OMG, ya’ll
Frost your hair tips, put a logo across your rear, and dig out your puka shell necklace because it’s 2000 again and Aaron Carter is coming to sing at the Waterfront on Main Street in Holyoke Saturday night. It’s being promoted as a “girls night out” with a dress code requiring women to “dress to impress. Be stylish, be bold. Management/ security has the right to refuse entry.” Did you hear that? Aaron Carter and his puzzling neck tattoo have standards. Tickets are $10-$15 for general admission. VIP tickets that include a meet and greet with Carter are $50.
Velvet rocks
Velvet rockers Secret Lover and Northampton’s own “overblown garage upstarts” Three Arcadians are playing at the Rendezvous on Third Street in Turners Falls Friday night to benefit The Brick House, a kids and families nonprofit. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a free show with Americana-ana supplied by Uncle Hal’s Crab Grass Band. The benefit starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5-$20 depending on how much you want to donate.
Not exactly a ‘beautiful disaster’
The reigning queens of college radio, Taking Back Eden, will perform Saturday night with special guest Ponybird at Mocha Maya’s on Bridge Street in Shelburne Falls. This indie band is riding high on their new single “Beautiful Disaster,” which, according to their website, is playing on nearly 70 college radio stations today. Show starts at 8 p.m.
The Prince of Sophisticated Soul
Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Will Downing will light up the Hu Ke Lau on Memorial Avenue in Chicopee at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Downing, aka the “Prince of Sophisticated Soul,” will be singing his hits: “For You,” “Love Me Back,” “Wishing on a Star,” and “Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This.” Your hips shaking yet? An audience with royalty doesn’t come cheap. Tickets are $75-$82.
