MONDAY
>> It’s a bit of a hike out to Hanover, but if seeing one of country music’s more seasoned badasses sounds appealing on this President’s Day, David Allan Coe will be playing for the 21+ crowd at Cancun Cantina. 5 p.m. $25.
>> An easier destination for the Metro-dependent, Iota will be hosting New England folk singer-songwriter and Epic recording artist Howie Day. 8:30pm. $15.
TUESDAY
>> The Monterey Jazz Festival has hosted legendary greats such as Billie Holiday and Dave Brubeck and the 50th Anniversary Tour stops at the Music Center at Strathmore. This year’s tour features Benny Green, Derrick Hodge, James Moody, Kendrick Scott, Nnenna Freelon and Terence Blanchard. 8 p.m. $25-$58.
>> If you look in some cross-section of punk, psychedelia and prog, you’ll find the Canadian act Black Mountain. They’ll be at the Rock and Roll Hotel along with surprise critical darling and recent Jagjaguwar labelmate Bon Iver. 8 p.m. $12.
>> Three up-and-coming DC bands, Black & White Jacksons, Wild Fictions and Cannot Be Stopped have found a new friend in Dream Committee Records, a label particularly focused on local bands. This show at the Black Cat Backstage will also feature the release of Dream Committee Records compilation …Anything & Everything. 9 p.m. $8.
>> Upcoming singer-songwriter fans are in luck tonight because three talented ones, Jeremy Fisher, Jim Bianco and Brooke Waggoner will all be at DC9. 8 p.m. $10.
>> Although he laments in The Verve Pipe’s single, “We were only freshmen,” Brian Vander Ark has since graduated from his mid-90s radio alternative band and will put on a solo set at Iota. 8:30 p.m. $12.