‘Tis the weekend before Thanksgiving and all through the house … yeah, we’ve got nothin’. Anyway, welcome to The Weekend Playlist! In case you missed it earlier this week, our second Jazz In The Vines installment out at Big Cork Vineyards is Saturday. It will feature a freaky fresh trio from Jeff Cosgrove, which will include John Thomas on saxophone and Shawn Simon on bass, as well as the Monocacy Jazz Quartet (above). But that’s just one in a whole bunch of music happenings in and around town. The Weinberg, for instance, has a hell of a weekend. Livingston Taylor and Tom Chapin are there tonight. The YMCA benefit show featuring Guys In Thin Ties is tomorrow. Quinn Sullivan will take the stage Saturday night. And then, though it’s not listed here, Aimee Mann, along with Billy Collins, will be entertaining you – yes, you! – Sunday night. Business is also picking up at Cafe 611 with 12 different bands rocking and rolling between Friday and Saturday night. The other cafe in town, Cafe Nola, has the Dapp funk Friday night and then the A Marc Train Home on Saturday night. The Opera House, over in Shepherdstown, will host The Bitter Liberals (who we spoke with earlier this week) tomorrow night and then Better Off Dead on Saturday night. There are all of the open mics, including, but not limited to, the one hosted by Tomy “One M” Wright. There’s 5.5. Men. There’s Ghost Pepper. There’s All Natural. There’s 351 South Band. There’s Drymill Road. There’s Rob Robinson. And then, of course, there’s I, The Breather. Do yourself a favor and go enjoy the final weekend before The Christmas Push with music and fun and music and, well, fun. Yeah, you get it. Anyway, don’t forget to vote for Frederick and … viva la Big Cork!
THURSDAY
Who: Open Mic with Tomy Wright
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Valley Jazz Jam
Where: The Main Cup
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: The Furnace
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Old Time Music
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 1 p.m.
Who: Monocacy Jazz Quartet
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Andrew McKnight
Where: The Hill Chapel
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Livingston Taylor, Tom Chapin
Where: The Weinberg Center
When: 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Ted Chapman as “Shady Lane”
Where: Big Cork Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Jimi Cupino Project
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: All Natural
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Dapp
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Ghost Pepper
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Michelle Swan
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Todd C. Walker
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Guys In Thin Ties
Where: The Weinberg Center
When: 8 p.m.
Who: I, The Breather, Chasing Safety, Kalevra, Voids, Beheading The Prophets, Alukah, Behead The Betrayer
Where: Cafe 611
When: 6 p.m.
Who: The Bitter Liberals
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Drymill Road
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Jazz In The Vines Volume 2 featuring Jeff Cosgrove Trio, Monocacy Jazz Quartet
Where: Big Cork Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Craggy Island
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Hand Painted Swinger
Where: The Main Cup
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: 351 South Band
Where: The Furnace
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Aftermath
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Starcrush
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Out On The Weekend, A Marc Train Home
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Freddie Long Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Rob Robinson
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Todd Coyle
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Quinn Sullivan
Where: The Weinberg Center
When: 8 p.m.
Who: A Sound Of Thunder, Eyes Of The Nile, Solace In Tomorrow, Novarium, 1818
Where: Cafe 611
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Better Off Dead
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Bacon Grease
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: 5.5 Men
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
