[calendar] Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre brings a bevy of dance styles and plethora of choreographed pieces to the Ronan Performing Arts Center, 200 Round Butte Road. The performance benefits Lake County Youth Homes. $14/$12 advance/free for those 18 and under. Tickets available at The Terrace in Polson or True Value in Ronan.
people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.
In another sure sign that it’s spring, Andre Nickatina returns to Missoula for a performance at the Wilma, with Roach Gigz and Mumbles. $25. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com.
Are you ready to laugh? If so, check out the first night of the three-day long comedy ha-ha bonanza: The Branching Out Festival. Tonight the preview show takes place at the Union Club, where there are winnable festival passes and more prizes. 10 PM. Free.
Hear bands battle blissfully with bandoleers of bass, booming guitar and beautiful voices at Top of the Mic 4, a yearly music contest for area musicians. Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free. Scratch that itch to dance with Gary the dreamy delivery dude when the Wild Coyote Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free. Go East, young gals and dudes, or take the shortcut and head to Forbidden Palace: Asian Invasion, a night of Asian house, tech house, Bollywood, Asian dubstep and other Asian-influenced electronic music styles (yowza). With local DJs Keen, ZoneSoldier, Solid-State and Raven Digitalis. Palace. 9 PM. Free. Also includes a performance by The Solid-State Dancers, plus a $3 vodka/Roaring Lion Bluephoria energy drink special. The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful
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Maps & Atlases brings rock and roll GPS to Stage 112 inside the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St., with Young Man and local dudesters Boys. 9 PM. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy’s.
Keep it copacetic and check out rock and roll lifers Local H, who arrive at the Top Hat stage to remind the audience about that time in ‘95 when they took acid and sat on top of the washing machine while it was on the spin cycle. Fuh-reaky! $15/$12 advance. Do your taxes, friend-o’s, you have until Mon., April 15. Or horde your cash and report nothing like the Paul Revere Society says to do. Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., April 12 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 5434367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”