Can't Miss It: Thursday

HOLD ONTO YOUR DOUGH: Seems the folks at Southern Comfort finally want to make up for all of those awful hangovers with a free rock show. Deal. Tonight those sweet whiskey people present The Hold Steady at The Crocodile. Jump through a couple little hoops (register for a ticket), and you’re in.

8:00 p.m. // The Crocodile, 2200 2nd Ave // FREE

STAY UP, GET DOWN: Indie folk rock with an experimental touch, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down come to Chop Suey in support of this year's Know Better Learn Faster. The group does more than retread familiar folk territory, it folds and paints it, stirs it up and dances along its borders. The energy is pleasantly contagious. Portland Cello Project joins.

8:00 p.m. // Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St // Tickets $12adv/$14dos

ROCK 'N' ROLL 'N' SOVIET OCCUPATION: Tom Stoppard’s cerebral, emotional trip Rock ‘n’ Roll is about political and cultural revolution, philosophy, love, and of course rock and roll. The greatest of these is… well they’re all pretty great. Stoppard’s passionate play is as educational as it is entertaining.

7:30 p.m. // ACT Theatre, 700 Union St // Tickets start at $37.50