Mark Plemmons, Back Room Revival

Bishop Park 705 Sunset Dr., Athens, GA, United States

Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net

MARK PLEMMONS Talented local pianist. (8 a.m.)

BACK ROOM REVIVAL Group performing a mix of traditional ballads, classic folk and bluegrass gospel. (10 a.m.)

Better Than Better Than Ezra

The Foundry 295 East Dougherty St., Athens, GA, United States

Aubrey Entertainment Presents. 6 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10 (adv. or w/ UGA ID), $15. bit.ly/TheFoundryMarch8

BETTER THAN BETTER THAN EZRA Athens-based cover band that plays songs within the genres of '90s alternative, rock, pop, country and hip hop.

AP Rodgers, Keilan Aplin

Normal Bar 1365 Prince Ave., Athens, GA, United States

Attaboy Tapes Presents. 7 p.m. $10. www.instagram.com/normal_bar_athens

AP RODGERS South Carolina-based old-time clawhammer banjo player.

KEILAN APLIN Old-time folk musician.

Cracker, Hackensaw Boys

40 Watt Club 285 W. Washington St., Athens, GA, United States

Camp-In #11. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25. www.40watt.com

CRACKER Acclaimed alt-rock group that has explored many genres and sounds over its decades-long career.

HACKENSAW BOYS String band based in central Virginia that formed in 1999.

The Vassar Blondes, The Warm Fuzzies, The Grawks

Flicker Theatre & Bar 263 W. Washington St., Athens, GA, United States

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

THE VASSAR BLONDES Local indie-pop four piece.

THE WARM FUZZIES Athens rock band that began releasing music in 2008.

THE GRAWKS Punk and garage-infused local rock and roll band.

Hot Ram, HolyRoller, LungBurner

Ciné Athens, GA, United States

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $12. www.athenscine.com

HOT RAM Groove-laden riffage and psychedelic haze mixed with a distinctly hard rocking swagger.

HOLYROLLER Four-piece stoner/psych/punk rock band from North Carolina.

LUNGBURNER Atlanta-based stoner metal group dedicated to amp worship through "slow riffs and bong rips."

No Kingdom, The Pauses, Burly Ivy

Buvez 585 Barber Street Suite A, Athens, GA, United States

8 p.m. www.instagram.com/buvez_athens

NO KINGDOM New garage rock experiment led by Bob Alvarez.

THE PAUSES Gainesville, FL-based post-punk, indie pop band.

BURLY IVY Psych art rock band with loungy space sounds and midnight choirs featuring Jim Willingham, Bryan Poole, Dain Marx and Ryan Bousquet.

Mojo Thunder

Nowhere Bar 240 N. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA, United States

9 p.m. www.instagram.com/nowherebarathensga

MOJO THUNDER Lexington, KY-based rock band for fans of Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket.

Classic City Band

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

3 p.m. FREE! www.classiccityband.org

CLASSIC CITY BAND The community band’s spring concert will include works by Gustav Holst, Gordon Jacob, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Amethyst Baroque

Friendship Presbyterian Church 8531 Macon Hwy, Athens, GA, United States

4 p.m. $20. www.amethystbaroque.com

AMETHYST BAROQUE Performing a program of concertos, cantatas and other works for a Baroque ensemble.

Event Series Jazz Night

Jazz Night

Porterhouse Grill 459 E Broad St, Athens, United States

7 p.m. www.porterhousegrillathens.com

JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens featuring a rotating cast of familiar faces performing American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits.

Faculty Recital

Ramsey Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

FACULTY RECITAL Featuring Maggie Snyder on viola.

Event Series Blue Monday

Blue Monday

Flicker Theatre & Bar 263 W. Washington St., Athens, GA, United States

9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com

BLUE MONDAY De La Luna and DJ Charlieflower spin new wave, post-punk, remixes, goth and Italo disco for this '80s dance party.

Bulldog Brass Society

Ramsey Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

5:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

BULLDOG BRASS SOCIETY UGA’s premiere graduate brass quintet.

Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

Dancz Center for New Music Hugh Hodgson School of Music Building, Athens, GA, United States

6 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Performing new compositions, including pieces from the 30x30x30 Project, a national call-for-scores hosted by SOLI Ensemble, for which UGA's CCE is a partner ensemble.

Event Series Kenosha Kid

Kenosha Kid

Hendershot's 237 Prince Ave., Athens, United States

No Phone Party. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

KENOSHA KID Entering its 20th year, the brainchild of guitarist Dan Nettles performs two sets of adventurous new music each week from his ever-expanding catalog that exists “somewhere in the Schrödinger’s nexus of jazz, post-rock and improvised music.”

UGA Glee Clubs & University Chorus

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

UGA GLEE CLUBS & UNIVERSITY CHORUS Thom Dixon conducting Adolphus Hailstork’s choral/orchestral cantata, “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes."

The Waymores

Nowhere Bar 240 N. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA, United States

9 p.m. www.instagram.com/nowherebarathensga

THE WAYMORES Country and western duo from Georgia.

Mary & The Hot Hotty-Hots

Creature Comforts Brewery 271 W Hancock Ave, Athens, Georgia

Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net

MARY & THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Hot jazz and swing band offering music from the 1910s, '20s and '30s. (6 p.m.)

Event Series Jazz Night

Jazz Night

Porterhouse Grill 459 E Broad St, Athens, United States

7 p.m. www.porterhousegrillathens.com

JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens featuring a rotating cast of familiar faces performing American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits.

