September 1: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
(beginning Sept. 22) Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.

September 2: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.

September 4: "Girl Bar in Ann Arbor"
Ladies night with dance music by a DJ.

September 5: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.

September 5: FUBAR
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) 6-piece band led by Kingpins bassist Randy Tessier and featuring former Map of the World vocalist Sophia Hanifi. Their repertoire is an eclectic mix of originals by Hanifi and Tessier and covers of everyone from the Everly Brothers, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds to Miles Davis, Steve Earle, and U2. The band has a 4-song minidisk, Clean House, an election-year collection that includes 2 originals, a cover of Stephen Stills's 1967 protest classic "For What It's Worth," and an original setting of Auden's 1939 poem "Refugee Song."

September 6: Lake Effect
Self-styled "mutant pop" band from Cleveland, Ohio, that blends elements of rock, funk, and folk. Opening act is Romeo's Revival, Detroit alternative rock quintet.

September 7:
Dance music with a DJ.

September 8: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
(beginning Sept. 22) Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.

September 9: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.

September 11: "Girl Bar in Ann Arbor"
Ladies night with dance music by a DJ.

September 12: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.

September 12: Corndaddy.
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) Local alt-country band led by singer-songwriters Kevin Brown and Jud Branam whose music mixes equal parts of Gram Parsons and Uncle Tupelo. Opening act is the Ypsitucky Colonels, a local garage dance band whose music mixes country, blues, funk, and rock flavors. Members are Corndaddy guitarist Will Stewart and 3 former Boomerangs - guitarist R Baker, bassist Tom "Sugar" Robbins, and drummer Adam Berg.

September 13: Tokyo Sex Whale
Punk-metal quartet from Ottawa. Opening acts are The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre, a Plymouth garage-rock trio, and The Dead Ringers, a local punk-rock band.

September 14:
Dance music with a DJ.

September 15: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
(beginning Sept. 22) Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.

September 16: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.

September 18: "Girl Bar in Ann Arbor"
Ladies night with dance music by a DJ.

September 19: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.

September 19: Mike Smith &
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) the Cadillac Cowboys. Veteran local country band led by singer-guitarist Smith.

September 20: Plane to Barcelona
Blues-rock trio. Opening act is Reproduction Plan, an Ypsilanti shoegazer quartet.

September 21:
Dance music with a DJ.

September 22: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
(beginning Sept. 22) Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.

September 23: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.

September 25: "Girl Bar in Ann Arbor"
Ladies night with dance music by a DJ.

September 26: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.

September 26: Drivin' Sideways.
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) Veteran local band fueled by vocalist Pontiac Pete Ferguson's alternately soulful and ornery vocals. Their country-based repertoire still features lots of classic honky-tonk, but they also cover everything from Chuck Berry and Johnny Burnette to the Beatles and James Brown. The band's guiding presence seems to be Elvis - including both large chunks of his repertoire and his attitude that any music he did suited him just because he did it. The band also includes guitarist George Bedard, bassist Chris Goerke, drummer Mark Newbound, and keyboardist Jim King.

September 27: Aleph 1.
Local progressive electroacoustic trip-hop band. Opening acts TBA.

September 28:
Dance music with a DJ.

September 29: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
(beginning Sept. 22) Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.

September 30: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.