Today

Reading: “Sunday Best,” by Lawrence writer N. Barry Carver, 2 p.m., Borders, 700 N.H.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

Mike Roberts, 6 p.m., Bambino’s Italian Cafe, 1801 Mass.

Chris Newman Benefit Show Flee the Seen, Playing With Matches, Unleash on Friday,

Corkscrew, 7 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Reba McEntire (above), Brad Paisley, Terri Clark, 7 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs.

The Outlaws, 7 p.m., Beaumont Club, 4050 Penn., Kansas City, Mo.

Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 8144 Prairie View, Kansas City, Mo.

Kasabian, Madaction, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Kansas City Singers, “Americana: Sea to Shining Sea,” 8 p.m., The Broadway Theater, 3051 Central, Kansas City, Mo.

Jimmy Lewin and the Kingtones, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. 3rd St.

Kingpin, Everybody’s X, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Impossible Shapes, Drakkar Sauna, Ottowas, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Monthly Mixtape: DJ Bushfest, DJ Blunt Object, DJ Guy Rox, 10 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second.

American Catastrophe, Afterparty, The Ugly Beats, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.