Pop 40 turns The Shag Room's velvet-and-candlelight lounge into a stage for the songs everyone knows the words to, whether they admit it or not. Expect a set list built from the biggest pop hits — the kind of hooks that have soundtracked road trips, breakups, and dance floors for decades — delivered live by a band that clearly enjoys playing them as much as the crowd enjoys hearing them. The room itself does a lot of the work too: sunken conversation pits, curtained booths, and that Studio 54-meets-Moroccan-den atmosphere make it feel less like a concert and more like a really good party someone let you crash.

Since there's no cover, it's an easy one to wander into after dinner at Commons Club, cocktail in hand, ready to sing along under low light with strangers who are doing the same thing.