Photo by Angela Pan.

DAMIEN JURADO: Singer-songwriter Damien Jurado is performing at the Rock & Roll Hotel with openers Moonlight Detective. Starts at 8 p.m., $15.

DRAMA DISCUSSION: It’s an evening celebrating “the intersection of theater and poetry” with British poets/playwrights Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald tonight at the Folger Theatre (201 East Capitol Street SE). Starts at 7:30 p.m., $15.

KARAOKE: There’s not a whole lot of options for karaoke in D.C., but The Pinch (3548 14th Street NW) regularly features one of the best. Tonight is karaoke night at the Columbia Heights hang out. Go sing something you love. Free, starts at 9 p.m.