Thursday, June 14: Hip Hop at Saratoga and more tonight

Drake headlines tonight at Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Drake, J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, and French Montana  perform tonight at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs). The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35.75, $55.75, $75,75, $95.75.

Also tonight

• Fritz's Polka Band (Village Park, Camden), 7 p.m.  
• They Exist, Suspended in Dusk, All The King’s Horses, Embrace the Massacre at Fusion (3705 Brewerton Road, North Syracuse), 8 p.m.  
• Open Mike Night at Ke llish Hill Farm (3192 Pompey Center Road, Manlius), 7 p.m. - Donations please.

At the clubs

• Brian McArdell and Mark Westers at Shifty’s (1401 Burnet Ave.), 8 p.m.
• Michael Crissan at Kosta’s Bar and Grill (85 Grant Ave., Auburn), 7 p.m.
• Dan Elliott and the Monterays at Empire Room at the State Fairgrounds (581 State Fair Blvd.), 6 p.m.
• Joe Donelan at Tavern on the Lock (24 S. First St., Fulton), 6 p.m.
• East of Earth at Lake Effect Inn (7015 County Route 17, Lacona), 6 p.m.
• East Shore All-Stars at Harpoon Eddie’s (611 Park St., Sylvan Beach), 7:30 p.m.
• Frita Lay at Trexx (323 N. Clinton St.), 10 p.m.
• Isreal Hagan and Stroke at Borio’s Restaurant (8891 McDonnell’s Parkway, Cicero), 7 p.m.
• Jimmy Rogers and Over the Top at MJ’s Chill ‘N Grill (8201 Oswego Road, Liverpool), 5 p.m.
• Just Joe at Empire Brewing Company (120 Walton St.), 10:30 p.m.
• Mike MacDonald at Cato Hotel (213 Main St., Cato), 7 p.m.
• McCardell and Westers at Shifty’s (1401 Burnet Ave.), 8 p.m.
• Open Mike with Ronnie Dark’s Velveeta Nightmare Band at Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9:30 p.m.
• Restless Soul at Limp Lizard Bar and Grill (4628 Onondaga Blvd.), 7 p.m.
• Reissues at Sharkey’s Eclectic Sports Lounge (7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool), 6 p.m.
• Frank Rhodes at Café at 407 (407 Tulip St., Liverpool), 7:30 p.m.
• Dave Robertson at Eskapes Lounge (6257 Route 31, Cicero), 7 p.m.
• Dianne Ryder at Turning Stone Resort and Casino (5218 Patrick Road, Verona), 9 p.m.
• TJ Sacco and the Urban Cowboys at Sharkey’s Eclectic Sports Lounge (7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool), 6 p.m.
• The Other Guise at Yesterday’s Royal (13 Canal St., Sylvan Beach), 7 p.m.
• Tumbleweed Jones Band at Red Rooster Pub (4618 Jordan Road, Skaneateles Falls), 7:30 p.m.