Oh, wow, then. We sure do have a weekend in front of us, now don’t we? It all kicks off tonight with the year’s second installment of Alive @ Five, which is set to feature local country music act Southern Charm. It’s five o’ clock and it’s five bucks. What more could you want? From there, goodness gracious. The next event at the 200 East Art Haus will go down, as we outlined earlier today, when Karen Jonas, Tom Senseney and The Knight Brothers (above) take the stage after a cornhole tournament commences inside. There are prizes and the prizes are good. Strike that. They’re great! Also this weekend, Artomatic continues with New God and Middle Kid Friday night and Old Indian, ye who will be headlining The Thing in a few weeks, on Saturday night. Ginada Pinata, who we questioned and answered earlier this week, are coming to The Blue Side as well, and that promises to be radical. And Cafe 611 appears to have approximately 4,029 acts coming through its doors over the next two days, so don’t discount that. And if you get to Sunday and you’re still looking for some music to help wind down the weekend, don’t forget about our Jazz In The Vines series out at Big Cork Vineyards, which kicks off at 2 p.m. Oh. And The Preakness. We’ll be shutting things down next week, stepping away from the Frederick Playlist grind (we’ll miss you more, promise) if only for a few days. So, until after Memorial Day, be safe and be good, friends. Why? Because Gregory Porter said so.
THURSDAY
Who: Alive @ Five Featuring Southern Charm
Where: The Carroll Creek Amphitheater
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: The Furnace
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Open Mic with Tomy “One M” Wright
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Future Sound
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mike & Dan
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Marian McLaughlin
Where: The Hill Chapel
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: The Jauntee
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Jimi Cupino Project
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Starcrush
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Windtalker
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Julia Kasdorf
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Casey Cleveland
Where: Linganore Winecellars
When: 5:30 p.m.
Who: Secondhand Ramblers
Where: Ayse Meze Lounge
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Bodega Bamz, Tanboys, Rez, Kray, Bonnie B, Kanary Black, Shakey Biz, DJBanks DaDon
Where: Cafe 611
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Mike Frazier, Samuel Powers, A MARC Train Home
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Mountain Ride, National Headliner
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: New God, Middle Kid, Gilbert Lee
Where: Artomatic
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Ginada Pinata
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Darcy Dawn Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: The Knight Brothers, Tom Senseney, Karen Jonas
Where: 200 East Art Haus
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Craggy Island
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Black Radio
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mike Elosh
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: GinTonics
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Damion Wolfe
Where: Catoctin Breeze Winery
When: 1 p.m.
Who: Sluagh, Worst Kept Secret, Optimist Prime, KnuckleDuster, Six Ton Shogun, F.E.A.R., NFDY, IKILLYA
Where: Cafe 611
When: 5 p.m.
Who: Old Indian, Blue Heaven
Where: Artomatic
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Chris Smaha
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Quimby Mountain Band
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9:30 p.m.
Who: Due Process
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Klepto Radio
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
