GROUND ZERO, 48 Allenstown Road; 268-0007: Sunday: Twipe, Jonathan Mitchell, Novel Ideas and TBA; Friday: MicLordz and Saucy, Myths of Darrah, My Last Flight, Forever in Motion and guests, 7 p.m. doors/8 p.m. show. Cover charge.
ASHLAND
COMMON MAN, 60 Main St.; 968-7030: Thursday: open mike jam; Friday: Stas; Saturday: Chris White Band, 8 p.m.
AUBURN
HOLIDAYS BAR AND GRILL, 346 Hooksett Road; 483-0880: Wednesday: karaoke; Thursday: live music, 7 p.m.
SHOOTERS, Route 3; 528-2444: Sunday: Jim Tyrrell, 8 p.m., no cover.
BRIDGEWATER
BRIDGEWATER INN, 367 Mayhew Tpke.; 744-3518: Sunday: DJ and karaoke; Thursday: DJ and karaoke; Friday: Nick's Other Band; Saturday: Hot Damn, 9 p.m. $3.
BRISTOL
KATHLEEN'S COTTAGE, 11 Hobart Road; 744-6336: Friday: Celtic Tradition and Friends, 7 p.m. THE MILL, 2 Central St.; 744-0405: Friday: acoustic open mike, 7 p.m.
CAMPTON
SUNSET GRILL, Routes 3 and 49; 726.3108: Sunday: open stage with Jim Tyrrell, 7 p.m.; Saturday: live music, 9 p.m.
CANDIA
HENDERSON'S PICKIN' PARLOR, 179 Raymond Road; 483-5001: Thursday: open mike, 7 p.m., no cover.
CENTER SANDWICH
CORNER HOUSE INN, 22 Main St.; 284-6219: Friday: Tom Fleishmann, 6 p.m., no cover charge.
CONCORD
BARLEY HOUSE, 132 N. Main; 228-6363: Tuesday: Irish acoustic session, 7 p.m.; Wednesday: trivia night, 8 p.m.; Friday: Mr. Nick and the Dirty Tricks, 9:30 p.m. GREEN MARTINI, 6 Pleasant St. Ext.; 223-6672: Wednesday-Thursday: open mike with Steve Naylor, 8 p.m.; Friday: Ron Adams, 9 p.m. HERMANOS COCINA MEXICANA, 11 Hills Ave.; 224-5669: Sunday-Monday: John Franzosa: Tuesday-Wednesday: Ben Levergood; Thursday: Mike Morris, 6:30 p.m. LOUDON ROAD RESTAURANT/PIT ROAD LOUNGE, 388 Loudon Road; 226-0533: Tuesday: karaoke with Mark from Day Janeiro, 8:30 p.m.; Thursday: karaoke with Mark, 8:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: karaoke, DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. Cover charge may apply.
DOVER
BARLEY PUB, 328 Central Ave.; 742-4226: Sunday: Jim Rudolf Group, 8 p.m., no cover; Wednesday: Gnarlemagne, 9 p.m.; Thursday: bluegrass jam, 9 p.m., no cover. DOVER BRICK HOUSE, 2 Orchard St.; 749-3838: Sunday: all-ages show with At Half Mast, Black Bear,You're Your Last Words, Scare Don't Fear, Brethren, Holocene Elegy, 4 p.m., and Rockstar karaoke, 9 p.m.; Tuesday: acoustic open mike with Anthony Vito Fiandaca; Thursday: Thumpin Thursday, 8 p.m. and Regina, 9 p.m.; Friday: Parker Street Band, White Rabbit; Saturday: C Rayz Walz, Eyenine, Mechanical Hound, Slicko, 8 p.m. JIMMY'S SPORTS BAR, 15 Mechanic St.; 742-9818: Friday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 8:30 p.m., $3. 21+. KELLEY'S ROW, 421 Central Ave.; 750-7081: Monday: Irish sessions; Wednesday: trivia; Thursday: DJ and karaoke; Friday: Tim Theriault; Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. TOP OF THE CHOP, One Orchard St.; 749-0006: Monday: acoustic open mike, 8 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday: live jazz piano, 7 p.m.
