The star of two Dry Bar Comedy specials Jeff Shaw makes his Lowell debut at The Grove Comedy Club. During the course of his "clean and clever" stand-up act, he tackles toxic masculinity, his time as a less-than-intimidating Army interrogator, life as a smart-mouthed cruise ship crew member, being engaged to a Croatian woman who didn t find him funny, and the time he was "buzzed" by Simon on "America s Got Talent." Shows are 6:30 and 9 p.m. today and Saturday at the Grove Comedy Club, 808 S Bloomington St. in Lowell. Tickets are $18 plus fees and taxes. Tickets and information are available at grovecomedy.com and by calling the club at 347-4966.
Buddy Shute and the Motivators, The Jeff Horton Band and The Downtown Livewires will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Meteor Guitar Gallery, 128 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville, for the Bound For Beale fundraiser hosted by the Ozark Blues Society. The bands travel to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 24-28. Tickets to the local fundraiser are $25 for general admission, and table reservations are available. Search for 2023 Bound for Beale Fundraiser on Eventbrite.
This week 60% of Buddy Shute and the Motivators (Buddy along with Brenda and Steve Baskin) came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Their CD, "You Gotta Move" is the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas' selection to represent the region in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Buddy and others will be playing at the Meteor Guitar Gallery tomorrow night in support of sending this year's OBS artist reps, Downtown Livewires, to Memphis.