Punk Rockers, Porn Stars, Born Losers, and Other Thanksgiving Weekend Cheap Thrills

Porn star Priya Rai will be in attendance at Club Silver tonight.

​Unless you happen to be some hermit living by yourself in a Hoarders house, chances are good that you'll be hanging out with your friends and family sometime during the next few days.

But instead of sipping and supping with dear Aunt Mary or crazy Uncle Bob over the Thanksgiving weekend, consider this proposition: drinking and dancing with a pulchritudinous porn star. More specifically, Indo-Pakistani adult film star Priya Rai, who will the guest of honor at tonight's Pre-Thanksgiving Safe-Sex Bash at Club Silver.

Rai, a native of India and one-time ASU student, will be lighting up the downtown Phoenix nightspot while the DJs of Surge Nights Entertainment will fill the joint with Top 40 hits.

For some of you cats, it might just be the closest you'll get to hanging out with a porn star without clutching a fistful of hundies. No that's truly something to be thankful for.

If mixing and mingling with a bodacious Bollywood babe isn't what you're looking for this Thanksgiving weekend, we've got the lowdown on nine other low-cost/no-cost events over the next five nights worth checking out. Read on for full details.

BANNED in Tempe at Stray Cat (Wednesday):
Sometimes you can go home again. To wit: über-punks Tyler King and DJ Johnny Volume are reviving their old BANNED in Tempe night for one evening only at its original location at the Stray Cat. King will resume his role slinging drinks alongside Joe Furbah, while Volume will spins up a variety of punk, ska, hardcore, and garage rock tracks. DJ LaRue and DJ Ally Cat will also perform. Old school drink specials like $1 PBRs and $3 Jägers will also be served. 9 p.m., free. (2433 E. University Dr., Tempe)

Pre-Thanksgiving Safe-Sex Bash at Club Silver (Wednesday):
DJ Dario, DJ Myth, and DJ Louie will be rocking the one's and two's all evening on the hip-hop and Latin tip, enabling y'all to get your groove on while trying to talk with Priya Rai. The $1 Budweisers and vodka drinks that will be served until 11 p.m. might provide some liquid courage. Promoters will also be handing out thousands of condoms, just in case you get a little lucky. 9 p.m., $10. (136 E. Washington St.)

Red Monkey's Work That Turkey at Chasers (Thursday):
"You won't find the DJ duo of Pete "SuperMix" Salaz and Sean Badger (a.k.a. Senbad) sleeping off a food coma or schlepping leftovers into the fridge during the evening of Thursday, November 25. Instead, these "godfathers of house music" will be spending their time blasting beats at Chasers in Scottsdale, during Red Monkey's Work That Turkey..." (read more)

Escape from Black Friday at Trunk Space (Friday):
"If holiday shopping this weekend is the last thing you want to do, check out this show at the Trunk Space on Friday. Besides loads of local indie music in the form of Dogbreath, Catbreath and Wigglepuppy (plus the Baby Aviators), there will be a pumpkin pie-eating contest in case you didn't get enough of the sweet stuff at Thanksgiving..." (read more) 7 p.m., $5. (1506 Grand Ave.)

Dream Fridays at Myst (Friday):
Speaking of Black Friday, Myst in Scottsdale will also be the place to be if all the scrambling about for shopping deals leaves you with a shortage of scrilla. Almost everything at the weekly hip-hop night will bargain-priced, including the $5 cover charge and $5 drink specials all night. As always, DJs will be spinning a variety of Top 40, R&B, and reggae. 9 p.m. (7340 E. Shoeman Ln., Scottsdale)