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Music Today: Sunday, Feb. 22
It’s the final showtime for this year’s Fiesta Folklórica at the Van Duzer Theatre at 2 p.m. Tickets will run you $10-$15 for a whole lot of music and dancing in celebration ofMexican culture through…
Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 21
There are two rock shows happening on either side of the bay tonight, so I’ll spit it outquickly. Jacki & the Jollies are playing a free, all-ages gig with Dragged by Horses atthe Historic Eagle…
Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 20
Cooper Crain is busy, both as a member of noted Chicago drone band Cave and asone third of Bitchin Bajas, with a more explosive and fancy-free approach to theirexperimental jaunts through the airwaves. I think…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 19
The Neville Brothers are about as close as it comes to true royalty in New Orleans,containing in their ranks a founding member of funk masters The Meters and, of course, the eponymous band featuring soul…

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