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
- Harold and Maude Movie Night @ The Pinhook – aka watch the one of the greatest movies ever in a fantastic bar. $FREE!
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
- The Clientele / Vetiver @ Cat’s Cradle – $13 adv / $15 day of the show
- “Live Muppet Night” with sets by Kevin Blechdom / Swamp Tease / Ancestral Diet / Taboo / Collection Of The Late Howell Bend plus DJ Secret Boyfriend and VJ Irene Moon @ The Nightlight – $TBA?
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?