The Sidebar Tavern :: Baltimore, Maryland

***Unless Otherwise Noted ***
* All Shows are 18+ (MOST Punk/Hardcore show are ALL AGES)* All non-band nights are 21+ *
* All 3-4 band shows: Doors @ 9pm, Bands @ 9:30pm *

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MAY 2012

1st	Tuesday	DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES The Cryptics (NH Punk) Decayed Future (Return Show!) Ahab's Revenge Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
2nd	Wednesday	40oz SIDEKICKS Seasonal Vague Ocuplanes Click For Tickets Click For Flier Doors @ 9pm
3rd	Thursday	HOLLYWOOD THE HALL MONITORS The Tough Shits Pretty Monsters Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
4th	Friday	BLINDING EYE DOG The Silverhounds Wrath Of Typhon Bukkake Party Tonight Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
5th	Saturday	PIPE SMOKING RABBITS 96 Ghosts Trashkanistan Invitational One Watt Sun Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
7th	Monday	Libyan Suite Sean Micheal Wilson Pallia James Lane & The Shaky Leg Experience Doors @ 9pm
8th	Tuesday	THEE LEXINGTON ARROWS KILL, BABY... KILL! Young Jaguars Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
9th	Wednesday	AMONG FRIENDS Bueno Crusher Flowers By The Doors Montpelier When Skies Are Grey Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
10th	Thursday	FOGHOUND Orange Horse Balor's Eye Goodbye New Plans Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
11th	Friday	REACTION! featuring: THE STENTS, DJ MAD SQUIRREL, DJ AMANDA OTTO Baltimore garage great THE STENTS grace us with their presence this month alongside DJs MAD SQUIRREL (of DC's Party Lights) and your hostess cupcake AMANDA OTTO! Bring your dancing shoes and shake a tail feather to an all-vinyl set of sixties rarities from around the globe! 2 for 1 rail and domestic from 9 to 11 pm! Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
12th	Saturday	MORE GORE #12 1 Year Anniversary! featuring: Brain Damage and Gremlins intermission by: In The Shit Hey guys, this is the 1 year of doing this movie night and also the last one. Come party it out with us! There will be a vegan cake made by Elena Fox from Ace Of Cakes. Also Silvester Koorevaar, the vocal gnome behind Fondlecorpse has created this awesome poster for it. Come out and get slaughtered. First up we have: Brain Damage Then grinding from Boston, MA IN THE SHIT Then to finish up the evening we'll be showing everyone's favorite critters Gremlins Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
13th	Sunday	WISDOM IN CHAINS ENSIGN Pleasant Living Supreme Commander Lashing Out Facebook Event Doors @ 7pm
14th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
15th	Tuesday	BOXELDERS Pocket Vinyl The Black Marks Sea Couch The Peasants Click For Tickets Click For Flier Doors @ 8pm
16th	Wednesday	NIPPON MOTION NIPPON MOTION is a brand new monthly DJ night featuring JAPANESE alt / indie / post-punk / rock and special video screenings. Hosted by Rob Perry, one of Baltimore's leading Japanophiles. PLUS: cold sake specials, Asahi specials and Japanese bar snacks! If you have even the slightest interest in Japanese music, or if you are already a fan, come out to this inaugural launch to hear some great music while you drink the night away. Click For Flier Doors @ 9pm
17th	Thursday	The Bad Scripts Californiableeding Walk The Plank The Dead Women Doors @ 9pm
18th	Friday	JOOST UP PROMO presents FIFTH OF BASS an ELECTRO/DUBSTEP BANGER Joost Up Promo FIFTH OF BASS dubstep\|electro\|laser\|party featuring:GRAPE JOOSE and DEVIATION Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
19th	Saturday	3rd ANNUAL RAMONES TRIBUTE NIGHT! THE PINHEADS (performing the entire "Rocket To Russia" Album) The Quarantines Rocksteady To Russia The Firecrackers The Nipsy Russell Experience Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
20th	Sunday	FREE PIZZA! Heaviness Of The Load Radical Discharge Most Heinous (NOLA) Spoilage Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
21st	Monday	DEAD WHALE RAMBLERS Signs Of Iris Crushed Purple Turtle Tongue Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
22nd	Tuesday	BET THE DEVIL LIFESTYLE (Japan) Brick Dead Gods Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
23rd	Wednesday	Xeukatre Horde Of The Eclipse Palkoski Wolfnuke Weed Warlock Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
24th	Thursday	4 DAY DJ WEEKEND! We will be spinning Punk and Metal all weekend long! Stop in! NO COVER and TONS of drink specials all weekend long. Doors @ 8pm
25th	Friday	4 DAY DJ WEEKEND! We will be spinning Punk and Metal all weekend long! Stop in! NO COVER and TONS of drink specials all weekend long. ...then at 11pm PLAGEDOGS from Philly will be doing a set! Doors @ 8pm
26th	Saturday	4 DAY DJ WEEKEND! We will be spinning Punk and Metal all weekend long! Stop in! NO COVER and TONS of drink specials all weekend long. ...then at 11pm SKELTARSIS DRESDEN will be doing sets! Doors @ 4pm
27th	Monday	4 DAY DJ WEEKEND! We will be spinning Punk and Metal all weekend long! Stop in! NO COVER and TONS of drink specials all weekend long. Doors @ 4pm
28th	Monday	SPECIAL STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT! The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
29th	Tuesday	UNSACRED Distances Instigate American Womanhood The Lives To Come Discord Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
30th	Wednesday	DOZER Go Cozy Teething Veils The Sea Life Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm

