NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 20.
PORT TOWNSEND — Robin Bessier and her band, Full Circle, are set to perform at 8 this evening at the Port Townsend Elks Club as part of the “unofficial” Rhody Dance presented by Discovery Dance.
Admission to the dance, which ends at 10 p.m., is $10 and includes a rumba lesson at 7 p.m. taught by Janice Eklund.
This dance will end the 2015-2016 Discovery Dance season. All ages are welcome and no dance partner is necessary at this smoke- and scent-free event.
Bessier will be backed by George Radebaugh on piano, Ed Donahue on trumpet, Ted Enderle on bass, Bill Kiely on percussion and Tom Svornich on drums.
Bessier’s new CD, “Open Road,” will be available for purchase.
Discovery Dance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that endeavors to promote partner dancing on the Olympic Peninsula. For more information, call 360-477-1680.
Coyle concert
COYLE — Paul Mauer & the Silence will be the featured musical guests during this weekend’s edition of the Concerts in the Woods series in Coyle.
The duo, consisting of Mauer and percussionist Nathan Gehrman is based in Longview, said Norm Johnson, Coyle Concerts founder.
“Their sound is a little more on the rock side of folk than what we have been presenting,” Johnson said.
The two are set to perform Saturday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road.
Admission to the all-ages shows is by donation.
Complimentary cookies and coffee will be offered at intermission.
The community center is located at the southern tip of the Toandos Peninsula and is operated by the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation District with help from area residents. For more about the center, see www.coyleconcerts.com.
Guitar, jazz in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — The Joseph F. Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, 25 Eisenhower Way, will host guitar virtuoso Matt Munisteri and Vintage Jazz workshop faculty members for a jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $23 and can be purchased online at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Hot-Jazz or by calling 800-746-1982. Centrum’s Vintage Jazz workshop celebrates the contributions of pioneering string players from the 1920s and 1930s such as Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt.
Munisteri is a renowned songwriter and lyricist, and his re-inventions of well-traveled songs have contributed to Grammy-winning recordings for artists such as Loudon Wainwright and Catherine Russell, event organizers said.
He grew up in Brooklyn playing bluegrass banjo, and today is regarded as a contemporary master of 1920s and ’30s jazz styles, organizers said.
Munisteri will be joined by the Vintage Jazz faculty, which includes violinist Julian Smedley, a native of England and former member of the Bay Area’s Hot Club of San Francisco; bassist Matt Weiner, a regular on Seattle’s jazz scene and a collaborator with Northwest favorites Del Rey and Danny Barnes; and guitarist Cyd Smith, who has performed with many luminaries of the national acoustic music scene, including Mary Flower, Laurie Lewis, Bob Brozman, Russ Barenberg and Rebecca Kilgore.
For more information, visit centrum.org.