DURHAM
THREE CHIMNEYS INN, 17 Newmarket Road; 868-7800: Thursday: Joel Cage, 6 p.m. EAST HAMPSTEAD PASTA LOFT, 220 E. Main St.; 378-0092: Sunday: Anthony from Two by Two, 8 p.m.
EPSOM
CIRCLE 9 RANCH, Windymere Drive; 736-9656: Saturday: Black Brook Band, 7 p.m.
FRANCONIA
CANNON MOUNTAIN VIEW, 729 Main St.; 823-9577: Thursday: Matt Tellier, Friday: live music, 9 p.m. 21+.
GILFORD
ELLACOYA BARN AND GRILLE, 2667 Lakeshore Road; 293-8700: Thursday: live music, 7 p.m. PATRICK'S PUB AND EATERY, 18 Weirs Road; 293-0841: Wednesday: Adventures Series with Eric Grant, 8 p.m.; Thursday: Music with Sev, 7 p.m. and comedy with TBA, 10 p.m., $10; Friday: Sum X 4, 9 p.m.; Saturday: Karen and Tim, 9 p.m. No cover charge.
GLEN
THE RED PARKA STEAKHOUSE AND PUB, Route 302; 383-4344: Monday: open mike with Carl Iacozilli; Thursday: Jug; Friday-Saturday: Vacate, 9 p.m.
HAMPSTEAD
ONE ELEVEN VILLAGE SQUARE, Route 111; 329-6879: Sunday: blues jam, 5 p.m.
HAMPTON
BOARDWALK CAFE, corner of F and N streets; 929-7400: Sunday: Double Shot; Monday-Tuesday: Chris Michaels karaoke; Wednesday-Saturday: live music, 9 p.m. BREAKERS CAFE, Ashworth Hotel, Ocean Blvd.; 926-6762: Thursday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. No cover charge. LA BEC ROUGE, 73 Ocean Blvd.; 926-5050: Sunday: Doug Mitchell, 2 p.m. and Joe McDonald, 9 p.m.; Monday: Dual; Tuesday: Steve Mcaloon; Wednesday: Liquid Audio, 9 p.m. RON'S LANDING, 379 Ocean Blvd.; 929-2122: Sunday: Read/Allen Duo 3 p.m.; Friday: Greg Field, 7 p.m. WALLY'S PUB, 144 Ashworth Ave., Hampton; 926-6954: Friday-Saturday: Bars, 9:30 p.m.
HANOVER
CANOE CLUB, 27 S. Main St.; 643-9660: Sunday: Doug Henry, 7 p.m. Monday: Marko the Magician, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday: Ed Eastridge; Wednesday: Gillian Joy; Thursday: Jairo Sequeira; Friday: Ted Mortimer and Linda Boudreau; Saturday: Jonathan Kaplan, 7 p.m.
HILLSBOROUGH
BOOMERANG'S, 37 Henniker St.; 464-3912: Wednesday: karaoke, 8 p.m.; Thursday: open mike; Friday-Saturday: live music, 9 p.m.
HUDSON
JOHNNY'S PIZZERIA, 35 Lowell St.; 880-7087: Sunday: Project Mess, 1 p.m.; Friday: Sweet Willie D, 9 p.m. LINDA'S SPORTS BAR, 2B Burnham Road; 886-0792: Tuesday: ladies karaoke, 8 p.m.; Friday: Fair Game; Saturday: Sarah B and Company, 9 p.m.
JACKSON
WILDCAT INN AND TAVERN, Route 16A; 383-4245: Tuesday: hoot with Jonathan Sarty, 8 p.m.; Friday: Rane and Mark Russo, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: White Mountain Boys, 9 p.m.
KEENE
CHASE TAVERN, 30 Main St.; 357-7070: Thursday: jam with Russell Novotny; Friday: TBA, 8:30 p.m. Cover charge may apply. MCCUE'S, 12 Emerald St.; 352-2110: Friday: DJ Six-7, 9 p.m. POWER STATION, 222 West St.; 381-9077: Saturday: live music, 7 p.m.
