ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC

• The Blue Bottle Yelm. Open Mic, AA, 4 pm. NC.


• Café Luna Vashon. Russell Clepper, Mo Pair, AA, 7:30 pm.


• Forza Coffee Lacey. Paul Mauer, Robert Boyd, AA, 7 pm.


• Gig Harbor Farmers Market Gig Harbor. Dave Calhoun, AA, 11:30 am. NC.


• Mandolin Café Tacoma. Youth Music Experience Showcase, AA, 10 am. Tim Bertsch, AA, 2 pm. The Sweet Lowdown, AA, 6 pm. Chymes Of Freedom, AA, 8:30 pm.


• The Matrix Chehalis. Four Shillings Short, AA, 8 pm. $5-$10.


• The Mocha Moo Lakewood. The Joshua Adams Band, AA, 8 pm. $5.


• New Frontier Lounge Tacoma. Egg Plant CD Release, with Trevor Dickson, Boy & Bean 9 pm. $5.


• Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Downtown Tacoma. Traditional Irish music session, with Leo MacNamara 7 pm.


• Salty’s at Redondo Des Moines. Erin McNamee 9 pm.


• Traditions Café Olympia. Gaelica, AA, 8 pm. $5-$10.

COMEDY/PARTIES

• American Vets Hall Tacoma. Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament 5 pm. $60 donation.


• Cans Tacoma. Comedy Underground Presents Dave Testroet 8:30 pm. $15.


• The Haven Tavern Parkland. Barstool Bingo 7 pm. NC.


• Le Voyeur Olympia. Gender Smash! Open Mic, with spoken word, music, juggling, silly human tricks, singing, drag performance time & space, AA, 8 pm. $5.


• Pac Island Grill Federal Way. Comedy Night Special with Kamaka Brown 8:30 pm. $20.

COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS

• O’Callahan’s Key Center. Mike Pratt Band 8 pm. NC.


• Old General Store Roy. Robbie Walden & The Gunslingers 8 pm.

DJ/DANCE

• 6th  Ave Sports Bar Tacoma. VIP Bracelet Weekend, with DJ Twist spinning dance music 9 pm.


• Bleachers Sports Bar & Pub Parkland. DJ Bear 9 pm.


• Bud’s Saloon Milton. KUBE DJ XTC Top 40 9 pm.


• Cans Downtown Tacoma. ReMix Saturdays rock, Top 40, mashups with DJs 9 pm. Ladies NC.


• Cedarwood Dome Milton. DJ 4410 Productions presents South End Saturdays, with DJ J-Fresh mixing hip-hop, R&B 9 pm.


• Club North Fort Lewis. DJ country 8 pm, R&B 10 pm. $4 military/$5 civilian.


• Club Silverstone Downtown Tacoma. DJ Eric spinning Top 40, R&B, and hip-hop 9 pm. NC.


• Dock Street Landing Downtown Tacoma. DJ 9 pm.


• El Toro Lounge Downtown Tacoma. Sabado de Rebenton, with DJ Junior 9 pm. Ladies NC.


• Honey Bees Tacoma. V.I.P. Saturdays 9 pm.


• Jake’s on 4th Olympia. DJ MSG gives up an awesome mix 9 pm.


• Last Call Lakewood. DJ Top 40 hits 9 pm.


• The Mark Olympia. DJ hip-hop, electronica, funk 9 pm. NC.


• Masa Restaurant Tacoma. DJ Alsay salsa reggaeton 10 pm. $5. Ladies NC.


• O’Henry’s Sports Bar Puyallup. Unrated, with DJ XTC dancehall, hip-hop, R&B 9:30 pm. NC.


• The Royal Olympia. Dance!! Attack!! & DJ MSG spinning all-vinyl European Top 40, soul, R&B, electro, disco, break, new wave, rap & sex music 9 pm.


• Schooner Pub Lakewood. DJ Gus Top 40 dance 9 pm. NC.


• Tempest Lounge Hilltop Tacoma. Womyn Rock, featuring the music of the ’50s – ’80s with DJ Traci 5 pm. $5. Proceeds benefit local gay & lesbian organizations. Temptation, for girls who like girls, boys who like boys & everyone in between, with DJ LA Kendall, DJ Broam, MC Adraboo 9 pm. NC.


• The Vault Olympia. Crazy, featuring DJ KB vs. DJ Contagious, over 600 people each week. Dress code enforced 9 pm.


• Wayne’s Inn Puyallup. DJ Top 40 9 pm.

JAZZ/BLUES/LOUNGE

• Ben Moore’s Restaurant Olympia. Steve Munger & His Band 9 pm. NC.


