Saturday, Nov. 6: Metal 'Cuse at Fusion and more

The Rods headline tonight's Metal ’Cuse at the Fusion Room (3705 Brewerton Rd., North Syracuse). The musical event benefits the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. Also featured: Cosmic Sea, Stone Albatross, Zadoc and the Nightmare, Caustic Method, Voodoo Terror Tribe, and Titanium Black. Doors open at 5 p.m. and music starts at 6 p.m. Admission is $9.95.

Also today

• Arlo Guthrie and the Burns Sisters perform at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre (107 W. State St., Ithaca). Tickets are $29.50, $36.50, and $42.50.
• Roy Book Binder is at the Oswego Music Hall (McCrobie Civic Center, 41 Lake St., Oswego) for an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $14 at the door.
• Rusted Root is at the Westcott Theater (524 Westcott St.) at 8 p.m. Admission is $30 at the door.
• Syracuse Symphony Orchestra with the Syracuse Children’s Chorus and the Syracuse University Oratorio Society performing Brahms’ “A German Requiem” and Copland’s “Old American Songs” at the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater (411 Montgomery St.). Tickets are $16, $26, and $41.
• Conversion: Music and Motion is at Andrews Memorial United Methodist Church (106 Church St., North Syracuse) at 8 p.m. Admission is $15.
• The Cortland Area Flute Ensemble and the Crown City Brass perform at the Blue Frog Coffeehouse (64 Main St., Cortland). Admission is free.
• Joanne perry, Colleen Kattau, and Dusty Pas'cal perform as part of the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration Fundraiser at the Creekside Coffeehouse (35 Fennel St., Skaneateles). The show starts at 7 p.m. and admission is $8.
• The Bill Tiberio Band and Kevin Dorsey’s Series of Tubes at Auburn Public Theater (108 Genesee St., Auburn) at 8 p.m. Admissin is $12.
• Mac Talla Mor at the Center for the Arts (72 S. Main St., Homer) at 8 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults, $16 for seniors, $10 for students.
• Melissa Middleton Enge Benefit at Knights Of Columbus, Auburn, 4 p.m.

At the clubs

• Amber Inn (2424 Otisco Valley Rd., Marietta) - Bonecasters, 9 p.m.
• American Legion (State Route 31, Cicero) - Smokin’, 7 p.m.
• American Legion (Route 57, Phoenix) - Git-Rythem, 7 p.m.
• Bistro l’Elephant (238 W. Jefferson St.) - E.S.P., 7 p.m.
• Buffalo’s (2119 Downer St., Baldwinsville) – Crimescene, 9:30 p.m.
• CJ’s Pub and Restaurant (8902 S. Seneca St., Weedsport) – Kim Fetters and Andy Rudy, 9 p.m.
• Cavallo’s (Route 5, New Hartford) - Outta the Red, 9 p.m.
• Cedar House Lanes (813 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles) – Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook, 9 p.m.
• Change of Pace (1802 grant Blvd.) – 4 on the Floor, 4 p.m.
• Club 48 (266 Route 48, Fulton) – F5, 1 p.m.
• Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub (100 S. Lowell Ave.) – Hendry, 10 p.m.
• Cornerstone Restaurant and Bar (6805 Main St., Red Creek) - Dave Hawthorn, 9:30 p.m.
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (246 W. Willow St.) - Phil Petroff & Natural Fact
• Fireside Inn (2345 W. Genesee Rd., Baldwinsville) - The Fab 570, 8 p.m.
• Georgetown Inn (Route 80, Georgetown) - Headin’ South, 9 p.m.
• Glenora Wine Cellars (5435 Route 14, Dundee) - Fab Five Paul, 1 p.m.
• Kitty Hoyne’s Irish Pub (301 W. Fayette St.) – Pat Kane, 9:30 p.m.
• Lake Effect (7 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville) – Los Blancos, 9 p.m.
• Limp Lizard Lounge (4628 Onondaga Blvd.) - Mike Sims & Scotty Trudell, 9 p.m.
• Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale) – Chris Taylor and The Custom Taylor Band, 9 p.m., Formerly Un-Named, 10 p.m.
• Milk Plant Tavern (1006 Route 27, West Leyden) - Fulton Chain Gang, 9:30 p.m.
• Monirae’s (688 County Route 5, New Hartford) – 10 p.m.
• Mountainview Tavern (Route 281, Preble) - Fully Loaded Band, 9 p.m.
• Pizza Man Pub (50 Oswego St.) - Brian McArdell and Mark Westers, 9:30 p.m.
• Pricker Bush (3642 Route 57, Oswego) – Menagecoustic, 9 p.m.
• Rascals of Ithaca (1710 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca) - Raised On Radio, 9 p.m.
• Shifty’s (1401 Burnet Ave.) – The Joshua Panda Band, 9 p.m.
• Station 58 (3504 Brewerton Rd., North Syracuse) – Mother Cover, 9 p.m.
• Suzy’s Tavern 96 Lexington Ave., Auburn) - Ten Man Push, 10 p.m.
• Village Tavern (6 E. Main St., Marcellus) – Joey Belladonna’s Big Way, 8 :30 p.m.