1 75TH FAIR
Prepare for music, wild rides, livestock and fried everything as the Arkansas State Fair celebrates its 75th year Friday-Oct. 19 at the State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard St. This year's fair will include a parade through downtown Little Rock at 10 a.m. Saturday as well as the usual foods and entertainment, with music headliners Travis Tritt, George Thorogood, Jagged Edge and REO Speedwagon. Advance admission is $5.99, $2.99 for ages 6-12 and 60 and older. Ride wristbands are $22. Admission at the gate is $10 and $5. Parking is $5. There are additional fees for special shows and VIP concert seating. Call (501) 372-8341 or visit arkansasstatefair.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 2ND FRIDAY ART
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Center for Arkansas History and Culture salutes the Man in Black with "Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon," Friday-Jan. 24 at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' galleries, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Opening night will feature a special reception as part of 2nd Friday Art Night, 5-8 p.m. Admission is free and regular gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call (501) 320-5790 or visit butlercenter.org.
• In conjunction with the exhibit and also part of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Artspree series, the W.S. Holland Band -- "Fluke" Holland was Cash's longtime drummer -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free. Jeff Coleman and the Feeders open the show at 6:45 p.m. Call (501) 569-8993.
3 29TH BLUES FESTIVAL
It's three days and five stages packed with blues as Helena-West Helena welcomes the King Biscuit Blues Festival through Saturday. Stages spread along Cherry Street downtown will feature Guitar Shorty, Delbert McClinton and James Cotton among many others. Admission wristbands are $30 for one day, $50 for three days. Call (870) 572-5223 or visit kingbiscuitfestival.com.
4 7 GRAMMYS
And speaking of James Cotton, the blues harmonica legend, with seven Grammy Awards on his mantelpiece, will perform at 7 p.m. today in the Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The concert kicks off the "Live! at Wildwood" series. Tickets are $35 (with discounts for students and groups), $75 VIP, which includes a post-show reception and preferred seating. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
5 23RD FILM FESTIVAL
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, James Keach's documentary about Campbell's 2011 final concert tour after his announcement that he has Alzheimer's disease, opens the the 23rd annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival at 6:15 p.m. Friday at the Arlington Hotel, 239 Central Ave., Hot Springs. In conjunction with the film, there will be a pre-screening champagne and popcorn reception at 5:30, a post-screening question-and-answer session with the filmmakers (at which members of Campbell's family will perform songs from the film) and an after-party. Opening night tickets are $25. Scheduled to attend the festival, continuing through Oct. 19, are actors George Takei, Joey Lauren Adams and Tess Harper; actor-director Luke Wilson; former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis; producer/director Harry Thomason; and illusionist James " The Amazing" Randi. General admission to most films is $5; festival passes range from $50 for students to $200 for VIPs. One-day passes are $20. A complete schedule and more details are available at hsdfi.org.
6 MASS NO. 10
The Arkansas Chamber Singers, with players from the Arkansas Symphony, will perform Franz Joseph Haydn's Mass No. 10 in C major, Mass in Time of War (sometimes also called the "Paukenmesse" or "Kettledrum Mass" for the composer's use of timpani) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Road, Little Rock. Soloists are Leanne Hatley, soprano; Suzanne Loerch, alto; Matt Newman, tenor; and Stephen Edds, bass. Also on the program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Regina Coeli, K. 276, with soloists Lis Geoghegan, soprano; Teresa Balloun, alto; Jordan Bennett, tenor; and Tim Bartlett, bass. John Erwin conducts. Tickets are $22, $15 senior citizens, $10 students in advance; $25 and $20 at the door. Call (501) 377-1121 or visit AR-ChamberSingers.org.
7 200-300 BRATS
All the brew and sausages you can eat are on the menu at the sixth annual Beers & Brats, 5:30-7:30 p.m. today on the north lawn of MacArthur Park, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Singer-songwriter Mark Currey will perform. Tickets are $15, $10 age 13-20, $7 ages 6-12, free for children 5 and younger. Proceeds benefit upkeep and improvements at the park. Call (501) 375-0121 or visit macarthurparklr.com.
8 51ST WEINFEST
Drink a toast to Bacchus and the mighty grapes as Wiederkehr Village in Franklin County presents its 51st annual Weinfest, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday. The Tyrolean-theme festival includes wine cellar tours, arts and crafts exhibits, grape stomp, conga line, sing-along, contests and performances. Most events are free. Call (800) 622-9463 or visit wiederkehrwines.com.
9 22ND SEASON
The Little Rock Wind Symphony opens its 22nd season with a concert titled "Energy and Reflection" at 7:30 p.m. today at Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Timothy Oliver, director of bands and coordinator of wind and percussion studies at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro who is a candidate for the music director position, will conduct a program that includes an arrangement of "La Virgen de la Macarena" featuring trumpet soloist Christopher Wilson, plus Esprit de Corps by Robert Jager; Divertimento for Band by Vincent Persichetti; "Intermezzo" from An Original Suite by Gordon Jacob; and "Apollo Unleashed" from the Symphony No. 2 by Frank Ticheli. Tickets are $10, $8 senior citizens, free for students. Call (501) 666-0777 or visit lrwindsymphony.org.
10 61ST SEASON
The Apollo Chamber Players -- Matthew Detrick and Anabel Ramirez, violin; Whitney Bullock, viola; and Matthew Dudzik, cello -- will open the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock's 61st season with a program that explores the relationship between Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and black American composers Henry Burleigh and Little Rock native Florence Beatrice Price, 7:30 p.m. today in the Parish Hall, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1100 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. The centerpiece will be Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12 in F major, "American." Tickets are $30, free for students. Call (501) 944-0145, email chambermusiclr@gmail.com or visit ChamberMusicLR.com.
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