Stephen King 35mm Double Feature
It's Stephen King's 71st birthday—and the Hollywood is celebrating with a 35mm double feature of two movies penned by the horror and literary mastermind! First up is 1982's pulpy anthology flick Creepshow, directed by Night of the Living Dead's George Romero; second is 1985's Cat's Eye, directed by Lewis Teague and featuring James Woods, Drew Barrymore, and, of course, an evil troll. Hail to the King, baby. (7 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9) ERIK HENRIKSEN


The Avett Brothers
Back in July, the Avett Brothers postponed the third of three consecutive shows they were scheduled to play at the Edgefield after a man claiming to be an out-of-state police officer entered the venue with a gun and disappeared into the crowd. Though unnerving, nothing came of the incident, and the beloved North Carolinian folk rockers made good on their promise to reschedule the cancelled concert—tonight they’ll perform to a sold-out Edgefield audience to close out the final day of summer. (7 pm, Edgefield, Good luck on the ticket resale sites) CIARA DOLAN

Slothrust, Summer Cannibals
Slothrust’s extraordinary new LP, The Pact, is a wild beast of a record, alive with sadness, fear, defiance, and joy. The album plays like a tour of night’s most tender zones, those places that hum with thoughts that don’t belong in the light. On “The Haunting,” the album’s centerpiece and one of 2018’s best songs, singer/guitarist Leah Wellbaum paints a picture of existential uncertainty that could double as a band motto: “Not sure if I am asleep or awake, so I’ll treat this body like I think that it’s a fake and see how much it can take.” We’ve all been to that terrible in-between—Slothrust has just figured out how to thrive there. (9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $14-16) CHRIS STAMM

Aaron Neville Duo
The chart-topping R&B and soul singer out of New Orleans brings his stuff to the Revolution Hall stage for a special stripped-down performance. (9 pm, Revolution Hall, $42.50-45)

Candi Pop
Candi Pop returns to Holocene to bring you another night of glitter, lollipops, rainbows, unicorns and all the bubblegum pop hits you could ever want. (10 pm, Holocene, $5)

Gaytheist, Ice Queens, Help
If the music of Gaytheist were a vehicle, it would be a semi, late on its delivery, blazing down I-5, the speed limit only a laughable suggestion as the trucker begins to have Tron-like hallucinations from 38 hours of no sleep and caffeine-pill cocktails. With only three members, Gaytheist leaves you wondering how they create such a heavy, intricate layering of sound. (9 pm, Bunk Bar, $5) CAMERON CROWELL

Quasi, Dreckig
Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss bring their seminal indie rock outfit through Portland's newest venue for a can't-miss hometown show. (8:30 pm, Polaris Hall, $10-15)

John Prine, Todd Snider
The Tree of Forgiveness is John Prine’s first collection of new material in over a decade, and it contains some of the legendary folksinger/songwriter’s most playful tunes to date. At 71, Prine doesn’t spend too much time mulling over the end of life and the great beyond, but when he does, it’s with a twinkle in his eye: On the excellent closing track “When I Get to Heaven,” he sings of being reunited with family and smoking “a cigarette that’s nine miles long” amid a chorus of kazoos, saloon piano, and hooting backup singers. The Tree of Forgiveness is sweet, silly, and a little sad, meaning it’s the perfect kind of John Prine record. (8 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $82.50-128, all ages) CIARA DOLAN

Waitress
Only one weekend's worth of performances left for this touring Broadway musical smash, with songs by Sara Bareilles, based on the lovely 2007 romantic comedy written and directed by the gone-way-too-soon Adrienne Shelly. (Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2 pm, Sun 1 pm & 6:30 pm, Keller Auditorium, $25-100)

DeVotchKa, Orkesta Mendoza
Beloved Denver-based quartet DeVotchKa bring their sweeping blend of orchestral pop to the Wonder Ballroom stage for the Portland stop on a North American tour supporting their latest full-length, This Night Falls Forever. (8 pm, Wonder Ballroom, $25-75)