...The Chinchillas will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a rock ‘n roll party on Friday, January 29 at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. The night includes Greg Townsend of the Hi-Risers opening in a special solo performance. www.myspace.com/ chinchillasrockandroll

…The Hungness School of Music will celebrate their 3rd anniversary and the opening of a second location in Penfield with a concert, open to the public, on January 30 at Abbott’s Downtown @ The Kitchen Keg, 72 St. Paul Street. Performances by both staff and students will be featured. www.RochesterMusicLessons.com

…Free Instore events are planned at the House of Guitars, 645 Titus Avenue. On Sat. Jan. 30 Andy Smash and the Rust Belt Hotrods will perform and on Wed. Feb. 3, Toronto’s Dinosaur Bones performs. Both events begin at 6pm. (585-544-3500)

...A H.O.P.E. (Haiti Outreach Pwoje Espwa) for Haiti Benefit is planned for Saturday, February 6 at Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. Bands scheduled to perform to date include The Buddhahood, Wild Geese, Two Ton Ska, Deep Blue Dream, Mosaic Foundation, Driftwood and Los Fadeaways, with more to come, raising funds to support H.O.P.E.’s response to the earthquake disaster. See www.hopehaiti.org for information on the organization, and check out www.waterstreetmusic.com for band updates

…After six years performing as a power trio, hard rockers 3 Peace have added Alise Gruttadauria as their lead singer. Alise has worked with such bands as Black Eyed Rose, American Banded and Crow Party; and spent ten years in Las Vegas fronting the band Wildhearts. Check ‘em out on January 29 at Pineapple Jacks and Feb. 12 at Pub 511. www.freewebs.com/3peace

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