This weekend

Ambush and Elkhorn — The Green Spot. Local rock ’n’ roll bands will perform at a Bykes for Tykes benefit  4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Bring a new toy to donate for the dinner. $10 per person, with proceeds to Bykes for Tykes. 269-7292.

Hookah Stew — Warehouse 101 at The Mill Casino-Hotel. Rock, pop and funk. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com/.

Hot Tamales — Wanda’s Food & Beverage House. Top 40 hits. Hot and spicy all girl band. Starts at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8. No cover. 267-6293.

Johnny B & the Enablers — Blue Moon Restaurant & Lounge. Easy rock. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8. No cover. 269-9004.

JPA Band — Stray Katz Bar. Local rock and blues band. 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. No cover. 888-4353.

Franklin Turner and Carol Rose — Java Jones Coffee House. Blues and jazz standards. 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. 888-4477.

Next week

Bumtech — Broadway Theater. Rock, electro, pop. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11. 266-9020, broadwayrockhall@yahoo.com or www.myspace.com/waxersvenue.

Melvin Seals & JGB, Keepers of the Flame — The Green Spot. The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band, a side project of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, he founded in 1975. Melvin Seals served as keyboardist from 1980 onward. Seals became band leader following Garcia’s death in 1995, and changed the band’s name to JGB. 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13. $20 advance, $25 at the door. Tickets available online at www.ticketweb.com or 267-6622.

Bill Bartels — Colette’s: Good Food + Hungry Minds. Local guitar player and composer, playing covers, classical jazz, folk and his own compositions. 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14. $10 per person, goes to the musician. 751-1475, http://goodfoodhungryminds.blogspot.com/.

Keith Greeninger and Dayan Kai — Pistol River Friendship Hall. 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. $15. (541) 247-2848, http://www.pistolriver.com.

JPA Band — Stray Katz Bar. Local rock and blues band. 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. No cover. 888-4353.

Phoenix — Wanda’s Food & Beverage House. Rock ’n’ roll. Starts at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15. No cover. 267-6293.

Rootdown — Broadway Theater. Eugene band that plays in the pop-reggae genre. Show starts at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14. $5 cover charge. 266-9020, broadwayrockhall@yahoo.com or www.myspace.com/waxersvenue.

Toyz — Warehouse 101 at The Mill Casino-Hotel. Classic rock ’n’ roll. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com/.

Later

Bigfoot Blues Band — Wanda’s Food & Beverage House. Best blues band on the Oregon Coast, according to press release. Starts at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday Nov. 21-22. No cover. 267-6293.

Nightfall — Warehouse 101 at The Mill Casino-Hotel. Classic rock. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com/.

Side EFXXX — Wanda’s Food & Beverage House. Classic rock at its best, according to a press release. Starts at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28-29. No cover. 267-6293.

The T-Club — Broadway Theater. Eugene band that plays “positive reggae dub rock” according to the band’s MySpace page. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28. $5. 266-9020, broadwayrockhall@yahoo.com or www.myspace.com/waxersvenue.

Ongoing

The Dale Inskeep Band — High Tide Café. Surf country, original music. Local band. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. No cover. 888-3664,  http://www.hightidecafellc.com/ or www.daleinskeep.com.

Religious

David Asbury — Zion Lutheran Church, Port Orford. 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. Tickets: $10, free for those under 18. (541) 332-9002.

Open mic, karaoke

Next week

Rock jam with Easy Money — Stray Katz Bar. Hosted by members of local band. 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11. No cover. 888-4353.

Rock-blues jam with Ambush — Stray Katz Bar. Hosted by local band. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. No cover. 888-4353

Ongoing

Open mic — Shark Bites Seafood Café. Play an instrument, sing or read original poetry. Full sound system for acoustic and/or vocal performances, plus free Wi-Fi. 4 to 6 p.m. high school performers only or for adults beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. Free. Information on teen open mic or to reserve a spot — sierra.denning@gmail.com or 404-0492. Adult open mic information — 269-7475.

Open mic — Blue Moon Restaurant & Lounge. Hosted by guitarist Kayla Colvin. 8 p.m. to midnight, Tuesdays. Free. 269-9004.

Karaoke — Blue Moon Restaurant & Lounge. 8 p.m. to midnight, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Free. 269-9004.

Out of town

This weekend

Experience Hendrix — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, 8 p.m. Friday.

Next week

Underoath featuring The Devil Wears Prada — Roseland Theater, Portland, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Jason Mraz — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Augustana — WOW Hall, Eugene, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Oregon Symphony: Lauderdale plays Gershwin — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15.

Later

Joe Ely — Aladdin Theater, Portland, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Pato Banton and The Mystic Roots Band — WOW Hall, Eugene,  10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19.

A Willie Nelson Tribute — Wonder Ballroom, Portland, 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21.

Blues Traveler — McDonald Theater, Eugene, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 $22.50.

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Vagabond Opera and Bad Mitten Orchestra — WOW Hall, Eugene, 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22.

Bryan Adams — Aladdin Theater, Portland, 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29. $45.