Saturday, May 5: Crawfish Festival and much more today

Operation Southern Comfort's 5th Annual Crawfish Festival which kicks off today at 11 a.m. in Clinton Square. Admission is free and there will be plenty of live music and crawfish. Other food includes: gulf shrimp, corn, potatoes, jambalaya, red beans and rice, beignets, blooming onions, cajun wings, deep fried crawdaddies, and cajun curly fries.

Donations of cans or boxes of nonperishable food  to benefit the food pantries at St. Joseph the Worker and St. Lucy's churches would be appreciated.  

Also tonight

• Blues harmonica maestro, Charlie Musselwhite, performs tonight at the Center for the Arts (72 S. Main St., Homer). The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors, and $20 for students. 
• 5/6: The Blacklites at Mountain Goat Run Post Show in Clinton Square, 11:45 a.m. - Free admission 
• John Sebastian at Cazenovia College’s Catherine Cummings Theatre (16 Lincklaen St., Cazenovia), 8 p.m. - $30. 
• Rubblebucket, Delicate Steve and Ryan Power at the Westcott Theater (524 Westcott St.), 8 p.m. - $18 at the door.
• Timbalive at a Cinco De Mayo party at Ballybay Pub/Nightclub (*550 Richmond Ave.), 10 p.m. - $33.
• Mayday 2012 to benefit Russell Tupper, and featuring Freya, Armed with Valor, All the King’s Horses, Divot, Bruce Campbell, Nine Round, Just a Memory and more at Fusion (3705 Brewerton Road, North Syracuse), 3 p.m. - $10.
• Putnam Smith at the Nelson Odeon (4035 Nelson Road, Nelson), 8 p.m. - $18.
• Hamell on Trial at La Vie Boheme Bistro (109- 111 Madison St., Oneida), 7 p.m. - $10.
• Rattlin’ Bog at Unity Hall (101 Vanderkemp Ave., Barneveld), 8 p.m. - $12 at the door.
• Vinyl–Albums Live: The 90s with Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette and U2 cover bands at the Lost Horizon (5863 Thompson Road), 8 pm. - $12.
• Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church (5299 Jamesville Road, DeWitt), 8 p.m. - $12-$15.
• Voices of Tabernacle at The Earlville Opera House (6 E. Main St., Earlville), 3 p.m. - $12 adults, $10 veterans, $7 students.
• Ithaca Community Orchestra at the First Baptist Church of Ithaca, DeWitt Park, downtown Ithaca, 4 p.m. - $5/donation.

At the clubs

• 50/50 at Monirae’s (688 County Route 10, Pennellville), 10 p.m.
• Alex Boatman and the Boatmen at Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub (100 S. Lowell Ave.), 10 p.m.
• Better Than Bowling at Moondance Tavern (2512 Route 20, Marcellus), 6 p.m.
• Broken Nails at Turning Stone Resort and Casino (5218 Patrick Road, Verona), 10 p.m.
• Dan Elliott Swing Quartet at Castaways (916 County Route 37, Brewerton), 6:30 p.m.
• Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook at Carnegie Café at the Maplewood Inn (400 Seventh North St., Liverpool), 8 p.m.
• Decree at Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9 p.m.
• Denn Bunger at Creekside Books and Coffee (35 Fennell St., Skaneateles), 7:30 p.m.
• Southern Comfort Band at American Legion (9 Oswego River Road, Phoenix), 8 p.m.
• Stepping Out of the 3rd Dimension at Kellish Hill Farm (3192 Pompey Center Road, Manlius), 7 p.m.
• TJ Sacco and the Urban Cowboys at Cedar House (8 W. Genesee Street Road, Skaneateles), 9 p.m.
• Donna Colton and Sam Troublemaker at Pizza Man Pub (50 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 9:30 p.m.
• Dovetail Joint at Shifty’s (1401 Burnet Ave.), 9 p.m.
• Dropouts at Green Gate Inn (2 Main St., Camillus), 8:30 p.m.
• E.S.P at Mohegan Manor (Club Sushi, 58 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 7:30 p.m.
• F5 at Dominick’s Sports Tavern (3435 County Route 4, Oswego), 9:30 p.m.
• Gunrunners at Bull and Bear Pub (125 E. Water St.), 10 p.m.
• Urban Knight Punks at Pooch’s Sports Bar and Grill (1627 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.
• West End Rockers at Bridge Street Tavern (109 Bridge St., Solvay), 8 p.m.
• Dave Wolever at Pricker Bush (3642 Route 57, Oswego), 9 p.m.