Holy moly, is it raining! Yet by all accounts Alive@Five is still set to go down in about an hour (assuming this nonsense blows through quick before making way for a sunset at some point). Ashley Forrest is up this week. She’s a country music artist. She also has 4,418 likes on Facebook. So, there’s that. Elsewhere this weekend … well, it’s going to be a busy one for some of us. Why is that? Because the fine people at Flying Dog are kicking off their Summer Sessions concert series Saturday night on their front lawn! The artists? Hurray For The Riff Raff (above) and Mechanical River. You know we’ve been giving away tickets, right? If you’re the lucky winner, we’ll be in touch (strange to think it’s been nearly a year since we last typed that sentence about a Flying Dog show). You won’t want to miss it. Tickets, as they say, are still on sale. And in case you’re looking for something extra to digest Saturday, you can start your day early by heading over to the Urbana Music Festival. We spoke with everyone involved earlier this week. That ends at 6 p.m. Flying Dog’s concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Is it fate? We think so. Elsewhere, Feufollet will be zydeco-ing all over Shepherdstown tonight (and if you listened to the Local Playlist last week, you could have won yourself some tickets! AKA, tune in tomorrow). There’s going to be a jazz festival at Elk Run Vineyards, so that’s pretty great. There’s Bleeding Black. There’s the Positive Vibration Reggae Band (and some of us are in desperate need of whatever that’s about). There’s Triple Lindy. There’s Piranhas. There’s Driftwood Soldier. There’s Black Masala. And, then, of course, there’s Twenty Dollar Prophet. Come for the Bendt Fendyr. Stay for the Tomy “One M” Wright. We have brand new beer koozies with a brand new color and we’re in the giving mood. Help us out and make sure we walk away from this weekend with nary a koozie to be found. Sound like a plan? Good. Viva la Father’s Day.
THURSDAY
Who: Open Mic Night
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.
Who: Alive @ Five Featuring Ashley Forrest
Where: Carroll Creek
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Open Mic hosted by Tomy Wright
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Secondhand Ramblers
Where: Isabella’s Tavern
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Feufollet
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Monocacy Jazz Quartet
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Phil Zakas Live
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Bumper Jacksons
Where: Big Cork Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Bendt Fendyr
Where: Elk Run Vineyards
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Jimi Cupino Project
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Bleeding Black
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Broken Rocker
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Diamond Alley
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mary-eL with Neil and Evan of Joint Effort
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Norman Peach
Where: Guido’s Speakeasy
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Jennie Williams
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Sahffi
Where: Linganore Winecellars
When: 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Elk Run Jazz Festival
Where: Elk Run Vineyards
When: Noon
Who: Belmont & Jones
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Triple Lindy
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Piranhas
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Coman Sproles and the 69 Band
Where: The Blue Sky Bar And Grill
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Twenty Dollar Prophet
Where: Olde Towne Tavern
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Hurray For The Riff Raff, Mechanical River
Where: Flying Dog Brewery
When: 6:30 p.m.
Who: Driftwood Soldier
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Black Masala
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Positive Vibration Reggae Band
Where: The Cellar Door
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Urbana Music Festival featuring Bumper Jacksons and Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes
Where: Urbana Regional Library
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Backwoods Payback, Admiral Browning, Faith In June, B&O Railroad, Black Blizzard
Where: Guido’s Speakeasy
When: 8 p.m.
Who: The Travelin’ Appalachians Revue
Where: The Blue Moon, Shepherdstown
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Sarno & Hess
Where: The Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
