Killer Whale, Happy Trails

Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint Street, Reno, Nevada

Killer Whale, which starred at the OffBeat Music Festival, returns to Reno for a show in the Pignic Pub and Patio. Happy Trails opens. Baton Rouge native Thomas Johnson leads the psych-rock band based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Stone Mecca, Cliff Porter Trio

Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint Street, Reno, Nevada

RZA protégé Stone Mecca and Reno's Cliff Porter Trio both perform at 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in the Pignic Pub & Patio. No cover charge.

Joan and the Rivers

Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint Street, Reno, Nevada

Joan and the Rivers -- with guest guitarist Spencer Kilpatrick -- will perform with Happy Trails at the Pignic Pub & Patio in Reno at 9 p.m.

Dead Country Gentlemen, Greg Gilmore

Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint Street, Reno, Nevada

How about "The Blacker Keys?" Rock duo Dead Country Gentlemen perform at the Pignic Pub & Patio at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. The duo is former Reno resident and guitarist Cameron Ray and drummer Josh Barry. Greg Gilmore opens.

Modern Monsters, Weapons of Mass Creation

Pignic Pub & Patio 235 Flint Street, Reno, Nevada

Modern Monsters, plays Pignic Pub and Patio on Saturday with Reno’s Weapons of Mass Creation. "MoMo" features multi-instrumentalist and former Reno resident Chari “Knowledge” Smith