Hi Heath,
Thanks for checking out our plugins!
Events Calendar Pro supports recurring events with the ability to exclude certain dates, which should provide the “blackout” functionality your client is looking for. Event Tickets Plus allows tickets to be sold on events, however it does not currently support tickets for recurring events. Technically, you can add tickets to a recurring event, but it will be the same ticket on each event. So if a user added a ticket for a recurring event on May 10th and May 15th, that ticket will show up in the cart with a quantity of 2, not two separate tickets for those dates.
A possible solution would be to set multiple recurring events (say one for the weekdays and one for the weekend), and then you could add separate tickets to each (allowing you to charge different prices for weekdays and weekends).
We do offer a full refund within 30 days of purchase, so feel free to test our plugins out and see if they will work for your client!
Thanks,
Jennifer