Clubs & Dance Nights
DATSIK This Canadian dubstep DJ is fairly new on the electronic dance music scene — his first release was in 2009. Since then, he’s collaborated with people like Steve Aoki, Nero, and the Wu-Tang Clan, and even launched his own record label this year. Delta Heavy, Bare Noize, and AFK will also perform. Sept. 6,
7 p.m. Tickets: $22-$25, all ages. Worcester Palladium, Worcester. 800-477-6849, www.thepalladium.net
VICTOR CALDERONE House and techno music is the specialty of this Brooklyn-born DJ and producer, who will play Bijou Nightclub as part of Onyx Fridays. Sept. 7, 10:30 p.m. Tickets: $30, 21+.
Bijou Nightclub, Boston. 617-357-4565, www.bijouboston.com
ROCKABILLY AT THE ROSEBUD Catch headliners Whiskey Kill plus The Juke Joint Rhythm Rockers and the Skeleton Beats during a night of rockabilly at the Rosebud in Davis Square. DJ Easy Ed will also be on hand to spin hillbilly bop and honky-tonk in addition to some rockabilly rhythms between sets. Sept. 8, 9 p.m. Tickets: $5. 21+. Rosebud Bar and Grill, Somerville. 781-535-8747, www.rosebudbarandgrill.com
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AMON TOBIN An electronic music producer and DJ based in Brazil, Amon Tobin is stopping at the House of Blues while touring to promote his latest album, “ISAM.” Holy Other will also perform. Sept. 12, 8 p.m. Tickets: $30-$40. 18+. House of Blues, Boston. 888-693-2583, www.houseofblues.com
Comedy
THE GIBSON/ANTONELLIS COMEDY HOUR Petey Gibson deprived Boston of her feisty senior citizen character Mary Dolan when she left for Los Angeles to work with legendary improv group the Groundlings. She’s back in town with comedy partner Julee Antonellis for another collaboration of sketch, stand-up, and music. Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. $20. Davis Square Theatre, 255 Elm St., Somerville. 617-875-9522, www.davissquare
theatre.com
RISK! Kevin Allison, formerly of the comedy troupe the State, has turned an epiphany into a small franchise. Once he realized he should be telling frighteningly personal stories onstage, he found others to do the same for his podcast and monthly live shows in New York and Los Angeles. A highlight of the ongoing Boston Comedy Arts Festival. Sept. 7, 8 p.m. $25, $20 students. Brattle Theatre,
40 Brattle St., Cambridge. 617-876-6837, www.bostoncomedyarts.com
SULLIVAN AND SON COMEDY TOUR Steve Byrne is the “Son” in the new TBS sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” and he’ll be joined here by three other comedians from the cast, Ahmed Ahmed, Roy Wood Jr., and Owen Benjamin. Sept. 7, 9:45 p.m. $25. Wilbur Theatre. 866-448-7849, www.thewilburtheatre.com
DEAD AUTHORS Anderson Comedy boasts an all-star cast of comics playing authors — Rob Crean as Kurt Vonnegut hosting Steve Macone as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ryan Douglass as Oscar Wilde and Langston Kerman as Sylvia Plath — at this benefit for 826 Boston, an organization that fosters a love of writing in kids ages 6-18. Sept. 12, 7 p.m. $5. Middlesex Lounge, 315 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 617-868-6739, www.middle
sexlounge.us