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Monday: Mystery Monday Fifth Anniversary at El Mercado Backstage. Mondays got brighter in November 2012 when Christine Albert and Sarah Elizabeth Campbell teamed up to start a new weekly gig at one of South Austin’s best old-school Tex-Mex joints. Campbell died a year later, but the show went on, and it became so popular that it helped motivate El Mercado to build a larger stage with a new sound system in its large back room. Helping Albert and her co-host Bill Kirchen to celebrate will be Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bill Hearne and South Dakota’s Tom Peterson (celebrating a new CD). No cover (priority seating for dinner guests). Dinner seating 5:30 p.m., music begins 7:30 p.m. 1302 S. First St. elmercadorestaurant.com. — P.B.
READ MORE: “Everything’s Beautiful Now” with Austin’s Christine Albert
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Wednesday: Help Clifford Help Kids with Los Lobos at ACL Live. Any visit from the East Los Angeles roots-rockers, who mix country, folk, Latin, jazz and more into their unique Americana sound, is welcome. This one’s special, though: It’s the annual fundraiser named for the late Clifford Antone, founder of Antone’s nightclub, and benefiting American YouthWorks. $29-$39. 9 p.m. 310 Wllie Nelson Blvd. acl-live.com. — P.B.
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Thursday: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at Cactus Cafe. “They don’t call him Ramblin’ Jack because he travels a lot,” the late Guy Clark used to kid. And yet at 86, the loquacious Mr. Elliott is still out there touring, long after many of his peers have left this mortal coil. He’s a living link to the 20th-century heyday of Woody Guthrie, a troubadour whose American folk-music bona fides run as deep as anyone alive. Elliott hasn’t had a new album out for almost a decade, but his lifetime of songs and experiences make the live show still well worthwhile. $30-$35. 8 p.m. 2247 Guadalupe St. cactuscafe.org. — P.B.
Bill Carter plays Sun Radio’s “Texas Radio Live” show at Guero’s on Wednesday, November 8. Jay Janner/American-Statesman 2013
ALSO PLAYING
Monday
- Michael McDonald, Marc Cohn at ACL Live
- Microwave, Big Jesus, Blis at Barracuda
- John Wesley Coleman, Nick Allison, (So) Lo Country, Molybden, Charles Ben at Hotel Vegas
- Making Movies at Mohawk indoor
- Blue Monday Band at Antone’s
- Church on Monday Band at Continental Gallery
- Open mic with Kacy Crowley at Cactus Cafe
- Broken Spoke book signing with music from Alvin Crow, Pauline Reese, Leddy Bragg, Ben Stafford, Rogers and Paula Russell at Waterloo Records
Tuesday
- Jesus & Mary Chain, the Dig at Emo’s
- Taylor Hicks at One World Theatre
- William Topley, Ephraim Owens Experience at Continental Gallery
- Donut Musik at Townsend
- Durawa, Murali Coryell at El Mercado Backstage
- Mike Stinson, Toni Price at Continental Club
- Private Island, Star Parks at Stubb’s indoor
- Leonard Cohen Hoot Night at Hotel Vegas
Wednesday
- Iris DeMent, Pieta Brown at Cactus Cafe
- Texas Radio Live with Bill Carter, Blue Moon Jazz Quartet with Rosie Flores at Guero’s
- Eve & the Exiles, Tommy Shannon Blues Band at Antone’s
- Jon Dee Graham, William Harries Graham at Continental Club
- Cody Jasper, Walt Wilkins, Wagoneers at Saxon Pub
- Warren Hood at ABGB
- Tomar & the FCs at One-2-One Bar
- Trube Farrell & Snizz, Matt Hubbard Trio at C-Boy’s
- Bret Michaels at One World Theatre
Thursday
- Curren$y at Empire
- Breakthrough Central Texas benefit with Pat Green at Stubb’s outdoor
- Ekali at Vulcan Gas Company
- Stanley Jordan at One World Theatre
- Bad Suns, Hunny, Qty at Mohawk outdoor
- Poly Action album release, Toma, Lowin, Nic Armstrong at Hotel Vegas
- Pulkingham Layne at Winflo
- Plastician at Parish
- Murali Coryell & Ernie Durawa, Patrice Pike, Drakes at Saxon Pub
- Whitney Rose at Continental Club
- Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, Bonnie Whitmore at Continental Gallery
- John Inmon at One-2-One Bar
