Holy moly, spring is here. Or, at least so it feels. Finally. It’s a First Saturday. It’s something called Mayfest. It’s supposed to be warm. There’s a boxing match. There’s a horse race. There’s playoff basketball. There’s playoff hockey. There’s golf. There’s baseball. There’s the NFL Draft. Again: Holy moly, spring is here. And so is the music. We have a full weekend of sounds kicking off tonight at the Blue Sky with both an open mic and the zaniness of the Amish Outlaws. Also of note: The Windtalker will be at The Hill Chapel. Tomorrow night, something called the As 1 Band will be taking the Hard Times Cafe stage here in town (while Alien Ant Farm is scheduled to take the same venue’s stage in Hagerstown. Yes. Whatever you’re thinking – we’re thinking that, too). Up The Chain, ye of Video Of The Day lore, will be at Cafe Nola tomorrow night with The Dawn Drapes. Tabasco Bustelo (above) will be rocking and rolling at The Opera House in Shepherdstown. And then Saturday has The Woo-Yeahs releasing a CD over in Charles Town, a slew of people at Eveready Square, and, of course, a former “Voice” contestant at The Cellar Door. There’s Braham Noodles. There’s the Dan McGuire Band. There’s Eclipse. There’s the Dang Gang. There’s Muskrat Sally. And there’s Joseph and all his Beasts. It should be a beautiful weekend, friends. Get up, get out, and do something, as Macy Gray would say. Bring us those flowers, May.
THURSDAY
Who: Braham Noodles
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Ronstadt, Mitchell & Gordon
Where: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Prophets Of The Abstract Truth
Where: Isabella’s Tavern
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Amish Outlaws
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Randy “The Windtalker” Motz
Where: The Hill Chapel
When: 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Short Hill Mountain Boys
Where: Big Cork Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Lark Rize
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: As 1 Band
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Sticktime
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Ruckus
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Jason Brown
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Mitch Morrill
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: The Dawn Drapes, Up The Chain
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Tabasco Bustelo
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Steve Gellman
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Dang Gang
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Bad Influence Band
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Dangerous Curves
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Eclipse
Where: Olde Towne Tavern
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Dan McGuire Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Exit 0
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Safe Harbor
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Shab Row First Saturday featuring Doug Alan Wilcox, Brian Derek, Catoctin Mountain Highway, Casey Cleveland, Frank n Bob, Craig Donovan, John Gray and Lawrence Bertolli
Where: Everedy Square
When: 11 a.m.
Who: Joseph & The Beasts, Seven States Across, Infinite Honey
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Muskrat Sally
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Austin Ellis
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Woo-Yeahs
Where: Longshots, Charles Town
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Gary Brown
Where: Brewer’s Alley
When: 8 p.m.
