All right. So, who’s ready for the craziest, rowdiest, awesomest weekend of music the city of Frederick has ever heard?! Oh, you? And you, too? Good. Because there’s a lot going down between now and Sunday, and you won’t want to miss a single note of it. Between First Saturday festivities, the Festival of the Arts, and, of course, our two Launch Weekend parties, including the record-release of Heavy Lights “Mad Minds” and the party-tastic fellas in The Knolly Moles, this would be the single weekend in the calendar year you don’t want to leave town. But enough jibber-jabber. Right after you check us out on Twitter and Facebook, how about we get to this weekend’s events:
THURSDAY
Who: Alive @ Five featuring Secondhand Ramblers
Where: Carroll Creek
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Pete Goodwin
Where: Jo Jo’s Tap House
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up at 9 p.m., play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Freddie Long
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Monacacy Jazz Quartet
Where: The Bentz Street Raw Bar
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Jazz Jam
Where: Jekyll & Hyde Restaurant & Tavern
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: ClearSpring
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Spiritual Rez, Dale and the ZDubs
Where: Cafe 611
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Dan McGuire Trio
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 8 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Heavy Lights record-release party featuring Can You Canoe? *Frederick Playlist Launch Weekend Event
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Heather Aubrey Lloyd
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Festival of the Arts, featuring King St.
Where: Brewer’s Alley Live Music Pavilion
When: 7 p.m.
Who: In Dying Arms, My Ticket Home, Reformers, Blood Of The Martyrs, The Averist, Of The Beloved
Where: Cafe 611
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Soul Gravity
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Positive Vibration Reggae
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Chris Smaha, Bad Influence
Where: Bentz Street Raw Bar
When: Smaha – 6 p.m. Bad Influence – 9 p.m.
Who: Play On Words
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Sundog Ritual
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9:15 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: The Knolly Moles, Joint Effort, Wise Eyes, Nicky *Frederick Playlist Launch Weekend Event
Where: Old Towne Tavern
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Live Action Hero
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: DAPP
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Festival of the Arts, featuring Dan McGuire Group, The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors Dixieland Band, Straight Up Tribal, ESP Dance, Yardslippers, Word Of Mouth A-Capella Group, The Freddie Long Band
Where: Brewer’s Alley Live Music Pavilion
When: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Who: Skribe
Where: Jo Jo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Mashwork Orange
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Jjam
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Lark Rize
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Kajun Kelly
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9:15 p.m.
Who: The Night Crawlers
Where: Bentz Street Raw Bar
When: 8 p.m.
Who: The Junkyard Band
Where: Cafe 611
When: 9 p.m.
Who: The Funk Junkies
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Drunk Naked Pirates
Where: Monkey La La
When: 9:30 p.m.
