Tonight in L.A.: Gary Clark Jr., Dr. John, Ed Sheeran, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Ellie Goulding, Trombone Shorty, Petra Haden, Big Freedia, Incan Abraham, Zak Waters, Jr. Juggernaut, PLUS

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A huge Grammy weekend Saturday night:

‣ Might he cover Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour?” Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. does a show at the Roxy they’re calling “A Late Night With Gary Clark Jr.” – it starts at 11:59 p.m.
‣ The legendary Dr. John visits the Fonda Theatre.
‣ Grammy-nominated Ed Sheeran holds forth the Hollywood Palladium. That’s his video for “Give Me Love,” above.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, whose collaborative album “Old Yellow Moon” comes out Feb. 26, play a sold out show at the Troubadour.
‣ Another sold-out show at the Wiltern: U.K. songstress Ellie Goulding plays the Wiltern behind her new album “Halcyon.”
‣ It’s Night 2 of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue at the El Rey Theatre.
The Petra Haden Choir plays the Church Sessions at the First Unitarian Church in Koreatown; her album of a capella movie theme songs “Petra Haden Goes to the Movies” came out in January.
‣ Party time at the Echoplex, with Big Freedia and Juiceboxxx.
Incan Abraham headlines the Satellite, supported by Cuckoo Chaos and Mahgeetah.
Zak Waters pops back into the Central SAPC, supported by Ghost Beach and Benedek .
‣ And Jr. Juggernaut celebrates the release of its album “Wake” with a show at the Redwood Bar.

Also:

Wayne Shorter Quartet and Esperanza Spalding at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
PLUS, the Janks and Huh at the Bootleg Bar
LA Font, Spaceships, The Withers, Luna is Honey, Tulips, Ladyheat at the Outpost
Spencer Livingston, Phoebe Bridgers, Janelle and Jules and Tyler Rogers at Lot 1 Cafe
Ozomatli at the Canyon
Paper Diamond and Vaski at Club Nokia
Johnny Mathis at the Agua Caliente Casino
Intocable at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Robben Ford at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Alex Dreamz at the Yost Theater
Seapony, Sanglorians and Rose Melberg at Los Globos
Feather Wolf, TraPsPs and Moi at the Smell
Fartbarf, Neighborhood Brats, Pu$$y-Cow and Horror Squad at El Cid
Sweetwater & the Satisfaction, Doran Danoff, Dawn McCoy, What Made Milwaukee Famous and Alanna Clarke at the Hotel Café
Children’s Show feat. the Pop Ups, the Okee Dokee Brothers, Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower, JumpinJazz Kids, Bill Harley and LA Parent at the Mint
Catahoula at the Federal Bar
Garland at Old Towne Pub in Pasadena
Missing Persons at the Tiki Bar
Angie Stone, Gerald Albright, Euge Groove and Richard Elliot at the Terrace Theater
Claudia Nygaard at Templar’s Hall
Finch at the Glass House
Baile Del Amor, La Amistad, El Trono, Tierra Cali and La Apuesta at the LA Memorial Sports Arena
The B-52’s at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble and the Lyris Quartet at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Kurupt at the Industry Theater
Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Lantz Laswell & the Vibe Tribe and the Exquisite Corpse at the Mint
Hollywood Roses at the Whisky A Go Go
Nonpoint, Candlelight Red, Digital Summer and Gary Clark Jr. at the Roxy Theatre
Reagan Browne and Ground Zero at the Viper Room
B.O.B. at the House of Blues Hollywood
Kimberly Dawn, Joe Bresler, Garrett Lee Robinson and the Hidden Lines at the Foundation Room
Trinidad James at the Key Club
Bilal at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Restavrant, the Abigails, RT Valine and Dano Forte at the Detroit Bar
Micah Brown, Katastro and Mergence at the Constellation Room
Ryan Beatty, Pop Fiction and Asher Monroe at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Tubes, Moxie and Aspen at the Coach House