Nick Lowe of Clarkston hosts the Dragonbyte Music Festival, 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at Airway Lanes Banquet Hall.
Entry will be $8/person, and food and beverage will be available for purchase.
The festival has been a dream of Lowe, who has his own band, The Midwestern Sky, for quite some time.
“In Oakland County, local musicians are very limited with their choice of venues,” he said “I want to give bands of all sizes a chance to play.”
This festival will hopefully be the first of many, he said.
The line up for Dec. 5 includes The Reckless Scamps, Underground Arcade, Anonymous Hooligans, Stevie Frank, Conway, Sail, Stroller Coaster, Vernon, Marco Aziel, Daisy, Mike Baker, Leah and The Troublemakers, the 2015 DBS Youth Challenge Winners. There will be two stages, acoustic and amped, with performers doing at least 40-minute sets.
For more information go to : http://dragonbyteapp.com/dbfest. Volunteers can sign up at htt://dragonbyteapp.com/dbfest/volunteer-signup/.
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The Clarkston Schools Instrumental Music Association hosts the Boston Brass in concert in the Clarkston High School Performing Arts Center, 6093 Flemings Lake Road, 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10.
The concert Christmas Bells are Swingin’ will feature Jose Sibja on Trumpet, Jeff Conner on Trumpet, Chris Castellanos on French Horn, Domingo Pagliuca on Trombone, and Sam Pilafian on Tuba.
Boston Brass will perform classical arrangements, jazz standards, and brass quintet originals.
Tickets are $25 each, and are available at www.clarkstonbandorchesta.org. Tickets the night of the concert will be $30.
For more information, contact csima.band@gmail.com.
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Jazz flute player Alexander Zonjic performs a Holiday Concert with Penny Wells and Al McKenzie, Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Evangelical Church, 6805 Bluegrass Drive.
All proceeds, taken as a free will offering, will benefit Clarkston’s Blessing in a Backpack program.
Call 248-625-3288.