Indian funk ensemble The Rumble at AMFA
TODAY
LITTLE ROCK
■ The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr., performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St. Tickets are $42, $37 for AMFA members. The Rumble, New Orleans’ premier Mardi Gras Indian funk ensemble, was founded in 2021 by members of the Grammy-nominated band Cha Wa. The group is led by Boudreaux, of the Golden Eagles Indian tribe. Other members are trumpeter Aurelien Barnes, trombonist Jose Maize, guitarist Ari Teitel, bassist TJ Norris and keyboardist Andriu Yanovski. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org
■ Amy Garland performs from 6-9 p.m. at The Oyster Bar, 3003 W. Markham St. Garland, known to some as “the Singing Social Worker,” is not as frequently heard from these days, as she has a day job, husband and is the mother of a future major league baseball catcher. (She does, however, still preside over “Backroads,” a show on community radio station KABF-FM, 88.3, from 5-7 p.m. on Fridays.) No cover. (501) 666-7100; lroysterbar.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Another act seldom seen or heard these days is The Seldom Scene, an acclaimed blue- grass-folk ensemble founded in 1971 in Bethesda, Md. The group performs at 3:15 p.m. as part of the 22nd annual Mountain View Spring Bluegrass Festival, held at the Ozark Folk Center, 1032 Park Ave. Tickets range from $20-$35. The festival starts today, and features Becky Butler, The Baker Family, Catahoula Drive, Dave Adkins, Gibson Brothers, Edgar Loudermilk, Spring Street, Big Mill and the Redmond Keisler Tribute Band. (870) 501-5105; mountainview-bluegrass.com
SATURDAY
CONWAY
■ Yesterday & Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Reynolds Performance Hall, 223 Beatrice Powell St. Tickets are $34.50$57.50. Brothers Billy, Matthew and Ryan McGuigan perform as themselves and leave the song choices up to audience members, with the set list created as the show happens. (501) 450-3265; uca.edu m Zakk and Greg “Big Papa” Binns perform from 6-9 p.m. at
Almost Famous Smokehouse, 258 U.S. 64 E. While father and son duos are not common in music, Big Papa and Zakk Binns have performed rock and blues music together and separately for years. (501) 450-3036
EUREKA SPRINGS
Los Lobos, which has thundered their way across club, theater and festival stages worldwide since forming in east Los Angeles in 1973, perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Auditorium in Eureka Springs, 36 N. Main St. Tickets are $49-$69. The band first hit big-time stardom with their version of Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba.” (919) 6414496; visiteurekasprings.com
JONESBORO
Riley Green, a college quarterback at his hometown Jacksonville State University in Alabama, later pursued country music, which he caught; he performs, along with Arkansan Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley, at 7:30 p.m. at Jonesboro’s First National Bank Arena, 217 Olympic Drive. Tickets are $25-$177 (870) 972-3870; fnbarena.com
LITTLE ROCK
Danny Tate, Drew DeFrance, Gil Franklin and Michael Cusack perform at 8 p.m. in the Arkansas Sounds Presents: Songwriters Showcase at 8 p.m. in the CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave. Cusack (Memphis), Franklin (North Little Rock), DeFrance (Little Rock) and Tate (Los Angeles) will share the stories behind their songs, which are rooted in folk, blues, rock and country. (501) 918-3000; cals.org
SUNDAY
HOT SPRINGS
Los Lobos also performs at 7 p.m. at the Oaklawn Event Center, 2705 Central Ave. (Arkansas 7 South). Tickets are $45-$75. (800) 625-5296; oaklawn.com
LITTLE ROCK
Trey Johnson performs from 3-5 p.m. on the patio of BoBrook Farms River Bottom Winery, 13810 Combee Lane (Roland). Singer-songwriter guitarist Johnson cites as his influences Keb’ Mo’, Todd Snider, Amos Lee and Walter Matthau. (501) 519-5666; bobrookfarms.com
WEDNESDAY
LITTLE ROCK
JJ Grey & Mofro perform with Cedric Burnside, at 7:30 p.m. at The Hall, 721 W. Ninth St. Mofro, a former lumber yard worker from Jacksonville, Fla., has released 10 albums, the latest of which, “Olustee,” is his first in nine years. Burnside, one of the foremost exponents of Mississippi hill country blues, won the 2022 Grammy Award for best traditional blues album for “I Be Trying.” Tickets are $39.50-$202.44. (501) 4061364; littlerockhall.com
TICKETS
■ Brandy Clark performs at 8 p.m. April 11 at The Hall in Little Rock, and tickets, $35-$50, for the fully seated, all-ages show are on sale at littlerockhall.com. m 21 Savage, with J.I.D., Nardo Wick and 21 Lil Harold, performs at 7 p.m. May 18 at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, and tickets, 29.59-$129.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at amptickets.com, by calling (479) 443-5600 or going to the Walmart AMP box office or the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
■ Cage the Elephant, with Young the Giant and Baker, perform at 6:30 p.m. July 15 at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, and tickets, $39.50-$149.50 go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.