Top Tix: Upcoming music events in the NRV (March 7-March 9)
The Kind will perform Saturday at the Pine Tavern in Floyd. — Courtesy of Roger Gupta
Tad Dickens, The Roanoke Times’ music reporter, shares his top picks for weekend music events.
TONIGHT
Floyd Starr Hill Tap Invasion
With Deer Run Drifters
Little Red Roostarr Coffee Stout makes its adult beverage debut, and folky roots/grassers Deer Run Drifters provide the jams.
Details: 7 p.m. Dogtown Roadhouse, Floyd. Free. 745-6836, dogtownroadhouse.com, reverbnation.com/thedeerrundrifters
FRIDAY
Friday Night Jamboree
With The Jug Busters, Poorhouse Pepsteppers, Down Home Gospel
Hi-test pickers ignite your flatfooting.
Details: 6:30 p.m. Floyd Country Store, Floyd. $5. 745-4563, floydcountrystore.com, southernstringband.com, facebook.com/PoorhousePepsteppers
The Boatmen
Americana rockers pack a punch.
Details: 8 p.m. 622 North, Blacksburg. $5. 951-1022, 622north.com, reverbnation.com/theboatmen
Train Wreck
Hear your favorite blues, rock and funk covers.
Details: 10 p.m. Gillie’s Vegetarian Cuisine, Blacksburg. Free (venue encourages donations to performers). 961-2703, myspace.com/gilliesmusic
SATURDAY
The Kind 27th Birthday Show
Another year older and still beloved, The Kind celebrates with its friends and fans.
Details: 7:30 p.m. The Pine Tavern, Floyd. $6 advance; $8 gate. 745-4482, thepinetavern.com, thekind.org
The Floyd Radio Show
With the Whitetop Mountain Band, the Little River Missionary Baptist Church Choir, host Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle
If you can’t make it to this pickin’ and storytellin’ time, stream it live via www.primcast.com/radio/280331.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Floyd Country Store, Floyd. $10. 745-4563, floydcountrystore.com/radio-show
London Underground Wakeup Call
With Anna Roberts-Gevalt
Before Roberts-Gevalt heads to Floyd to do the radio show, she’ll ply her trade solo.
Details: 10 a.m. London Underground Pub, Blacksburg. Free (venue encourages donations to performers). 552-9044, facebook.com/LondonUndergroundPub, annarobertsgevalt.com
Octaves
With Heevahava
The headliner, from Baltimore, has a pounding, screaming song called “Schmohawk,” apparently named for a joke on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Details: 7 p.m. Lucie Monroe Specialty Coffee, Christiansburg. Free. 381-0909, luciemonroecoffee.com, facebook.com/OctavesMD, heevahava.bandcamp.com
After Jack
Hear feel-good bluegrass/Americana from this trio.
Details: 7 p.m. Gillie’s Vegetarian Cuisine, Blacksburg. Free (venue encourages donations to performers). 961-2703, myspace.com/gilliesmusic, facebook.com/afterjack
Americana Afternoon/Americana Open Mic
With Randolph Walker and Lisa Angell
Hear original music from this week’s host act via youtu.be/iYqi5NJs6ls.
Details: Noon (open mic begins at 1:30 p.m. Floyd Country Store, Floyd. Free. 745-4563, floydcountrystore.com
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