Boy, it’s hot. A perfect day for Alive @ Five, right? Right. So tonight, around 5 p.m., head on down to the creek and check out Fuzzy Match (above) funk-in it up under the sun. You know you want to. Elsewhere this weekend, we have the much-anticipated Lettuce Jam in Middletown at the Gude Farm. Tons of great things are set to go down there, especially with Southern Charm, who we spoke to earlier this week. Speaking of this week, you’re going to come to the Seaknuckle record release show at the old News-Post building next month, right? Just checking. Anyway, The Furr, they who interviewed themselves for a Q&A, will be rocking and rolling with the fine young lads in Old Indian at Cafe Nola tomorrow night. Also of note this weekend: Blind Man Leading, a name we haven’t seen in forever and a day, will be hanging out at Big Cork Vineyards, and if we weren’t so busy, we’d be super interested in seeing how they’re doing these days. There’s some bluegrass. There are prog-rock legends (or at least, so we are told) OHO doing what they do at Elk Run. Dis-Funk-Shun is always a fun name to type. Laura Mae Socks And Her Baked Goods wins the award for best band name of the week, and she will be at The Opera House in Shepherdstown tomorrow night as well (the same day as The Local Playlist, a show you’ll be listening to online? Maybe? Hopefully? Hey – we gave away free tickets twice last week!). We have the Blues Vultures. We have Mountain Air. We have Klepto Radio. We have Dough Boy And Diddy Summer Jam. And, of course, we have Too Much Trouble Band. Summer is kicking into its fullest effect, friends. Don’t sit around – the world needs you out there. Listening. Loving. Learning. We’ll be back next week to give away some Flying Dog tickets. So … meet back here Monday morning? Sounds like a plan.
THURSDAY
Who: Safe Harbor
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Bluegrass with Eric Knowles and Friends
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Open Mic Night
Where: Blue Sky
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Alive @ Five Featuring Fuzzy Match
Where: Carroll Creek
When: 5 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Prophets of the Abstract Truth
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Wine Down Friday Featuring OHO
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Blind Man Leading
Where: Big Cork Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Blues Vultures
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Dis-Funk-Shun
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Due Process
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Furr, Old Indian
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Laura Mae Socks And Her Baked Goods, Shannon Roberts
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Dave Weiner, Bob Kaas
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Moon Music
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Craig Rosendale
Where: Linganore Winecellars
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Bishops, Paul Kessler, Steven Lee
Where: The Devonshire, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: F.A.M.E. Traditional Folk Song Circle
Where: Dublin Roasters
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Mountain Air
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 3 p.m.
Who: Dead Eye Stare
Where: Hard Times Cafe
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Klepto Radio
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Warden
Where: Olde Towne Tavern
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Dan McGuire Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Dough Boy And Diddy Summer Jam
Where: Cafe 611
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Basswood
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Lettuce Jam Featuring Southern Charm, Katie Powderly, Kate Oliphant, Nowhere Fast, Killers From Space
Where: Gude Brothers Greenhouses, Middletown
When: Noon
Who: Too Much Trouble Band
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Steven Gellman
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Caroline Ferrante
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Todd C. Walker
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Vitality, Invikta, Sadistic Vision, Gorebore
Where: Guido’s Speakeasy
When: 10 p.m.
