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

Elder, SACRI MONTI, and Moon Destroys at Rec Room Buffalo. Doors at 6pm

West Side Community Listening Session with Free The People WNY, VOICE Buffalo, and Buffalo VOCAL-NY – Voices of Community Activists & Leaders at 246 Lafayette Ave, 14213. Fostering open dialogue around community issues, building collective power, and creating actionable change. This session is focused on problems around policing and for those incarcerated/formerly incarcerated. There will be an East Side Community Listening Session on May 6. 6 – 8pm

Jungle Steve at Nietzsche’s. 6 – 8pm

Blue Monday at The Charter Place with Eric Weinholtz joining house band T-PAC Jack and the Underground. 6 – 9pm

Jared Roswell Hill at Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub. 6 – 9pm

John Bacon Music Quartet at Gene McCarthy’s/Old First Ward Brewing Co. 630pm

Singers Only Performance Showcase in The 9th Ward at Babeville. Showcase winner receives $1000, an opportunity for a 1 song distribution deal, and two live performances in Rochester and Buffalo this summer. . Show at 730pm – $30

Comedy Open Mic at Tudor Lounge with Andrew Joslyn. 8pm

Singer-Songwriter Showcase at 8pm, followed by Buffalo’s Longest Running Open Mic with Peter Latona music at 9pm at Nietzsche’s.