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This week's all-ages shows around town —including a couple really big ones — are: 

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Thursday, 4/19

Forza Coffee, Mark Lee, One Match Left

The Hop!, DJ One Major

Object Space, Acid Mother's Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO, the Phantom Family Halo, Hooves, Space Movies, the Earwigs

Nearly alone onstage, Kawabata Makoto was a hurricane. Last year, on tour all the way from Japan, he did everything short of making the paint peel off the walls at Spokane’s Object Space. Makoto, who plays as if he were Jimi Hendrix’s protégé, returns this week with his longtime psychedelic space-rock band, Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO. They play first or second, so get off work early to make sure you catch them before they scoot out for Minneapolis. $5. All-ages.

Friday, 4/20

A Club, Battle of the Bands with Nixon Rodeo, Not for Now, the Sky Turns Red, the Function

Bing Crosby Theater, April Smith & the Great Picture Show

Fox Theater, Spokane Symphony

The Hop!, DJ Tony

Kave, Letlive, FAUS, A Pyrrhic Victory, the Ongoing Concept, Deviance

Knitting Factory, Benign CD Release Show, Immolate the Saints, Concrete Grip, All Gussied Up

Saturday, 4/21

4000 Holes, April Smith & the Great Picture Show, Gorilla, Rabbit & Chicken

Beasley Coliseum at WSU, 3Oh3!, Chingy

Just thinking about all the drinkin’, freakin’, strippin’ and sexin’ that’s bound to happen at this WSU Springfest show is enough to make anybody blush. The students pulled out a little bit of the mid-2000s for this year’s freakfest: the totally contagious joke-rap of 3OH3! and two-hit-wonder rapper Chingy. We’re sure the night won’t end without hearing “Right Thurr,” “Holidae In” and “Don’t Trust Me.”$12-$32. All-ages.

Bing Crosby Theater, Genticorum

Earth Day Celebration (downtown Spokane, on Main between Browne & Division), B Radicals, Angela Salmon, Angela Marie Project, Citizen Arms, Folkinception

The Hop!, A-Lo, Lei Majors, Nuthouze Projects

Sunday, 4/22

The Hop!, 20XX

Knitting Factory, Concept, Moe Davis, King Skellee, Mutha Hen, Justike, Tyrell

Riverfront Park, Vintage Swing Music

Monday, 4/23

Calypso's (CdA), Open mic

Tuesday, 4/24

The Hop!, Consumed by Silence, Aechoes, Multiplexer, A Year Today, A Cryptic Ending, Canary in the Coalmine

Wednesday, 4/25

The Hop!, Rod Mac, Dime City, M-Dub

Luxe Coffeehouse, Dennis Smith