by Inlander Staff & r & Check what's happening at local nightspots for the next week.


Thursday, 9/8 & r & Big Easy, Tech N9ne & r & Bigfoot, Exit & r & Bottoms Up, DJ Brian Taylor & r & Capone's, James Witon and the Downtown Apostles & r & ella's, 7th Degree & r & Far West, Doghouse Boys & r & PICK! Fat Tuesday's, Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes, Thunderbirds Are Now, Fine for Now & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & Ramada Inn Airport, Holly Holmes (838-5211) & r & Talotti's 211, DJ Silent J & r & Thumpers, Chris Rieser Acoustic Trio (484-8489) & r & Wine Cellar, Don Millard





Friday, 9/9 & r & Ankeny's, Soul Proprietor & r & Annie Fannie's, New Jack City & r & PICK! Big Easy, Five Foot Thick CD Release w/ Inflikt, Clinch & amp; Bled By Design & r & Bolo's, Nova & r & Bottoms Up, DJ Brian Taylor & r & B-Side, Seaweed Jack, Pleeseeasaur & r & Curley's, Deep Six & r & Double Dribble, The Ryndog & r & ella's, 7th Degree, Lindell Reason & r & Fat Tuesday's, Outasite & r & Fizzie Mulligan's, The Perones & r & Iron Horse, Live DJ & r & & r & Mirabeau Hotel, Aaron Richner & r & Mizuna, Save Lefty & r & Mootsy's, Downtown Apostles & r & Pepperdine's, Somebody's Hero & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & Ramada Inn Airport, Holly Holmes (838-5211) & r & Rock Inn, Ray Vasquez & r & Spokane House, Diane Copeland (838-1471) & r & Trick Shot Dixies, Chris Rieser and the Nerve & r & Wine Cellar, The Painkillers





Saturday, 9/10 & r & Ankeny's, Soul Proprietor & r & Annie Fannie's, New Jack City & r & PICK! B-Side, The Visible Men, 10 Minutes Down, Voodoo Organist & r & Big Easy, Leon Russell & r & Bolo's, Nova & r & Bottoms Up, DJ Brian Taylor & r & Capone's, Special Meds & r & Curley's, Deep Six & r & Double Dribble, DJ D Rail & r & ella's, 7th Degree & r & PICK! Fat Tuesdays, Mourning After CD Release & r & Fizzie Mulligan's, The Perones & r & The Gorge, Keith Urban & r & Iron Horse, Live DJ & r & Mizuna, Nealie Neal & r & Mootsy's, Black March, Spirit of the Stairway, Adrian and the Sickness & r & Pepperdine, Somebody's Hero & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & Ramada Inn Airport, Holly Holmes (838-5211) & r & Rock Inn, Ray Vasquez & r & Spokane House, Diane Copeland (838-1471) & r & Tartan Caf & eacute;, Crooked Kilt (208-691-5225) & r & Trick Shot Dixie's, Chris Rieser and the Nerve & r & Wine Cellar, The Painkillers





Sunday, 9/11 & r & Arbor Crest, Ruby Devine & r & Bluz at the Bend, Riverside Rhythm & amp; Blues Band & r & The Blvd., Open mike & r & Europa, Sidhe & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & PICK! Rainbow Center, Food Not Bombs Benefit (489-1914) & r & The Star, Open mike





Monday, 9/12 & r & Blue Spark, Open mike & r & Europa, Jonathan Nicholson & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & Star Theater, Kelly Clarkson & r & Tartan Caf & eacute;, Kris Roe of the Ataris (208-691-5225)





Tuesday, 9/13 & r & Bottoms Up, DJ Fusion & r & Medley's, Riverside Rhythm & amp; Blues Band & r & O'Doherty's, Irish jam & r & Pub Club, DJ Emcee2 & r & Rock Coffee, Open mike & r & Wine Cellar, Paul Mata





Wednesday, 9/14 & r & Bottoms Up, DJ Brian Taylor & r & Fat Tuesday's, Adema & r & Davenport Peacock Room, Chris Rieser Acoustic Trio & r & Rock Inn, Riverside Rhythm & amp; Blues Band & r & Wine Cellar, Lindell Reason





Coming Up... & r & Spokane Arena, Neil Diamond on Sept. 15 & r & Big Easy, Queensryche on Sept. 17 & r & The Gorge, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner on Sept. 17 & r & Big Easy, Kiss Army on Sept. 21 & r & Big Easy, George Thorogood on Sept. 22 & r & Big Easy, Great White on Sept. 23 & r & Spokane Arena, Brad Paisley on Sept. 25 & r & Big Easy, Cold on Sept. 26 & r & John's Alley, The Gourds on Sept. 29 & r & Big Easy, Hell's Belles on Sept. 30 & r & Big Easy, Chevelle on Oct. 1 & r & Big Easy, Danzig on Oct. 6 & r & Opera House, Emmylou Harris, & r & Buddy Miller on Oct. 6 & r & Maryhill Winery, ZZ Top on Oct. 8