Rocktober and its baseball-impeded insanity of great touring band after great touring band is over. Of course, just because the calendar turns doesn't mean the schedule has dried up: This weekend's offerings include local release shows by Britches and the Campfire Club and a punk show down by the river (you'll just have to find someone who knows...). And the out-of-town docket includes home-state heroes Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, which is a seriously great band, Dr. Dog and some guy who likes to play play pi-ano.
Friday
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin The Firebird With Dots Not Feathers and Elsinore 9 p.m. | $10
Saturday
Creamers Apop Records 8:30 p.m. | Donations
Dr. Dog The Firebird Wax Fang, Quiet Life 8:30 p.m. | $15
araabMUZIK 2720 Cherokee With Lunice, MeLo-X and 18andCounting
Magic City Schlafly Tap Room With the Potomac Accord and the Half Hearts 9 p.m. | Free
Campfire Club Vinyl Release The Heavy Anchor With Scarlet Tanager and the Skekses 9 p.m.
Sunday
Mark Sultan Off Broadway With Bruiser Queen 8 p.m. | $10
Britches Pig Slop Studios With Spelling Bee, Lonely Procession and the Night Grinder 6 p.m.
Ben Folds with the St. Louis Symphony Powell Hall 7:30 p.m. | Sold Out
Never Shout Never The Pageant 6 p.m. | $20.50
