The Eighth Street Taproom's 10th Valentine's Anniversary, featuring Fourth of July, Pink Nasty, 9 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H. ¢ Ex-Church, 1:30 p.m., Hawk's Nest, KU Student Union, KU campus. ¢ Son Venezuela, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
KANSAS CITY
Roy Gaines, Big John's 39th St. Band, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
SATURDAY
LAWRENCE
Ming and FS, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass. ¢ The Eighth Street Taproom's 10th Valentine's Anniversary (day two), featuring Hyperspherian, 9 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H. ¢ Emmett Brown Band, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
KANSAS CITY
Eric Sardinas, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. ¢ Thrust, 8 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway St., Kansas City, Mo.
GrooveLily, 7:30 p.m., Hawk's Nest, KU Student Union, KU campus.
KANSAS CITY
Atmospheric rock quartet Denali, Elevator Division, La Guardia, 7 p.m., SpitFire, 1717 W. Ninth, Kansas City, Mo.
TUESDAY
LAWRENCE
Aphasia, Desperately Waiting, Inflection Machine, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass. ¢ Blue October, Anything But Joey, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
KANSAS CITY
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, 9 p.m., The Beaumont, 4050 Pennsylvania St., Kansas City, Mo. ¢ Andru Bemis, Thom Hoskins, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo.
WEDNESDAY
LAWRENCE
Poetic songwriter Mason Jennings, The Beautiful Girls, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. ¢ Riva, Tabla Rasa, 9:30 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.
KANSAS CITY
Robben Ford, The Nortons, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
THURSDAY
LAWRENCE
Bluesy one-man band Stickey Nickel, Murdocks, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass. ¢ The Yards, Pepper Shaker, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass. ¢ Somehow Hollow (Formerly Grade), Escape (Formerly Kao Kyen), This Building Is Cursed, 5 p.m. (early show), The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.