Chicago-based six-piece band Umphrey’s McGee released a new LP, the uncharacteristically hard-rocking Similar Skin, in June, but fans of the group, which has made Athens a second home over the years, know its real strengths lie onstage. Aside from the group’s unimpeachable musicianship and the requisite jam-band light show—both of which, c’mon, are pretty fun to watch—Umphrey’s McGee recently debuted its “Headphones & Snowcones” program, where fans can rent a pair of high-end headphones and listen to a soundboard mix of the concert while they’re grooving hazily along. It’s an admittedly kitschy idea, but it’ll fly at an Umphrey’s show if it’ll fly anywhere.
8 p.m. $24–$50. www.classiccenter.com
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