Louie Andersonhas weathered enough comedy-industry storms and popularity cycles to become something of an icon to the upstarts — still grinning through that trademark gap in his teeth. The Emmy-winning stand-up takes a break from his Vegas show to play Comedy Works South Wednesday- Thursday. $30. The Lemonheads’ new album, “Var- shons,” tackles more covers than originals, but it’s still nice to hear Evan Dando’s sandpapery voice working on such disparate melodies as “Beautiful” (yes, that “Beautiful”), Townes Van Zandt’s “Waiting Around to Die” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye.” Tuesday at the Larimer Lounge with Pacific Pride. $20. Telluride Bluegrass will bring the Festivarians out for its 36th annual bout, which includes sets from musical heavyweights David Byrne, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello and Bela Fleck, along with Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst, Sam Bush Band, Tim O’Brien Band, Todd Snider and many others. The festival runs Thursday-June 21. $60- $185.
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