Best Bets

Today

Celtic Session, 5:30 p.m., Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Mass.

Opening reception: “Unfolding,” new works by Heather Smith Jones, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass.

Billy Ebeling and the Late

for Dinner Band, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas City, Mo.

Jack Johnson (above), ALO, Matt Costa, 7 p.m., Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road, Kansas City, Mo.

“It Takes Two: Duets from American Musical Theatre,” 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, KU campus.

Alferd Packer Memorial String Band, 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Free Friday Night Concerts: Rick Springfield, 8 p.m., Crown Center, 2450 Grand, Kansas City, Mo.

Bugs Henderson, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Baliroot, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third.

Bockman, 9 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Mass.

Science of Silence, Bare Arms, 9 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second.

Big Metal Rooster, 10 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Koufax, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Sellout!, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

The Wobbly H, 10 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.