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

Greg Zeis at Hamburg Brewing Company. 10am – 2pm

Jacob Jay at Jazzboline Restaurant & Bar. 10am – 230pm

Step Out Buffalo Fall Makers + Shakers Boozy Artisan Market at The Powerhouse at Buffalo Color Park, day 3 of 3. 125 local vendors. Toy Drvie to benefit Cornerstone Manor and Oishei Children’s Hospital. 125 different vendors next weekend as well. 10am – 4pm – $6

Christmas at The Wurlitzer Building Craft and Gift Showcase. Largely home made items with the main room all home made items. 1030am – 5pm – $5 or $10 for families, children under 16 free with adults

Holiday Market at West Falls Center for the Arts. 19+ local artists and vendors. 11am – 4pm

Screening of “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” directed by John Hughes at North Park Theatre. 1130am – 1pm

Christkindlmarkt at Hofbrauhaus Buffalo. Authentic European-style holiday market with local artisan vendors, visits from Santa, and cookie decorating. 12 – 5pm

Gear, Beer, & Movie Premiere: Ski Season Kickoff Party at 42 North Brewing Company. Raffle beneffitng Adaptive Ski Programs at participating WNY ski resorts. Music by Olmsted Dub System. Screening of “Out of the Ordinary.” Doors at 1pm

Boozy Book Fair with Merit Badge Books at Wayland Brewing. 1 – 4pm

Light The Way – Benefit for Lucia Spiritosanto at Evening Star Concert Hall. Music by Ed Koban, Mark Porter, Even-Odds, and No Computer, No Show. Basket raffle and 50/50. 1 – 8pm – $15

Buffalo Ecstatic Dance and Talking Circles at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Doors at 2pm, opening circle at 230, dance 245-415, closing circle ends by 5pm. Family friendly. $5-$10 suggested donation or pay what you can

Davey O. at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 2pm

Halfway to Holly Concert with Friends of Harmony and Red Blazer Men’s Chorus at Sweet Home Middle School. 2pm

Drum Circle Gathering with Buffalo One Love Drum at School House Wellness Center. 2 – 330pm

Grieg & Schumann: Romantic Impressions at Kleinhans Music Hall. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with Adam Golka, piano, and Eric Jacobsen, conductor. Program also features Brahms’ Hungarian Dances. 230 – 430pm

Four Centuries of Music at Amherst Chamber Ensembles. Program includes works by Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Ochoa, Haydn, Wagner, Mozart and Prokofiev. 3pm

Cami Clune at The Ship Bar & Grill. 3 – 6pm

Dr. Jazz & the Jazzbugs at Nietzsche’s. 330 – 530pm

Bruce Katz Band at Sportsmens Tavern. 4pm – $20

Jay/Sharptet at duende at Silo City. 4 – 6pm

Performance of “Straight White Men” at Ujima. When identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being a straight white man? 4 – 6pm

Michael Hund Live at Prohibition 2020. 5pm

Saved By Grace at Twigs Lounge inside M Hotel Buffalo. 5pm

Spuddington at Nietzsche’s. 6 – 8pm

House Concert: Gothic Blues at Marty Boratin and Susan Tanner’s House, 7341 Nelson Dr, Hamburg, 14075. Featuring Atremis X and Vanessa Snowden. Doors at 5pm for pot-luck and socializing, music at 6pm – $10 suggested donation

Tiny Music performs Alice In Chains Unplugged at The Caz. Music at 7pm

The Buffalo Chips Present: Chips On Trial at UB Student Union. 730pm

Jazz Cache at Nietzsche’s. 830pm