• Local metalcore band DeadGates performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening acts: My Final Estate, Cherish the King, Scarlet Risk, Dismemberment of Me. Show starts at 6:30. Tickets are $10, at 24Tix.
• The Canadian public-radio show Q tapes a show before a live audience at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Host Jian Ghomeshi interviews Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and author Margaret Atwood (who collaborated on the Sundance Film Festival doc "Payback") and the Denver indie band Tennis performs. Show starts at 7 p.m. The show is sold out.
• The Utah Jazz welcome the Dallas Mavericks to EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Game starts at 8:30. Tickets available at Smith's Tix.