The Ark: Open Stage
All acoustic performers invited. Fifteen acts are selected randomly from those who sign up to perform 8 minutes (or 2 songs) each. The most talented and popular Open Stage performers are offered their own evenings at the Ark. $3 (members & students, $2). 7:30-10 p.m.

The Blind Pig: Tarrus Riley
Popular young Jamaican reggae-soul singer whose band features the renowned saxophonist Dean Fraser. Opening act is Duane Stephenson, a Jamaican roots-reggae singer. Advance tickets $20 ($25 at the door). 8 p.m.-2 a.m.

The Earle:
Rick Burgess. Solo pianist.

Elbow Room: Darling Imperial
Detroit pop-rock band. Opening acts are Caleb Travers & Big City Lights, an alternative country-rock band from St. Louis led by singer-songwriter Travers, who calls himself "the bastard son of Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty," and the Nick Strange Trio, a popular local jazz-rock fusion dance band whose music draws variously on blues, reggae, calypso, and other idioms. With guest vocalist Jessica Oberholtzer.

The Firefly Club: Paul Keller Ensemble
High-energy mainstream jazz by this ensemble led by bassist Keller that features 3 horns. 8-10:30 p.m.

Goodnite Gracie: Laith Al-Saadi
An eclectic mix of jazz, blues, R&B, Motown, and pop, including many originals, by a trio led by this local singer-guitarist.

TC's Speakeasy: "She Bang!î
Ladies night with The Shondes, an all-female Jewish/feminist rock 'n' roll quartet from Brooklyn, New York, that's regularly compared to Sleater-Kinney. "The Shondes deliver a perfect blend of punk and gypsy folk music that comes across as both beautiful and enlivening. From the stomping thunder crush of the rhythm section to the well placed violin and group vocals, this is a band that rocks as if they just don't give a fuck but has crafted their art in a manner that shows they clearly do," says an Earfarm reviewer. Opening acts are Fallsways Downs, an Ypsilanti acoustic rock duo, and The Next Romantic, a Downriver acoustic jazz-rock trio.

Zingerman's Roadhouse: The Brakemen
Rootsy folk-rock by this Detroit band led by singer-songwriters Jon Milan and Rick Pinkerton.