Ladies and Gentlemen, the Tin Can Fish Band! They’ll be bluegrass-and-rollin’ in about two hours at Alive@Five. We know it’s hot, but that shouldn’t stop you from grabbing a cold, cold drink, taking a seat, and enjoying some live music as the week winds down. It will be better than fun. Funner than better. You get it. Elsewhere this weekend, Luna & The Lost Keys will be ripping up Cafe Nola Friday night (side: When was the last time you heard/read the phrase, “ripping it up?!”). There’s also a band at the same venue Saturday night, but we probably shouldn’t talk about them. Skribe is at Flying Dog tonight, and he’s a buncha fun. CassiRaye, who played Goddess Jam last year and who we adore, is releasing a new album at The Opera House over in Shepherdstown on Saturday. There’s Wally Worsley, who also has some new music. There’s Ruthie & The Wranglers. There’s California Bob. There are a bunch of open mics. And then there’s Heavy Traffic Ahead (get it?!). Try and stay cool this weekend, friends. As Rob Thomas once said, it’s a hot one. We’ll be sporadic for the next couple weeks ’round these parts. Just a heads up. Have some fun. Get up. Get out. Do something.
THURSDAY
Who: Alive @ Five Featuring Tin Can Fish Band
Where: Carroll Creek Amphitheater
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Open Mic with Tomy ‘One M’ Wright
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Future Sound
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Skribe
Where: Flying Dog Brewery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Open Mic with Dan Bourdeaux
Where: Music Cafe
When: 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Local Yokal Vocal Band
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Charlie Owens & Pocket Change
Where: Barley & Hops
When: 7 p.m.
Who: James Gregory
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Triple Lindy
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Luna And The Lost Keys
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Glamour Kitty
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: CassiRaye
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Sergio Tato
Where: Vini Culture
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Mountain Ride
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Open Mic Hosted By F.A.M.E.
Where: Sky Stage
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Raquel Orsini & Hank T Hunt
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Jeff Taulton, Dan & Mike
Where: Linganore Winecellars
When: 5:30 p.m.
Who: Craig Rosendale
Where: Black Ankle Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Wally Worsley
Where: Springfield Manor Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Drew Adams
Where: Big Cork Winery
When: 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Open Ukulele Jam
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Scott Barrett
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 3 p.m.
Who: Heavy Traffic Ahead
Where: Milkhouse Brewery
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Craggy Island
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Blues Vultures
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Drunk Naked Pirates
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: DoubleMotorcycle, Middle Kid, Box Era
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Rachel Ann Morgan Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: King Street Kats
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mark Koons
Where: Vini Culture
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Ruthie & The Wranglers
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Harry Pritchett
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic with Mike Taylor
Where: Music Cafe
When: 2 p.m.
Who: California Bob
Where: Catoctin Breeze Winery
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Bellus
Where: Springfield Manor Winery
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Juliet Lloyd
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.