Berkeley Cafe: Turner & Josh St Patrick's Day Bash and open mic jam

Blue Bayou Club: Irish fiddle & accordion music

Cat's Cradle: The Get Up Kids

Cave: 7:30 pm: Piedmont Pookahs; 10 pm: Loggerheads

Helios: DJ Keith

Hi-5: Travis Proctor

Irregardless: Pee Wee Moore Duo

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano

Jayzz: Dick Gable All-Stars

Kings: Benefit for Mike Triplett featuring Razzle and Dynamite Brothers

Library: Study Hall: Plan B CD release party

Martin Street Music Hall: Quicksilver Pro Skatboarding Team, Merge (DJs Merlin, Shade and Phobia)

MVP's: St Patty's Day open jam with Keith

Nightlight: Political Puppet Show to support the Timoney Three

Pour House: Psychedelic Breakfast

Six String: Inis Ceol Irish music and dance

Sullivan's: 5:30 pm: Grant Osborne Duo; 8 pm: Gregg Gelb Jazz Trio

Sushi Blues: 80's Night

W.B. Yeats: Saunter

Weathervane: 5 pm: Scott Sawyer; 6:30 pm: Eddie Paolantonio

West End: Fishing for Your Girlfriend

CONCERTS

Bagpipers in Carrboro: 2 & 6 pm: Bagpipers and Irish food. Celtic Wonders, 118-A East Main St, Carrboro. www.celticwonders 2000.com. Free.

Grainne Murphy and Friends: 8 pm: A St Patrick's Day celebration with Irish fiddle, uillean pipes, banjo, accordion, bodhran and tin whistle. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, Duke University West Campus, Durham. 684-4444. $10, $5 students.

Thu, Mar 18
April + George: Fruta with DJ Keith

Aura: Battle of the DJs

Berkeley Cafe: Inch Voices, The Mile After, After Letting Go, Blue Star Drive, Ashwin

Blue Martini: Laura Ridgeway and Friends

Cave: 7:30 pm: Randy Whitt; 10 pm: Jerry Castle

Club 9: International Night

Crowley's of Stonehenge: open mic with EG Peters

42nd St. Oyster Bar: Magic Pipers

Foster's: DJ Matt

General Store Cafe: Tony Galiano Band

Gino Russo's: Tread

Holiday Inn Chapel Hill: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Band

Irregardless: Blue T Fred & David Westbrook

Jax: WILX

Kings: Skybolt 6, Duloz, Russ Never Sleeps

Library: Pro El

Lincoln Theatre: The Original Parliament Funkadelic, Sleepin Booty

MVP's: MoJones Super Jam with Marble Top Box

Montas: Grooves After Seven

Nightlight: Braver, Rome Fell, Dragonsaur

Open Eye: Richard Philips

Pour House: acoustic open mic with Brent Robertson

Six String: The Kennedy's with Girlyman

Speakeasy: Wes Lambe and the Guns of El Borracho

Sushi Blues: Raw with LeMoore

Talk of the Town: DJ Calvin Snipes

West End: Andrew Dykers

CONCERTS

Duke Chorale Tour Concert: 8 pm: Works ranging from Byrd and Brahms to Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael. Rodney Wynkoop directs. Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University Campus, Durham. 660-3333. Free.

Fri, Mar 19
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

All People Grill: Skeeter Brandon

Bakus: Flamenco guitar

Berkeley Cafe: Hip Hop Night: Plan B CD Release Party

Bickett Gallery: Strange w/ Mothlight

Bogart's: Lounge Lizards

Cafe Cyclo: Spin with LeMoore

Cat's Cradle: WXYC's 80's Dance

Cave: 7:30 pm: Richard Hayes Phillips; 10 pm: Chrome Platted Apostles with Dr Gonzalez

