As Fast As, w/ Pete Kilpatrick, 9 p.m., The Big Easy

DJ Jim Casey’s 80’s Rock, 9 p.m., Mr. Goodbar (Gameshow faceoff, 6 p.m.)

Alec K. Redfearn w/Al Duvall and Poor Valley Salvation Society, 8:30 p.m., SPACE

Monday

Cat & Mouse Records open mic, Acoustic Coffee

Hip hop open mic w/DJ Boondocks and DJ Shade, 9 p.m., The Big Easy

John Merrick, Gestalt, Vik44 and Metris, 8 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club

Chad Porter, 8 p.m., Midnight Blues Club

Tuesday

Sly Chi, 9 p.m., The Big Easy

Two Timin’ Three, 8 p.m., Chicky’s Fine Diner

Laxwax Touring Presents: You Will Die, Death Among Thieves and DJ Phantomcock, 8 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club

Stormin Norman karaoke, Midnight Blues Club

DJ Danny D’s Rock Star Karaoke, 9 p.m., Mr. Goodbar (Texas Hold’em Tourney, 6 p.m.)

Wednesday

Band Beyond Description, 9 p.m., The Big Easy

Swamp Donkeys, 8 p.m., Chicky’s Fine Diner

Mike LeBlanc, 7 p.m., Midnight Blues Club

Open Mic Jam with Johnny Jam, 8:30 p.m., Mr. Goodbar (Tarot Card Readings by Craig, 6 p.m.)

Thursday

Maine Songwriters Association Features and open mic, 7 p.m., Acoustic Coffee

Audible Mainframe, w/Eclectic Collective, 9 p.m., The Big Easy

Dan Blakeslee Halloween Party, w/Dead End Armory, Hot Rod Fury and Spooky DJ Matt Little, 9 p.m., Bubba’s Sulky Lounge

The Waybacks, 8 p.m., Chicky’s Fine Diner

Brzowski, Damsels in Burlesque and DJ Greymatter, 8 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club

Open blues jam, 9 p.m., Midnight Blues Club

Friday

Aron Werman, 8 p.m.; Patrick Fitzsimmons, 9 p.m., Acoustic Coffee

5th Annual Goth Ball with Sidewalk Driver, The Grindhouse Marionettes, Gothic Belly Dancers and music spun by Dehuman8, Znuh and Shivar, 9 p.m., Asylum

Elizabeth Ross Trio, w/Some Boneheads, 8 p.m., Chicky’s Fine Diner

80s dance party w/DJ Jon, 9 p.m., Bubba’s Sulky Lounge

The Demon Seeds, Evilive and The Quasi-men, 8 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club

Backlash, 9 p.m., Midnight Blues Club

Halloweekend with Riot Act, 9:30 p.m., Mr. Goodbar

Wolf Creek, 9 p.m., The Shak

Saturday

Elana Arian, 8 p.m.; Anne Heaton, 9 p.m., Acoustic Coffee

Strangefolk, 9 p.m., Asylum

Halloween with The Sean Mencher Combo, 8 p.m., Chicky’s Fine Diner

Audioblack and The End of Everything, 8 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club

Broad Street, 9 p.m., Midnight Blues Club

Halloweekend with Riot Act, 9:30 p.m., Mr. Goodbar

Cray Train, 9 p.m., The Shak

All Hallows’ Eve celebration, w/costume fashions and one-time-only musical performances by Portland musicians, 9 p.m., SPACE

Halloween party featuring Heater, 9 p.m., Warden’s Bar & Grill

Acoustic Coffee Portland, 774-0404

The Alley Jay, 897-7051

Asylum Portland, 772-8274

Barnie’s Bar & Grill Lewiston, 786-3006

The Big Easy Portland, 871-8817

The Blue Elephant Lounge Lewiston, 344-6777

Bray’s Brewpub & Eatery Naples, 693-6806

Bubba’s Sulky Lounge Portland, 828-0549

Cafe Bon Bon Lewiston, 783-8200

The Cage Lewiston, 783-0668

Chickys Fine Diner Westbrook, 854-9555

Club Adrenalin Lewiston, 786-7874

Club Oasis Lewiston, 786-7110

Club Oasis Gray, 657-7633

Club Raven South Paris, 743-7424

Club Texas Auburn, 784-7785

The Flamingo Lounge Lewiston, 784-0600

Front Street Tavern Farmington, 778-4051

Geno’s Portland, 221-2382

Midnight Blues Club Auburn, 783-9600

Mixers Sabattus, 375-4188

Pub 33 Lewiston, 786-4808

The Shak Rumford, 364-4649

SPACE Portland, 828-5600

Ushuaia Orono, 866-7700

Warden’s Bar & Grill Lewiston 786-6822