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Jamila Woods at WUDStock, a free jazz festival on the east side, Walter Matthau action in “Charley Varrick,” Peter Hook, and more events of note in Madison this week.

“The Murder Of Fred Hampton,” Dumb Vision, Dessa, Ought, and more events of note in Madison this week.

An EP-launch celebration from Son!, the daring of “Desert Hearts,” romantic post-punk from Natural Velvet, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Jordan Zawideh’s deep-reaching mixes, Roboman’s surf-punk racket, Taylor Bennett escaping Chance’s shadow, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Post-pop dreaming with Porches, brash hip-hop from Dai Burger, a “mean-spirited film,” a new Madison Mixtape, and more events of note in Madison this week.

It’s not your tempo at a Cinematheque Damien Chazelle retrospective, a reading and potluck with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, the Marilyn Manson tour not even crushed legs could stop, Elysia Crampton’s pathbreaking electronic music, and more events of note in Madison this week. 

Tastefully silly stand-up from Rory Scovel, the Judy Garland musical the world has waited to see again, humid cocktails and beats with Queer Pressure at Olbrich, Klingon for victory at the Nerd Spelling Bee, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Cutting and catchy metal from Tubal Cain, Afrobeat grooves from Immigré, a small Kevin Hart show at the Alliant Energy Center, and more events of note in Madison this week.