saturday/11
Hot Buttered Rum. Performance by local “newgrass” band. Part of Osher Marin JCC’s Summer Nights Outdoor Concert series. At Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 7 p.m. $20-$28, children under 18 free. www.marinjcc.org
sunday/12
Soul mensch strums the blues. Singer-songwriter-guitarist Lazer Lloyd, called “Israel’s king of the blues,” takes his self-titled electric album on a North American tour. The U.S.-born artist, who is also a celebrated rock and folk musician, performs at the Russell City Blues Festival in Hayward, followed by a CD release party at S.F’s Biscuits & Blues.
11 a.m. Sunday, July 12 at Hayward City Hall Plaza. $20-$45. www.westcoastbluessociety.com. Also 7 and 9 p.m. at Biscuits & Blues, 401 Mason St., S.F. $20. www.biscuitsandblues.com/lazerlloyd