Friday, March 10

Classic 80s film Dirty Dancing now has a stage version, and the tour is in Fayetteville this weekend for a run at Walton Arts Center. Here’s more info.

Music-wise, there’s an EDM show at George’s with ill.Gates, and Smoke & Barrel has Tennessee Country act Urban Pioneers along with Central Arkansas band, Whole Famn Damily.

Beer-wise, local brewery Fossil Cove will celebrate the return of their Hoppy Wheat beer to the seasonal lineup with a release party featuring live music by High Lonesome.

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Full list

3:00 pm	Contemporary Southeastern Indian art reception UA campus	Art
6:00 pm	Fetts Folly JJ’s on Dickson	Music
6:00 pm	Full House / The Odds George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:00 pm	Jane Blunschi reading Nightbird Books	Literary
7:00 pm	Hoppy Wheat release party Fossil Cove Brewing	Beer
7:00 pm	Sierra Star / Wavy Davy Bear’s Place	Music
7:00 pm	Trouble in The Streets Stage 18	Music
7:30 pm	Etienne Charles Creole Soul Walton Arts Center	Music
7:30 pm	Greg Burroughs Dickson Street Pub	Music
7:30 pm	To Gillian on her 37th Birthday Arts Center of the Ozarks	Performance
8:00 pm	Dirty Dancing Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	Josiah Cloud Core Public House	Music
8:00 pm	Southtown Comedy Showcase Nomads Music Lounge	Comedy
8:00 pm	The Old Fashioned Mojo’s Pints & Pies	Music
8:00 pm	The Too’s Black Apple Crossing	Music
9:00 pm	ill.Gates George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Urban Pioneers / Whole Fam Damily Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
10:30 pm	Wes Hart JJ’s on Dickson	Music

Saturday, March 11

Wanna see some improv? Local troupe Phunbags is back in action with a performance set for the new(ish) Stage 18 venue on Center Street.

Music-wise, there’s a huge show at George’s with Cold War Kids, That 1 Guy is back in town for a show at Cannibal & Craft, and Rochelle Bradshw & Hypnotion will perform at Smoke & Barrel.

There’s plenty more below. Click around down there for more info.

Full list:

9:00 am	Fayetteville Farmers’ Market (indoor) Ozark Natural Foods	Community
9:00 am	Spring Book Sale Fayetteville Public Library	Fundraiser
10:00 am	Practice Ride for Square 2 Square Bicycle Ride Walker Park	Activity
10:30 am	Land of the Silver Birch – Singalong and storytime Museum of Native American History
10:30 am	Super Saturday: Royal Readers Fayetteville Public Library	Family
12:30 pm	Tibetan Film Festival St. Paul’s Episcopal Church	Community
2:00 pm	Dirty Dancing Walton Arts Center	Performance
3:00 pm	Free concert: Light and Shadows Fayetteville Public Library	Performance
6:00 pm	Art reception for Monica Moore Local Color Studio Gallery	Art
6:00 pm	The Taylors Core Public House	Music
7:00 pm	Open Mic Nomads Music Lounge	Music
7:30 pm	Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Dickson Street Pub	Music
7:30 pm	To Gillian on her 37th Birthday Arts Center of the Ozarks	Performance
8:00 pm	Dirty Dancing Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	FDA Winter League party and DJ Mojo’s Pints & Pies	Music
8:00 pm	Phunbags Comedy Improv Stage 18	Comedy
8:30 pm	Morgan Squared JJ’s Grill	Music
8:30 pm	Take Cover JJ’s on Dickson	Music
9:00 pm	Amulets / The Phlegms / Austin Cash Ensemble / Hysteresis Backspace	Music
9:00 pm	Cold War Kids / Middle Kids George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Rochelle Bradshaw & Hypnotion Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	That 1 Guy Cannibal & Craft	Music

Sunday, March 12

The annual Highway 71 Classic Bike ride is set for Sunday morning. It’s a fun group bike ride, and it benefits the local bicycle coalition. It starts at 9 a.m. at Walker Park. Here’s more info.

There’s a Buffalo River benefit at George’s Majestic Lounge on Sunday night featuring great New Orleans Zydeco band, Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots.

Also Sunday night, the masked men behind Daikaiju will be melting faces once again at Smoke & Barrel Tavern.

At Maxine’s, local supergroup Isayah’s All Stars will perform at around 7 p.m. As always, there is no cover.

Full list:

9:00 am	Highway 71 Classic bike ride Walker Park	Activity
2:00 pm	Dirty Dancing Walton Arts Center	Performance
2:00 pm	Local author Nancy Hartney Fayetteville Public Library	Literary
2:00 pm	Songwriter’s Circle Nomads Music Lounge	Music
3:00 pm	Victor James Dougherty Pumpkin Ridge Drive	Fundraiser
6:00 pm	Buffalo River benefit w/ Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
7:00 pm	Isayah’s All Stars Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
8:00 pm	Witchsister / Glass Mansions The Syc House	Music
9:00 pm	Daikaiju Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	Mental Scrap / Staghorn Backspace	Music