Saturday, June 28
EXILE ON ALLEN STREET

Artvoice teams up with Channel 7 to raise money for Variety Club and Children’s Hospital with the help of a couple dozen local bands who’ve selected two songs each from the voluminous catalog of the World’s Greatest Rock-n-Roll Band, the Rolling Stones. If you think you know these tracks because they’ve been burned into your subconscious through years of classic rock radio, be prepared to hear them reinterpreted. Jagger and Richards (the Glimmer Twins) don’t always get the songwriting kudos they deserve—then again, maybe it’s easy to take their music for granted, since it’s been a big part of pop culture for 45 years and counting. Highlights are sure to include the folky Liz Abott Band taking a run at the early Richards tune “Connection,” AV publisher Jamie Moses and his band delivering “Dead Flowers,” and Robby Takac’s side-project Amungus having a go at “Beast of Burden.” Add to this sensory feast some mind-blowing images courtesy of world-renowned big rock show video guy Jeff Garbaz. For a complete list of bands and songs to be covered, visit Artvoice.com/rollingstones.

6pm. Nietzsche’s 248 Allen Street (886-8539/nietzsches.com).