It’s another great weekend of live music in Downtown Northfield.  The kids at The Key kick it off with the ever-popular New MC and Unicus of Kanser with their band More Than Lights, the evening of…

…Thursday, February 4th, New MC and Unicus of Kanser, 7 to 10 p.m., The Key, Faculty Recital: Bassoon and Piano (Jackson Bryce and John Jensen), 8 to 9 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus, Barb Piper, 8 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge (riverside of the lobby of the Archer House), Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Froggy Bottoms, and local favorites Study Hall at The Contented Cow.

Friday, February 5th, it’s Carey Langer, 5:30, The Contented Cow, the nationally-acclaimed, student-produced High School One-Act Plays, 7 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium, the rare treat of an Observatory Open House, 7 to 9 p.m., Goodsell Observatory on the Carleton College campus, Joe Meyer, 7 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge, Son of a Gun CD Release Party, 8:30 p.m., The Contented Cow, National Karaoke Contest, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Jesse James Lanes in Uptown, D J Music, 9 p.m., Rueb’N’Stein and Mark Mraz at The Tavern Lounge.

Saturday, February 6th, check out Wake-Robin, 12 to 1 p.m., Bittersweet (streetside of the Archer House), One-Act Plays, 7 p.m., High School Auditorium, Jon Manners, 7 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge, D J Music, 9 p.m., Rueb’N’Stein, D J Music at Froggy Bottoms and Teresa Peterson at The Contented Cow.

Sunday, February 7th, Politics and a Pint, 6 p.m., Northern Roots Session, 7 p.m., and Quiz Night, 8 p.m., all at the Contented Cow.