LITTLE ROCK — The Meat Puppets, reunited after a dozen years, will headline a show Thursday night at Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack, 107 Commerce St., Little Rock.
Ha Ha Tonka, a Springfield, Mo.-based band named for a Missouri state park, will open the allages show at 10 p.m.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 the day of the show.
Call (501) 372-7707.
In 2006, Curt Kirkwood announced he would again work with his younger brother Cris Kirkwood, who had survived heroin and crack cocaine addictions and an 18-month jail sentence for assaulting a post office security guard. The Phoenix-based Kirkwoods had not made a Meat Puppets album since No Joke! in 1995. In mid-July, the band released Rise to Your Knees, a return to the group's punk rock sound.
Ha Ha Tonka released its debut CD, Buckle in the Bible Belt, on Bloodshot Records on Sept. 11. The album features songs about meth problems in rural areas, backwoods prejudices, nationalism and rites of passage.
Singer-songwriter Kevin Kerby, formerly the front man of local band Mulehead, will perform a solo show at 9 p.m. Thursday at the White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock.
Admission is $5.
The Gougers, an Austin, Texas, band will headline at the White Water on Tuesday night. Sean Rock and the Toltecs will open the show at 10 p.m.
Admission is $5.
Call (501) 375-8400.
Cajun's Wharf, 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, will host a Halloween party at 8 p.m. Wednesday, with DJ Chucky P in charge of music.
There is no cover charge.
Call (501) 375-5351.
Costumes will be judged on originality, design, crowd appeal and the "showbiz factor" of the person wearing the costume, with a $500 grand prize.
St. Thomas' Reformed Episcopal Church, 4411 Woodlawn St., Little Rock, will present a Halloween Maniacal Metal Fest show from 6 to 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Cover charge is $10.
Call (501) 663-7708.
Ten Arkansas hard rock/metal/alternative groups will perform: PM Today, Ilia, Asteios, Kaiden, Asane Church, Strike the Choir, The Weeping Gate, Annabelle, Divine Motive and My Hands to War.
Jason Boland and the Stragglers will bring their "red dirt" music back to central Arkansas for a show Wednesday night at the Revolution Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.
The Drams and Kevin Kerby will open the show at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show.
Call (501) 823-0090.
Boland and band are touring to promote a new album, The Bourbon Legend, to be released the day of the band's Little Rock show.
Family Force 5, Jonezettaand The Secret Handshake will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rev Room.
Advance tickets to the all-ages show are $10; $12 the day of the show.
There will be a tribute to the late central Arkansas bluesman, Jimmy Davis, at 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock.
There will be no cover charge.
Call (501) 663-1196.
Sandi Patty will sing at 6 p.m. today to open the 21st season of Trinity Presents Performance Series! at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock.
Admission is free, but there is a waiting list for tickets. To get on the list, call (501) 666-2813.
The Chancel Choir of the church will join Patty, 2004 inductee into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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