Welp. Here we are. It’s do or die for Frederick Playlist tonight at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Old Indian. Heavy Lights. The Knolly Moles. Hard Swimmin’ Fish. Do you have your tickets yet? Hopefully. If not, there will be some available at the door. 7 p.m. starting time. 10 bucks. You’ll get a glass and you’ll also receive drink discounts at both Bushwaller’s and JoJo’s if you give them your ticket stub. Eight months of existence all lead to this moment. Not to put too fine a point on it, but … well … PLEASE COME!!!! Elsewhere this weekend, Big Hoax and Signs Point East, two local bands we have Q&A-ed, will be taking the Cafe Nola stage on Friday night, and if the venue’s website is to be believed, Buck Wyatt and Skribe is a show you simply cannot miss on Saturday night. Southern Charm, a group we’ve been hearing a thing or two about lately, will be at JoJo’s on Saturday night as well, and Paul Ivey will be bringing the musac (not music) back to The Lodge, which keeps offering up acoustic music each weekend now. Pause for a round of applause. Plus, if you feel like traveling, Louisiana legend CJ Chenier will be in Shepherdstown at The Opera House, and anyone who knows Paul Simon is all right with us. There are the Secondhand Ramblers. Paul Ivey. Muskrat Sally. Drunk Naked Pirates. And, of course, Doctor Smoke. We’re taking the week off next week, so we’ll be back here in March, ready for the next chapter (if the book doesn’t end up closing after tonight, that is). So, honestly: If you think about it this evening, come on over to the Weinberg, check out some incredible talent, support local artists, and let’s all make Frederick a music town together. Sound like a plan? So with all that said … we’ll see you later, right? OK. Good. Happy Showcase Day!
THURSDAY
Who: The Frederick Music Showcase featuring Old Indian, Heavy Lights, The Knolly Moles, Hard Swimmin’ Fish
Where: The Weinberg Center for the Arts
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Secondhand Ramblers
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Open Mic hosted by Tomy Wright
Where: Beans In the Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Prophets of the Abstract Truth
Where: Isabella’s Tavern
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Big Hoax, Signs Point East
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Litz, Manifested, Threesound
Where: Cafe 611
When: 8 p.m.
Who: CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Jimi Cupino Project
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Paul Ivey
Where: The Lodge
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Lakota
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Crackinbush
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Bodine Brothers
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9:15 p.m.
Who: Diamond Alley
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Tomy Wright
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Buck Wyatt, Skribe
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Ted Garber
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Southern Charm
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: The Woodshedders
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Carousel, Joy, Doctor Smoke, Old Indian, B&O Railroad
Where: Guido’s Speakeasy
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Brian Derek
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: The Windtalker
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Mack & Schirf
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Dang Gang
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Muskrat Sally
Where: The Main Cup
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Starcrush
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Special Delivery Band
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Seventh Sun
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9:15 p.m.
Who: Drunk Naked Pirates
Where: Olde Towne Tavern
When: 10 p.m.
Who: 2nd Sole
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
