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Friday

  • State Radio, Big D and the Kids Table. 9:30 Club. $20.
  • Justin Trawick. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
  • Screen Vinyl Image, Last Tide, Dead Leaf Echo, Ceremony. Velvet Lounge. $8. 21+.
  • Mid-Atlantic Band Battle: Commodore Koko, B-Film Extras, Dub City Renegades, Elements of Addiction, HeLo, Redshift. Jammin Java. $10.
  • Laura Tsaggaris, Paul Michel, Bellman Barker. Black Cat mainstage. $10.
  • KC Jazz Club: Jonathan Batiste Quintet. Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery. $15.
  • Boys Will Be Boys, Escape the Armada, We Have the Summer, Tomorrow’s Ours, Rosy Likes Red, What A Night. Jaxx. $6 in advance, $10 day of (or $8 with flyer.)

Saturday

  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Mozart with a Twist. Strathmore. $25-$80.
  • Eric Brace & Last Train Home, Peter Cooper. Wolf Trap. $18.
  • Wild Beasts, Still Life Still. Black Cat mainstage. $13.
  • KC Jazz Club: Carl Allen-Rodney Whitaker Project. Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery. $25.
  • Nouveau Riche. DC9. Free before 10 p.m., $8 after. 21+.
  • Seasons After, Bitter, Seelow Hights, Ethereal Genocide. Jaxx. $10.

Sunday

  • Wolfs Blues Jam: Hot Rods and Old Gas, Hot Roddess Lisa Lim. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
  • Beth Rinaldo, Scott Holland & Friends, The Honey Dewdrops. Jammin Java. $8.
  • Off With Their Heads, The Scare, Tiny Bombs. Black Cat backstage. $10.
  • Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. $45.
  • Electronic Saviors Benefit Concert – Industrial Music to Cure Cancer: Jim Semonik, DJ Kangal, DJ Blue Vampire, DJ Noir, Cyber Strukture, Xuberx, Sonik Foundry, Boole, Interface, Deviant UK, I:Scintilla, Ego Likeness, Terrorfakt. Jaxx. $15 in advance, $20 day of.

Justin Trawick photo by Thomas Van Veen Photography, via MySpace.