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Highlights for Today, Friday, October 13

Kids/Teens Music
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Toddler Sing at Collins Branch, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, 10AM.

Free  No sings on Aug 27 or Sept 3. Time for play and snacks, followed by songs andstories. For infants, toddlers and their caregivers.
Rock/Popular Music
"Radio Rebellion Tour" w/Between the Buried and Me/Confession.. at The Palladium, Worcester.

.../Darkest Hour/Fear Before the March of Flame/Misery Signals/Mnemic/NormaJean/Soilwork/The Fully Down/Threat Signal. Fluttr Effect at Regent Theater, Arlington.
    Girls, Guns & Glory/The Horses/Forgetful Jones at Bulfinch Yacht Club, Boston.
    Joan Jett & The Blackhearts/Eagles of Death Metal/Valient Thorr at Avalon Ballroom, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.
    Lindsey Buckingham at Orpheum, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.
    Maria Muldaur at Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley.
    Pet Shop Boys at The Opera House, Boston.
    Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers/Mozella at Paradise, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.
    Trisha Yearwood/Jon Randall/Jessi Alexander at North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly.
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      America's Hottest Rock 'n' Roll Duelling Piano Show at Jake Ivory's, Boston, 9PM.

$8 cover  21+ show.       Zuzu: Latin with Giancarlo Buscaglia at The Middle East, Cambridge.
          Johnny Come Latelies at Tír na nÓg, Somerville.
          Kilombo Mambo (salsa dance party) at Green Street Grill, Cambridge, 11:30PM.

$5  Until 2AM. 21+ show. Cuban roots music/dance party featuring Grammyaward-winning piano player Tony Perez and trumpet player Yasek Manzano.       Me and Julio at Hennessy's of Boston, Boston, 5PM.

Until 7:30PM.       Oldies/Rock Sing-a-Long with pianist Mel Stiller at Jacob Wirth Company, Boston, 8PM.

Until midnight.       Vince Damiano Band at Kowloon Restaurant, Saugus, 8:30PM.
          Wanetta Jackson at Bob The Chef's, Boston, 7:30PM.
   
Soul/R&B/Rap Music
Superhoney at Johnny D's, Somerville.
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      Upstairs: Little Joe Cook and The Thrillers at Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, 9PM.

21+ show.
Folk & Acoustic
Gregory Douglass at Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson College, Wellesley.
    Robbie Schaefer at Club Passim, Cambridge.
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      Celtic Traditional Session at Irish Cultural Center, Canton, 8-11PM.

Free  Open to all ages, singing, instrumental tunes, and unsung poetry.       Traditional Irish w/Helena Delaney/Fabian Joyce/Noel Scott at The Skellig, Waltham, 7PM.
          Mark Purcell at Dogwood Cafe, Jamaica Plain, 6PM.
          Open Mike hosted by Nils Erickson at Namaste Cafe, Newton, 8-10PM.
          Open Mike at Newbury Comics (Fresh Pond), Cambridge, 7-9PM.
          Open Mike at Java Jo's Coffeehouse, Milton, 6:30PM.
          Open Mike hosted by Skip Jackson at Stagecoach Inn, Groton, 7PM.
          Front Room: Tina Lech, Ted Davis & Dave Cory at The Burren, Somerville.

Free        Traditional Irish Seisiun at The Druid, Cambridge, 6-9PM.

Free 
Jazz
Keely Smith at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston. (ends October 14)
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      Aaron Burnett Trio at The Good Life Downtown, Boston, 6:30PM.
          Chris Taylor Trio at Top of the Hub, Boston, 9PM.
          Darren Barrett Quintet at Wally's Cafe, Boston, 9PM.

From 9PM.       Dave Phillips at Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Boston, 5:30PM.

Until 9PM.       Gilad Barkan at Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Boston, 9PM.
          Johnny Horner/Joe McMahon Quartet at Wonder Bar, Boston, 9:30PM.

No cover  9:30-1:30AM. 21+ show.       Jose Ramos & The No Way Jose Band at The Good Life Central Square, Cambridge.
          The Chris Luard Jazz Duo, piano and bass at Abbadessa's Restaurant, Hingham, 7-10PM.

No cover       Dinner Music: Ron Hurston, solo piano at Acton Jazz Cafe, Acton, 6-8PM.

No cover        Suzanne Davis Jazz Trio at Four Seasons Hotel, Boston, 8:30PM.
   
Open Mikes/Jams/Sessions
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Celtic Traditional Session at Irish Cultural Center, Canton, 8-11PM.

Free  Open to all ages, singing, instrumental tunes, and unsung poetry.       Open Mike hosted by Nils Erickson at Namaste Cafe, Newton, 8-10PM.
          Open Mike at Java Jo's Coffeehouse, Milton, 6:30PM.
          Open Mike at Newbury Comics (Fresh Pond), Cambridge, 7-9PM.
          Open Mike hosted by Skip Jackson at Stagecoach Inn, Groton, 7PM.
          Traditional Irish Seisiun at The Druid, Cambridge, 6-9PM.

Free 
Musical Theater/Cabaret
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Forever Plaid (2nd stage) at Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston.

$35.70-$37.80  Tues 7PM; Wed-Fri 8PM; Sat 4PM and 8PM; Sun 2PM and 5PM. This musical tells thestory of Forever Plaid, a 1960s musical quartet that is killed on its firstperformance bus is miraculously allowed to return 40 years later to perform.       Bar: George Butts at Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston.
          Cabaret with Jan Peters, Kristen Long, and Brian Nash at Encore Lounge, Boston, 9PM.

Show tunes and Great American Songbook. Sit-ins welcome.       Menopause - The Musical at Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston.

$42.50  Tues-Sat 8PM; also Sat 4PM and Sun 2PM. A quartet of aging baby boomers meet ata lingerie sale, and singing and dancing ensues.