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Highlights for Tomorrow, Saturday, October 14

Rock/Popular Music
Boatyard Resin/Top Heavy/Supervain at Bulfinch Yacht Club, Boston.
    The Bouncing Souls/Street Dogs/Supervillians/Whole Wheat Bread/... at Avalon Ballroom, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.

...World Inverno Friendship Society. Gregg Allman & Friends/Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson & The Magic Rockers at Orpheum, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.

With Daniela Cotton. The Guggenheim Grotto at Lizard Lounge, Cambridge.
    GWAR/The Red Chord at The Palladium, Worcester.
    John Langford's Ship & Pilot at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
    John McDermott at North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly.
    Tarbox Ramblers at Johnny D's, Somerville.
    TV on the Radio/Grizzly Bear at Paradise, Boston. Presented by Live Nation.
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      America's Hottest Rock 'n' Roll Duelling Piano Show at Jake Ivory's, Boston, 9PM.

$8 cover  21+ show.       Big '80s at Dick's Last Resort, Boston, 8:30PM.
          Greg's Saturday Showcase at Toad, Cambridge, 7PM.

No cover        Jim Plunkett at Jimmy Mac's, Boston, 8PM.
          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.       Live Traditional Seisun at Brendan Behan Pub, Jamaica Plain.
          Mark Cross, piano at Doubletree Hotel, Waltham, 6-10PM.
          Ross Robinson at Dunwell's Bar and Grill, Boston, 9:30PM.

No cover  Delta blues.       Scott Tusa Trio at Terranova Bar & Grill, Chelsea.
          Tim Gearan at The Independent, Somerville.
          Vince Damiano Band at Kowloon Restaurant, Saugus, 8:30PM.
   
Soul/R&B/Rap Music
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Upstairs: Little Joe Cook and The Thrillers at Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, 9PM.

21+ show.       Weepin' Willie at The Good Life Central Square, Cambridge.
   
Folk & Acoustic
Hot Buttered Rum String Band/The Old Silver Band at Harpers Ferry, Allston, 9PM.
    James Taylor at The Wang Center, Boston. (ends October 15)
    John Cowan Band/Darrell Scott at Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, 8PM.

$20 advance, $23 day of show  Doors at 7PM. Jon Butcher at Club Passim, Cambridge.
    Lúnasa at Somerville Theatre, Somerville. Presented by World Music.
    Old School Freight Train at Crossroads Coffeehouse, North Andover.
    Second Saturday Bluegrass Jam at Bay Bridge Restaurant, Salem, 2-6PM.

Open jam for all levels of pickers. Southern Rail at Mozaic Room Coffeehouse, Avon, 8PM.

Ham and bean supper 5-7PM. Special discounts for soncert plus dinner.      REPEATING EVENTS:
      Irish Sessuin at Hennessy's of Boston, Boston, 4-7PM.
          Jam Session at Mockingbird Music, Berlin, 5-8PM.
          Mark Purcell at Dogwood Cafe, Jamaica Plain, 6PM.
          Traditional Irish Music w/Noel Scott/Chris McGrath/Ted Davis at The Skellig, Waltham, 7PM.
          Front Room: Tommy, Louise, Helena Delaney & Brian Hanlon at The Burren, Somerville.

Free 
Jazz
LAST DAY! Keely Smith at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston.
         REPEATING EVENTS:
      Dinner Music: The AJC Jazz Trio at Acton Jazz Cafe, Acton, 6-8PM.

No cover        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.
          Jazz Brunch at North East Brewing Company, Allston, 10:30AM.

Until 2:30PM.       Jim Porcella Trio at The Good Life Downtown, Boston.
          The Chris Luard Jazz Duo, piano and bass at Abbadessa's Restaurant, Hingham, 7-10PM.

No cover       The Rusty Scott Quartet at Wonder Bar, Boston, 9:30PM.

No cover  8:30-1:30AM. 21+ show.       Suzanne Davis Jazz Trio at Four Seasons Hotel, Boston, 8:30PM.
   
Open Mikes/Jams/Sessions
Second Saturday Bluegrass Jam at Bay Bridge Restaurant, Salem, 2-6PM.

Open jam for all levels of pickers.      REPEATING EVENTS:
      Irish Sessuin at Hennessy's of Boston, Boston, 4-7PM.
          Jam Session at Mockingbird Music, Berlin, 5-8PM.
   
Participatory Dance
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Dance Hall: Four on the Floor with Supershag Productions at Ryles, Cambridge, 8PM.

$12        Mango's Latin Dance Club at Milky Way Lounge & Lanes, Jamaica Plain.
   
Musical Theater/Cabaret
     REPEATING EVENTS:
      Clara LoFaro at Encore Lounge, Boston, 9:30PM.
          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.
          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.