PERFORMING ARTS
Open auditions "Getting Sara Married"
River City Players need three males and three females for its next play "Getting Sara Married." Cold reading. No preparation necessary.
When: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Port Cape
Comedy night
Laugh it up with area comedy amateur.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Mississippi Mud House
Debut dance show
Cape Girardeau's first professional dance company, pH Exchange, puts on its first full-length show, "Coupling and Other Things that Stick to your Feet."
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Rust Flexible Theatre
LIVE MUSIC
The Stooge Band
A makeshift band of Doug Rees, Casey Benefield, Nick Conrad, Arch Kohl on keyboards, Alan Paliermo and Jerot Kieth on saxophone.
When: 7 p.m. today
Where: Stooges
Jackson Municipal Band
Joined by the bagpipe duo of Laurel Martin and Mary Thrasher.
When: 8 p.m. today
Where: Jackson City Park band shell
The Big Idea
Folk rock.
When: 9 p.m. today
Where: Rude Dog Pub
Dan Wiethop
Folksy Americana.
When: 7 to 10 p.m. Friday
Where: Ray's of Kelso, Kelso, Mo.
Classic Country Band
Need we say more?
When: 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday
Where: American Legion hall, Jackson
Herman Ze German with ArtiFakt
Ex-Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell's solo band Herman Ze German plays with ArtiFakt and other local bands. Have coffee with the writer of "Rock You Like A Hurricane," "Blackout," "Passion Rules The Game" and other hits.
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Mississippi Mud House
The Theory
Rocking all night long.
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Bel Air Grill
Broke
Playing at the Pub.
When: 9 p.m. Friday
Where: Rude Dog Pub
The Intention
Five-piece rock band with backgrounds ranging from jazz, alternative, funk and rock.
When: 9 p.m. Friday
Where: Club Moxy
Grisham Spur
Country, country rock and '60s favorites.
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Thousand Oaks Winery, Marble Hill, Mo.
Bruce Zimmerman
Blues daddy plays the winery.
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: River Ridge Winery, Commerce, Mo.
Ozark Opry Band
Playing every Saturday night.
When: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday
Where: Ozark Opry, Jackson
Elliott Ranney
Acoustic jazz and folk.
When: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday
Where: Ray's of Kelso, Kelso, Mo.
Westward Sons
St. Louis-based four piece plays everything from Southern Rock to Irish tunes.
When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Bel Air Grill
Tone Def All-Stars and Lojic
Local rockers celebrate the re-opening of their homebase bar.
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Where: Breakaways
OH for Audio
Strong vocals and progressive rock beats.
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Where: Water Street Lounge
DJ Lance
DJ Lance makes you dance.
When: 10 p.m. Saturday
Where: Slinger's
Dance Party with the Male Man
Just dance.
When: 10 p.m. Saturday
Where: Double Nickel 2, Sikeston, Mo.
Bill Booth
Blues and rock.
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday
Where: River Ridge Winery, Commerce, Mo.
Jam session
Open jam.
When: 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hombre Hair Salon
Bluegrass and old-time jam
Show up to play along.
When: 6 p.m. Sunday
Where: Dennis Scivally Park
Sit-in jam band
No reservations needed when you're sitting onstage.
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Show-Me's
Bruce Zimmerman & The Water Street Band
Playing their occasional Port Cape gig.
When: 8 to 11 p.m. Sunday
Where: Port Cape
Bruce Zimmerman with Kaleb Huggins
Pickin' and playin' the first night of Homecomers.
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Stooges
MISC
SEMO Gun Show
Gun dealers and enthusiasts gather for the annual event.
When: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Arena Building
New Hamburg Picnic
The town picnic features music by Renegade Sound System on Friday and Saturday night. A dinner with fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, roast beef and gravy with all the trimmings will be held at St. Lawrence Parish Center from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
When: 5 to 11:30 p.m., Friday; 3 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Kelso C-7 School, Kelso, Mo.
"The Journey of the Shawnee and Delaware Tribes"
A presentation on American Indians by historian Delilah Tayloe.
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Cape River Heritage Museum
Red House Interpretive Center
Rose Mary Oxley will give free dulcimer lessons at 1 p.m., and the house is open to tours.
When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday
Where: Red House Interpretive Center
Contra dance
Contra dance to the Mound City Slickers at this ice cream social sponsored by Cape Friends of Traditional Dance and Music.
When: 6:45 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Christ Episcopal Church
Top Female Impersonators
Putting on a show.
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Independence Place
Country Club Western Dance Class
Line dance and couples.
When: Beginners start at 6 p.m., open dance 7 to 9 p.m. Monday
Where: American Legion Post 63
Bonnie Stepenoff on the Sharecroppers Demonstration
"Thad Snow: A Life of Social Reform in the Missouri Bootheel" author Bonnie Stepenoff will be available to discuss the 1939 Sharecroppers Demonstration.
When: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Cape River Heritage Museum
KARAOKE
Tiny's Rollin' Thunder Karaoke
When: 8 p.m. today
Where: Broussard's
Karaoke with T.J. Jackson
When: 6:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Cape Girardeau VFW
Karaoke
When: 8 p.m. to midnight Friday
Where: Thirsty's
Renegade Sound System
When: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday
Where: Daytimer Lounge
Time Machine Karaoke
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Daytimer Lounge
Karaoke
When: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday
Where: Willa's Getaway, McClure, Ill.
Wattz Up Karaoke
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Where: Cue and Brew
Rockband Karaoke
When: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday
Where: Slinger's
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