"Flying for the Night," a benefit for Dianne Archer Read of Nightflying magazine, will be held at Another Round Pub, beginning at 6 p.m. today. Read has been recuperating following the amputation of her left foot.
Area musicians have rallied to help her and husband, publisher Peter Read. Participating musicians include Greasy Gravy, Deltatones, Hi Balls, Kyndryd Spyryts, Stella Luss, Joe Pitts Band, Mike Mayberry, Weakness for Blondes, John Calvin Brewer Band and Tyrannosaurus Chicken.
Donations will be accepted.
Another Round Pub, 12111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 313-2612, facebook.com/AnotherRoundPub
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That Arkansas Weather will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday at South on Main. The band combines jazz, soul, funk, rhythm and blues and hip-hop influences. Admission is $10.
South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock, (501) 244-9660, southonmain.com
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The Lyon College Pipe Band will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater for a Celtic cultural celebration to mark St. Patrick's Day. Based at Lyon College in Batesville, the band performs traditional Scottish bagpipe music and also features guitars, accordions, uilleann pipes, singers and Scottish and Irish dancers.
Admission is free. The concert is a part of the Arkansas Sounds series.
Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 918-3033, arkansassounds.org
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Stellar Way will perform a jazz/funk show at 9:30 p.m. today at the White Water Tavern.
The central Arkansas band consists of Tyndall Jackson, Robert Frisbee Coleman, Cliff "Drummerboy" Aaron and Bruce Hurley Johnson. Jackson and Johnson are graduates of the Berklee College of Music and Coleman is program director for Ernie Biggs of Little Rock.
Admission is $5.
Bombay Harambee will host a show to debut the band's new seven-inch (aka 45) record at 10 p.m. Friday, and the show will open with sets by Faux Ferocious, from Nashville, Tenn., and Ghost Bones, a Hot Springs band that won this year's Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase on Saturday.
Admission is $5.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
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Whitechapel, More Than Sparrows and Abandon the Artifice will play, starting at 8 p.m. today at Juanita's. Admission is $15.
X Ambassadors, Cruisr, My Brother My Friend and The Federalis will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $8.
Juanita's, 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-1228, juanitas.com
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Country crooner Roger Creager returns to the Rev Room for a show Friday. Brandon Lay will open the 9 p.m. show. Admission is $15.
Metal band Snakedriver will perform, along with opening acts Apothecary and Lifer, at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $6 for those ages 21 and over, $8 for those under age 21.
Revolution Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
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Lucious Spiller & Friends will perform from 9 p.m. to midnight today at The Afterthought. Admission is $5.
Goodtime Ramblers will play from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Admission is $7.
The Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196, afterthoughtbistroandbar.com
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Big Stack will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Thirst-N-Howl and on Saturday, Rip Van Shizzle will perform at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Thirst-N-Howl, 14710 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 379-8189, thirst-n-howl.com
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Point Blank, a band from Tallahassee, Fla., will headline the show at 9 p.m. today at Vino's, with opening acts Inrage and Terminal Nation. Admission is $5.
Blackhole, from Joplin, Mo., will headline an 8 p.m. Saturday show, which will also feature opening acts No x Thanks, Raw Head and Dead Weight. Admission is $5.
Five acts will perform at the 7 p.m. Sunday show: Chuckie Campbell & The Phaction, Fresh Kils, G-Premacy, Justin Booth and Dylan Jackson. Admission is $5.
Vino's, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8466, vinosbrewpub.com
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The Giving Tree Band will perform, along with opening act Old Salt Union, at 9 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
White Reaper will perform Saturday at 9 p.m. Admission is $7.
The Last Bison will perform Sunday; the 8 p.m. show will open with Cereus Bright. Admission is $8.
Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707 or stickyz.com
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Maxine's in Hot Springs will present three bands at 9 p.m. today: Ghost Bones, Bombay Harambee and Motherghost. Admission is $5.
Iron Tongue, Whores and Dirty Lungs will perform Friday. Admission is $5.
All Them Witches, Roadkill Ghost Choir and Adam Faucett will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.
Maxine's, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com
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The Copper Penny Pub in Hot Springs will present Kilburn Highroad at 4-6:30 p.m. & the Reel Band at 8-11 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Copper Penny Pub, 711 Central Ave. (501) 622-2570 or copperpennypub.com.
Weekend on 03/12/2015