Top Tix: Upcoming music events in the NRV
The Don't Tell Darlings. Courtesy of The Don't Tell Darlings.
Tad Dickens, The Roanoke Times’ music reporter, shares his top picks for weekend music events.
TONIGHT
Summer Solstice Party
With Jason Byrd & Friends
Jamming Byrd and his cohorts typically groove out a good time.
Details: 9 p.m. Sharkey’s, Radford. $2 for 21 and older. $5 for 18-20. 267-3434, sharkeyswingandribjoint.com, myspace.com/jasonbyrdandfriends
FRIDAY
VT School of Performing Arts & Cinema Summer Arts Festival 2012
With Surrender Dorothy
Funk-rockers keep the lawn party happening this week.
Details: 6 p.m. Henderson Lawn, Virginia Tech (rain site: Old Dominion Ballroom, Squires Student Center). Free; all ages. 231-5921, sopac.vt.edu, surrenderdorothylive.com
SATURDAY
Stevan Jackson
Dig some Celtic harp and fingerstyle acoustic picking with your dinner.
Details: 7 p.m. Gillie’s Vegetarian Cuisine, Blacksburg. Venue encourages a $3 donation to performers.
961-2753, myspace.com/gilliesmusic, stevanjackson.com
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
The Don’t Tell Darlings
This act, which describes itself as a “depression-era mix tape,” returns to the NRV for three shows, with Blacksburg’s own Liam “Old Man” Kelly along on fiddle.
Details: 9 a.m. Saturday. Blacksburg Farmer’s Market. 7 p.m. Saturday. Swoop House Gallery, 512 Progress St., Blacksburg. Suggested $10 donation. 6 p.m. Sunday. The Palisades, Eggleston. Free.
626-2828, thepalisadesrestaurant.com, donttelldarlings.com
TUESDAY
You Blew It!
With Times New Roman, Without A Fight, Quiet Clouds, Ex-Breathers
Orlando, Fla., band You Blew It! is grittier than emo, and it rocks like those Orlando boy bands could not. NRV-based opening act Times New Roman lays out hard-hitting post-emo grooves.
Details: 7 p.m. Lucie Monroe Specialty Coffee, Christiansburg. $5; all ages. 381-0909, luciemonroecoffee.com, youblewit.bandcamp.com, timesnewromanva.bandcamp.com
Jazz Night
With Mood Swing
Vocals and horns spice up this jazz act.
Details: 9 p.m. The Cellar, Blacksburg. Free. 953-0651, the-cellar.com, myspace.com/moodswingjazz
June 29
Aside Oceans
Details: Turn One Restaurant, Wytheville. 10 p.m. $7.
Doug & Telisha Williams
Details: Primland, Meadows of Dan. 5:30 p.m.
866-960-7746, primland.com
June 30
Song of the Mountains
Details: Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va., With Amber Collins, Skeeter and the Skidmarks, Fire in the Kitchen, Paula Dellenbeck and Fox River, and more. $15. songofthemountains.org
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