ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 15: Scythian. March 16: The Boxcars. March 17: Mountain Heart. March 23: Lunasa. March 27: Leo Kottke. March 31: Darrell Scott. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. March 9: Fanfarlo, Young Man. March 10: Good Old War, Belle Bridage, Family of the Year. March 13: Club Bellydance. March 14: Yellow Dubmarine. March 15: Gomez, Hey Rosetta. March 16: The Devil Makes Three, Phillip Roebuck. March 17: Bowebirds, Mandolin Orange. March 20: The Infamous Stringdusters, Levi Lowrey. March 21: Neon Indian, Purity Ring. March 23: Youth Lagoon, Dana Buoy. March 24: Caltrop, Pipe, Black Skies, Dave Heumann. March 25: John Mark McMillan, Songs of Water, Jude Moses. March 27: Dom Kennedy. March 30: Toubeba Krewe, Marco Benevento. March 31: Orquesta GarDel. 967-9053, catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. March 7: Gangstagrass, Brent Jordan. March 9: Mercies, The Ugly Club, Timulus Package, Steph & The Boyfriends. March 10: Pagan Hellcats, Minor Stars, The Wicked Tomorrow, Courtesy Tier, The Private Pageant. March 11: Contintenal. March 14: Don & Brian, Blackwood and Wormy's Open Jam for the Peeps. March 15: The Usuals. March 17: Mary Johnston Rockers & The Spark, R. Mutt, Epiphsis Foundation, Vikingmoses. March 18: Old Lady Bowers. March 20: The Riff, Junko & Fugiyama. March 21: Paint Fumes, Royal Baths. March 22: Aquariums, Lance Whalen. March 23: Plankton Feast, Joe Taylor, Mikingmihrab. March 24: Triple Fret featuring Danny Gotham, Climb Jacob's Ladder. March 27: Tin Pan. March 28: Don & Brian, Supercollider. March 20: Phil Venable, B-Side Project, The Bastages. March 30: Hearts of Knotty Pine, Grant Hart. March 31: Strange Little Folk, Some Army. caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

GREAT HALL: Carolina Student Union, UNC campus: March 13: Tribute concert to Son House, featuring Joe Beard, Rory Block and John Mooney. 7:30 p.m. 919-962-1449, carolinaunion.unc.edu.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. March 7: Julia Nunes, Al Riggs & The Inconveniences. March 8: Milagres, The Big Sleep. March 9: Tennis, Hospitality. March 10: Born Gold, Kuhrye-Oo. March 12: Narrows, All Pigs Must Die. March 13: Leslie & The Ly's, Pennyhawk, Ramona & The Swimsuits. March 15: The Dirty Guv'nahs, Crowfield. March 16: Kenny Roby, Gasoline Stove, Jule Brown. March 18: David Choi, Russell Howard. March 19: Housse De Racket. March 20: The Business, The Downtown Struts, Bad Idea. March 22: Polica. March 24: John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff, The Bayonets, Sarah Shook & The Devil. March 25: Frontier Ruckus, Hoots and Hellmouth. March 28: Guitar Wolf, The Transistors. March 29: Reptar, Quiet Hooves. March 30: John Wesley Harding, Rick Moody, Joe Pernce. March 31: Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores, Onward Soldiers, The Tomahawks. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 13-14: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. March 15: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. March 22: Herbie Hancock. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts. org.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. March 7: Open Old Time Jam. March 7: J Phono, Cousins, Christopher Paul Stelling. March 8: Monsonia, Me You Us Them. March 9: Fan-Tan, Dead Leaf Echo, White Cascade. March 10: Lonnie Walker, Daytona. Joe Norkus. March 11: The Fooligans, Absent Center, Those Manic Seas. March 13: Carolina Creates Music Showcase. March 14: 919 Noise Showcase. March 16: Corn and the Colonels, The Lucky Strikes, Steve Kruger. www.nightlightclub.com.

PIOLA: 54 East. First and third Tuesdays: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Trio. 7:30 p.m. 537-8488.

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Through March 20: "Acts of Witness: Blood Knot and Poetic Portraits of a Revolution." March 23: "Spring Fling," Transactors Improv. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Through March 17: "The Baltimore Waltz." April 27-May 19; "Henceforward." 968-1515, www.deepdishtheater.org.

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. March 8: Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 9: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 10: Improv Slam, CageMatch. March 15: Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 16: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 17: Improv Slam, CageMatch. March 22: 5 Dollar Preview, Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 23: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 24: Improv Slam, CageMatch. 919-338-8150, www.dsicomedy theater.com .

M EMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 20-21: Circa. March 27-28: "Whispering Pines," Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett. 919-843-3333, www.carolinaperforming arts.com.

PLAYMAKERS: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. April 4-22: "Noises Off," 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

PRC2: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. April 25-29: "Penelope." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

TOP OF THE HILL: 100 E. Franklin St. Tuesdays: Back Bar Comedy, 9 p.m..

FOR KIDS

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 31: "Animalia," Hoby Ford's Golden Rod Puppets. April 28: Farmer Jason. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.