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

Joe Baudo’s Big Band at Sportsmens Tavern. 12pm

Grateful Dans at Nietzsche’s. 4 – 6pm

Mick Wolcott of Mayday Buffalo at D’Avolio. Music at 530pm

Righteous Villains at Fat Bob’s Smokehouse. 6 – 9pm

Buffalo Sings The Beatles with The Twang Gang at Sportsmens Tavern featuring Dave Thurman, Pat Duggan, and Sean Duggan as guest singers. 6 – 9pm

Banjo Juice Jazz Band at Dick and Jenny’s. 6 – 9pm

AJ Tetzlaff of AppleJack Band at Two Nines Kitchen Bar. 6 – 9pm

Austin Reese at The Village Pizza & Pints. 6 – 9pm

Mardi Gras at Hot Mama’s Canteen. Music by The Snake Oil Serenaders and Brass Pro and the Waterfront Revivalists. Mardi Gras Royals burlesque performance by The Glam Vamps. Music at 6pm – $5 or $10 after 9pm

Open Mic at Clarence Center Coffee Co. & Cafe. 630 – 930pm

The Damone Jackson Outcome at Central Park Grill. Doors at 7pm – $5

The Hick-Ups at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 7 – 10pm

The Girls of Grosh at Jack Rabbit. 7 – 10pm

65th Anniversary 4K Restoration Screening of “Psycho” directed by Alfred Hitchcock at The Screening Room Cinema & Arts Cafe. 730 – 930pm

Mariee Sioux with special guest Donnie CoCo in The 9th Ward at Babeville. Music at 8pm – $25

Mardi Gras Party at Niagara Hotel. Music by Northend Revival. 8pm

Mardi Gras at Nietzsche’s. 30th Anniversary for Chevon Davis, Rust Belt Comedy Showcase at Nietzsche’s, 12/8 Path Band, Sousaphunk, Joseph Aloysius & Ryan Campbell, and The Stripteasers Buffalo. Show at 8pm – $10

The Moon City Masters at Buffalo Iron Works. Music after the Sabres game at 945pm