Welp. According to the Facepage, this will be the last Thursday night that Clearspring will be at Beans In The Belfry, thus the video above. If you dig banjos and bluegrass and awesomeness, you’ll be there. Elsewhere tonight, we have some jazz at Ayse with Prophets Of The Abstract Truth, as well as something called Tycoon: The Story Of Carlos over in Shepherdstown. Tomorrow night promises to be one you’ll want to pay attention to, as Meagan Jean takes the Cafe Nola stage and Jack Funk pops up at That Cuban Place. Oh, and who can forget Sloth Herder at the old Bentz Street Bar?!? Not us. Also featured this weekend: A song circle. Kajun Kelly. Hard Swimmin’ Fish. A Toys For Tots benefit. Up The Chain (as opposed to Off The Chain). And, of course, Jeff from Accounting. Because, why not? Two weeks from today, we’ll all be lighting up Christmas trees, giving gifts to people we see once a year and pretending that our lives “aren’t really all that bad.” Have you done the proper shopping yet? We hope so. In the meantime (and in between time), find a thing or eight to check out this weekend (which, for the record, also includes about 82 performances of “The Nutcracker” at the Weinberg and the lovely Katie Powderly at Nola on Sunday). Silver bells, friends. Oh. Silver bells.
THURSDAY
Who: Alexander Mitchell
Where: The Hill Chapel
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Craig Rosendale
Where: Isabella’s Tavern
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m., play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Clearspring
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Prophets Of The Abstract Truth
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Tycoon: The Story Of Carlos
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Megan Jean & The KFB
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 11 p.m.
Who: Frank Vignola, Vinny Riniolo
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Jack Funk
Where: That Cuban Place
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Blinding Eye Dog, Sloth Herder, Jukebox Romantics and more
Where: Dilligads
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Safe Harbor
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Ragged Company
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Sean Collins And The Backbeats
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Kajun Kelly
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Mindy Miller and Dry Town
Where: Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: 9 Mile Roots
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Soul Gravity
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Up The Chain, The Dawn Drapes
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Denny Grizzle Band
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Hard Swimmin’ Fish
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Toys For Tots Fundraiser
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 1 p.m.
Who: The Windtalker
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: The Improbables
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: F.A.M.E. Song Circle
Where: Dublin Roasters
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Todd C. Walker
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery at Linganore Winecellars
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Dang Gang
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: The Nightcrawlers
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Crackinbush
Where: Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: EverRise
Where: Olde Towne Tavern
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Jeff from Accounting
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Reagan Years
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
