Friday, Aug. 26

There’s a big hip hop show at Ryleigh’s on Friday night. Gift of Gab, aka Timothy Parker, aka half of the hip-hop duo Blackalicious, will perform at the venue along with Landon Wordswell and Galaxy Tour Guides. Tickets are $17.

Fayetteville Roots Festival continues on Friday, with main stage headliners Amy Helm, Peter Rowan, and Old Crow Medicine Show at Fayetteville Town Center, and blues-woman Samantha Fish with Little Rock band Amasa Hines at George’s. There are also free shows at Maxine’s Tap Room with Skinny Gypsies and at Kingfish with Cutty Rye.

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Full list

9:00 am	Dig In! Food & Farming Festival Fayetteville Public Library	Community
12:00 pm	Roots Fest: Ozarks At Large Live Fayetteville Public Library
2:00 pm	Fayetteville Roots Festival Fayetteville Town Center	Music
7:00 pm	Doc Tucker Mojo’s Pints & Pies	Music
7:00 pm	Josh McClard Band Foghorn’s on 15th	Music
7:00 pm	Vince Turner Foghorn’s on Green Acres	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: All the Way Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
7:30 pm	Wes Hart / Ouachita River Band JJ’s Grill	Music
8:00 pm	Fayetteville Square Dance Backspace	Activity
8:00 pm	Justin Driggers Band Nomads Music Lounge	Music
8:30 pm	Laugh Track and Field UA campus	Comedy
8:30 pm	Luna Jamboree Dickson Street Pub	Music
9:00 pm	Gift of Gab / Landon Wordswell / Galaxy Tour Guides / J1S Ryleigh’s	Music
9:00 pm	Matt Smith Group Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	Roots Fest: Cutty Rye Kingfish	Music
9:30 pm	Roots Fest: Drunken Hearts / Samantha Fish / Amasa Hines George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	Back to School Foam Party JR’s Lightbulb Club	Activity
10:00 pm	Roots Fest: Skinny Gypsies Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
11:00 pm	Roots Fest: Birds of Chicago / Raina Rose Old Post Office	Music
11:00 pm	Roots Fest: Tow’rs Chancellor Hotel	Music

Saturday, Aug. 27

Grub’s is turning 15 this week, and they’re celebrating with a free Barrett Baber concert, and a fundraiser for the Miller McNeil Woodruff foundation. The fun starts at 5 p.m., and the concert will begin at around 10:15 p.m. Here’s more info.

There’s also plenty of Fayetteville Roots Festival fun to be had. Here’s our full guide, and here’s info on free events associated with the festival. Headliners at Fayetteville Town Center on Saturday include The Shook Twins, Milk Carton Kids, and songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov with an 8-piece ensemble from SoNA.

There’s likely to be some Roots Festival magic at George’s on Saturday night as well. Songwriter Amy Helm, daughter of the legendary Levon Helm, will be performing with Earl & Them featuring Earl Cate of the Cate Brothers.

We’re hoping some of the national talent in town for the Roots Festival this weekend wanders into Maxine’s on Saturday night to experience the talent of locals Arkansauce. They’re playing a free show there, and they’re incredible.

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Full list

7:00 am	Saturday Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:30 am	Dig In! Food & Farming Festival Fayetteville Public Library	Community
9:00 am	Aim for Advocacy Sporting Clay Event Gunsmoke Sporting Clays	Fundraiser
9:00 am	Fayetteville Roots Festival Fayetteville Town Center	Music
10:00 am	Roots Fest: Various artists Fayetteville Public Library	Music
11:00 am	Roots Fest: Chef Cook Off Fayetteville Square	Community
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: All the Way Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
3:00 pm	Roots Fest: “At The Fork” screening Fayetteville Public Library	Community
5:00 pm	Grub’s 15 Year Anniversary Party Grubs Bar and Grille	Sponsor
7:00 pm	Last Saturday Fayetteville Ryleigh’s	Performance
7:00 pm	Pat Ryan Key Foghorn’s on 15th	Music
7:00 pm	Roots Fest: Joe Purdy / John Moreland / Ryan Pickop Old Post Office	Music
7:00 pm	Sierra Scott Foghorn’s on Green Acres	Music
7:30 pm	Rozenbridge / Mark Shields & Good Co. JJ’s Grill	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: All the Way Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Paperweight / Local Eyes / Diamond State / Better On Paper Nomads Music Lounge	Music
8:00 pm	Phunbags Comedy Improv Post on Block	Comedy
9:00 pm	Hawtmess / Spirit Cuntz / Lush Workers Backspace	Music
9:00 pm	Scorned JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
10:00 pm	Big Still River Ryleigh’s	Music
10:00 pm	Roots Fest: Arkansauce Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
10:00 pm	Roots Fest: Drunken Hearts Kingfish	Music
10:00 pm	Roots Fest: Various artists George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
11:00 pm	Roots Fest: MC Hansen Chancellor Hotel	Music

Sunday, Aug. 28

Remember when someone set up a 1,000-foot-long slip-and-slide on Dickson Street last year? Well, it’s happening again on Sunday. The second annual Dickson Street Slide, benefiting local non-profit Soldier On Service Dogs, starts at 9 a.m.. Here’s ticket information.

There are actually some tickets available to the Sunday main stage at Fayetteville Roots Festival at Fayetteville Town Center, and just look at the lineup. Headliners include John Moreland, Hayes Carll, and Shovels & Rope.

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Full list:

9:00 am	Dickson Street Slide Dickson Street	Activity
10:00 am	Roots Fest: MC Hansen / J Wagner Greenhouse Grille	Music
10:30 am	Dig In! Food & Farming Festival Fayetteville Public Library	Community
12:00 pm	Roots Fest: Tow’rs Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
1:00 pm	Fayetteville Roots Festival Fayetteville Town Center	Music
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: All the Way Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
3:30 pm	Roots Fest: “At The Fork” screening Fayetteville Public Library	Community
9:00 pm	Rocky Bottom String Band Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	Roots Fest: Crescent City Combo Maxine’s Tap Room	Music