BENNY'S BISTRO, 108 E. Sixth Ave., 443-0105. Music on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and most Saturdays at noon. On Friday, Jan. 25, Kevin Mathews and Jim Madden offer vocals and piano; Saturday, Jan. 26, Kakuk and Moore play sax and piano.

CHUBBY'S BAR , 9 N. Main St., Clancy, 933-5547, has music most Friday nights.

EAGLES LODGE #16, 801 N. Fee, 442-4279, has drop-in dance lessons led by Tim Pattison every Wednesday, 7:30-9 p.m.

EAST HELENA EAGLES #4040, 14 W. Main, 227-7531, has a DJ Friday and karaoke Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Must be 21+, no cover.

EAST HELENA VFW, 113 E. Main, East Helena, has the Hillbilly Mafia at 9 p.m. every Saturday through Jan. At 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, 9 Miles Up will perform. On Sunday, Jan. 27, J.D. "Rabbit" Sauter will perform, 3-7 p.m.

ELKS LODGE, 330 Lola, 442-6980, has Steve Rains at the piano bar Wednesdays 5 p.m. during happy hour, plus dancing every second and fourth Friday and the first and third Sunday of each month.

FIRETOWER COFFEE, 422 N. Last Chance Gulch, has a folk/bluegrass/country jam Thursdays around 7 p.m. On Friday, Jan. 25, Lanny Messinger will perform originals and covers beginning at 7:30 p.m.

JACKSON CREEK SALOON, Montana City, has J.D."Rabbit" Sauter playing country and old rock and roll, 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 26.

MILLER'S CROSSING, 52 S. Park, 442-3290, has Mudslide Charley from Missoula, Saturday, Jan. 26, 9:30 p.m. The Growlers will perform Wednesday, Jan. 30, 8-11 p.m.

MONTANA CLUB RATHSKELLER, 24 W. Sixth Ave., 442-5980, has live jazz Wednesday nights, 6-9 p.m.

ON BROADWAY, 106 E. Broadway, has Montana's best jazz musicians Thursdays, 6-9 p.m.

QUARRY BAR, in the Park Plaza on Last Chance Gulch, has Rio with Latin jazz every Friday, 6-9 p.m.

RILEY'S IRISH PUB, 15 W. Sixth, 495-9067, has Irish music every Thursday evening, with the Tiernan Irish Dancers as regular guests. On Friday, Jan. 25, Mike Killeen will play the blues, 8:30 p.m. On Saturday, Dan Hunthausen will play solo, 8:30 p.m.

SILVER CITY SALOON, Birdseye Road and Lincoln Road West, 443-9702, has The Mighty Flick Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, 9:30 p.m.

STAGGERING OX, in the Lundy Center, 443-1729, has Rio with Latin jazz, Friday, Jan. 25, 6-9 p.m. The Helena Blues Project plays every Wednesday evening.