• Chopstix Tacoma. Dueling pianos 8 pm.


• Cliff House Restaurant Tacoma. Blues Night 8 pm.


• Cork! Wine Bar Tacoma. Casey 7 pm.


• El Gaucho Downtown Tacoma. Steve Andreason in the piano lounge 7:30 pm. NC.


• Forza Coffee Gig Harbor. HD Fusion 7 pm.


• Jazzbones Tacoma. Trevalyan Triangle CD Release Show, with Billy Roy Danger & The Rectifiers 8 pm.


• Judson St. Café Gig Harbor. Al Gord jazz pianist 7-9 pm. NC.


• Little Creek Casino Shelton. Bruce Hughes Band 9 pm. NC.


• The Manette Bremerton. The Herbert Friendly Trio, Bonecandy 9 pm.


• Olympia Farmers Market Olympia. Tracey Hooker, AA, 11 am. NC.


• Porter’s Place Tacoma. David Keys Trio 6 pm.


• Red Bike Dueling Piano Bar Lacey. Brent Pendleton 5:30 pm. NC.


• Red Wind Casino Yelm. Sea-Town Rhythm & Blues Players 8:30 pm. NC.


• Rialto Theater Tacoma. Pierce College Foundation Jazz Band Expo, with Joshua Redman, AA over 5 yrs, 7 pm. $15.


• Swing Wine Bar Olympia. Jazz In The Cellar, with Vince Brown 9 pm. NC.


• Woody’s On The Water Tacoma. Near The Beat 7:30 pm. NC.

ROCK/POP

• ACME Tavern Tacoma. The Unit Breed, The Speans, Evil Tedd 9 pm.


• Applini’s 2 Puyallup. Eight Days Clean, OuterSound 9 pm. NC.


• Bob’s Java Jive Tacoma. The Pink Snowflakes, Nudity, Branden Daniel, Everybody Gets Laid 9 pm. $5.


• Club Impact Tacoma. Get Off Your Ashes Benefit Show, with Wake The Giant, He Is We, Sight Vs. Sound, City In The Sea, Brightwood, AA, 7 pm. NC.


• Club Paradise Parkland. Old School Drop Out 9 pm.


• Cork! Wine Bar Tacoma. Casey Frazier 8 pm.


• Crystal Saloon Enumclaw. Kry 9 pm.


• Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma. Nitecrew 9 pm. NC.


• Great American Casino Lakewood. New Jack City 9 pm. NC.


• Hell’s Kitchen Tacoma. Wide Eye Panic, A Lesson In Chaos, Sindios, De-Krep-It 9 pm. $5.


• Kerby’s Lounge Sumner. Trix 9 pm. NC.


• Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Backfire Band 9 pm. NC.


• Mazatlan Restaurant Tacoma. Back 2 Skool 9 pm.


• Muckleshoot Casino Auburn. Magic Bus 2 pm. NC. Notorious 253 6 pm. NC. Lenny Epps Revue 10 pm. NC.


• O’Henry’s Puyallup. Decade Of Decadence 9 pm. $5.


• PJ Pockets Casino Federal Way. 4 More 9 pm. NC.


• Point Defiance Park Ruston. Rocksteady, AA, 9 am. NC.


• Red Bicycle Bistro Vashon. Olympic Sound Collective 9 pm. NC.


• Red Bike Dueling Piano Bar Lacey. Dueling Pianos 5:30 pm. NC.


• Romeo Bar & Grill Bremerton. Nikz Lazy Eye 8 pm.


• The Royal Bear Algona. Whiskey Creek 9 pm.


• Seafarer’s Sports Bar Tacoma. Mason James 8 pm. $5.


• The Swiss Downtown Tacoma. Sway 9 pm. $8.


• Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Cruisin’ Country 8 pm.


• The Warehouse Tacoma. Paris Spleen CD Release Party, with Team Unicorn 8 pm. $10 includes CD & a keg cup.


• Wild Waves Federal Way. Big Splash, featuring R.I.O.T., Kings Arms, Hardie Avenue, Noon Day Sun, Circadian, Joshua Cain Band, Sea Bird, Souldeep, Talk Jonny, Surrender, The Set Apart, Again & Again, Billion Ernies, Sight Vs. Sound, Monarch, Jars Of Clay, Stellar Kart, Amber Pacific, Canton Jones, New Heights, Jason Gibbons, AA, 10 am. $36.

WORLD BEAT

• 4th Ave Tavern Olympia. Tilted Stilts, Alex Kajumulo, The Bushmen 9 pm.


• Firecreek Ale House Olympia. Little Big Man 9 pm.


• Pac Island Grill Federal Way. Grooveline 6:30 pm.