
• Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob. Hip-hop, R&B, Top 40, dance. 21+. 9 pm.
• The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. DJ Native Havoc and guests. 21+. 9 pm.
• Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. DJ Ryan. Eclectic mix of country, rock, hip-hop & everything. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance music. 21+. 10 pm. NC.
• Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. DJ dance music. 21+. 9 pm.
• Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Drum and Bass/Eletcro dubstep. DJs DiFi, Habit, Klik and Suga Jones. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC.
• Station 56 Tacoma - South. Greetings From Tacoma. DJ Dirty White. 21+. 10 pm.
• Last Call Bar Lakewood. Grown Folk Saturdays. DJ C-Luv spinning old skool, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s dance hits. 21+. 9 pm. $5.
• Tao Restaurant and Lounge Federal Way. KISS 106.1 FM DJs. 21+. 10 pm.
• Masa Comida Mexicana Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Latin America Meets North America. Two DJs spinning salsa, reggaeton, cumbia, merengue on two dance floors. 21+. 9 pm.
• Abbey Ballroom Tacoma - Downtown. Latin/Salsa Dance. With instruction, music. 21+. 9:30 pm. $5.
• Cedarwood Dome Milton. Sinful Saturdays. DJ 4410 Productions presents DJ J-Fresh spinning hip-hop, R&B, and mashups. 21+. 9 pm. Ladies NC.

JAZZ

• Pioneer Park Pavilion Puyallup. Arts Downtown Fundraiser, featuring Mike Nelson Trio, auction, BBQ. 21+. 6 pm. $25.
• The Grill at Meadow Park Tacoma - South. Jazz Night. 21+. 6 pm. NC.
• Woody's On The Water Tacoma - Downtown. Liquid Blue. 21+. 7 pm. NC.
• El Gaucho Tacoma - Downtown. Mr. D in the piano lounge. 21+. 7 pm. NC.
• Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Pianist/volcalist Kacey Evans. All Ages. 5:30-8 pm. NC.

KARAOKE

• Vince's Italian Restaurant Federal Way. Karaoke/DJ. 21+. Thurs: 8-12am Fri:-9-1am. No Cover.

POP/ROCK

• Great American Casino Lakewood. 4 More. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• O'Henry's Sports Bar Puyallup. 4 Outta 5. 21+. 9 pm. $5.
• Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Adrian Bourgeois. All Ages. 6 pm. NC.
• Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Black Dog. 21+. 2 pm. NC.
• Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Bob's Java Jive 55th Anniversary Party, with The Painkillers, Motopony, Bandolier, Darren Selector. 21+. 9 pm. $5.
• The Den at urbanXchange Tacoma - Downtown. Captain Thunderbolt, Womberang, Buffalo Thunder, Sugar Beats. All Ages. 6:30 pm.
• Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Congratulations & Friends. 21+. 9 pm.
• Varsity Grill Tacoma - Downtown. Dueling Piano Night. Listen, sing and dance to professional dueling piano players Josh and Mike. 21+. 8:30 pm-midnight Thurs 8:30 pm-1 am Fri-Sat. NC.
• Red Bike Dueling Piano Bar Lacey. Dueling piano show. 21+. 9 pm.
• Freddie's Club Fife. Felix Band. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• The Shelter Chehalis. Fun Police, Back Alley Kicks, Go Get The Scissors. All Ages. 8 pm.
• The Charleston Bremerton. Hell's Belles, Artimus Maximus. All Ages. 8 pm. $10.
• The Royal Bear Algona. Hi-Watt. 21+. 9 pm.
• Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Ian McFeron, Alisa Milner. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations.
• Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Intervision. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC.
• Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Jar Of Flies, Riverbend, Post Modern Heroes. 21+. 9 pm. $10.
• The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Kry. 21+. 9 pm. $8.
• Station 56 Tacoma - South. L.A. Guns, Dreams Jaded, Menace. 21+. 8 pm.
• PJ Pockets Casino Federal Way. Nitecrew. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC.
• Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Notorious 253. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Paul Kroeger. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
• Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Ricky Berger. All Ages. 8 pm. NC.
• Chopstix, A Dueling Piano Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Rock & Roll Dinner Show with dueling pianos. 21+. 7 pm.
• People's Community Center Tacoma - Downtown. Rock The Faith Tour. All Ages. 8 pm. NC.
• The Den at urbanXchange Tacoma - Downtown. Santee, Jason Freet, Spencer Kelly. All Ages. 8 pm. $5.
• Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Snootch. All Ages. 8 pm. NC.
• JR's Hideaway Belfair. Soulstice. 21+. 9 pm.
• Gig Harbor Farmers Market Gig Harbor. Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC.
• Red Wind Casino Yelm. Stir Crazy. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC.
• Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Sway. 21+. 6 pm. NC.
• Kerby's Lounge Sumner. The Cylas Band. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
• The Fan Club Lakewood. The Igneous Rocks Band. 21+. 8:30 pm.
• Harbor Greens Wine Bar Gig Harbor. The Shy Boys. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
• Kamel Toe Bar and Grill Tacoma - Parkland. Tone Circus. 21+. 9 pm. NC.

R&B

• Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. DaBand. 21+. 10 pm. NC.

RAP/HIP-HOP

• Celebration Christian Fellowship Tacoma. Or1ginal CD Release Show, with Seize, Willie Will, Afrok. All Ages. 7 pm. $10.
• Cedarwood Dome Milton. The Unofficial Black-Eyes Peas Afterparty, with Island Trybe, Fred Diesel, Cold Note, Sting Shark, Nasty Left. 21+. 8 pm. $5-$7.

WORLD BEAT

• The Loft on Cherry Olympia - Downtown. Clinton Fearon, High Ceiling. All Ages. 6:30 pm. $10.