LACONIA
CACTUS JACK'S, 1182 Union Ave.; 528-7800: Wednesday: Paul Warnick; Thursday: Relevation, 9 p.m. No cover charge. PARADISE BEACH CLUB, Lakeside Ave.; 366-2665: Friday-Saturday: TigerLily, 9 p.m. T-BONES, 1182 Union Ave.; 528-7800: Friday: Paul Warnick, 4 p.m.
LEBANON
SALT HILL PUB, 2 W. Park; 448-4532: Tuesday: live traditional session; Friday: 33 1/3; Saturday: Dan Blakeslee, 9 p.m.
LINCOLN
FRATELLO'S, Kancamagus Hwy.; 745-2022: Friday-Saturday: Joel Cage, 7 p.m.
LONDONDERRY
HOMESTEAD RESTAURANT, Route 102 and Mammoth Road; 437-2022: Friday: live music, 6:30 p.m. TUPELO MUSIC HALL, 2 Young Road; 437-5100: Thursday: open mike with Ellis Ralph, 6 p.m.; Friday: Church, 8 p.m., $35-40. WHIPPERSNAPPERS, Route 102; 434-2660: Sunday: Four Sticks, 8 p.m.; Monday: open mike jam, 8 p.m., no cover; Tuesday: Video DJ, 6 p.m.; Wednesday: stump trivia, 6:30 p.m.; Thursday: KT and Fuse, 8:30 p.m.; Friday: Hot Damn; Saturday: Third Stone, 9:30 p.m.
MANCHESTER
BLACK BRIMMER, 1087 Elm St.; 669-5523: Wednesday: DJ and dancing; Thursday: Last Call Duo; Friday: Rock Daddy's; Saturday: Leaving Eden, 9 p.m. BO'S RIVERSIDE CAFE, 500 Commercial St.; 625-4444: Friday-Saturday: live music or DJ, 8 p.m. BREEZEWAY, 114 Pearl St.; 621-9111: Monday: pianist Robert D., 8:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: DJ McKay and DJ Brian, 9 p.m. CLUB LIQUID, 23 Amherst St.; 645-7600: Wednesday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. Cover charge may apply on Saturday. 21+. CLUB 313, 93 S. Maple St.; 628-6813: Wednesday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. DERRYFIELD RESTAURANT, 625 Mammoth Road; 623-2880: Sunday: Chad LaMarsh; Tuesday: Gardner Berry; Wednesday: Ben Kilcollins; Thursday: John Ridlon, 5:30 p.m.; Friday: Gardner and Dave, 5:30 p.m. and Josh Logan Band, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday: Endangered Species, 5:30 p.m. and Chicken Slacks, 9:30 p.m. FRATELLO'S, 155 Dow St.; 624-2022: Wednesday: Mike Grady; Thursday: Gardner Berry, 6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: Jon Abrams, 7 p.m., no cover, HANOVER STREET CHOP HOUSE, 149 Hanover St.; 644-2467: Wednesday: live piano music, 6 p.m.; Friday: live piano music, 6:30 p.m. HILTON GARDEN INN, 101 S. Commercial St.; 669-2222: Thursday: Piper Runion-Bereford; Friday: Eric Klaxton Quartet, 6 p.m. 900 DEGREES, 50 Dow St.; 641-0900: Sunday: blues jam, 4 p.m.; Tuesday: wine tasting, 5:30 p.m. ROCKO'S BAR AND GRILL, 253 Wilson St.; 626-5866: Friday: Kill Whitney Dead, Valet Parking, 6 p.m.; Saturday: Knives Exchanging Hands, See You Next Tuesday, Arsonists Get All the Girls, 6 p.m. THE SHASKEEN, 909 Elm St.; 625-0246: Sunday: Spain Brothers sing-along, 2 p.m., and open traditional music, 5 p.m.; Monday: Scalawag; Tuesday: Manchuka, 8 p.m.; Wednesday: open mike comedy; Thursday-Saturday: TBA. p.m. STRANGE BREW TAVERN, 88 Market St.; 666-4292: Sunday: Howard Randall blues jam; Tuesday: Strange Brew All Stars; Wednesday-Saturday: TBA, 9 p.m. No cover charge. UNWINED, 865 Second St.; 625-9463: Wednesday: members of Craig Fahey Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: members of Craig Fahey Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. No cover charge. WALLY AND BERNIE'S, 20 Old Granite St.; 641-2583: Thursday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. 21+. Cover charge of $5 (guys only) on Friday and Saturday. WILD ROVER PUB, 21 Kosciuszko St.; 669-7722: Wednesday-Thursday: Marty Quirk, 9 p.m. No cover charge.
