WEDNESDAY 29
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz.
FOUNTAIN SQUARE – Ras Bonghi Allstars. 7 p.m. Reggae. Free.
MOTR PUB – Kalbells with Maria Carrelli and Georgia Eng-lish. 10 p.m. Indie/Pop/Various. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (Sanctuary) – Terry Bozzio. 8:30 p.m. Rock/Progressive/Alt/Drums/Various. $25.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Heavy Hinges and Near Earth Objects. 8 p.m. Rock/Alt/Various.
THURSDAY 30
BOGART’S – The Dead Daisies with Dizzy Reed. 8 p.m. Rock. $17.
FOUNTAIN SQUARE – Salsa on the Square with The Amador Sisters. 7 p.m. Salsa/Latin/Dance. Free.
MEMORIAL HALL – No Promises (album release concert). 8 p.m. Vocal Jazz. $15-$18.
MOTR PUB – Grace Vonderkuhn. 10 p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – The God- damn Gallows and Gang Green. 9 p.m. Americana Punk. $18, $20 day of show.
WASHINGTON PARK – Roots Revival with Ben Knight and The Welldiggers. 7 p.m. Americana. Free.
WOODWARD THEATER – Barrence Whitfield & The Sav-ages with The Woggles. 8 p.m. Garage/Soul/Rock/Various.
FRIDAY 31
THE GREENWICH – Sonny Moorman & Final Friday Blues. 8 p.m. Blues. $5.
MOTR PUB – Kid Congo Powers with Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Gringo Starr and The Harlequins. 10 p.m. Psych/Indie/Garage/Rock. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Blazing Gentlemen: A NKY Tribute to GBV. 9:30 p.m. Guided By Voices tribute. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – Patsy (album release show) with The Debtors, The Pistol Mystics and 7” Gamble. 9 p.m. Rock. $5.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Overcast Hip Hop Fest with Blueprint, Vast Aire, Raised x Wolves, Counterfeit Money Machine, Triiibe, Audley and more. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $20 (two-day pass: $30).
WOODEN CASK BREWING COMPANY – Friends & A Foe with Chris From Space and Jess Lamb & The Factory. 8 p.m. Alt/Various.
WOODWARD THEATER – WHY? with Lala Lala and Ben Sloan. 9 p.m. Indie/Alt/Pop/Various. $16, $20 day of show.
SATURDAY 01
CAFFÈ VIVACE – Marc Fields Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.
FOUNTAIN SQUARE – Fifth & Vine Live with Dave Hause and The Mermaid with A.M. Nice and Triiibe. 7 p.m. Rock/Hip Hop/Various. Free.
THE GREENWICH – Jess Lamb and The Factory (live recording). 9 p.m. Soul/Alt/Rock/Pop/Various. $8.
MADISON LIVE – Local Summer Showcase with Vibrant Fiction, One Day Steady, CrossWalk and Dead Humor. 8 p.m. Rock/Various. $10, $12 day of show.
MOTR PUB – Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. 10 p.m. Soul Jazz. Free.
THE REDMOOR – Shroomfest with Balderdash, Rhythm Jones, Al Andalus Ensemble and Blue Birds. 8 p.m. Rock/Blues/Various. $15.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL – Planned Parenthood Benefit with Oso Bear, Common Center, Sleepcrawler, New Third Worlds, Danbient, Rucca, Disaster Class, Black Signal, Little Lights, Mara Moon, Near Earth Objects, DJ Mowgli and more. 5 p.m. Various. $10.
STANLEY’S PUB – Lost Henry. 10 p.m. Emo/Pop Punk. Cover.
THOMPSON HOUSE – Nappy Roots. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $15.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Overcast Hip Hop Fest with Mr. Dibbs, Eyenine, Sons of Silverton, Dope KNife, Eugenius, Happy Tooth & Dug, POC and more. 3 p.m. Hip. $20 (two-day pass: $30).
SUNDAY 02
THE MAD FROG – Joe Nester with Marshall Alexander. 8 p.m. Acoustic/Rock/Hip Hop. $15.
MONDAY 03
MOTR PUB – Moira, Fritz Pape and Rafting. 9 p.m. In-die/Electronic/Pop/Various. Free.
TUESDAY 04
MEMORIAL HALL – The Queen’s Cartoonists. 8 p.m. Cartoon Jazz. $18-$28.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – Impel Music Series with Now Hear This and KGB Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz/Various. Free.
PNC PAVILION AT RIVERBEND – NEEDTOBREATHE with JOHNNYSWIM and Forest Blakk. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock. $23.50-$65.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – Wovenhand. 8 p.m. AltRock. $15.
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This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 5, 2018.