The Ark: The Gibson Brothers
Upstate New York bluegrass ensemble that was named 1998 Emerging Artists of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. "These guys completely captured my heart without so much as a nod to newgrass," says a Music Row Magazine reviewer. "This is the pure stuff, the way bluegrass sounds best." $15.

Club Above:
Dance music with a DJ.

Conor O'Neill's: Traditional Irish Session
All invited to join or listen to an instrumental jam session. Followed at 10 p.m. by karaoke.

Creekside Grill and Bar: II-V-I Orchestra
Veteran local big band, led by saxophonist David Swain, that plays late-1930s swing and 1940s R&B. 6:30-9 p.m.

Elbow Room: Lightning Love.
Local keyboard-driven minimalist pop trio. Opening acts are the southern California pop-punk quartet The Cameo In, the Chicago-area pop-punk quartet Kirkland, and the Louisville pop-punk quartet Hark the Herald.

The Firefly Club: "Elevation."
Funk and hip-hop by DJ Graffiti and other DJs TBA. Also, an open mike session.

The Firefly Club: Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings
(5-8 p.m.) This local 10-piece big band is one of the few to specialize in the old-time big-band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. Arrangements by the renowned early-jazz pianist James Dapogny and tubaist Chris Smith. The rest of the lineup includes 3 saxophonists/clarinetists, 2 trumpeters, a trombonist, a guitarist/banjo player, and a drummer.

The Necto: "Vision Sunday"
Guest DJs spin house and techno records.

Old Town: Dave Boutette and Dublin Station.
Boutette is a local folk-rock singer-guitarist whose genial songs about the small ups and downs of ordinary life draw on a range of influences from Chuck Berry to Paul Westerberg. Dublin Station is the Grand Rapids husband-and-wife duo of accordionist and flutist Lauran Bittinger and guitarist J. Oscar Bittinger that plays traditional Irish music.