Crowley's: Lucky Jones

De La Luz: Suspended Principles with Other Nature

The Edge: DJ Kool Sheed

Fat Daddy's: Wild Men From Borneo

42nd St. Oyster Bar: Backbeat

General Store Cafe: Tommy Edwards and Friends

Gino Russo's: EG Peters

Helios: Jason Hausmann

Irregardless: Dave Youngman; late night: Lola Youngman

Java Divine: Matt Uribe's Blues Review

Jean Claude's Cafe: Michele Darrah

Kings: WKNC Rock Festival featuring Uwharra, Black Castle, Direct Control, Pivot

Library: Brooklyn Nights with Kid AG

Lincoln Theatre: Nathan Asher and the Infantry, Saunter, Nathan Davis Band

Lucy's: Tim Smith Band

Martin Street Music Hall: Drill 187, Samara, Magnethead, Further Lo

MVP's: Tim Penny

Margaux's: Malibu Station Band

Michael Dean's: Crush

Montas: Fiesta Tropical

Nightlight: El Puerto Olimpico

Open Eye: Tracey Simon Feldman

Pantana Bob's: open mic with Pete Wilson

Pour House: Mama Tribe and Fat Head Otis

Sadlack's: Abe and the Spikedrivers

Sidelines: Kingfish Unplugged

Six String: Malcolm Holcolmbe with Aaron Price

Skybox: Sugar Daddy

Sunset Grille: Mumbling Beefheads

Tony's Bourbon Street: Mojo

Twisted Fork: Brad Benson

Washington Duke Inn: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Trio

Woody's@City Market: Jamie Graves and Friends

CONCERTS

Duke Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles: 8 pm: Bradley Simmons directs West African (Mandinque) and Afro-Cuban drumming. Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University Campus, Durham. 660-3333. Free.

Early Music Vocal and Lute Duo: 8 pm: At Looser Hours in the Shade: Petrarchan Songs and Echoes. Dr. Richard Wistreich, bass, and Nigel North, lutenist, will perform 17th-century virtuoso songs. Hill Hall Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill. 962-1039. $15, $12 seniors, $5 students.

Mozaik: 8 pm: International acoustic group plays Celtic, E. European and American Fusion. ArtsCenter, 330-G East Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org. $19.

Simon Shaheen and The Near East Music Ensemble: 8 pm: Master of the oud and violin plays in tribute to Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab and singer Um Kalthum. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, Duke University W. Campus, Durham. 684-4444. $25, $12 students.

Sat, Mar 20
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

April+George: Worldbeat w/ DJ Steve

Bakus: Jafaar

Bickett Gallery: The Peaceniks with Ditto, Inc.

Blue Bayou Club: Cool John Ferguson

Bogart's: Lounge Lizards

Cafe Cyclo: Merge w/ DJ Mogambo

Cat's Cradle: Torch Marauder CD release party with The Sames, Shark Quest, Roxotica, Audubon Park

Cave: 7:30 pm: NC Songwriters Tour; 10 pm: No. 9 Coal

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Tread

Club 9: DJ Chela No. 1

De La Luz: Ember Swift w/ Overproof

The Edge: International Saturdays with DJ Billy Bill

Fat Daddy's: Turbulence

42nd St. Oyster Bar: 5 Gallon Pale

Foster's: DJ Matt

General Store Cafe: Sun + the Moon

Gino Russo's: Rich Emily

Irregardless: Michael Jones Jazz Duo; after dark: Michael Jones Dance Band

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano

Java Divine: Old Habits

Jean Claude's Cafe: Michele Darrah

Joe & Jo's: The Mission Man

Kings: Zombie Room

Library: Monticello Rd

Lincoln Theatre: Barefoot Manner with Perpetual Groove

Metro: Underground Flaunt with LeMoore

Michael Dean's: Mojo

Montas: Eurolatin Night

Open Eye Cafe: Tampa Blue and Nancy Hoffman

Pour House: Steep Canyon Rangers with Big Fat Gap

Ringside: FAME w/ Burning (Wo)Man

Sadlack's: The Pinkslips

Scooter's: Back to the 70's with DJ Donald Alston

Six String: Taters with Jimmy Alto

Skybox: House DJ

Spice Street: Fusion with DJ Intuition and the Kid AG

Sushi Blues: Skeeter Brandon

Tir na nOg: Big Mama E & the Cool

Tony's Bourbon Street: Amazing Lounge Lizards

Twisted Fork: Travis Proctor

Vin: Sala@Vin with DJs Joshua & Keith

Vineyard Cafe: Jamie Purnell

Woody's@City Market: DJ T-LO

CONCERTS

Meredith College Concerto Aria: 8 pm. Jones Auditorium, Meredith College Campus, 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh. 760-8536. Free.

