Live Music This Weekend: Lee Hawkins Band

This weekend is packed with live music on the North Shore and a whole bunch of bands playing a wide variety of music genres, from classic rock to blues and soul, can be seen for free at rock clubs and restaurants throughout the region. 

The Lee Hawkins Band is playing Palmers Restaurant & Tavern on Friday night at 9 p.m. The Beverly-based group offers up a bluesy soulful blend of many different styles of dance and R&B music. 

The band 3 Vibe is playing at Chianti's in Beverly on Friday night. Courtesy of Chianti's website "this Gloucester-based group is an instrumental Funk/Jazz quartet playing original groove music. Highly danceable and intensely funky, 3VIBE’s influences include John Scofield, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Lettuce, Soulive, and the Meters."  

All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless specified.

Other Live Music This Weekend:

Fri., April 12 - Lee Hawkins Band
Sat., April 13 - Michael Troy

Fri., April 12 - N/A
Sat., April 13 - Ashley Dawn  - 7:30 p.m.

Crossroads Coffeehouse, 3 Great Pond Road, North Andover

Fri., April 12 - N/A
Sat., April 13 - Antje Duvekot 8 p.m.

Rockafellas, 231 Essex Street, Salem

Fri., April 12 - Midnight Goggles
Sat., April 13 - Fighting Friday

Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem

Fri., April 12 - Melt - 7:30 p.m.
Sat., April 13 - Dan Blakeslee- 7:30 p.m.

Howling Wolf, 76 Lafayette Street, Salem

Fri., April 12 - Nick Consone - 10 p.m.
Sat., April 13 - Vein - 10 p.m.

Red Rock Bistro & Bar, 141 Humphrey Street, Swampscott

Fri., April 12 - Mary Beth Maes
Sat., April 13 - Shuffle Mode with Kevin Kenney

Stonewood Tavern, Newhall Plaza, 139 Lynnfield St., Suite 200, Peabody

Fri., April 12 - N/A
Sat., April 13 - Grupo Fantasia

Capone's Restaurant & Bar, 147 Summit St, Peabody

Fri., April 12 - Brandy
Sat., April 13 - Gainsville Road

Chianti's Tuscan Restaurant & Jazz Lounge, 285 Cabot St., Beverly

Fri., April 12 - 3 Vibe
Sat., April 13 - Boston Horns

The Landing Restaurant, 81 Front St., Marblehead

Fri., April 12 - 74 Duster Entertains
Sat., April 13 - Rene and Joe

Me and Thee Coffee House, 28 Mugford St., Marblehead

Fri., April 12 - Hot Club of Cowtown · Jon Shain opens - 8 p.m.
Sat., April 13 - N/A