BEYOND THE TORCHLIGHT
This new Denver band’s debut-CD release show is tonight at the Oriental Theatre, 4335 W. 44th Ave. With Envy, The Empties and Quick Victim. 6 p.m. $5.
LADYFEST BENEFIT
Saturday’s show at the Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, with Matson Jones, Pit er Pat, Burlesque As It Was and Supply Boy, benefits LadyFest Out West arts organization. 8 p.m. $10.
AARON KANTOR
All original country music fills the bill Saturday at Club Corner, 6551 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. 9 p.m. $5.
EXIT 119
This quartet crafts gritty blues-rock with a singer that conjures G. Love’s quick-witted charm. Saturday at The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., with Band Gone Wild and The Sneak. 9 p.m. $5.
ERICA BROWN BAND
Full-throttle blues with a singer who has performed with the likes of Tab Benoit and Sonny Rhodes, and a band with nearly a century of combined experience. Saturday at Herb’s, 2057 Larimer St. 9:30 p.m., $5
PUNK ROCK BBQ
Loads of music is lined up for a raucous Sunday before Memorial Day. Featuring Start Tomorrow, The Hacks, Belfast Carbomb, Reno Divorce, ETA Carinae and Slouch. 1 p.m. $6.
– Elana Ashanti Jefferson
Reach the writer at 303-820-1957 or ejefferson@denverpost.com.



