MUSIC—Stop finding something else to do—or, gasp, doing nothing at all—the one day of the month when the Know puts on Thirsty City, its expertly curated series devoted to the Pacific Northwest’s finest beat machines. The Renaissance Coalition’s Maze Koroma brings his haunting verbosity to a packed bill featuring Seattle’s Lex Lingo and Shua. DENIS C. THERIAULT
w/Valvoline, DJs Roane Namuh & Northern Draw; The Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 8 pm, $5
COMEDY—Co-hosts Alex Falcone and Bri Pruett return for the fifth season premiere of Late Night Action, their live late-night talk show, with a new location (Mississippi Studios!) and a solid lineup of guests including comics writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel), Hutch Harris of the Thermals, and Portland’s Funniest Person Steven Wilber. MEGAN BURBANK
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 8 pm, $10