Letters To Cleo. Photo by Chris Sikich

Letters To Cleo
8 p.m. Thursday. Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland, $25 in advance, $30 day of show, 21-plus. statetheatreportland.com
Absolute darlings of mid-90s alternative rock are playing live in Portland. Bursting on the scene in 1993 with debut album “Aurora Gory Alice,” Boston’s Letters To Cleo had a pair of follow-ups, then resurfaced in 2016 with “Back to Nebraska.” One of the band’s most popular tracks is “Awake,” and you had best not sleep on getting tickets to this show.

Love By Numb3rs. Photo by Cam Jones

Love By Numb3rs
8 p.m. Saturday. Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland, $15 in advance, $20 day of show, 21-plus. statetheatreportland.com
Americana, roots, blues and soul trio Love By Numb3rs released the album “Earth Needs a Moon” on Sept. 30 and is celebrating with a show at Portland House of Music. The band features former Gypsy Tailwind bandmates Anna Lombard and Dan Connor, as well as Jon Roods from Rustic Overtones. Singer-songwriter Jon King, who performs as King Kyote, opens the show. King was a contestant this year on NBC’s “American Song Contest” with his song “Get Out Alive.”

Jake Shimabukuro. Photo courtesy of the artist

Jake Shimabukuro
8 p.m. Saturday. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield, $75. stonemountainartscenter.com
7:30 p.m. Sunday. The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland, $50. rocklandstrand.com
You’ve got two chances to be dazzled and delighted by ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. With impressive finger work and a stable of genre-crossing songs, including rock, bluegrass, flamenco, folk and classical, a Shimabukuro show has something for all musical tastes. Last year’s “Jake & Friends” album features songs with artists like Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and Bette Midler. In 2012, Shimabukuro released “Ukulele Disney,” featuring tunes like “Under The Sea,” “Winnie the Pooh” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”