By Monica Power

(Every day Monica Power supplies her picks for cool events happening in Western New York; you can also find her at her Facebook page)

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Screening of “The Substance” at North Park Theatre. Showing at 1, 4, 7, and 955pm

8th Anual Vehicles for Vets & First Responders Giveaway at Buffalo RiverWorks. Motivational speaker and MC SSG Travis Mills. Music by NERDS GONE WILD. 4pm

Ten Cent Howl at Sportsmens Tavern. 5 – 8pm – $10

Awards Show for the Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project at One Seneca Tower. Screening of award winning films and honorable mention films. Doors at 515, screening at 630pm, awards reception at 8pm – $22

Nearly Departed at Wagon Wheel. 530 – 830pm

Chris Maloney at Two Nines Kitchen Bar. 530 – 830pm

Exhibit Opening for “10 x 5: 50 Years of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center” at The Buffalo History Museum. 530 – 8pm

Atlas Genius at Rec Room Buffalo. Doors at 6pm

Season Finale for Friday Bike Night at The Hilltop Inn & Grove featuring Tiny Music. 6pm

The Beard and the Bird at The Blueberry Treehouse Farm. 6 – 8pm

Tony Derosa at Sto Lat Bar. 6 – 9pm

Shaky Stage at Nietzsche’s. 6 – 9pm

Welcome Falls Blues O Rama at Abbey Square featuring JamminGypsies, Jeremy Keyes of Jeremy Keyes Band , and Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones. Doors at 630pm – $15

Diggin Roots Band at Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub. 630 – 10pm

Golden Pleasures at Buffalo Distilling Co. 630 – 10pm

Kameron Marlowe, Crazy & The Brains, and Murphy’s Law at Town Ballroom. Doors at 7pm

Luna Lands at Luna Lounge. Performances in 3 rooms featuring Wavy Jones, Dabasaurus, Pitlord, Maflux, Mr. Fink, eFFeX, Majik, Rhizo, Atomik, LostBoy, Gee, Mcthuggin, SuS, Rick Ryatt, AZL, Intragenic, BoBo, Mark Westner, The Chimistress, KVX, and Mega Bass House. Doors at 7pm

MAN ON MAN and STAR THEORY at Mohawk Place. Doors at 7pm

The Unheard at O’Brien’s West End Inn. 7pm

RNSM Duo at The Chandelier Bar at Salvatore’s. 7pm

Marabella Band at 42N at The Flats. 7pm

Leslie Zagotti at BATCH. 7pm

Porcelain Train at Lilly Belle Meads. 7 – 9pm

The Flow Bros at Duende at Silo City. 7 – 9pm

Matt Bannister Duo at Angry Buffalo at The Rose Garden. 7 – 10pm

Kody & Herren at 42 North Brewing Company. 7 – 10pm

Learning To Fly at GFY Bar & Grill. 7 – 10pm

Tim Britt Live at The Ridge West Senca. 7 – 10pm

Hal Yeah at Tap That Tap Room. Music at 7pm

The Dave Hill Group performing “West Coast Jazz” at Pausa Art House. Music at 7pm

Bottle Rockets at Buffalo Wings and Brewhouse. 730pm

Performance of “And Then There Were None” presented by Western Door Playhouse at Niagara Arts & Cultural Center. Doors at 7, performance 730 – 930pm – $20

Laurel Canyon Band – Celebrating the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at West Herr Riviera Theatre. 730pm

Sequins The Band at Papi Grande’s. 730pm

Tom Fenton with Edie Allen at PeopleArt. 730 – 915pm – $5

Dan Harper with Magic Show at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. 730 – 1030pm

Hit N Run at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub. 730 – 1030pm

SuperCharger at Transit Music Lounge. 8pm

Interpretive Sound at High Violet. Lowkey farewell sendoff for Geo Kowalow and goodbye to Interpretive Sound for the time being. 8pm

2 Guys Drinkin’ Beer at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 8pm

Fluffdead at Molly Maguires. 8pm

The Torpedoes at Lion and Eagle PUb. 8 – 11pm – $5

SLIM CHANCE and the Can’t Hardly Playboys at Donovan Post 1626. 8 – 11pm

meet the Bacons at Fat Bob’s Smokehouse. 8 – 11pm

Michael Sheffield at Ebenezer Ale House. 8 – 11pm

Little Mountain Band at Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards. 8 – 11pm

Lazlo Hollyfeld at McGarret’s. 830pm – $5

DoubleShot at Santora’s Pizza Pub & Gill. 830 – 1130pm

Lithium at The 33 Speakeasy Grill. 9pm

Over The Edge at Rockin Buffalo. 9pm

FOMRBand at Attitudes Bar And Grill. 9pm

The Knight Crew at Dwyers Irish Pub. 9pm

Loaded & Gorgeous, Ancient Spaceship, and Sequilibrium at Nietzsche’s. Music at 9pm – $15

jponcello, Mini Marching Machine, HitGRL, and Redd & the Paper Flowers at Milkie’s on Elmwood. Music at 9pm – $10

The Frank Grizanti Band at Wagon Wheel. 930pm

Shipwrecked! An Entertainment by Donald Margulies at Road Less Traveled Productions. 930pm

Greg Zeis at Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub. 10pm

Stephen Babcock at Jack Rabbit. 10pm