Jon Shain, winner of the 2019 International Blues Challenge, hosts some of the area’s finest singer-songwriters at his annual Pre-Turkey Day Benefit Jam. Proceeds from the show will go to The Interfaith Council for Social Services and the Play It Forward Scholarship Fund.

All the artists, the promoter and the theater staff and facility are donating their time and money toward the show.

This year’s show will feature a bounty of the area’s popular and talented musicians in two songwriter-in-the-round sets.

Nov. 16, 8 p.m. $20-$25. The Cary Theater, 122 E. Chatham St., Cary. sixstringpresents.com