1 FAIR
The food, the thrills and the livestock are back. The Arkansas State Fair opens Friday and continues through Oct. 23 at the State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard St., Little Rock. Admission is $10 at the gate, $5.99 at Walgreens through Friday; $5 and $2.99 for children and senior citizens and ride bands are $23 in advance, $28 at the fair. Parking at the fairgrounds is $10. Call (501) 372-8341 or visit arkansasstatefair.com. See story on page 4E.
2 FOUNTAIN
The Arkansas Arts Center, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock, celebrates Fountain Fest with art, music, food and drinks, 5:30 p.m. today. Tickets are $25, and money raised will go toward new artwork for the collection. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkarts.com.
3 FUNNY I
New York-based comedy troupe The Tenderloins (above), whose members -- Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano -- are the creators, executive producers and stars of truTV's Impractical Jokers, bring their "Santiago Sent Us" tour to North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, 7 p.m. today. The show is recommended for audiences 16 and older. Tickets are $52.50 and $32.50 (plus service charges). Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
4 FUNNY II
Actor-comedian Bob Newhart puts on a one-man "concert," 7 p.m. Friday at the Oaklawn Finish Line Theater, 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. Tickets are $50 and $60. Call (501) 623-4411, Extension 340, or visit oaklawn.com. See story on page 5E.
5 FLOW
The Arkansas River will be packed with rowers in small crafts for the Six Bridges Regatta, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. The best spots for spectators will be the Junction Bridge and the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge. There will be food trucks on site. Call (501) 960-0850 or visit 6br.org or rownorthlittlerock.com.
6 FRANKENSTEIN
A scion of Mary Shelley's famous mad scientist re-creates his grandfather's experiments with hilarious -- and musical -- results as the Community Theatre of Little Rock (above) stages Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein: The Musical, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22 and Oct. 28-29 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 at the Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. There's a pay-what-you-can pocket preview at 7:30 p.m. today; otherwise, tickets are $18, $16 for military, students (age 10-college) and senior citizens 65 and older, $8 for children 4-9, free for children 3 and younger ($1 off all tickets with the donation of gently used running shoes). Call (501) 410-2283 (ACT3) or visit ctlr-act.org.
7 FLUTES, ETC.
Adam Savacool, organist at Second Presbyterian Church, will join the Little Rock Wind Symphony to play the finale of Camille Saint-Saens' "Organ Symphony," part of its season-opening concert, titled "Winds and Pipes," 7:30 p.m. today at the church, 600 Pleasant Valley Road, Little Rock. Savacool will also play J.S. Bach's Toccata in d minor; the Wind Symphony will also play an arrangement of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and music by John Philip Sousa, Eric Whitacre and Vittorio Giannini. Israel Getzov conducts. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens 65 and older, free for students. Call (501) 666-0777 or visit lrwindsymphony.org.
8 FIRE
Arkansas Circus Arts' fire performers, acrobats, jugglers, stilt walkers and clowns will headline 2nd Friday Art Night activities at 5 p.m. Friday at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock. Also available: Hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks, and craft beer from Stone's Throw Brewing, will be sold. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9685 or visit oldstatehouse.com.
9 "FLY"
Sugar Ray, David Nail, Cupid, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Lee Ann Womack (above) headline this year's Musicfest El Dorado, 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday on downtown El Dorado's Union Square. Weekend passes are $40; daily admission is $25. Pit passes are available for additional fees. Admission is free for children 12 and under with paid adult admission and for everyone before 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (870) 862-4747 or visit musicfesteldorado.com.
10 FOLK
The 2016 Ozark Folk Festival marks its 69th year, today-Saturday in Eureka Springs, kicking off with Still on the Hill's "Still a River" concert, story-songs about the people and history of the Buffalo River, 7 p.m. today at the Auditorium, 36 S. Main St. Admission is free; the first 100 people through the door get a free CD. The Elders headline the closing concert, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Auditorium, with the Vogt Sisters, the 2015 singer/songwriter contest winners, opening the show. Tickets are $25. Visit theaud.org. A complete lineup and more information is available online at ozarkfolkfestival.com.
Weekend on 10/13/2016