MUSIC—Still no Jarboe, but Michael Gira and Swans are still producing and touring their strange catalog of experimentally mournful ugly/pretty sounds, like those from their most recent, To Be Kind. Gira & Co. are famous for being challenging to audiences, sonically and otherwise, so keep at least one eye open at this show. MARJORIE SKINNER
w/Carla Bozulich; Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 9 pm, $20-30
FESTIVAL—The offbeat musical acts who haunt downtown St. Johns all afternoon and into the wee hours still make up the core of the neighborhood’s delightfully strange Nofest. But don’t let that third dive-bar set keep you from checking out the art installations and micro-film festival that have become just as important to Nofest’s bizarro vibe over the past few years. DENIS C. THERIAULT
Downtown St. Johns, various locations,
noon-2 am, FREE, check nofest.net for details