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This weekend, comedian Zarna Garg performs at Stanford Live, local label Redtone Records holds an Afrobeat dance party with Soji Odukogbe at Feldman’s Books; the Pacific Art League hosts a reception to open its members’ exhibition; Emo Night Brooklyn brings a DJ night of ’00s favorites to The Guild; and Earthwise Productions serves up some Spaghetti in a roots-rock show with Sam Reider, Jim Campilongo, Mat Muntz and Scott Amendola.
Zarna Garg
Comedian Zarna Garg – featured in Apple TV’s “Gutsy” series and radio’s “This American Life, and in her own comedy special, “One in a Billion,” on Amazon Prime – comes to Stanford with her touring show “Practical People Win.” Garg is the 2021 recipient of the Ladies of Laughter Newcomer Award and is also the mom of a Stanford student. According to her website, she “proudly performs clean family-friendly comedy while wearing her kurta and bindi on stage and draws you into her authentic Indian world full of ironies, merciless maternal advice, and fresh observations on American life.”
May 11 at 3, 6 and 8 p.m. and May 12 at 4 and 6 p.m.; Bing Studio, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford; tickets start at $35; live.stanford.edu.
Soji Odukogbe
Feldman’s Books patrons, get ready for a dance party. East Palo Alto-based label Redtone Records presents a performance of funky West African highlife and Afrobeat music by Nigerian artist Soji Odukogbe and his band. Odukogbe is the former lead guitarist for Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. His current group, Soji & The Afrobeat Band, perform their lively tunes at festivals and venues all around the Bay Area.
May 10, 6 p.m., Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; $25; eventbrite.com.
Pacific Art League Members Exhibition
The venerable Pacific Art League’s upcoming members exhibition is a celebration of the diverse work and styles of its artistic community, in a variety of media. The exhibition will be on view through June 25, and an opening reception will be held on May 10.
Opening reception May 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto; pacificartleague.org.
Emo Night Brooklyn
If you’re feeling nostalgic for those halcyon ’00s heydays of emo and pop-punk, this one’s for you. Emo Night Brooklyn, a DJ-based dance party founded by two best friends who wanted to celebrate the beloved music of their youth, brings an evening of DJs spinning favorites from those genres to the Guild Theatre.
May 11, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $31-$73; tixr.com/groups/guildtheatre.
Spaghetti
Put musicians Sam Reider, Jim Campilongo, Mat Muntz and Scott Amendola together and what do you get? Spaghetti! They’ll perform rock-roots music (Campilongo on guitar, Amendola on drums, Muntz on bass and Reider on keys) under that noodly name at a free concert in Lytton Plaza, presented by Earthwise Productions. Campilongo, originally from South San Francisco, is known as a guitar whiz and has performed alongside Norah Jones in The Little Willies, among many other collaborations. Reider is an accordionist and pianist based in Oakland who was nominated for a 2023 Latin Grammy Award, while Muntz is an acclaimed composer and bagpiper in addition to his bass skills, and Amendola is a frequent Earthwise performer with a distinguished career in the Bay Area jazz scene.
May 10, 6 p.m., Lytton Plaza, 200 University Ave., Palo Alto; eventbrite.com.