JUNE 2012

1st	Friday	STOUT Lifeless Hardside Outlast Facebook Event Doors @ 9pm
2nd	Saturday	Flock Baltimore Presents: Expansive Eye Blindtillnow Chance You Take Us Dismantlers Doors @ 9pm
4th	Monday	US & THEM Bamboo Forest Denizens Of Washington NiteOwl Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
5th	Tuesday	OLD INDIAN Sea Flower (NJ) Manta Ray Sun Buffalo Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
6th	Thursday	THE RUMBLE Team Rocket Steel Chin Jimmy Maitre D' Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
7th	Thursday	Kabob o Taj Doors @ 9pm
8th	Friday	REACTION! Featuring: The Mirrors (VA), DJ Mojo Gogo (DC), DJ Amanda Otto Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
9th	Saturday	DISETTE Continent Patience In Suffering Illuminations Bridges Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 7pm
11th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
12th	Tuesday	FAILURE BY DESIGN Annedel Kalevra Red Yeti Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
13th	Wednesday	NIPPON MOTION NIPPON MOTION is a brand new monthly DJ night featuring JAPANESE alt / indie / post-punk / rock and special video screenings. Hosted by Rob Perry, one of Baltimore's leading Japanophiles. PLUS: cold sake specials, Asahi specials and Japanese bar snacks! If you have even the slightest interest in Japanese music, or if you are already a fan, come out to this inaugural launch to hear some great music while you drink the night away. Doors @ 9pm
14th	Thursday	THE MAY SEASON Visit Mr. Alligator Shatter Click For Tickets Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
15th	Friday	Joost Up Promo presents: OMG! #LASTNIGHT dubstep\|electro\|laser\|party Doors @ 8pm
16th	Saturday	It's a 2003 reunion, we've played in too many bands! TRIAC (x-index, flowers in the attic) HULL (Brooklyn, NY-crushing metal on THE END recs) DRUGS OF FAITH (x-enemy soil) MUSKET HAWK (x-karma payment plan, a warm gun) OTHER GODS (x-pulling teeth, liars academy) Click For Tickets Doors @ 8pm
18th	Monday	LUSHFARM Sound & Shape New Media Max Zero Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
19th	Tuesday	Wall Of Sleep North My America Doors @ 9pm
20th	Wednesday	SEAN WILSON Monteclair Libyan Suite Corpusle Doors @ 9pm
21st	Thursday	NEXT TO NOTHING Arrows Over Athens Something Else Chasing Morgan Class Picture Click For Tickets Doors @ 8pm
22nd	Friday	MONTPELIER Fire Spoken By The Buffalo Ghosts Of Mississippi Au Revoir Doors @ 9pm
23rd	Saturday	MUSICBAND Swaggerin' Growlers The Snallygasters Doors @ 9pm
25th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
26th	Tuesday	STONECREEP Burning Shadows Tread The Tides Fortress Click For Tickets Click For Flier Doors @ 9pm
27th	Wednesday	Statue Of Liberty (CO) Jon Garcia Doors @ 9pm
28th	Thursday	TRASHKANISTAN BENEDICT ARNOLD 88MPH 96 Ghosts Todd Higgins & The Sporty Ace Sluggers Click For Tickets Click For Flier Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
29th	Friday	PIPE SMOKING RABBITS Walk The Plank Mostly Dead Rodent Lord The Johnnys Facebook Event Doors @ 8pm
30th	Saturday	KRISTI'S BIRTHDAY SHOW! Thee Lexington Arrows The Evokatones When Embers Ignite Doors @ 9pm

