Travis Meadows and Kevin Kerby will perform at 9 p.m. today at the White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $5.
Meadows, who grew up in Mississippi, became a missionary and then a preacher before writing and performing Christian music. He then became disillusioned, moved to Nashville, Tenn., and battled alcoholism and drug addiction before reaching sobriety in 2011. He has released three albums: Killing Uncle Buzzy in 2011, Old Ghosts & Unfinished Business in 2013 and First Cigarette in 2017.
He has also written songs that have been recorded by Wynonna Judd, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Blackberry Smoke and Mary Gauthier.
The Creek Rocks will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
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Thelma and the Sleaze, along with opening act the Craig Brown Band, will perform at 9 p.m. today at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Admission is $10.
The Coda Lee Collective will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $5.
"Smac-Appalooza," featuring Jeff Coleman & The Feeders, the Amy Garland Band, Big Silver and others, will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is by donation to a send-off for the late Stacy McCullough (a longtime friend of the club who had worked at the location's predecessor club, Six Bridges, before it became Stickyz.)
Shooter Jennings will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 the day of the show.
Jennings, 38, is the son of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. He has released 10 studio albums since he debuted with Put the 'O' Back in Country in 2005, plus another five live albums. He has also produced albums and tracks for Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Jamey Johnson, Wanda Jackson, Brandi Carlisle, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, Marilyn Manson and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com
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Singer-songwriter Keith Sykes will perform at 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Admission is $5.
Sykes will be featured as part of the second annual Arkansas Made Arkansas Proud locally made market, which will include more than 125 Arkansas artisans and craftspeople.
Sykes, who got his performing start in 1968 at a Holiday Inn in Charleston, S.C., has been coming to central Arkansas since the late 1970s when he could be heard at the old S.O.B. down by the Arkansas River. He has written songs that have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Marcia Ball, Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell.
War Memorial Stadium, West Markham Street and Fair Park Boulevard, Little Rock, (501) 537-5224
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Wick It The Instigator will present "Wax to the Future" at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Admission is $25.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
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That 1 Guy will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at the South on Main in Little Rock. Admission is $12.
The 80s: Pop, Rock & Hip Hop Birthday Bash, featuring the Rodney Block Collective, Bijoux and DJ Hy-C will be held at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $15.
The third annual event will mark the birthdays of Block and Amy Bell, who is co-owner of South on Main.
South on Main, 13th and Main streets, Little Rock, (501) 244-9660, southonmain.org
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Andy Tanas will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Mayday by Midnight will perform at 9 p.m. today at Cajun's Wharf in Little Rock. Admission is $5 after 8 p.m.
Rockstar Lounge will perform at 7 p.m. Friday. Admission is $5 after 8 p.m.
Canvas will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Charlotte Taylor will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 after 8 p.m.
Cajun's Wharf, 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351, cajunswharf.com
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Weakness for Blondes will perform for a Foam Fest after-party at 10 p.m. Friday at the Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is $7.
Four Quarter Bar, 415 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 313-4704, fourquarterbar.com
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The Pacers will celebrate the band's 63rd birthday at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ward Country Dance in Ward. Admission is $6.
Free cake and a potluck dinner will be included.
Ward Country Dance, Arkansas 319 and Hickory Street, Ward, (501) 605-3251
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A new venue, the Boomtown Opry, has opened in El Dorado and will present what is described as a Branson-style show at 7 p.m. Saturday, and thereafter, the second Saturday each month. Admission is $10, free for children 12 and under; except when Ernie Haase performs, when admission will be $20.
Boomtown Opry, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado, (870) 665-9315, facebook.com/boomtownopry, (tickets for Haase shows available at itickets.com)
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Electric 5 will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is free.
Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007.
Weekend on 04/12/2018