Do you feel the urge to tap your toes and clap your hands? That might be because this week is packed with great musical acts coming to the region.
Hailed as “fast picking Nashville Wunderkinds,” the award-winning Infamous Stringduster will lay down the groove at Plymouth’s Flying Monkey tonight at 7:30.
The group plays a style of Americana groove, akin to the Grateful Dead, mixing bluegrass with other genres.
Since emerging eight years ago, it quickly earned IBMA awards, a Grammy nomination and a chart-topping self-titled album.
Band members include Andy Hall on dobro, Geremy Garrett on fiddle, Andy Falco on guitar, Chris Pandolfi on banjo and Travis Book on vocals.
The show will be a mix of wild covers and original pieces.
All tickets are $29.50. For more information or to reserve, call 536-2551 or visit flyingmonkeynh.com.
The monthly Third Friday Andover Community Coffeehouse will feature a Warner-based “farm funk” group.
The Dobros – Ben Dobrowski on guitar and vocals, Luke Dobrowski on drums, vocals and banjo, Colin Nevins on guitar and vocals and Chris Spann-Weitz on bass – made it’s debut in 2013.
The group plays a wide mix of blues, folk, funk, bluegrass, reggae, Americana, rock, disco, jazz and more, which it calls “farm funk.”
It has perform across New Hampshire and New England.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Friday for food purchases and open mic sign-ups. The band will perform at 7 p.m. at the Highland Lake Grange Hall in Andover. There’s no charge, but donations are accepted. This month’s show is sponsored by Tarte Cafe and Bakery.
For information, call 735-5135 or email lbchase@aol.com.
Clear your schedule Friday night. Emmy-nominated guitarist Randy Roos will perform with Concord Community Music School faculty.
The cabaret-style show will feature Latin, swing and band original music.
You’ll also be able to enjoy food from Hermanos Cocina Mexicana.
Roos has composed music for Scientific America Frontiers and Nova, is a professor at Berklee College of Music, and maintains Squam Sound, a music recording production studio on Squam Lake. He was one of the original members of the art-rock band Orchestra Luna.
David Tonkin, the school’s jazz faculty member, was mentored by Roos, which inspired the collaboration. Tonkin in turn, mentored Scott Kiefner, an alumnus who recently joined the faculty as jazz ensemble leader.
Roos will perform on guitar, Tonkin on guitar and Kiefner on bass, and they will be joined by Matt Langley on saxophone, Tom Robinson on piano and Tim Gilmore on drums.
The show will be Friday at 7 p.m. at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St. The originally scheduled for 9 p.m. was canceled. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
More than 170 dancers from nine Concord-area studios join together for the state’s biggest dance show.
“The Rhythm of the Night” will be Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium.
The 23 pieces will include a sampling of jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, and production numbers.
The show is directed by Miranda Milano of NV Dance Productions. Participating studios include Cindy Flanagan’s Concord Dance Academy, Bridget Edinger’s Creative Dance Workshop of Bow, Joan Kelly’s Dancesteps Etc. of Epsom, Brandi Nylen Reed’s Eastern Ballet Institute of Concord, Gen Woodward’s Gen’s Dance Studio of Concord, Ana McKenna’s McKenna Dance Center of Concord and Lisa Drouin Goff’s Turning Pointe Center of Dance of Pembroke.
Tickets are $12 at the UPS Store on 75 S. Main St., Concord, and at the door. For information or to make reservations, call 344-4747 or email nhdm40@comcast.net.
Proceeds will benefit the Audi’s seat restoration project.
On Wednesday and Thursday, Decades Rewind will perform a medley of songs spanning 30 years – the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
The 14-piece ensemble, an eight-piece band and six vocalists, will perform a musical and theatrical experience at the Capitol Center for the Arts.
Decades Rewind plays tribute to the biggest hits from musicians Aretha Franklin to Led Zeppelin and features more than 60 songs. You’ll want to get up in the aisle and dance.
Shows will be Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts. Tickets to the are $35 to $55, and can be bought online at ccanh.com or by calling 225-1111.