Flushing Town Hall will celebrate Día de los Muertos, Mexican art, and community resilience with its first-ever MexFest, featuring an art exhibition (October 15–November 30) and a Day of the Dead celebration on Saturday, November 1.

The free event includes arts workshops, story-gathering activities, and a concert with Linda EPO and Mariachi Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino.

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Today, Insomniac has revealed the lineup for its intergalactic celebration, Countdown NYE. Returning for its 11th edition, Countdown makes first contact with a brand new home in Downtown Los Angeles for its most ambitious edition yet.

The always-festive GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: Show Up & Show Out returns to The Warfield on Thursday, November 13, marking 40 years of music, love, and community. This beloved San Francisco tradition blends powerhouse performances with deep-rooted compassion, raising vital funds for GLIDE’s mission of radical inclusion, unconditional love, and social justice.

It's been 50 years since Vince Gill chose a path toward music and left his home in Oklahoma to launch his career — a journey that's taken him to Kentucky then California and finally Nashville, and, as a touring artist, around the world. It has seen him find success as a member of bands such as Mountain Smoke, Bluegrass Alliance, Boone Creek, Sundance, Pure Prairie League, Rodney Crowell's Notorious Cherry Bombs, The Time Jumpers and, most recently, the Eagles, and as an iconic recording artist in his own right.

Today, The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary with the deluxe edition release of the original movie soundtrack, reissued via Ode Records on 180g red-in-gold vinyl. Housed in a heavyweight gold-foil jacket with a newly designed inner sleeve, the vinyl package features never-before-seen photos and production diary excerpts from producer Richard Hartley.

GRAMMY-winning guitarist Tommy Emmanuel released Living In The Light, his first solo album in ten years. Recorded and mixed with producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Phish), Living in the Light is a virtuosic blend of acoustic pop, jazz, classical, and roots music delivered by one of the modern era’s most accomplished and versatile guitarists.

Larkin Poe – the GRAMMY® Award-winning duo of Georgia-bred, Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell – is thrilled to release Bloom deluxe edition featuring An Acoustic Companion Volume II via their own Tricki-Woo Records.

Acclaimed composer, trumpeter, and California native Sarah Wilson celebrates her new album Incandescence with an album release concert on Saturday, November 8 at The Back Room (1984 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley). The show begins at 8 p.m., with tickets priced at $25 (children under 12 free). For details, visit backroommusic.com or call 510-381-1997.

Genre-defying blues-rock powerhouse Samantha Fish proudly unveils the digital deluxe edition of her acclaimed album Paper Doll. This expanded version includes two brand-new bonus tracks from the original recording sessions: “Dead Armadillo,” written by Samantha and producer Bobby Harlow, and a soulful rendition of Neil Young’s classic “Don’t Let It Bring You Down.”

Reflecting on her cover of the Neil Young song, Fish shared:

Seeker Music is out today with American Soul and R&B luminary Allen Stone’s cover of Christopher Cross’ debut hit “Ride Like The Wind” on its own music is fun label. Released alongside a new live performance video, the track pairs Stone’s powerhouse voice and gospel influence with one of soft rock’s most defining hits.