FRIDAY 3/13

Just a week after claiming the top spot in the Showcase, Velvet Kente shares a bill with the equally groove-oriented instrumental act Eclipse Glasses Banda at Arkansas Flag and Banner, 9 p.m., $5 (it’s a benefit for the building’s Dreamland Ballroom).

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For those who don’t mind traveling for the blues, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm bring their deeply infectious North Mississippi jams to Maxine’s in Hot Springs, 9 p.m., $5.

The Weekend Theater opens “Lonely Planet,” a PEN U.S.A. award-winning drama about bearing witness to the AIDS epidemic, 7:30 p.m., $10-$14.It will be performed again at the same time on Saturday.

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Popular Texas country singer Wade Bowen returns to Sticky Fingerz, with Fayetteville’s Charliehorse supporting, 9 p.m., $10.

At Counterpoint, popular local party-band the Gettys play late, 10:30 p.m., $5.

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ALSO: It’s Second Friday Art Night downtown, 5 to 8 p.m.

Local artist and video collagist Cameron Holifield’s DJ set, originally scheduled for tonight at Satellite has been postponed. 

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SATURDAY 3/14

Early Saturday, skaters and friends of skaters gather to raise money to improve and expand the Kanis Skate Park. There are a gang of bands playing — the Moving Front, Smoke Up Johnny, Zuccura, G. Noam Chomsky, the Tom Sweet Band, the Witches Tit and Ninth Scientist, 11 a.m., donations.

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Later in the evening, rising country star Justin Moore, from Poyen, comes to Juanita’s behind singles like “I Could Kick Your Ass” and “Small Town U.S.A.,” 9 p.m., $18 adv., $20 d.o.s. Ryan Couron and Hwy 5 open.

At Vino’s, local rockers Notion headline, 8:30 p.m., $6.

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Piano man William Staggers holds it down at the Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.

At the new ACAC space, it’s a showcase of punk and hardcore with Uh-Oh, Monterey Jack and the Thing That Always Explodes, 9 p.m., $5.

Roots rockers Sean Rock and the Toltecs return to the stage at Off Center after a hiatus, 9 p.m., free. At Cornerstone, Runaway Planet picks and grins, 9 p.m., $5.

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