Alfred T. Hornbacks -- Rockin' C Karaoke, 8 p.m. Tuesdays, no cover.

The Beer Joint -- Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; Firehouse Karaoke, 8 p.m. Fridays, no cover.

Christopher's World Grille -- Pianist D.A. McDowell, 6:30 p.m.,Tuesdays-Thursdays, no cover.

The Corner -- Piano Bar, 9 p.m. Sundays, no cover.

The Cowboy Club -- Rockin' C Karaoke, 9 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, no cover.

Fitzwilly's -- Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tuesdays; open mic with Nick Verzosa, 10 p.m. Wednesdays.

Foxhole Lounge -- Rockin' C Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fridays, no cover.

Halo -- Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, no cover; DJ Chris Allen, 10:30 p.m. Fridays, $7; Absolution, 10 p.m. Saturdays, no cover.

The Lounge Sports Bar -- Absolute Karaoke, 10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays, no cover; poker, 8 p.m. Sundays-Tuesdays, no cover; J Goodin, 10 p.m. Sundays, no cover; Absolution, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover.

Luigi's Patio Ristorante -- Live jazz, 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, no cover.

Margarita Rocks -- Absolute Karaoke, 9 p.m. Thursdays, no cover; salsa dancing, 11:30 p.m. Fridays, $5; Absolution, 9 p.m. Saturdays.

O'Bannon's Taphouse -- Karaoke, 10 p.m. Tuesdays, no cover; Patrick Fleming, 10 p.m. Thursdays, no cover.

P.O.E.T.S. -- Absolution, 10 p.m. Mondays, no cover; J Goodin, 10 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover.

The Republic -- Live blues with Louis Ebbecke and Francisco Farias, 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, no cover.

Revolution -- Mic Check poetry, 9 p.m. Sundays, no cover; J Goodin, 10 p.m. Tuesdays, no cover; Open Mic, 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover.

Schotzi's -- Open Mic with Taylor Pritchet, 9 p.m. Mondays; karaoke, 10 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; Absolution, 10 p.m. Thursdays, no cover.

Stafford Main Street -- Kent South and the Non-Prophets, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover.

The Tap -- Rockin' C Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mondays, Piano Bar featuring Russell and Mike, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; The Space Rockers, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays.

Zapatos -- Karaoke, 10 p.m. Sundays-Mondays.

THURSDAY, AUG. 7

Adam Carroll, Jason Eady & Owen Temple, 9 p.m., Lakeside Icehouse, $10 (after 8 p.m.)

The Boxcar Bandits, Magic Girl, 10 p.m., Revolution.

FRIDAY, AUG. 8

Magic Girl, Terrazzo.

Uptown Jazz, 7:30 p.m., Christopher's World Grille, no cover.

Bobby Clanton, 8 p.m., Our Times, no cover.

Guy Forsyth, 9 p.m., Lakeside Icehouse, $8 (after 8 p.m.).

Blake & Fallon, 8 p.m., Hullabaloo Diner, $5.

SATURDAY, AUG. 9

Un-Decided, Inc., Scooter's in Somerville.

Uptown Jazz, 7:30 p.m., Christopher's World Grille, no cover.

Brazos Heartland, 8 p.m., Sons of Hermann in Bryan, $5 cover.

AtariMatt, Machine Meets Land, Great Unwashed Luminaries, Before the Mast, 10 p.m., Revolution, $5.

SUNDAY, AUG. 10

Terry Price, 7 p.m., College Station Hilton, $15 for adults, $7.50 for children.

TUESDAY, AUG. 12

Cafe Scientifique, 7 p.m., Revolution.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13

Kyle Park, 9 p.m. Lakeside Icehouse, $3 (after 8 p.m.).

Navasota Blues Festival featuring Blind Orange Jefferson and the Seeing Eye Band, Tubie and the Touchtones, Randy Pavlock, Leannasaurus Rex, Sweet Mama Cotton, Nat Dove, Bernie Pearl, Rob Roy Parnell, Don Kesee and the Blues Masters and Dave Egan and the Twenty Years of Trouble, Aug. 8-9, Grimes County Expo Center, $20 in advance for both days.

Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary Party featuring Bleu Edmondson and Georgia Satellites, Texas Hall of Fame, $1.05.

Northgate Music Festival featuring the Toadies, Corb Lund, Atarimatt, Flawless Escape, The Hangouts and others, Aug. 22-23, Northgate, $15 in advance.

Ziegfest featuring Aaron Watson, Roger Creager, Kevin Fowler, Eli Young Band, Reckless Kelly, Jason Boland, Honeybrowne, Bob Schneider, Wade Bowen, Vallejo, Band of Heathens, Kyle Bennett Band and The Gougers, Aug. 31, Lake Bryan, $18 in advance.

Texas Renaissance Festival job fair, 9 a.m. Aug. 9-10, 21778 F.M. 1774, Plantersville, 1-800-458-3435.

Sculptures by musician-composer Herb Alpert are on display in two locations on the A&M campus. Spirit totems can be seen in Cain Park north of Kyle Field and on the West Campus between the Kleberg Building and Heep Center, through Aug. 21.

An exhibit featuring illustrator J.C. Leyendecker is on display in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University in the Memorial Student Center at 9 a.m. on Aug. 7.

Pressed Glass Exhibit, a Revolution in Glassmaking, Forsyth Center Galleries through Aug. 30.

Works by artist Shelley Janac on display in the Texas Gallery at The Arts Council of the Brazos Valley through Aug. 30.