New Century Saxophone Quartet: 8 pm: A multimedia presentation of Bach's Art of Fugue in partnership with Misha Films. Sponsored by NCSU Center Stage and Raleigh Chamber Music Guild's Master Series. Stewart Theatre, NC State University Campus, Raleigh. 515-1100. $27, $22.

Tony Trischka Band: 8 pm: Innovative Banjo player. The ArtsCenter, 330 East Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org. $16.

Takacs Quartet: 8 pm: Boulder's string quartet performs Beethoven. Part of Duke's Chamber Arts Series. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, Duke University West Campus, Durham. 684-4444, www.chamberartssociety.org. $25, $12 students.

Sun, Mar 21
Cave: Jule Brown with Maple Stave

Club 9: Kaz's Coffee House open jam

Copeland's: Eddie Thigpen Jazz Trio

Disco Rodeo: Saves the Day

The Edge: Absolut Sundays with DJ Chela No. 1

Irregardless: Gene O'Neil

Kings: Neu Romance

Montas: Salsa Salvaje Social

Pour House: Sycamore Grove

Skylight Exchange: open mic

West End: The DJ Group

CONCERTS

Mallarme Chamber Players Gala Benefit Concert: 3 pm: Retrospective--20 Years of Music Among Friends. Followed by a lavish champagne reception. The home of Wendy Rabineau and Donald Beskind, 1 Learned Place, Durham. 560-2788. $75, $15 students and children.

Hillsborough Arts Council Parlor Concert Series: 4 pm: The Music of Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington. Jim Ketch, trumpet; Ed Paolantonio, piano; John Brown, bass. Reception following. The Ashe House, 144 N Wake St, Hillsborough. 732-2013. $12.

Raleigh Boychoir Sixth Annual American Music Festival: 4 pm: Guest artist lyric tenor Jason Morgan. Fellowship Hall at Edenton Street United Methodist Church, 228 W Edenton St, Raleigh. 881-9259. Free.

Robert Parkins Organ Recital: 5 pm: Duke Chapel, Duke University West Campus, Durham. 684-2572. Free.

Yanni: 7 pm: Ethnicity World Tour. RBC Center, 1400 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh. 861-5470. $29.50-57.50.

Duo LiveOak: 8 pm: Chamber music duo. St. Mark's Chapel, Mordecai Historic Park, 1 Mimosa St, Raleigh. 834-4484.

Mon, Mar 22
Blue Bayou Club: Blue Monday All-Blues Jam

Cave: Jimmy Atto

Comet Lounge: open mic with Russ Thompson

The Edge: Apollo Night open mic

Flipside: Ember Swift

Go! Room 4: Azure Ray, The Elected, Okkervil River

Library: open mic

Local 506: Microphone Mondays Talent Competition

Sadlack's: open mic with Russ Thompson

Six String: Arlon Bennett

Tue, Mar 23
Blue Bayou Club: open mic with Diane & Gregory

Cat's Cradle: Melissa Ferrick

Cave: 7:30 pm: open mic comedy with Bryan Barton; 10 pm: The Laramie uk with Regina Hexaphone

Hi-5: Brad Benson

Irregardless: Alex Gorodezky

Kings: The Carlsonics, Washington Social Club, Monsonia

Panzanella: Europa Jazz Quartet featuring Christen Campbell

Pour House: Bonepony

Six String: open mic

Tir na nOg: The Bluegrass Experience

W.B. Yeats: open mic

Weathervane: 5 pm: Scott Sawyer; 6:30 pm: Robert Griffin

Wed, Mar 24
Berkeley Cafe: Turner & Josh Open Mic Jam

Cat's Cradle: Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute)

Cave: 7:30 pm: Mary Johnson; 10 pm: Suspended Principles

Go! Room 4: The Walkmen with French Kicks

Hi-5: Travis Proctor

Irregardless: Greg Logan & Ray Green

Jayzz: Susan Reeves Trio (live CD recording)

Kings: Broken Social Scene

Library: Study Hall with Kid AG

Nightlight: The Stand Ins, Amish Jihad, Ray of Light

Open Eye: Tom House

Pour House: Flav-o-rich

Six String: ESP

Sushi Blues: 80's Night

W.B. Yeats: Suspended Principles

Weathervane: 5 pm: Scott Sawyer; 6:30 pm: Eddie Paolantonio

West End: Fishing for Your Girlfriend

CONCERTS

Susan Graham: 8 pm: Mezzo-Soprano classical singer. Page Auditorium, Duke University West Campus, Durham. 660-3356, 684-4687. $20-30.

