• THURSDAY 10/7
Revolution goes Red Dirt when big-time Texas country acts Randy Rogers Band and Wade Bowen come to town, 8 p.m., $15 adv., $20. “The Queen of Christian Pop,” Amy Grant visits Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center to support her 21st and newest album, “Somewhere Down the Road,” 7:30 p.m., $25-$125. Sway, the latest nightclub to pop up in Little Rock, has DJ SilkySlim behind the decks, 7 p.m., $3. Festival of Wines 2010, the largest wine festival in Arkansas, showcases over 600 wines at Dickey-Stephens Park, 6 p.m., $60 adv., $75 d.o.s. And, as always, the River Market district hosts the weekly parties “Posh” and “In Too Deep” at Ernie Biggs and Deep Ultra Lounge, respectively, 9 p.m.
• FRIDAY 10/8
The Legendary Shack Shakers, rockabilly revivalists with an extra dash of chic grit, return to Hot Springs alongside the banjo-driven, hard country rock of Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies at Maxine’s, 8 p.m., $8 adv., $10 d.o.s. Juanita’s hosts a reggae night, “Jamaica Me Crazy,“ with music from Ras Levi, DJ Apples and Butterfly feat. Irie Soul, 8 p.m., $10. Tonya Leeks & Co. combine soul, jazz and funk at The Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7. Local singer/songwriter Shannon McClung performs for Cregeen’s Irish Pub in Argenta, 8:30 p.m., free. It’s a “gathering of the family” when Downsouth Juggaloz, Lo Thraxx, Intoxxx and Vivo Reckords bombard Downtown Music Hall, 8 p.m., $7.
• SATURDAY 10/9
Miss Selma’s School hosts “Taste of ‘T’ Street,” an outdoor event with live music, food, kids’ entertainment, crafts and games, 4 p.m., free. The RunWild 5K returns to Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, 8 a.m., $25 adv., $30 d.o.s. The “Thunder at the Rock” Airshow takes to the Little Rock Air Force Base, showcasing dozens of high-tech aircraft as well as performances by the USAF Thunderbirds and US Army Golden Knights, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free. Sub Kulture 4, the ongoing dance party, returns to Revolution with DJs Red Six, Sleek and Wolf-E-Wolf in the booth, 9 p.m., $8. Discovery gets music from Michael Shane in the disco; Sleepy Genius and Jake Martin in the lobby; Brandon Peck in the new hip-hop room; and Skye O’Harra, Veronica Duvall, Leah Alize and Lady FatCat emceeing the theater, 10 p.m., $10.