Kevin Bronson on March 7th, 2020

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L.A. concerts for Saturday:

► Thundercat, who will release his new album “It Is What It Is” on April 4, headlines the Wiltern, with Guapdad 4000 opening..
► Saint Motel, winding up the North American leg of their tour in support of “The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Part 1,” does the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre, with KOLARS opening. [See our recap of the January show at the Observatory.]
► Jonathan Wilson does a second night at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever in support of his new album “Dixie Blur.” Get there early for Shannon Lay.
► Long-running pop-punk band the Wonder Years, who last month released their new EP “Burst & Decay (Volume 2),” headline the Regent Theater, supported by Free Throw, Spanish Love Songs and Pool Kids.
► The inaugural Highland Park Folk Festival goes off at Tierra de la Culebra Park, with Severin Browne, Ryan Pollie, Quinn Devereaux, Eva B Ross, Grave Flowers, Bongo Band, Will Fox, Teddy Grossman, Sharon Silva and more. The free, all-ages festival kicks off at noon.
► And singer-songwriter-producer Gus Seyffert & Friends (among them Inara George, Bedouine, Mike Andrews, Charlie Wadhams and Henry Wolfe) do a night at the Bootleg Theater. [See Seyffert’s “Hold On.”]

Also:

NGHTMRE, Crankdat, Wavedash, Brondo and black a.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
Blake Shelton and Lauren Alaina at the Forum
T.S.O.L., Decry, Downtown Brown, Dee Skusting & the Rodents and the Wraith at the Viper Room
Evan Giia and Raffaella at the Roxy
YoungBoy Never Broke Again at the Microsoft Theater
Westside x Conway x Benny and Griselda at the Novo
CRSSD Festival with Autograf, Chris Lake + Cassian, Kevin Saunderson, Saunderson Brothers, Ken Ishii and more at the Waterfront, San Diego
Leslie Odom Jr. at the El Rey Theatre
Shigeto Live Ensemble at the Lodge Room
Bambara, BOAN and Dancing Tongues at the Echo
The Unlikely Candidates, Castlecomer and RH2 at the Moroccan Lounge (early show)
Fennesz, Britton Powell and Celia Hollander at Zebulon
Ward, Mean Heat and Scenic Underground at Highland Park Bowl
Commiserate, Monty O’Blivion, Mars Rodriguez and Mittens at the Smell
Scant Regard, Glitter Trash and Velvet Starlings at the Redwood Bar
Grady and Laugh Track at the Escondite
Dubfire at Exchange
Rhythm ‘N Booze with Los Rhythm Rockets (20th anniversary) and Crown City Bombers at the Paramount
Alliance at Catch One
Mez and Newbody at Gold-Diggers
Neon Dreams, This Modern and Austin Ward at the Peppermint Club (early show)
Katalyst and more at the Peppermint Club (late show)
Noah Gundersen and Zen Thomas at the Hotel Café
Marcus Eaton, David Nolf, Tiff Randol, Olivia Henry and Rebecca Pidgeon at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Julia Rizik and Terrible Child at Madame Siam
Delfin Demonio, Thatcher, Alibra, Hypermiler and Velvateen at the Mint
Vicetone at Avalon
Purple Disco Machine and Dear Humans at Sound Nightclub
The Dirty Diamond, Lemmo, St. James Band, Manda Mosher and Robot Nature at the Troubadour
Law Rocks LA at the Whisky a Go Go
Jeffrey Foucault and Sam Moss at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
PNTHN at the Locker Room at Garden Amp
IDOL X, OCCULT and We Belong! (Billy Idol, The Cult, The Pretenders tributes) at the Garden Amp
The Jack Brewer Band (with Joe Baiza), Olanza and Sssssss! at the Sardine
Sponge, Big Hippie Party and the Matter at Gallagher’s Pub
El Conjunto Nuevo Ola at the Rose
Mother Rose at the Epic Lounge (8239 2nd St., Downey)
White Reaper, the Aquadolls and Native Sun at the Glass House
The Troubadour Experience (George Strait tribute) at the Canyon Montclair
Flash Pants, Kaitlyn Weathers and Island Rhythms at Copper Blues
É Arenas (Chicano Batman) at the Continental Room
Facedown Fest with My Epic, Comrades, Everything in Slow Motion, Dens, Weathered and American Arson at Chain Reaction
City Morgue, Tokyo’s Revenge and NYCL Kai at the Constellation Room
12th Planet at the Observatory
Selly at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Mago De Oz and Liran Roll at the House of Blues Anaheim
Mad About Blues at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Adolescents at Commissary Lounge
Hikes, Ridgeway and Photographic Memory at the Wayfarer
Murray Perahia at the Soka Performing Arts Center
Donavon Frankenreiter at Saint Rocke
Allman Betts Band, Marc Ford and Jackson Stokes at the Coach House
Eric Buss at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center
Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra at the Soraya
Toshi Reagon at Royce Hall UCLA
Imani Uzuri’s Revolutionary Choir at the California African American Museum (Early Show)
Camila Meza & The Nectar Orchestra at the Soraya
Residente and Gustavo Dudamel with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Shooter Jennings at Pappy & Harriet’s
Moonbroch and Mojorisen at Molly Malone’s
Steven Smith and Vital Information at the Catalina Club
Paige Thibault and Ashley Fulton at Genghis Cohen
* Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Too $hort at the Novo has been cancelled