Plans for the weekend: Mixing a Pink Martini

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• The Utah Jazz play host to the Miami Heat, tonight at EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Game starts at 7 p.m. Tickets, from $20 to $256, at Smith's Tix.

• The Salt Lake Men's Choir plays "The Best of Christmas," musical favorites from 33 years of Christmas shows, tonight, Saturday and Sunday at First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City. Bring a nonperishable food item for the Utah AIDS Foundation food bank. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, at the choir's website.

• Banjo player Ryan Tilby and multi-instrumentalist Craig Miner play bluegrass as part of the Sandy Arts Guild's Christmas chamber concert series, tonight at the Chamber Theater (city council chambers), Sandy City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway, Sandy. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, at the Sandy Arts Guild's website.

• The cocktail-hour music ensemble Pink Martini performs a holiday-themed show with the Utah Symphony, tonight and Saturday at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets, from $18 to $85, available at ArtTix.

• Country girl duo Maddie & Tae headlines The Eagle 101.5's Fan Jam, tonight at Infinity Event Center, 26 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, at Smith's Tix.

• Southern California rock band Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real will perform tonight at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening: Jeff Crosby & The Refugees. Show starts at 9 p.m. The show is sold out.

• Electro-pop duo Blood on the Dance Floor performs Saturday at the Murray Theater, 4959 S. State St., Murray. Opening: Whitney Peyton, Davey Suicide, Sweet Ascent, Social Repose. Show starts at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $16, at Smith's Tix.

• Rock bands Say Anything and Saves The Day co-headline Saturday at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening: Reggie and the Full Effect. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 in advance, $25 on the day of the show, at 24Tix and Smith's Tix.

• Pioneering electro-industrial group Skinny Puppy performs Saturday at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening: Front Line Assembly, Haujobb, Youth Code. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 on the day of the show, at Smith's Tix.

• Doom metal band Pallbearer performs Saturday at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening: Solstafir, Mortals. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 on the day of the show, at 24Tix.

• The Utah acoustic-folk quintet Lark & Spur will perform traditional and modern carols, Saturday at Viridian Event Center, 8030 S. 1825 West, West Jordan. Pianist Lindsey Lambert Wright is a special guest. Show starts at 7 p.m. Free.

• Utah-based bluegrass/folk ensemble The Lower Lights kicks off a week of Christmas shows, Saturday at the Salt Lake Masonic Temple, 650 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tonight's special guest is Fictionist. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. (Shows continue Monday through next Saturday, Dec. 20, with various guests.) Tickets are $15, at the band's website; some of the shows, including tonight's, are sold out.

• Jazz vocalist Ginger Bess and her band perform as part of the Sandy Arts Guild's Christmas chamber concert series, Saturday at the Chamber Theater (city council chambers), Sandy City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway, Sandy. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, at the Sandy Arts Guild's website.

• Hip-hop duo The Grouch & Eligh present "How The Grouch Stole Christmas," Saturday at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening: Cunninlynguists. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22 in advance, $24 on the day of the show, at 24Tix.

• Acoustic-blues musician Guy Davis performs Saturday at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening: Kate MacLeod. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, at the venue's website.

• Hip-hop/EDM musician Brillz performs Saturday at Park City Live, 427 Main St., Park City. Opening: Snails. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18, at Smith's Tix.

• Utah folk-rock guitarist Peter Breinholt returns with his Christmas concert — a mix of holiday music and his original songs — Saturday at the Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, at ArtTix.

• Country bands LoCash Cowboys and Jagertown perform in K-Bull 93 FM's "Christmas Wish — Concert for Hope," Saturday at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12, at Smith's Tix; proceeds go to the Christmas Wish program.