Music Related
Workshop for Music Teachers: Fri, Mar 19, 7:30 pm: Rehearsal workshop on choral music for young voices. Part of the Raleigh Boychoir's Sixth Annual American Music Festival. Raleigh Boychoir Center, 1329 Ridge Rd, Raleigh. 881-9259. Free.

Acoustic Pickin' Circle: Tuesdays, 8-10 pm: Sponsored by Piedmont Stringed Instruments. Crowley's Mini-Mart Billiards, 3055 Medlin Dr, Raleigh. 782-2955.

Call for Volunteers: Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance is seeking artisans, carpenters, chefs and more to help set up and run the annual spring celebration. 542-8142, www.grassrootsfest.org.

Carolina Mountain Dulcimer Players: Every third Thursday at 7 pm: Fretted dulcimer players of all skill levels welcome. Carol Woods Retirement Community, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill. 919-5359 or shirleyray@aol.com.

Carolina Samba School: Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm: Open to new members. Eduardo de Souza teaching Rio samba, pagode, and Bahia styles. 511 Dairyland Rd, Chapel Hill. 544-5451.

Music Maker Relief Foundation: Help keep the bluest of the blues alive! To find out how you can help the organization that works with the forgotten heroes and pioneers of Southern musical traditions, call 643-2456, visit www.musicmaker.org, or email volunteers@musicmaker.org.

Open Celtic Music Jam: Saturdays, 5-7 pm: Celtic Wonders, 118 A East Main St, Carrboro. www.celticwonders2000.com.

WNCU Jazz Calendar: List your jazz event at www.wncu.org. Contact Edith Thorpe at 530-6122 or ethorpe@wpo.nccu.com with questions.

Thu, Mar 25
April + George: Fruta with DJ Keith

Aura: Battle of DJs final showdown

Berkeley Cafe: Sanctity, Out of Nowhere, Ever After, Punos, Narallis

Cave: 7:30 pm: Alex Bowers; 10 pm: Jim Smith and His Tall Buildings with National Eye

Club 9: International Night

Crowley's of Stonehenge: open mic with EG Peters

42nd St. Oyster Bar: Organ Grinderz

General Store Cafe: Tony Godwin & Shelly Higgins

Gino Russo's: Scearce & Ketner

Holiday Inn Chapel Hill: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Band

Irregardless: Phil Okrend

Jax: WILX

Kings: Dirty Johnny and the Make Believe, Fashion Design, Great Falls

Library: Spencer Acuff

Montas: Grooves After Seven

Nightlight: Sun Eye, Degrassi, Manamid

Pour House: open mic with Brent Robertson

Six String: Claire Holley with Laura Berman

Speakeasy: Wes Lambe and the Guns of El Borracho

Sushi Blues: Raw with LeMoore

West End: Andrew Dykers

CONCERTS

NCCU Lyceum Series: Evening with Pianist Leon Bates: 7 pm: B.N. Duke Auditorium, NCCU Campus, Durham. 530-5390. Free.

Fri, Mar 26
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

All People Grill: Cool John Ferguson

Bakus: Flamenco guitar

Berkeley Cafe: Meltdown Yellow

Blue Bayou Club: Armand's Really Big Band

Blue Martini: Laura Ridgeway and Friends

Bogart's: Super Glide

Cafe Cyclo: Spin with LeMoore

Cat's Cradle: North Mississippi Allstars

Cave: 7:30 pm: Seth Coluzzi; 10 pm: Straight 8's

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Maximus

De La Luz: Hamell on Trial

The Edge: DJ Kool Sheed

Fat Daddy's: DL Token

42nd St. Oyster Bar: E.G. Peters

Foster's: Waylandsphere

General Store Cafe: Brown Mountain Lights

Gino Russo's: Big Bertha

Go! Room 4: John Vanderslice with Will Johnson

Irregardless: Greg Brink & Tony Galliano; late night: Peggy Hayes

Jayzz: Tim Smith Band

Joe & Jo's: Hot Lemon

Kings: Cartridge Family, International Orange, Proof, Earwig

Library: Brooklyn Nights with Kid AG

MVP's: Automag

Margaux's: Rich Emily Band

Michael Dean's: The Usuals

Montas: Fiesta Tropical

Nightlight: Revival of the Chadbourne Baptist Church!