JULY 2012

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2nd	Monday	THE POLYGONS The Disconnects Crazy & The Brains Let It Go Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
3rd	Tuesday	Faith In Jane Doors @ 9pm
5th	Thursday	NITE OWL Wise Eyes Dozer The Brothers McGinnis Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
6th	Friday	Joost Up Promo presents: OMG! #LASTNIGHT dubstep\|electro\|laser\|party Doors @ 8pm
9th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
10th	Tuesday	SWEAT LIFE Level Vibes 3 Second Lunchbox Doors @ 9pm
11th	Wednesday	PINATA Gloria Adios The Pessimist Hangs The Optimist Mr. Alligator Click For Tickets Doors @ 9pm
12th	Thursday	BRACEFACE The Firecrackers The Sheckies Trashkanistan The Quarantines Click For Tickets Doors @ 8pm
13th	Friday	REACTION! More info to come! Doors @ 9pm
14th	Saturday	CLOCKBREAKER PostFreedom Devil's Radio AV Anxiety Doors @ 9pm
16th	Monday	RF30 (NH) UNION BOYS (MA) Doors @ 9pm
17th	Tuesday	The Enders Carrie & The Basement Cats The Clamors Doors @ 9pm
18th	Wednesday	NIPPON MOTION NIPPON MOTION is a brand new monthly DJ night featuring JAPANESE alt / indie / post-punk / rock and special video screenings. Hosted by Rob Perry, one of Baltimore's leading Japanophiles. PLUS: cold sake specials, Asahi specials and Japanese bar snacks! If you have even the slightest interest in Japanese music, or if you are already a fan, come out to this inaugural launch to hear some great music while you drink the night away. Doors @ 9pm
19th	Thursday	TIGER BITTER Moon Furies Lazerbitch Doors @ 9pm
20th	Friday	SONIC CREEPS Stillborn Darrow Chemical Company Dead N' Wasted Without Warning Doors @ 8pm
21st	Saturday	"Callie's Cause" Benefit Show In 2009, when Callie Swintosky was just 4 yrs old, she suffered 3 debilitating strokes due to viral encephalitis. These strokes left Callie blind, and unable to speak. She is such a fighter, and continues to make progress everyday with the help of daily therapy, and the love and support of her parents, Eric and Heather. Callie is in need of a costly stem cell transplant not offered yet in the United States & a brain therapy program. Both of these treatments will aid in healing Callie's stroke areas & allow her to see & speak again! Callie's Cause does multiple fundraisers and is accepting donations to help with the cost of these programs not only for Callie but for other children & their families in similar Join us at the Sidebar Tavern in Baltimore, Md on July 21, 2012 as we try to raise money for this family- Bands so far include: The Firecrackers Final Transmission Stillborn The Prozacs (Springfield, MA) Trashkanistan Dead End Lane Younger Years The Snallygasters Honkey Kong Doors @ 4pm
23rd	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
24th	Tuesday	See Rule Five Soup Of The Day Doors @ 9pm
25th	Wednesday	JUMPCUTS Wardolphin Radmartigan Doors @ 9pm
28th	Saturday	YOUNGER YEARS The Stereo State Banquets Pleasant Living 96 Ghosts Doors @ 8pm
31st	Tuesday	CAIN SACRIFICIAL BLOOD Doors @ 9pm

AUGUST 2012

1st	Wednesday	RAW NERVES STRIPMINES Doors @ 9pm
2nd	Thursday	Electric Fireworks Cafe LaMotta Doors @ 9pm
6th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
9th	Thursday	NATIVES Technicians NiteOwl Enemy At The Gate Doors @ 9pm
10th	Friday	REACTION! lineup and more info to come! Doors @ 9pm
11th	Saturday	MARK WHISKEY & THE SOURS Doors @ 9pm
15th	Wednesday	NIPPON MOTION NIPPON MOTION is a brand new monthly DJ night featuring JAPANESE alt / indie / post-punk / rock and special video screenings. Hosted by Rob Perry, one of Baltimore's leading Japanophiles. PLUS: cold sake specials, Asahi specials and Japanese bar snacks! If you have even the slightest interest in Japanese music, or if you are already a fan, come out to this inaugural launch to hear some great music while you drink the night away. Doors @ 9pm
18th	Saturday	Empire Of Rust Dead Aces (NY) The Snallygasters Doors @ 9pm
20th	Monday	STANDUP OPEN MIC NIGHT The Sidebar Open Mic is a comedy show open to comedic performers of all experience levels. The bi-weekly show features everything from nationally touring professionals working on new material to novice performers attempting comedy for the first time. If you are interested in performing, you can email Mike (finazzo.comedy@gmail.com) or sign up at the Sidebar starting at 8pm on show days. The show starts around 8:30 and there is no cover charge for comedians or audience members. Doors @ 8pm AGES 18+
24th	Friday	ASSHOLE FEST DAY ONE Doors @ 9pm
27th	Monday	Decayed Future Some Kind Of Nightmare (CA) Doors @ 9pm