12/2-12/4/11 | This Weekend’s Shows

compiled by Kevin Mussman

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Friday

Dirty Fluorescents – Record Release, Butchers, Comme Reel, Ben Brodin, Melissa Dundis @ O'Leavers | Omaha

9:30 p.m., $5

9th Annual Lash Larue Toy Drive w/ The Filter Kings, The Mercurys, & Black Top Ramblers @ The Waiting Room | Omaha

9 p.m., $10 or a new unwrapped toy of equal value

The Fling, Yukon Blonde @ Slowdown | Omaha

9 p.m., $10

Jaci Velasquez, Carmelita De La Guardia @ Rococo Theatre | Lincoln

7:30 p.m., $30

The Good Foot, Son of 76 @ The Zoo Bar | Lincoln

9 p.m., $8

Brad Hoshaw @ P.S. Collective | Omaha

7 p.m.

Vibenhai, Bittersweet Vibration @ Side Door Lounge | Omaha

8 p.m.

Dr. John Walker and the New Hokum Boys @ Crescent Moon Coffee | Lincoln

8 p.m.

First Friday Art and Music featuring MASSES, Brothers Family Temple, The Poet Solace Taylor, Dirty Diamonds, owlsley, SpenceLove & Cocky Cat as FUN GUISE, Foam Form/Ed, Edd & Eddie, Miss Knotty and BASSTHOVEN @ Bourbon Theatre | Lincoln

9 p.m.

Farewell To Freeway, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, White Wives, Koji, The Evil That Men Do, Eastwood, Grimer @ The Commons | Omaha

7 p.m., $10

What Dwells Within – CD Release Party w/ Words Like Daggers, Ties, At War With Giants, In Search of Atlantis, Verendus, For the Empire @ Sokol Underground | Omaha

6 p.m., $8

KIBZ The Blaze Kampout For Kids: Under Shallow Ground, Cynge, Beaver Damage @ Knickerbockers | Lincoln

9 p.m.

Saturday

HN Comp Release @ The Sydney | Omaha

10 p.m., $5, 21+

Pony Wars, Idle Hands @ Brothers Lounge | Omaha

10 p.m., $5

Son del Llano @ The Zoo Bar | Lincoln

9 p.m., $6

Tyler Hunter and Matt Joyce @ Bourbon Theatre | Lincoln

8 p.m., $10

The Maries, The Cards, Andrew Bailie @ Barley Street Tavern | Omaha

9 p.m., $5

Chris Botti @ Holland Performing Arts Center | Omaha

8 p.m., $25-$75

Against the Artificial w/ Ignite The Sky, Cursed By Moonlight, Ellmatiq P-Tro, & Noizewave @ The Waiting Room | Omaha

8 p.m., $5

Academy of Rock @ Knickerbockers | Lincoln

6 p.m.

Double Clutch, Fizz, Brake Maiden @ Knickerbockers | Lincoln

9 p.m.

Zach Christensen, Rob Hockney and Chris Parliament and the Crossrails @ P.S. Collective | Omaha

8 p.m., $10

Sunday

Trampled By Turtles, William Elliott Whitmore @ The Waiting Room | Omaha

9 p.m., $15

The Machete Archive(featuring Nick Semrad), The Set, WindpantS @ Duffy's Tavern | Lincoln

9 p.m.

CD Release with Rock Rose, Son of 76, and Eli Mardock @ The Zoo Bar | Lincoln

6 p.m., $5 with all benefits going to the Capital Humane Society

Winter Solstice IV: A Concert @ The Joslyn | Omaha

3:30 p.m.

Repeal Party @ Bourbon Theatre | Lincoln

8 p.m., 21+

Kevin Mussman is Hear Nebraska's listings editor intern. Reach him at kevinmussman@hearnebraska.org, or calendar@hearnebraska.org