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• LodeStar plays Westhaven Center for the Arts on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. ($5-$20 sliding).

It's the beginning of the final three weeks of winter today, so here are some shows to warm the cockles of your heart and get your bulbs ready to sprout.

At 7:30 p.m. at the Westhaven Center for the Arts, you can catch folk duo LodeStar in a rare sextet iteration including fiddle, synth and drums. The shows here are always cozy and well-provisioned, so the $5-$20 sliding scale entrance fee is a pretty fair deal.

Later on at 9 p.m., Absynth Quartet is playing a free one over at The Logger Bar and, if dancing to live music is a pleasure that you find is best measured against an electronic foil, then Zordon is hosting a DJ-driven beat fest at The Alibi at 11 p.m. for the same price.