Live Music calendar

ASHLAND COFFEE & TEA, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, 798-1702. Birds & Arrows (folk-rock, Appalachian), 8 p.m. Thursday, $15. Blue Line Highway (acoustic rock), 8 p.m. Friday, $8. The Taters , 8 p.m. Saturday.

BALLICEAUX, 203 N. Lombardy St., 355-3008. Canary Oh Canary , 10 p.m. Thursday, $5. NO Richmond , 10:30 p.m. Saturday, no cover. Ariel Robin & Allison Self , 10 p.m. Wednesday, $5.

BEST CAFÉ, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, 340-1400. Robbie Cunningham Group , 6 p.m. Friday, no cover. J. Smith Jazz Quartet , 6 p.m. Feb. 16, no cover.

BIG AL'S SPORTS BAR, 3641 Cox Rd # F, 270-4454. Out on a Limb , 7:30 p.m. Thursday, no cover.

BUBBA'S, 4000 Williamsburg Road, 226-9711. Hammer Down (country), 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, no cover.

CAFFESPRESSO, 1127 Gaskins Road, 350-4504. Jack Evans (mellow rock), 6:30 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

THE CAMEL, 1621 W. Broad St., 353-4901. The Dimmer Twins, Eric Hunter and Cardinal Compass , 8 p.m. Thursday, $5. Sinful Save Tigers , 6 p.m. Friday, no cover, No BS! Brass Band , 8 p.m. Friday, $7. Meade Skelton & the Meadow Street Band and Herschel Stratego , 6 p.m. Saturday. The Polychrons , 9 p.m. Saturday, $5. Kal Nwaneri Band, Dogs on Main Street and Trouvere , 8 p.m. Sunday, $8. The Inflatables , 9 p.m. Monday, no cover. Soundstorm and Santamaria Brothers , 8 p.m. Tuesday, no cover. Mischief Brew, The Max Levine Ensemble, Amateur Thieves and others, 8 p.m. Wednesday, $10. Bop Alloy, Ahnu, Obliv and others, 8 p.m. Feb. 16, $7-$10.

THE CANAL CLUB, 17th and Dock streets, 643-CLUB (2582). Phil Dice, Zati and ALX , 9 p.m. Friday, $5. Bassdread, Mike Phear, Shugadadde and others, 8 p.m. Saturday, $10-$12. Mike Davison & the Latin Jazz Messengers , 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, $7. Sonic Spank, DVS and Silo Effect , 9 p.m. Feb. 16, $8-$10.

CAPITAL ALE HOUSE DOWNTOWN MUSIC HALL, 623 E. Main St., 780-ALES (2537). Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Jamie McLean Band (funk/rock), 9 p.m. (doors at 7:30) Thursday, $18. Andy Poxon Band (blues), 5 p.m. Friday, no cover.

CARY STREET CAFÉ, 2631 W. Cary St., 353-7445. X-Box 360 (rock), 10 p.m. Thursday, no cover. Turbine (rock) 10 p.m. Friday, $5. The Former Champions (jam band), 10 p.m. Tuesday, no cover. Grease Trigger , 10 p.m. Wednesday, no cover.

C'EST LE VIN WINE BAR, 15 N. 17th St., 649-WINE (9463). Toot Sweet Jazz Ensemble , 7 p.m. Friday, no cover.

CHIANTI RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA, 1304 Gaskins Rd. 740-5050. Don Wade & Freddy C. (oldies), 6 p.m. Feb. 16

CITY DOGS, 1309 W. Main St., 358-3647. Former Champions, 10 p.m. Thursday. Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong, 10 p.m. Friday. On Point , 10 p.m. Saturday.

COMMERCIAL TAPHOUSE, 111 N. Robinson St., 359-6544. Loversville , 9 p.m. Sunday, no cover.

CROSSROADS COFFEE & ICE CREAM, 3600 Forest Hill Ave., 231-2030. Carol Covell Trio , 8 p.m. Thursday. Wade Reynolds , 8 p.m. Friday, no cover.

CUL'S COURTHOUSE GRILLE, 10801 Courthouse Rd., Charles City, 829-2205. Kevin Simpson & Friends (smooth jazz), 5 p.m. Tuesday.

ENZO'S ITALIAN CHOPHOUSE, Broadview Shopping Center, 36 Broad Street Road, Manakin-Sabot, 784-2962. Big Boss Man , 7:30 p.m. Friday. Spotz Best Friend , 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

EPIC THEATRE (formerly Hat Factory), 140 Virginia St., 788-4281. Chuck Brown (Go-Go) and Plunky & Oneness , 7 p.m. Saturday, $25-$30; benefits sickle cell research.

GINGER RED ASIAN BISTRO, 7500 Jackson Arch Drive, Mechanicsville, 427-7256. Russ Hanchin & Joe Sarver (jazz), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

HOME TEAM GRILL IN THE FAN, 1630 W. Main St., 254-7360. Barrelhouse , 9:30 p.m. Friday, no cover.

