Quote Originally Posted by Chubminnow View Post
As for 4th Street Live...I'm not real excited about it, kind of a tourist trap as someone else said. Molly Malone's on Bardstown is pretty good, actually Bardstown Road in itself is worthy of checking out, plenty along that road, lots of "culture"
I agree with this. Bardstown Road is the place to bar hop and find good live music. Several intersting shops to look in too with lots of local art and such.

Here's a good website that has a great schedule for finding out what's going on when you come to town:
http://louisville.metromix.com/
The live music schedule is the one I look at most on that site. It also has listings for the large number of bars, clubs, music halls, etc. in town if you want to look a few up.

Also, you might also want to check to see who's at Headliners when you come, they have a wide variety of music acts from time to time...The Del McCoury band is coming in Feb.
http://headlinerslouisville.com/

Jim Porter's is another one to check out - you don't get all the young riff raff in there (no rap or hard rock), it's more adult friendly and they play some really good music in there. It's where the late 30s, 40s, and 50s age group hangs out...definitely not the place for a young guy to pick up chicks, unless you're looking for a cougar
http://jimporters.com/

The Comedy Caravan is a cheap show, and usually pretty good. Some of the best acts we've seen there were people we had never heard of. Sometimes you can score tickets for $5 or less if you check far enough in advance.
http://comedycaravan.com/index.cfm?p=286

I will mention one place to avoid, just on my experience...tons of people from Louisville always recommend Ramsi's Cafe on the World...they'll rave about it and say how wonderful it is. I gave it a shot and hated it. I didn't have a clue what 99% of the stuff was on the menu as the place specializes in strange food from around the world...lots of vegan choices on the menu too. Plus, the place smelled like feet. Unless you are a hippie, vegan, or vegetarian and enjoy that kind of strangeness, I'd steer clear of that place.
http://www.ramsiscafe.com/index.php?...d=38&Itemid=57

There are some great sushi places in town. Osaka and Mikato are the two I like best. I could eat at either one of those every day! Osaka is the best though.