Friday, May 13

On Friday afternoon, there’s a celebration of National Train Day planned at Bank of Fayetteville’s train branch. Local songwriter Willi Goehring will be performing train songs at the celebration, set for 11:30 a.m.

Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere festival continues on Friday night with a couple performances. At 7 p.m., Circa’s Carnival of the Animals will take the stage at Baum Walker Hall. After that, a part indie music concert/part performance poetry/part history lesson about bicycles called Spin will begin at 8 p.m. in the newly remodeled Starr Theatre.

Local company TheatreSquared will perform a brand new show this weekend. Murder for Two opened with a sold-out preview performance on Thursday night, and will officially debut on Friday at Nadine Baum Studios. Get tickets.

There’s plenty of music to check out as well. Locals Vintage Pistol are at Nomad’s, Mudhawk are at Smoke & Barrel, and there’s lots more below.

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Full list

Friday, May 6

12:00 pm	Arkansas Crystal Showcase Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
5:00 pm	Pecha Kucha 05 Modus Studio	Community
6:00 pm	Farmer and the Markets Whole Foods Market	Music
6:00 pm	Fayetteville Jazz Collective / Mudhawk George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
7:00 pm	Amber & Emma Locals 479	Music
7:00 pm	Artosphere: Circa’s Carnival of the Animals Walton Arts Center	Performance
7:00 pm	Dalton Richmond / AttA / <3STEIN Ryleigh’s	Music
7:00 pm	Greg Sherman and Friends Arsaga’s at The Depot	Music
7:00 pm	Paper Jam La Huerta Mexican Restaurant	Music
7:00 pm	Russ Hutchison Core Public House	Music
7:00 pm	Scott Young Foghorn’s on Green Acres	Music
7:00 pm	The Old Fashioned Mojo’s Pints & Pies	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Murder for Two Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Art Prom! Backspace	Art
8:00 pm	Artosphere: SPIN Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	Vintage Pistol / 357’s Nomads Music Lounge	Music
8:30 pm	BottleRocket JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	Backroad Anthem / Dave and the Ramblers George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Butcher Babies / 9ELECTRIC / Day After Mourning JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
9:00 pm	Keith Nicholson Trio Kingfish	Music
9:00 pm	Live Salsa with Calle Soul Teatro Scarpino	Activity
10:00 pm	Mudhawk Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
10:00 pm	NO.F^CES Graduation Bash Dickson Street Social Club	Music

Saturday, May 14

The Farmers’ Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings in Fayetteville. Everybody knows that.

Also on Saturday, the second annual Square to Square ride will take off from the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, and make its way toward Lawrence Plaza on the Bentonville Square. Finishers of the 32 mile ride will receive a t-shirt, pint glass, and commemorative medal. There will also be Artosphere Trail Mix concerts set up along the way.

University of Arkansas commencement is on Saturday on campus, and that means that all the restaurants in the downtown area are gonna be crazy busy.

There’s lots of good music in town as well. Excellent Joplin-based rock band Me Like Bees is back in town for a show at George’s with Randall Shreve and the Devilles and Surf De Soleil.

Also in rock, locals Ten High will headline a four-band bill at Backspace, and Fort Smith electronic outfit Fractal Sky will perform at Ryleigh’s.

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Full list

7:00 am	Saturday Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:15 am	Melody Pond Lake Fayetteville	Music
10:00 am	Nature Photography with Bob Lyons Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
10:30 am	Arts Live Showcase – Romeo and Juliet Fayetteville Public Library	Performance
12:00 pm	Garden Party Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Murder for Two Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
5:00 pm	School of Rock performs The Beatles JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
6:00 pm	Northwest Arkansas Heart Ball John Q. Hammons Center	Fundraiser
7:00 pm	3 Speed ChckN Foghorn’s on Green Acres
7:00 pm	Scott Young On the Mark Sports Bar & Grill	Music
7:30 pm	Comedians NWA: Southtown Comedy Show Nomads Music Lounge	Comedy
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Murder for Two Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Silent Waits The Archer / Consumers JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
8:30 pm	Farmer and the Markets Fayetteville Square	Music
8:30 pm	Take Cover JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	American Lions Kingfish	Music
9:00 pm	Fiawna Forte Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	Me Like Bees / Surf De Soleil / Randall Shreve and the DeVilles George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Ten High / Strangefellas / Piss Shivers / Austin Cash Backspace	Music
10:00 pm	Fractal Sky / Ryan Viser / Jank Hill Ryleigh’s	Music

Sunday, May 15

One of the signature events of Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere Festival is happening Sunday. Their Trail Mix series of concerts along Fayetteville’s Frisco Trail begins at 3 p.m. Performers include Paula Fuga, The Barefoot Movement and others. It’s free to attend.

The Ben Miller Band is back in town with their new-ish lineup. The band recently added the members of Tyrannosaurus Chicken to create a supergroup of sorts, and they’ll be at George’s on Sunday night showing off their new skillz. Here’s ticket info.

Also Sunday night, The Artist’s Laboratory Theatre will be back at Maxine’s to perform their popular All You Need to Know variety show. The subject this month is bicycles. Also, there’s no cover.

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Full list:

10:30 am	NWA Songwriters Circle Nomads Music Lounge	Music
12:00 pm	Bike to Baum Dickson Street	Activity
2:00 pm	Arts Live Theatre: The Boxcar Children Arts Live Theatre	Performance
2:00 pm	Sotheby’s Super Southern Social Lalaland Gallery	Art
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Murder for Two Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
3:00 pm	Artosphere Festival Trail Mix: Frisco Trail Dickson Street	Art
3:00 pm	NWA Readers Without Borders Book Discussion Fayetteville Public Library	Literary
4:00 pm	Artosphere: The Okee Dokee Brothers Walton Arts Center	Performance
5:00 pm	School of Rock performs Best of the 90’s JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
6:30 pm	All You Need to Know Show: Bicycle Maxine’s Tap Room	Performance
8:30 pm	Roughhouse Variety Show Backspace	Performance
9:00 pm	Ben Miller Band George’s Majestic Lounge	Music