On Budget: Free concerts

Don’t miss new school R&B great Aloe Blacc perform his hip-hop-inflected soul at 10:30 p.m. today through Sunday at Book & Stage at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The show is free; call 698-7000.

‘Soul Shakedown’

Get down at Vegas’ funkiest New Year’s Eve party with “Soul Shakedown,” featuring DJs Selectra Scream and Ska Boss spinning ska, reggae, soul and more, at 11 p.m. Monday at The Bunkhouse, 124 S. 11th St. The show is free; call 384-4536.

Metal tribute

Heavy metal offspring go head to head when Children of the Grave, a Black Sabbath tribute act, and Children of the Damned, an Iron Maiden cover band, team up at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Count’s Vamp’d, 6750 W. Sahara Ave. The show is free; call 220-8849.

Peter Love

Soap opera actor Peter Love, a veteran of “Ryan’s Hope” and “Santa Barbara,” gets in touch with his musical side via his “Welcome to My Living Room” show at 10 p.m. Thursday at Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road. The show is free; call 693-5000.

Red Eye Radio

Remember when “college music” was considered an actual genre of music? Alternative rock cover band Red Eye Radio does. See them at 9 p.m. today at the Beauty Bar, 517 Fremont St. The show is free; call 598-1965.

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@
reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476.