Bluesboy Jag & the Juke Joint Zombies bring the dobros, Delta blues and cigar-box guitars to The Tavern Sports Grill, 7 p.m., free.
If something a little heavier and mosh-ier is what your ears are looking for, check out A Darkend Era, The Order of Elijah, Buried With Rome and Abandon the Artifice, Downtown Music Hall, 8 p.m., $5.
Texas native Ryan Cabrera brings some pop-flavored singer/songwriter fare to Stickyz, with Jason Castro and Deleasa, 9 p.m., $12 adv., $15 day of.
Down in Spa City, The Foul Play Cabaret has what's sure to be an eyebrow-raising evening of buxom burlesque, Maxine's, 8 p.m., $10 adv., $12 door.