Blue Lantern Lounge: John & Mary
Club Diablo: The Amino Acids & Guests

Hard Rock Cafe: (doors). MINK. $5. Proceeds benefit the Hard Rock USA’s Ambassador’s Fund which raises money for charities in WNY. 7pm

Merlin’s: Deep Thinka presents “Fortified Live” with resident musicians Type: Relevant  & Eimaj. 10pm

Mohawk: The Fleshtones, with Handsome Jack, the Thermidors. $10. 10pm

Montante Cultural Center: Canisius College Contemporary Writers Series  presents Native American poet Heid E. Erdrich. 6pm

Nietzsche’s: The Chameleon Project. 9pm
Rust Belt Books: Reading & book signing with Charles Halpern, author of “Making Waves and Riding the Currents:  Activism and the Practice of Wisdom.” 7pm

Sportmen’s Tavern: The Thirds. $8:30pm

Tudor Lounge: Buffalo Mural Arts Program Fundraiser. Collaboration of local artists to create murals on neighborhood buildings in the Broadway-Fillmore district. Drink specials, food, live music & more. Contact buffalomuralarts@gmail.com or 581-4138 for more inf. 5pm

Tralf: Kimya Dawson (of the Moldy Peaches). $12/advance (852-5000/www.ticketmaster.com) or $14/day of show. 8pm

Xtreme Wheels: Stick to Your Guns, Winds of Plague, Impending Doom, Veil of Maya, Perfidious Doom, Kills the Moment. $10/$12. 6pm