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Five Best Music Events in South Florida This Week

Limelight: Sock Hop Do the sock hop! Relive the retro cool days of rock 'n' roll and old-school rhythm and blues with "octogenarian band leader," Otis Cadillac and the El Dorados R&B Revue at BaCa. With Otis Cadillac and the El Dorados R&B Revue. Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. Bailey Contemporary...

By Laurie Charles

June 23, 2015

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Limelight: Sock Hop
Do the sock hop! Relive the retro cool days of rock 'n' roll and old-school rhythm and blues with "octogenarian band leader" Otis Cadillac and the El Dorados R&B Revue at BaCa.

Otis Cadillac and the El Dorados R&B Revue. Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. Bailey Contemporary Arts, 41 NE First St., Pompano Beach; 561-654-8151; bacapompano.org. Admission is free.

Def Leppard
Def Leppard's gonna "hit [you] like a bomb." So "take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, and break it up" as one of the greatest glam metal bands of the '80s "[Pours] Some Sugar on [You]."

With Styx and Tesla. Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m. Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury's Way, West Palm Beach; 561-795-8883; ticketmaster.com. Tickets cost $25 to $125 plus fees via livenation.com.

Honey Island Swamp Band
Get your dose of "Bayou Americana" with the Honey Island Swamp Band's "country-inflected rock and New Orleans funky blues" at the Funky Biscuit.

Thursday, June 25, 8 p.m. The Funky Biscuit, 303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton; 561-395-2929; funkybiscuit.com. Tickets cost $10 to $20 plus fees via ticketfly.com. Ages 21 and up.

#beCAUSE Thursday
Party for a cause. Help the Heroines Choir continue to "improve the mind, body, and spirit of breast cancer victors and supporters" through the "healing art of singing" at Stache with fresh tunes from the Deaf Poets, Mulder, and Millionyoung, tasty grub from Vibe 305, and William Wolf Whiskey cocktails.

With Deaf Poets, Mulder, and Millionyoung (DJ set). Proceeds benefit Heroines Unite. Presented by Gummdrops and William Wolf Whiskey. Thursday, June 25, 10 p.m. Stache 1920's Drinking Den, 109 SW 2nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-449-1044; stacheftl.com. Admission costs $10. Ages 21 and up.

Turbo Fruits
Rock that penguin, squirrel, bumble bee, and elephant costume. Then get weird with Turbo Fruits as Nashville's rock 'n' roll crew tear up the stage at Propaganda with local faves Sweet Bronco, Mylo Ranger, and Ratsmouth.

With Sweet Bronco, Mylo Ranger, and Ratsmouth. Presented by Purehoney Magazine. Friday, June 26, 8 p.m. Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth; 561-547-7273; propagandalw.com. Admission costs $7.

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