MEREDITH
GIUSEPPE'S PIZZERIA and RISTORANTE, Mill Falls Market Place; 279-3313: Sunday: open stage with Lou Porrazzo, 7 p.m.; Monday: TBA; Tuesday: Lou Porazzo; Wednesday: TBA; Thursday-Saturday: Giovannie Varano at the piano, 6 p.m. No cover charge.
MERRIMACK
SLAPSHOT'S SPORTS BAR AND BILLIARDS, 515 Daniel Webster Hwy; 262-9335: Friday: 3 Chords and a Cloud of Dust, 9 p.m. 21+.
NASHUA
AMBER ROOM, 53 High St.; 881-9060: Thursday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. 21+, cover charge may apply. MARTHA'S EXCHANGE, 185 Main St.; 883-8781: Friday-Saturday: TBA, 10 p.m. 21+. Cover charge may apply. PEDDLER'S DAUGHTER, 48 Main St.; 821-7535: Wednesday: DJ St. Julian; Thursday: Mindseye: Friday: Amorphous; Saturday: Swinging Johnsons, 9:30 p.m. $3. SKY LOUNGE, 522 Amherst St.; 882-6026: Sunday: singles dance, 7 p.m., $10, couples welcome; Wednesday: Team trivia, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: live music, 9 p.m. VILLA BANCA, 194 Main St.; 598-0500: Friday-Saturday: strolling violinist and accordionist, 7 p.m.
NEWMARKET
ROCKINGHAM BALLROOM, 22 Ashswamp Road; 659-4410: Friday: dancing with DJ Ted Razz, 8 p.m., $9.
NEWPORT
SALT HILL PUB, 58 Main St.; 863-7774: Thursday: open mike feat, 8:30 p.m.; Friday: Screwtops; Saturday: Pete Merrigan, 9 p.m.
NORTH CONWAY
CLUB 550, 2025 White Mountain Hwy.; 356-7807: Sunday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. DELANEYS, N. Main St; 356-7776: Wednesday: McDonough Brothers Band, 9 p.m. No cover charge. 21+. UP COUNTRY RESTAURANT, Route 16; 356-3336: Friday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m.
NORTH WOODSTOCK
WOODSTOCK INN, STATION AND BREWERY, Route 3, Main Street; 745-3951: Sunday: NTN trivia, all day; Tuesday: karaoke challenge, 9 p.m.; Wednesday: NTN trivia, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: Jim Devlin Band, 9 p.m.
NOTTINGHAM
DANIELS HALL, Route 4; 942-8525: Friday: singles dance with DJ JoAnn, 8 p.m., $11.
THE SAD CAFE, 148 Plaistow Road; 382-8893: Wednesday: Summer acoustic kick-off show; Friday: Good Die Young, Set It Off, Retro Ignite, Brikked, Pure Decibels, 7 p.m. Cover charge.
PLYMOUTH
LUCKY DOG TAVERN AND GRILLE, 53 S. Main St.; 536-4445: Tuesday: '80s ; Friday-Saturday: DJ Mike B, 10 p.m. 21+.
