Friday, April 29

How about starting the weekend with an art show? Local Color Studio Gallery, located at 275 Archibald Yell Blvd., will host a show featuring up-and-coming artists from Fayetteville High School on Friday night. Here’s a bit more info.

There’s a great sounding rock show at Smoke & Barrel Tavern on Friday night, with locals Pagiins and Ten High teaming up with excellent Little Rock Bands Bombay Harambee and The Uh Huhs for the evening. Here’s a Facebook Event that includes Bandcamp links for all four bands.

There’s a square dance at Backspace if anyone feels like shaking a leg, old tyme-style.

At George’s, songwriter and Fayetteville regular Corey Smith is back in town for a show, with fellow songster, Rob Baird.

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Full list

6:00 pm	Arkansas softball vs. LSU Bogle Park	Sports
6:00 pm	Full House George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:00 pm	Up and Coming Artists Local Color Studio Gallery	Art
6:30 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Texas A&M Baum Stadium	Sports
7:00 pm	Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Octet Walton Arts Center	Music
7:00 pm	Scott Young Foghorn’s on Green Acres	Music
7:00 pm	Spotlight Talks – Dr. Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
8:00 pm	April Square Dance Backspace	Activity
8:00 pm	Teni Butler – Chords for a Cause Mama Carmen’s Espresso Cafe	Community
8:00 pm	Woody & Sunshine Core Public House	Music
8:30 pm	David Bright Band Kingfish	Music
8:30 pm	Harvey Stone Band JJ’s Grill	Music
8:30 pm	The Iridium Complex / Dissonant Possession / Escape / BKR Nomads Music Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Octet Walton Arts Center	Music
9:00 pm	Corey Smith / Rob Baird George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	Bombay Harambee / Pagiins / Ten High / The Uh Huhs Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
10:00 pm	Ozark Travelers Ryleigh’s	Music

Saturday, April 30

There’s an pretty cool-sounding event at Wilson Park on Saturday. A Kite Festival is planned at the park beginning at 11 a.m. The event is being sponsored by the Hindu Students Association U of A, and a $15 ticket includes Indian food. It’s free for UA students. Here’s more info.

If you like drinking with your dog, you’ve probably already got tickets to the 5th annual Dickson St. Pup Crawl. Here’s a bit more info on that.

It’s a big day for music in Fayetteville as well. The University of Arkansas will host their second annual Springtime of Youth Music Festival on Saturday night, featuring Diplo, Moxie Raia, Brother Moses, Børns, Kevin Gates, and Trey O’Dell at Washington County Fairgrounds. Here’s more info.

SoNA is performing at the WAC, actor/musician Gary Sinise and his band The Lt. Dan Band will be at the AMP for a show Saturday night, and there are some good local rock shows at Backspace and Smoke & Barrel Tavern (see below).

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Full list

7:00 am	Saturday Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:00 am	BGO 2016 Plant Sale Botanical Garden of the Ozarks	Community
10:30 am	Super Saturday: Spring Artsy Crafty Fayetteville Public Library	Family
11:00 am	Kite Festival Wilson Park	Activity
11:00 am	MDA fundraiser w/ Barrett Baber and more UA campus	Fundraiser
12:00 pm	Lost Forty Brewing Tap Takeover Whole Foods Market	Beer
1:00 pm	Gallery Conversation – Portraits of Hamilton Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
1:00 pm	Native American Student Association Powwow Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena	Activity
2:00 pm	5th Annual Dickson St Pup Crawl Dickson Street	Activity
2:00 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Texas A&M Baum Stadium	Sports
2:00 pm	Dickson Street Spring Fling Dickson Street	Beer
4:00 pm	Springtime of Youth Music Festival Washington County Fairgrounds	Music
5:00 pm	Meet the Painters Heartwood Gallery	Art
6:00 pm	Arkansas softball vs. LSU Bogle Park	Sports
6:00 pm	Swing at Mama C’s Mama Carmen’s Espresso Cafe	Activity
7:00 pm	Route 358 Foghorn’s on Green Acres	Music
7:00 pm	Whiskey Grin Foghorn’s on 15th	Music
7:30 pm	Last Saturday April: Jim Goza, Amy Gillham, Martin Callen, and The Hudson Outfit Fayetteville Underground	Community
7:30 pm	SoNA Masterworks III: Glory & Grandeur Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band / Barrett Baber Walmart AMP	Music
8:30 pm	Eric Clapton Tribute Kingfish	Music
8:30 pm	The Odds JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	Bik Fliqqr / Auric / Construction of Light Backspace	Music
9:00 pm	Hip-Hop HEAT JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
10:00 pm	Cosmic American / Helen Kelter Skelter Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
10:00 pm	Gravity Feed Ryleigh’s	Music

Sunday, May 1

Maxine’s Tap Room will celebrate May Day with live music by Joplin-based band, The Toos. Here’s a bit more info.

National Bike Month events in Fayetteville kick off on Sunday with a Bike To Baum event from Dickson Street to Baum Stadium for the Arkansas / Texas A&M Game. Here’s more, including several other cycling events planned to celebrate National Bike Month.

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Full list:

12:00 pm	Bike to Baum Dickson Street	Activity
12:00 pm	Tyler Johnson Nomads Music Lounge	Music
1:00 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Texas A&M Baum Stadium	Sports
1:00 pm	Arkansas softball vs. LSU Bogle Park	Sports
1:00 pm	Caleb Martin Terra Studios	Music
2:00 pm	The Dream Goes On: the Legacy of Henrietta Holcomb Fayetteville Public Library	Community
2:30 pm	Fulbright Brass Quintet Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall	Performance
3:00 pm	UA concert Band & Symphonic Band Faulkner Performing Arts Center	Performance
7:00 pm	The Toos Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
8:00 pm	Isayah’s All Stars / Danny Mullen George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
11:00 pm	Trumann Rail Boys Ryleigh’s	Music