JJ'S GRILLE, 10298 Staples Mill Road, 755-6229. Steve Jarrell & Sons of the Beach , 9 p.m. Friday, no cover. Pat O'Brien , 8 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

KINGDOM, 12 Walnut Alley, www.kingdomrva.comcqpat. Me Talk Pretty , Friday, $13. Biohazard , Wednesday, $15. Scale the Summit , Feb. 16, $10.

LA PARISIENNE BISTRO & CAFÉ, 200 S. 10th St., 225-0225. Russ Hanchin, Joe Sarver & Kelli Strawbridge (jazz), 7 p.m. Thursday, no cover. Charlie Kilpatrick, Evan Sarver & Dana Fitzsimons (jazz), 7 p.m. Feb. 16, no cover.

LEGEND BREWING CO., 321 W. Seventh St., 232-3446. Cook County Bluegrass , 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

MARIACHIS MEXICAN GRILL-HULL STREET, Deer Run Shopping Center, 13933 Hull Street Road, 608-8007. Mariachis Virginia with Limberg Suarez , 5:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday. Manantial Jazz – vocalist Julio Robles and keyboardist Juan Garcia – 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Limberg & His Trumpet , 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

MARIACHIS MEXICAN GRILL-MIDLOTHIAN, 10456 Midlothian Turnpike, Pocono Shopping Center, 272-5692. Mariachis Virginia with Limberg Suarez , 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday. Manantial Jazz – vocalist Julio Robles and keyboardist Juan Garcia – 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Limberg & His Trumpet , 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

MARTY'S GRILL, 9357 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville, 559-1323. The Original Barracudas (classic rock, soul), 9 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

MIDWAY LOUNGE, 7514 Lee-Davis Road, Mechanicsville, 746-8630. Sweet Justice , 9:30 p.m. Friday, $7.

THE NATIONAL, 708 E. Broad St., 612-1900. A$AP Rocky, 8 p.m. Thursday.

O'BANK'S, 10392 Ledbetter Road, Ashland, 550-3888. Crain Brothers Band (classic, modern rock), 8 p.m. Friday, no cover. Brian C Band (blues, rock), 9 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

POE'S PUB, 2706 E. Main St., 648-2120. Bumper Jackson , 9 p.m. Friday, $5. Victor Haskins Jazz Duo , 7 p.m. Tuesday.

ROCKFALLS TAVERN, 2813 Hathaway Road, 272-9470. Sunshine City (rock), 9 p.m. Saturday, $5.

ROSE MARIE INN, 8923 Patterson Ave., 740-4174. Doctors of Jazz , 8 p.m. Friday, no cover. Julius Pittman & the Mini-Revival , 8 p.m. Tuesday.

SINÉ IRISH PUB, 1327 E. Cary St., 649-7767. Acousta-lites , Thursday. William Walter & Co. , Friday. Cy Taggart , Saturday. William Walter , Feb. 16.

STRANGE MATTER, 929 W. Grace St., 447-4763. The Jealous Sound , Saturday.

SUNSET GRILL, 1601 Hockett Road, Manakin-Sabot, 784-4500. On the heated deck: Pat O'Brien , 7 p.m. Friday, no cover. Trongone Band , 7 p.m. Saturday, no cover.

TOBACCO COMPANY, 1201 E. Cary St., 782-9555. Thomas Coleman , (rock), 7 p.m. Thursday. Emme St. James (R&B, jazz), 9:30 p.m. Friday. Mo DeBree (R&B), 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Rick Schaffer (rock), 7 p.m. Feb. 9.

VISIONS DANCE CLUB, Holiday Inn Select-Koger South, 1021 Koger Center Blvd., 379-3800. Stone in the Rose party with The Janitors , 8 p.m. Saturday, $8.

WHITE HAWK MUSIC CAFÉ, 1940 Sandy Hook Road, Goochland, 556-3388. The Common Joes (classic rock), 7 p.m. Friday, $5.

THE BIRCHMERE, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, (703) 549-7500. John Hodgman and Paul & Storm , 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Association , 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Claire Lynch, Sammy Shelor, Missy Raines and others in Bluegrass Allstar Jam, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Angela Bofill Experience , 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

THE JEFFERSON THEATER, 110 E. Main St., Charlottesville, (800) 594-8499. Rehab (Southern hip-hop), Rittz and Down til Now , 8:30 p.m. Thursday, $15. Todd Snider and Rosi Golan , Friday. Wanda Jackson and Heath Haynes & the Hi Dollars (rockabilly), 8 p.m. Saturday, $18-$20. Big Gigantic and Adventure Club , Sunday. They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton Trio , Feb. 16.

9:30 CLUB, 815 V St. NW, Washington, (202) 265-0930. Rebirth Brass Band and The Funk Ark , Thursday. Jack's Mannequin, Jukebox the Ghost and Allen Stone , Friday-Saturday. Die Antwoord , Sunday. RED, Thousand Foot Krutch, Manafest and others, Wednesday.