Events Friday, August 18, 2006
Tommy Alverson / Jon Christopher Davis
CD Release Party
Noon, Bill's Records (Free)
Search within: Country
The Rick Yost Group
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Pearl at Commerce (Free)
Search within: Blues, Rock, Singer / Songwriter
Kelly Riley
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Flying Saucer (Addison) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock, Singer / Songwriter
Lions Club Balloon Festival and Fair
Highland Village event celebrates its 20th year
5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Copperas Branch Park
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Girls Rise with Heat / 1-800-Zombie / Aier Sauft / Sydney Confirm / Megachurch 1
6 p.m., 1919 Hemphill ($5)
Search within: Electronica / Bitpop, Rap / Hip-Hop
Randy Rogers Band / Gary Kyle / Mike McClure
North Texas State Fair
6 p.m., North Texas State Fairgrounds ($10)
Search within: Country
Sorta
Album release party
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Public Trust
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Rock
Runnin' Behind
The Cowboys Dance Hall house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Arlington ($10)
Search within: Country
Live Music
Cowboys' house band
7 p.m. to 2 a.m., Cowboys Red River ($8 - $10)
Search within: Country
Kyle Caldwell
Every Friday on the patio
7 p.m. to midnight, Starbucks Coffee (Free)
Search within: Singer / Songwriter
Live Mariachi Band
Every Friday and Saturday night
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Cantina Laredo (Addison) (Free)
Search within: Latin
Texas Highlife
7 p.m., Shady Oak Barbecue & Grill (Fort Worth) (Free)
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana
Chris Knight / Todd Snider
KHYI Presents Shiner Summer Nights
7 p.m., Oak Point Amphitheater ($15 - $25)
Search within: Country, Singer / Songwriter
Carlo Pezzimenti
Benefit concert for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County
7 p.m., Heard-Craig Hall ($15 - $25)
Search within: Classical Music
Russ Warman
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Arthur's Prime Steaks and Seafood
Search within: Classical Music, Jazz
Ronnie McBride & Friends
7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Little Pete's Lake Grapevine (Free)
Search within: Rock
Shanghai 5
7:30 p.m., Sambuca (Dallas) (Free)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Experimental / Avante-Garde, Jazz
Berry Street / Rocket Propelled Mullets / Something of Value / Electric Church
Also featuring in the Cowtown Rock Lounge: Aura of Vigilance / The Lost Box Project / 11:17
7:30 p.m., The Door (Fort Worth) ($10)
Deanna Smith
7:30 p.m., D'vine Wine of Texas (Garland) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
R.L. Griffin / Hal Harris & the Lowlifers
8 p.m., R.L. Griffin's Blues Palace #2
Search within: Blues
Olospo / Rose County Fair / Golden Falcons
Granada's 60th Anniversary
8 p.m., Granada Theater ($10 - $13)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Rock
Venture / Heavy for the Masses / Spank / Shatter Me
8 p.m., Dreamworld Music Complex ($5 - $10)
Chris Machart / Kevin Montgomery
8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Opening Bell Coffee (South Side) (Free)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Country, Pop, Rock
Dan Grambort and Hired Guns
On the Honky Tonk Stage
8 p.m., Billy Bob's Texas
Search within: Country
Faint Image / Many Days Waiting
Early show
8 p.m., Sons of Hermann Hall
Search within: R&B / Soul, Rock
Evans / Reform the Resistance / The Real You / The Sessions
Also featuring on the Theatre Stage: Seven Letter Day / Page 9 / The Triangleheads / The Wakes / Matheo
8 p.m., The Door (Dallas) ($10)
Search within: Rock
Vladimir / The Deceivers / Discord / The Last Start
8 p.m., The Aardvark
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Rock
Get Him Eat Him / The Evangelicals / John Ralston
9 p.m., Hailey's ($7 - $8)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Pop
Dale Riley and The Last Train South Band
9 p.m., Boot Scoot & BBQ Club & Restaurant
Search within: Country, Cover and Tribute Bands
enemies / The Script featuring Shay Green / Family Plot / Dirty Harry
9 p.m., Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio ($5 - $7)
Jason Eady
9 p.m., White Elephant Saloon
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Country, Singer / Songwriter
Tim Scott
9 p.m., Love & War in Texas (Grapevine) (Free)
Search within: Alt-Country / Americana, Folk, Singer / Songwriter
Masons
9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Flying Saucer (Addison) ($2)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Sittin' Duck
9:30 p.m., Flying Saucer (Fort Worth) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Revival
9:30 p.m. to midnight, The Hole in the Wall
Search within: Blues, Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Inflatable Love Boys
9:45 p.m., Sherlock's Pub (Arlington) (Free)
Search within: Cover and Tribute Bands, Rock
Bad Karma
9:45 p.m., Sherlock's Pub (Dallas) (Free)
Search within: Comedy, Modern Dance, Cover and Tribute Bands
The G-Spot
Latin music at Gloria's
10 p.m. to 2 a.m., Gloria's (Addison) (Free - $10)
Search within: Latin
Aberrant / Moving Atlas / Autre
10 p.m., Andy's Basement Bar & Grill
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Metal, Rock
Lou Hampton / Harold Walker / Perry Jones / Jackie Don Loe
10 p.m., Bluebird Blues Club (Free - $5)
Search within: Blues
[DARYL] / The Magnet School / Jolt of the City
11 p.m., The Cavern ($6)
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Pop, Rock
Devo / Psychedelic Furs / When In Rome
Time TBA, Fair Park Band Shell ($42.50 - $62)
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Me and My Monkey
Beatles tribute band
Time TBA, The Moon Bar
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Chris Miller Band / Jeramie Crawford
Time TBA, Poor David's Pub
Search within: Country, Singer / Songwriter
Space Cadet / Panic Value / Dodging Simplicity
Time TBA, Rbar
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Pop, Rock
Bless the Broken / Fear of Self / Frolic / Nociceptor
Time TBA, Curtain Club
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Metal, Rock
Advent / Lockjaw / Sevrin / Furthest From the Star
Advent's CD release party
Time TBA, Ridglea Theatre
Paco Estrada / Kirk / Sick Atlantic / Clean Break
Kirk from Greatness in Tragedy
Time TBA, Liquid Lounge
Search within: Alternative / Indie, Pop, Rock
Max Stalling / Mark David Manders
Time TBA, The Horseman Club ($9)
Search within: Country, Singer / Songwriter
Jill Brewer / Caldwell Shine / Hardcore Troubadours
Time TBA, Lakewood Bar and Grill
Search within: Rock, Singer / Songwriter
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