First and foremost – and for those who haven’t already heard – Heavy Lights’s show scheduled for this evening, which was dubbed “David Bowie Night,” has been postponed until next week. Ryan is sick. And stuff. It’s sad, we know, but from what we understand, this also means that next weekend, the band will be at Cafe Nola twice. One for Bowie. One for themselves. And that’s fun. As for what is actually going on this weekend … well, Bumper Jacksons, who we questioned-and-answered last year, will be coming to the Weinberg as part of its pay-what-you-want Tivoli series. They put on a great show. You’d be a flippity fool not to check it out. Also along those Americana lines, The Plate Scrapers (above), who appeared on our Flying Dog/Frederick Playlist compilation last summer, will be taking the Cafe Nola Designated Music Space, which should be a lot of fun. Better Off Dead will complete the unofficial Opera House Grateful Dead Week by heading over to Shepherdstown on Saturday. There’s Ten Feet Tall. There’s the Local Yokel Vocal Band. There’s Dead Eye Stare. There’s Black Masala. There’s Backbeat. There’s Threesound. And, of course, there’s Klepto Radio. Don’t forget that it’s First Saturday, friends. Which means music and fun and (hopefully) good weather. Everywhere. Plus, don’t forget … the Breakin’ Even Fest! You know it. Anyway, be good. Stay warm tonight. Celebrate March. Celebrate Frederick. Hug somebody. Eat good food. No, but really. Eat good food.
THURSDAY
Who: Bluegrass Open Jam
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 6:30 p.m.
Who: Acoustic Open Mic
Where: The Braddock Inn
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Valley Jazz Jam
Where: The Main Cup
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: Open Mic
Where: The Furnace
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Jam Session hosted by Jimi Cupino
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Bumper Jacksons
Where: The Weinberg Center
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Robin Bullock
Where: The Hill Chapel
When: 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Ray Jozwiak
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Cello-Bellow
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Backbeat
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Lovely Rita
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Plate Scrapers
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Threesound
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Ten Feet Tall
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Steve Gellman
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Don Annonio
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Local Yokel Vocal Band
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Dead Eye Stare
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Klepto Radio
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Black Masala
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Tom Principato
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Better Off Dead
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Secondhand Ramblers
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: 2nd Sole
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mark McKay
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Soulflower
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Annie Stokes
Where: Music Cafe
When: 8 p.m.