Open Eye: Jodie Manross

Pantana Bob's: open mic with Pete Wilson

Pour House: Thad Cockrell with Freeloader

Ringside: Destroyed by Kittens, Brother Sean

Sidelines: Circus Band (AC/DC tribute)

Six String: Mike Corrado with Milton

Skybox: Magic Pipers

Sullivan's: 8 pm: Stephen Riley Jazz Quartet

Sunset Grille: Too Tall & Mark Abbott

Tony's Bourbon Street: Spoonful of Soul

Twisted Fork: Travis Proctor

Washington Duke Inn: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Trio with Joe Izzo

Woody's@City Market: Second Hand Flap Jack

CONCERTS

Tlen Huicani: 8 pm. Traditional music of Veracruz and other parts of Latin America. Presented by PineCone. Stewart Theatre, NCSU Campus, Raleigh. 515-1100. $21, $10.50 students.

Sat, Mar 27
Abyssinia: African Caribbean Night

April + George: Worldbeat with DJ Steve

Bakus: Jafaar

Bogart's: Rich Emily Band

Cafe Cyclo: Merge with DJ Mogambo

Cat's Cradle: Umphrey's McGhee

Cave: 7:30 pm: Comedy Night with Bryan Barton; 10 pm: The Moaners

Crowley's of Stonehenge: Loose Ties

Club 9: DJ Chela No. 1

De La Luz: The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers, The Rachel Nevadas, Alvarez Painting

The Edge: International Saturdays with DJ Billy Bill

Fat Daddy's: Astor's Cane

42nd St. Oyster Bar: Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills

General Store Cafe: Doc Branch Band

Gino Russo's: Mojo

Go! Room 4: The Sleepy Jackson, Earlimart, On the Speaker

Irregardless: Ed Moon Jazz Trio; after dark: Moon & Stars Dance Band

James Pharmacy Restaurant: Dinner with Piano

Jayzz: Kathryn Whalen's Jazz Squad

Joe & Jo's: NC Songwriters Eclectic Folk Tour

Kings: Blood Sweat and Gears: Rocket 350, Top Dead Center, The Spooks, The Marauders, Straight 8's, The Antagonizers, Tombstone Daddys, Hearts and Daggers

Library: The Remix Project

Lincoln Theatre: Demilo with Arms, The Nevers

Local 506: Cool John Ferguson

Metro: Underground Flaunt with LeMoore

Michael Dean's: Lounge Lizards

Montas: Solazo & Beverly Botsford

Nightlight: Clive Gregson

Open Eye Cafe: Heidi Sidelinker

Pour House: Bernie Leadon with Choosy Beggars

Silver Dollar Saloon: MoJones

Six String: Michael Reno Harrell

Spice Street: Fusion with DJ Intuition and the Kid AG

Sullivan's: 5:30 pm: James Wallace Duo; 8 pm: Stephen Riley Jazz Quartet

Tony's Bourbon Street: Soul Kitchen

Twisted Fork: Brad Benson

Vin: Sala@Vin. DJs Joshua & Keith

Vineyard Cafe: Second Sinner

Woody's@City Market: DJ T-LO

CONCERTS

Fifth Annual DuBois Jazz Festival: 7 pm: With the Ed Paolantonio Quintet, featuring vocalist Lois Deloatch. Dinner at 7 pm, dancing and music at 8 pm. DuBois Center, 518 N Franklin, Wake Forest. 556-7561. $25.

Songs of Praise and Inspiration from China: 7:30 pm: Performed by soprano Debra Pan and organist/ pianist Ruth Harrod. Main Sanctuary of First Baptist Church, 414 Cleveland St, Durham. 688-7308 (ext 33). Free.

Duke Collegium Musicum Concert: 8 pm. Mia benigna fortuna: Petrarch and the Italian madrigal. Kerry McCarthy, director, with Elizabeth Cason, harpsichord. Nelson Music Room, Duke University Campus, Durham. 684-4444. Free.

Little Lake Hill House Concerts: 8 pm: The Willow Band (Celtic music). bett@bettpadgett.com, 787-6378 for reservations. $15.

Masters of Mexican Music: 8 pm: National Tour of traditional Mexican musicians. Part of Carolina Union Performing Arts Series. Hill Hall Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus. 962-1449. $35, $18 students.