More to do: Music, comedy and other fun things

THURSDAY: Reviewing the Pickathon festival in Portland, Ore., Rolling Stone described Low Cut Connie “pound[ing] out a set that sacrificed their prettier moments ... in favor of gutbucket rock & roll and soulful boogie.” The Philly band fronted by Adam Weiner, who started out performing in NYC gay bars, plays Mr. Smalls in Millvale with Ruby Boots. 8 p.m. $15-17; ticketweb.com. THURSDAY: The Alice Cooper Band

Preshow Party, featuring members of Alice’s Band (Tommy Henriksen, Ryan Roxie, Chuck Garric and Glen Sobel), takes place at Smiling Moose, South Side, at 8 p.m. Thursday with the Borstal Boys.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY: How about some Halloween ham? Rage of the Stage Players’ theatrical adaptation of the 1985 cult classic “Fright Night” features Greg Crawford as the wonderfully pompous “vampire hunter” Peter Vincent. With Corey Shaffer as punk/goth “Evil Ed” as the excitable yin to Mr. Crawford’s genteel yang. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday at Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $25 at carnegiestage.com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY: The U.S. premiere of ‘Karoo Moose - No Fathers” comes to the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts from Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The winning play about the disintegration of the family unit and the violation of innocence combines the art of storytelling and magical realism. At the Trust Arts Education Center, 807 Liberty Ave., Downtown. Tickets: $35, trustarts.org or 412-456-6666. FRIDAY: The Legendary Album Series continues at The Rex Theater, South Side, with Pittsburgh musicians performing “Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits.” It features Luke Williams, John Shannon, Buddy Rieger, Anthony Pecora, Ben Tryc, Randy Baumann, Glenn Strother, Chris Colditz, Tim Good, Jocelyn Rent and more. Proceeds benefit the Sonny Pugar Memorial Fund. 8 p.m. $15-$20; ticketfly.com.