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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/22-28

See you there.

Mon – 2/22

  • Leslie and the Lys / Christopher the Conquered @ Local 506 – Please send a representative and wear your best gem sweater. There’s no way Leslie Hall won’t win you over with her craft talk.  How many hints do I have to drop? Just click my hyperlinks and go to the show, already. $9 adv / $11 at the door

Tues – 2/23

  • Cage the Elephant / As Tall as Lions / Morning Teleportation @ Cat’s Cradle – $14 adv / $16 day of the show

Wed – 2/24

Thurs – 2/25

  • Old-Time Jam @ The Nightlight – Round up your best guitar slingers and banjomen for the first of what will hopefully be a monthly gathering of picking and grinning on last Thursdays. There’s apparently free ping pong too.  What’s not to love? $FREE!
  • State Radio / Big D and the Kids Table / Cobalt and the Hired Guns @ Cat’s Cradle – $15
  • Lucky / Birds and Arrows / Mandolin Orange @ Local 506 – Mandolin Orange will throw down their cheery old-time licks, Birds and Arrows will float on top a gauze country haze, and Katherine Whalen’s Lucky will pop/rock you till you’ve had your fill of fun.  Ain’t a bad way to spend an evening. $7
  • Tender Fruit / Nervous but Excited / Humble Tripe @ The Pinhook – $5
  • The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling and Russell Malone @ Carolina Theatre – $42-45

Fri – 2/26

  • Wooden Toothe with Wild Wild Geese @ The Cave – Wooden Toothe’s the next in that lovely line of bands slamming together punk brash and country wailing with just the right touch of indie rock-we’recoolerthanyou.  Lord bless ’em. $5
  • Sam Bush / Missy Raines and the New Hip @ Cat’s Cradle – $20 adv / $23 day of the show
  • Americans in France / Whatever Brains / Invisible Hand @ The Nightlight – $6

Sat – 2/27

  • Felix Obelix CD Release Party! with The Strugglers @ The Nightlight – $8 (with free CD!)
  • The Whiskey Smugglers / Aminal / Saint Solitude @ Local 506 – $6
  • John Harrison / Doug Keith @ The Cave – $5
  • Second Annual Tisch Brain Tumor Center Benefit featuring The Moderate, John Pringle and Trances Arc @ The Pour House – $10

Sun – 2/28

  • North Mississippi Allstars / City Champs @ Cat’s Cradle – $16 adv / $18 day of the show

Anywhere else?