TODAY

“A Christmas Carol,” 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo.

“The Nutcracker,” 1 p.m., Midland Theatre, 1228 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” 2 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand, Suite 314, Kansas City, Mo.

Rudimental Style Drum Clinic, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

“Thad Christ” screening, featuring The Girl is a Ghost and One Million Tiny Jesuses, 9 p.m., The Record Bar, 1020 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.

Breakdown, 10 p.m., Jilly’s on Broadway, 1744 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Ben Summers and John Greiner, The Gaslights (above), 10:30 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

SUNDAY

Sunday Night Jazz at the Taproom, 10 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H., 841-6918.

Dirty Boogie, 10 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

MONDAY

PBR Band, 8 p.m., Blayney’s, 415 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.

Highwater Marksman, 9 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St.

The Spanktones Open Jam,

9 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Brody Buster Blues Explosion, 10 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.