Voice contestant Baber to play at Rev Room
Barrett Baber, the Northwest Arkansas teacher who last month came in third place on NBC’s singing competition The Voice, will perform two nights at the Rev Room — a full band show at 8 p.m. today and what’s called an “acoustic encore” at 9 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $15 each night.
The show at 8 p.m. today is “standing room only.” Both nights will feature an opening act, Dustin Christiansen.
The Casey Donahew Band returns for a show at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $20.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
Frontier Circus will perform at 9:30 p.m. today at the White Water Tavern. Admission is $7.
Danny Grace, the Circus “ringmaster,” reports that there will be no opening act and there will be two sets of songs by the band.
The Legendary Shack Shakers, plus opening act The Yawpers, will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $12.
The Shack Shakers’ founding member is J.D. Wilkes, who sings and plays harmonica. The band, formed in Paducah, Ky., in the mid-1990s, has released eight albums, the latest of which, The Southern Surreal, came out in 2015.
Opening act The Yawpers, a three-man band from Denver, takes its name from a Walt Whitman poem, “Song of Myself,” with the lines “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roots of the world.” The Yawpers self-released albums in 2012 and 2013, and in 2015, Bloodshot Records released their American Man album.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
Bleu Edmondson, plus opening act deFrance will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Admission is $7.
Earphunk will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $10.
Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 3727707, stickyz.com
Mojo Depot will perform at 9 p.m. today at The Afterthought Bistro and Bar. Admission is $5.
Tyler Kichen and the Right Pieces will perform at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $7.
The Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196, afterthoughtbistroandbar.com
The Hi Balls will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Thirst N Howl. Canvas will play at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Thirst N Howl, 14710 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 379-8189, thirst-n-howl. com
AK1200 will headline a 9 p.m. show Saturday at the Metroplex, along with opening acts Crawley, N8, Sleepy G and Ewell. Admission is $12; $15 for those between ages 18 and 21.
Metroplex, 10800 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, (501) 221-1788, metroplex.com
There will be a jazz symposium, “Jazz: Evolution of an American Art Form and Its Place on Ninth St.,” at 6 p.m., today, followed by a performance at 7:30 p.m., at the
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Admission to the symposium is free. Admission to the performance is $10; $5 for students and artists.
Chris Parker will moderate the discussion; panelists will include Amina Claudine Myers (a singer and pianist born in Blackwell); John Cain (a Little Rock-based activist and Ninth Street historian); and Nathan Hood (a Hot Springs-based baritone saxophone player).
At 7:30 p.m., Parker will lead a jazz ensemble which will include bassist Bill Huntington, drummer Yvette “Babygirl” Preyer and Hood.
The event is being presented by the center, the Oxford American magazine and the Clinton School of Public Service.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, (501) 683-3593, mosaictemplarscenter.com
Dirtfoot will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine’s in Hot Springs. Admission is $7.
Foulplay Cabaret will perform a burlesque show at 9 p.m. Saturday. Advance tickets are $10; $12 at the door.
Maxine’s, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com.