Faculty Artist Series

Ramsey Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES Featuring professor of double bass, Milton Masciadri, a third generation player who was already achieving musical accolades by his teen years.

Hologram, Multiple Miggs, Big Trouble

Flicker Theatre & Bar 263 W. Washington St., Athens, GA, United States

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

HOLOGRAM Viceral and vivid hardcore out of D.C.

MULTIPLE MIGGS Local thrash band.

BIG TROUBLE Hardcore punk and thrash supergroup featuring members of Weaponized Flesh, Snuki, Pervert and Apparition.

Genuine Mustard, The While, Hagen

Nowhere Bar 240 N. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA, United States

7 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10. www.instagram.com/nowherebarathensga

GENUINE MUSTARD Internet folk punk from Lafayette, LA.

THE WHILE Dynamic ensemble navigating the mood swings of life with garage rock, power pop, psych and beyond.

HAGEN No info available.

The Southern Winds

Ramsey Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

5:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

THE SOUTHERN WINDS Graduate chamber music ensemble representing some of the finest instrumental musicianship on campus.

Cosmic Charlie

Georgia Theatre 215 N. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA, United States

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $18–20. www.georgiatheatre.com

COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead cover band that adds its own flair to the classics.

Thursday Scholarship Series: Lux Eterna

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $20. pac.uga.edu

LUX ETERNA The Hodgson Singers spring concert will feature Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” a multi-movement choral/orchestral work that is set to Latin texts that ruminate on the theme of light.

Event Series SaBaCha Dance Social

SaBaCha Dance Social

Hendershot's 237 Prince Ave., Athens, United States

7:30–11 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10. www.hendershotsathens.com

SABACHA DANCE SOCIAL DJ L.A. Darius leads a Latin dance party with salsa, bachata, merengue and cha-cha-cha. An hour-long lesson is followed by open dancing.

Intension, Florence Cardigan, Estimated Principles

Nowhere Bar 240 N. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA, United States

7 p.m. (doors), 9:30 p.m. (show). www.instagram.com/nowherebarathensga

INTENSION Alternative rock from Monroe inspired by bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones and Tool.

FLORENCE CARDIGAN Local group mixing funk, punk and jazz-inspired indie rock.

ESTIMATED PRINCIPLES Alternative rock from Augusta.

Chairs, Ohmu, Racecar 44

Flicker Theatre & Bar 263 W. Washington St., Athens, GA, United States

Primordial Void Presents. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

CHAIRS Enigmatic local recording project that pulls from shoegaze and post-punk influences.

OHMU Winston Parker's ambient compositions are simultaneously meditative and chaotic, invoking apocalyptic feelings at times but not without an element of hope.

RACECAR 44 New Athens indie band featuring members of Picture Show.

SHID, Writhe, Plan B

The World Famous 351 N Hull St., Athens, GA, United States

10 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens

SHID Philadelphia band that harnesses the intensity of punk along with the lush surrealism of psychedelia to display a dynamic performance that is equally raw, macabre and ethereal.

WRITHE Ambient, coldwave and darkwave from Atlanta.

PLAN B Local logisticians.

Joe Cat

Classic Citiva 2361 W. Broad Street, Suite 10, Athens, United States

4:20 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/classiccitiva

JOE CAT Athens-based Americana singer-songwriter and troubadour joined by Klay Whitehead on drums.

Guest Artist Series

Ramsey Hall 230 River Rd., Athens, GA, United States

5:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

GUEST ARTIST SERIES Featuring pianist Jennifer Hayghe.

The Randall Bramblett Band, Workhorses of the Entertainment/Recreational Industry

The Foundry 295 East Dougherty St., Athens, GA, United States

6 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $25 (adv.), $30. www.facebook.com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA

THE RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND This established Georgia singer-songwriter's Southern-tinged music pulls from a variety of influences.

WORKHORSES OF THE ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONAL INDUSTRY Acoustic, melodic, eclectic, modern folk rock featuring Rob Keller, Sunny Ortiz, Ben Reynolds and William Tonks.

United States Navy Band, Sea Chanters, Cruisers

The Classic Center 300 N. Thomas St., Athens, GA, United States

7 p.m. FREE! www.classiccenter.com

UNITED STATES NAVY BAND, SEA CHANTERS AND CRUISERS Three of the Navy Band's ensembles join forces for a performance of traditional wind band music, Broadway hits, pop tunes and patriotic favorites.

John Kiran Fernandes & David McCoy, Ryan Roux

ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United States

Sonic Space. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10 suggested donation. www.athica.org

JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES & DAVID MCCOY Ambient duo performance featuring Fernandes' clarinet drenched in reverb and McCoy's guitar filtered through a variety of effects pedals for an otherworldly sound.

RYAN ROUX Creator of layered psychedelic folk music, with contributions from John Kiran Fernandes.

Satellite Pilot, Matt Knox, Women in STEM

Hendershot's 237 Prince Ave., Athens, United States

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10 (adv.), $12. www.hendershotsathens.com

SATELLITE PILOT Psychedelic indie pop band from Loveland, CO clashing quiet introspection with explosive manic pop.

MATT KNOX For fans of Elvis Costello, friends of Dorothy, and Men of the Cloth, maximalist power-pop meets a confused upbringing.

WOMEN IN STEM Musicians Ella, Finn and Sam developed their striking sound with an indie rock influence and a call from science herself.

Event Series Chris Hampton Band

Chris Hampton Band

VFW Post 2872 835 Sunset Dr, Athens

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.facebook.com/vfw2872

CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Athens-based band performing a variety of country, western and rock dance music with line dancing during the breaks.