Live Music This Weekend: Fighting Friday and Vein

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 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."  

Other Live Music This Weekend:

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

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