PORTSMOUTH
BLUE MERMAID, 409 Hill; 427-2583: Thursday: Stephanie Hayward; Friday: Anthony Fiandaca; Saturday: Jamantics, 9 p.m. $5. BOURBONS AT THE MUDDY RIVER, 21 Congress St.; 430-9582: Tuesday: Regina Rochefort; Wednesday: Nate Wilson Group; Friday-Saturday: TBA, 8 p.m. 21+. BREWERY LANE TAVERN, 96 Brewery Lane; 433-7007: Thursday: Greg Luttrell, 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 10 p.m. DOLPHIN STRIKER, 15 Bow St.; 431-5222: Sunday: Don Severance; Monday: Rick Watson, 8 p.m.; Tuesday: Matt Shipman, 9 p.m. HILTON GARDEN INN, 100 High St.; 431-1499: Sunday: John Hunter Duo, 9 a.m.; Friday: Sharon Jones; Saturday: Cormac McCarthy, 8:30 p.m. No cover charge. ISLES OF SHOALS STEAMSHIP, 315 Market St.; 432-5500: Wednesday: party cruise with Green Lion Crew, 7 p.m.; Thursday: WXGR Full Moon Groove Cruise, 7 p.m. Call for details. PADDY'S AMERICAN GRILLE, 27 International Drive; 430-9450: Thursday: Crab Shack, 6 p.m. 21+. PORTSMOUTH GAS LIGHT CO., 64 Market St.; 430-9122: Sunday: Island Fever with Rog and Ray, 6 p.m.; Monday: Aaron Seibert; Tuesday: Pat Foley; Wednesday: Elijah Clark, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday: Tim Theriault, 7 p.m.; Friday: Gary Lopez and Baker Street, 7 p.m. and DJ Biggie, Hot Club of Portland, 9 p.m.; Saturday: Duty Free, 7 p.m. and DJ B Money, 9 p.m. THE PRESS ROOM, 77 Daniel St.; 431-5186: Sunday: Bruce Gertz, Jerry Bergonzi, Tim Ray and Joe Hunt, 6 p.m., $10; Monday: Effenpeifferberger Creative Music Ensemble, 8 p.m., no cover; Tuesday: Larry Garland jazz jam, 5:30 p.m., then hoot with Jerry Tillett, 9 p.m., no cover. RED DOOR, 107 State St.; 373-6827: Sunday: Groove Session with Pharos, Feat and members of Press Project; Tuesday: Scissor Test; Wednesday-Saturday: DJ and dancing, 9 p.m. Cover charge may apply. RUDI'S, 20 High St.; 430-7834: Sunday: jazz brunch with Lex and Joe, 12 p.m.; Thursday: live music, 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: Duke Snyder, 6 p.m.
ROCHESTER
THE GOVERNOR'S INN, 78 Wakefield St.; 332-0107: Sunday: Lunch at the Dump, 4 p.m. SLIM'S TEX MEX, 45 N. Main St.; 330-3300: Monday: open mike with Dustin Pearce, 8 p.m.; Tuesday: country with Cowboy Rick, 7 p.m.; Wednesday: karaoke, 8 p.m.; Thursday: Kayote Ugly karaoke with Trish P, 8 p.m.; Friday: Redlock; Saturday: DJ dance party, 9 p.m.
SALEM
SALEM VFW, Route 28; 898-7924: Friday: karaoke, open mike, DJ and dancing, 8 p.m. No cover.
SEABROOK
PLAYERS BAR AND GRILLE, 920 Lafayette Road; 474-6001: Friday-Saturday: Bang n' Jane, 9 p.m. No cover charge. 18+.
SUNAPEE
THE ANCHORAGE, 71 Main St.; 763-3334: Sunday: Mark and Debbie, 4 p.m.; Thursday: live music, 8 p.m.; Friday: open mike; Saturday: live music, 9 p.m. No cover charge.
WEIRS BEACH
THE LOONY BIN, 554 Endicott St. North; 366-2300: Sunday: Arthur James and Northbound, 2 p.m
WEST LEBANON
ELECTRA NIGHTCLUB, 66 Benning St.; 298-6688: Thursday: DJ and dancing; Friday: DJ Jimmy Jam, $7; Saturday: DJ Eric G, 9 p.m.
WEST OSSIPEE
JOSHUA TREE BAKERY, Routes 16 and 25; 879-0615: Friday: open mike, 6 p.m.
