Oh, Canada! This week Connecticut gets visits from the Winnipeg-rooted folk act The Wailin’ Jennys , Quebec’s trad folk ensemble Le Vent du Nord and avant-rock instrumentalist Godspeed You! Black Emperor . Next week, the Montreal-based international theater circus sensation Cirque du Soleil brings its holiday show “Twas the Night Before..
.” to the Oakdale Theatre. In other themes, this week begins and ends with cool drag shows, “Dish & Divas” featuring Teresa Giudice and “A Drag Queen Christmas,” and two acts feature established musicians who happen to be children of famous musicians ( Amy Helm , The Brubeck Brothers ).
It’s a wide-ranging arts week. Savor it, because soon it will be all Christmas shows. The Real Housewife, cookbook author and “Celebrity Apprentice” veteran joins local drag performers at their Oakdale Dome “Dish & Divas” series on Nov.
17 at noon and 3 p.m. $76.
concerts.livenation.com .
The well-established New Jersey deathcore act Fit for an Autopsy is at Toad’s Place with Bodysnatcher, Distant, Sylosis and Judiciary. There’s a new “Fit for an Autopsy” album, “The Nothing That Is.” Nov.
17 at 6:30 p.m. $20-$38.
50. toadsplace.com .
The singer/songwriter (and daughter of The Band drummer Levon Helm) has a new album out, “Silver City.” Nov. 17 at 7 p.
m. $50. thekate.
org . Eric Gales, the blues guitarist also known as Raw Dawg, has been playing since he was 4 years old and is now 50. He’s at Infinity Hall Hartford on .