MUSIC | Dare Diablo

This NYC instrumental bass-drum-organ trio delivers tunes just complex enough to be interesting and just simple enough to be good. 9:00 PM. $9; 18+. Middle East (Upstairs), 472 Mass. Ave. (ADH)

MUSIC | Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Kingsbury Manx

The mellow Welsh band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, with music almost as foreign-sounding as its name as its name, joins the North Carolina guitar band Kingsbury Manx. $10; 18+. Middle East (Downstairs), 480 Mass. Ave. (ADH)

READING | Mark Zanger

Mark Zanger reads from his The American History Cookbook, a book of recipes, able to be made in a modern kitchen, for historical American foods from 1524 to 1977. 3 p.m. Free and open to the public. Jamaicaway Books, 676 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. (ADH)

MUSIC | Regis Philbin and Susan Lucci in Concert

If you’ve ever wanted to hear talk show host Regis Philbin and TV actress Susan Lucci perform in concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this is your chance. 4:00 p.m. $55. Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. (ADH)

MUSIC | Bob Schneider, with Jeff Klein

Austin-based singer-songwriters Bob Schneider and Jeff Klein perform country- and indie-flavored rock. Doors open at 7:00 PM. $15; 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. (ADH)

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MUSIC | Brian Jonestown Massacre, High Strung

The obscure (and sometimes inflammatory) but well-received psychedelic band Brian Jonestown Massacre joins the garage-style punk group High Strung. 9:00 PM. $10; 18+. Middle East (Upstairs), 472 Mass Ave. (ADH)

READING | Lawrence Douglas

Lawrence Douglas, professor of law and jurisprudence at Amherst College, reads from his 2001 book The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust, which examines five different trials of Nazi war criminals. Free and open to the public. Kennedy School, Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building. (ADH)