Nightspots

North Star Lounge: Rachel Arnsdorf

More
North Star Lounge 301 N. Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor

Jazz ensemble led by this local vocalist. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Free.

Nightspots

El Limon: Focus: Jazz

More
El Limon 2709 Plymouth

Jazz favorites by the trio of pianist Jeff Fessler, bassist Will van Campen, and saxophonist Jeff Kopmanis.

 

Nightspots

Ypsi Alehouse: Norm & Sandy

More
Ypsi Alehouse 124 Pearl, #100, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti

Local duo of singer-guitarists.

Nightspots

Blue LLama: Stephen Rush Trio

More
Blue LLama 314 S. Main, Ann Arbor

Edgy contemporary jazz by this ensemble led by pianist Rush, a U-M music professor.

Nightspots

Ziggy’s: Cracked & Hooked

More
Ziggy’s 206 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti

Ypsi rock band whose music is said to occupy the territory “somewhere between Paul Westerberg and Neil Young.” Openers: Krumudgeon and Pillow Princess, a Detroit-area all-female hardcore band.

Nightspots

Zal Gaz Grotto: Jim Dandy Band

More
Zal Gaz Grotto 2070 W. Stadium, Ann Arbor

Rock ’n’ roll classics by local one-man band Jim Burd.

Nightspots

Ark: Annie & Rod Capps Band

More
Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor

Local ensemble led by the duo of singer-guitarist Rod Capps and his wife Annie, a singer-songwriter and electric guitarist who writes thoughtful, distinctively personal, warmly exuberant folk-rock songs and ballads that are both musically sophisticated and down-home. Tonight they celebrate the release of their brand-new album, Never Done. $24.

Nightspots

“Fuzz Fest 10.”

More

Aug. 27–29: “Fuzz Fest 10.” With 30-minute sets by 11 different area heavy rock bands each night. Aug. 27: the local stoner rock band Blue Snaggletooth, the area punk trio Human Skull, the Detroit rock ’n’ roll band Good Man’s Brother, ethereal folk-rock by Kat Steih and the Ferals, the Detroit psychedelic garage rock & Americana band Rose St. Germaine, the Detroit all-female punk-grunge quartet Twin Freaks, the Detroit-area garage rock band Kozy, the Wisconsin fuzz-rock band Golf Dolls, the local alt-rock pop-punk band Trouble Clinic, the Ypsi goth-flavored psychedelic rock trio Modern Lady Fitness, and the Ypsi psychedelic surf-rock quartet Virga. $20.

Nightspots

Last Word: The Pherotones

More
Last Word 301 W. Huron, Ann Arbor

A wide range of jazz and jazzed-up popular music, from the 1920s to the present, by this all-star local quintet. With trumpeter Ross Huff, pianist Giancarlo Aversa, bassist Brennan Andes, violinist Jordan Adema, and drummer Wes Fritzemeier.