Friday night, classic rock, and a patio bar in Bethel. The formula does not need much improving.

Black Rock Blues play Notch8 Bar & Grill for the evening, working the classic rock catalog. Notch8 books live music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the show runs on the patio when the weather cooperates and moves inside when it does not.

Make a night of it. The kitchen turns out wood-fired pizza, burgers, wings and smoked barbecue, and the bar carries 24 draft beers alongside craft cocktails, wine, seltzers and ciders. Pizza runs later than the rest of the kitchen on weekends.

Good to know. Music from 8 to 11 p.m. at 1 Front Street in Bethel. Notch8 does not publish a cover charge — call ahead if you want to confirm before you go.