Music
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HUDSON HOEDOWN Downtown Manhattan gets a little bit country as the Australian country crooners the Waifs share a double bill with West Texas singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore. The concert is part of the Hudson River Festival. Tonight, 7 p.m., World Financial Center Plaza, Hudson River between Vesey and Liberty streets, 212-945-2600, free.
SHAW PLAYS ON The final summer concert of the Washington Square Music Festival highlights the late clarinetist, bandleader, and composer Artie Shaw, one of the first musicians to blend jazz and classical music. “A Night Under the Rainbow and Stars” will be performed by the 11-piece Felix Swing Band, with guest cellist Lutz Rath and clarinetist William Blount. Tonight, 8 p.m., southeast corner of Washington Square Park, La Guardia Place and W. 4th Street, 212-252-3621, free.
KALEID0SCOPE OF KEYBOARDS The seventh annual International Keyboard Institute and Festival presents a recital by Leslie Howard (tonight). Mr. Howard also participates in a colloquium examining Franz Liszt (Friday). Festival: Through Sunday, most concerts at 8 p.m., Mannes College of Music, 150 W. 85th St., between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-580-0210 ext. 4848, $50 daily pass, $20 evening events, $15 master classes. For full schedule, go to www.ikif.org .
BLUES AND BEYOND Breakaway, Little Toby Walker, and Kerry Kearney, among others, perform at the Soul of the Blues Summer Festival. The music varies from old-time country blues to modern R&B. Tonight through Sunday, tonight-Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Sunday, 7 p.m., Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., between Bleecker and West 4th streets, 212-989-9319, $7 weeknights, $10 weekends, $6 food/drink minimum, $40 festival pass. For a full schedule, go to www.souloftheblues.com.
CREATURE FEATURE It’s an evening of felines, fish, and fowl when the bands Panthers and Big Business, featuring Jared Warren of Karp, open for the instrumental hard rockers Pelican. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., between Church Street and Broadway, 212-219-3132, $12.
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