Saturday, Jan. 27

If you’ve ever wanted to get your hands on a luxury leather bag from local designer Molly Spittal’s brand the Stowe at an unbeatable price, now’s your chance to pick up a new favourite piece at today’s sample sale at Espace POP — there will be samples, seconds and previous season stock at discounts of 50 to 80 per cent off. 5587 Parc, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., free

Brooklyn “noise pop” duo Sleigh Bells is playing l’Astral with openers Pelada. Check out our interview with one half of the band, Alexis Krauss, about their latest album Kid Kruschev and more. 305 Ste-Catherine W., 8;30 p.m., $29.50/$34.25 advance, $33/$37.75

Following some fanfare with local anglo and franco crowds with his record Solitudes, Montreal singer-songwriter Matt Holubowski is playing a gig in a church in Ste-Thérèse tonight. Opening is Toronto’s Mappe Of. Eglise Ste-Thérèse d’Avila (6 de l’Eglise), 8 p.m., $35

DJ Parka Pat moves his long-running Mod Club night to North Star, bringing his sweet ’60s sides (of soul, R&B, garage, psych, yéyé and go-go and more) along with him. 3908 St-Laurent, 10 p.m., free

Check out the first edition of Howl at Blizzarts, where DJs le Laitier, Danica and Boogieman promise “an enlightened club experience,” with house and dancehall sounds and art installations and projections. 3956A St-Laurent, 10 p.m., price unlisted

Montreal performer and DJ J. Ellise Barbara hosts the first edition of their brand-new Shemale Reprezent party series at la Sala Rossa as part of this week’s Lux Magna festival, featuring a line-up completely composed of trans women of colour headlined by Brooklyn’s Jasmine Infiniti, with Toronto’s Coco Supreme and Philly’s Precolumbian rounding things out. 4848 St-Laurent, 10 p.m., $10

A Green Evening With Mike Rita and Friends features Toronto comic Mike Rita in a 420-friendly evening that also features local comics Reese Turner, Chris Venditto, Quinn McMorrow, Shirley Whalen, Viveth K. and Tyler Brody Stein. Walter J. Lyng hosts. The Art Loft (Rachel / St-Laurent, see FB event for more info), 10:30 p.m., $10 (includes one raffle ticket to win a vaporizer from local manufacturer Inhalater)

For more music events, see our Event Listings. Art Listings can be found here.

For more concert recommendations, see this week’s edition of Hammer of the Mods.