FRIDAY 7/2
Taut, traditional bluegrass outfit The Crumbs take to Town Pump for the night, 10 p.m., $3.
Downtown Music Hall celebrates new ownership with music from melodic Memphis metalheads Epoch of Unlight, loud, local favorites Iron Tongue, the hardcore metal of A DarkEnd Era and Fort Smith death metal act Macrocosm, 8 p.m., $5.
Dance event promoters Allied Kreations invade Sticky Fingerz for “Rhythmic Fusion” with Swedish electro DJ/producer Peo de Pitte, dubstep tracks from Memphis’ N8, house bumpers from Crawley and School of Dub mixer Digital Love, 9 p.m., $10.
White Water Tavern turns into a back porch juke-joint with a night of rural dance/party music with long-time local stompers Damn Bullets and their new cohorts, Sad Daddy, 10 p.m., $5.
SATURDAY 7/3
Heartfelt acoustic college rockers Clayton Jones leaves their native St. Louis for a show at Conway’s Soundstage alongside the James and Matthew Experience (better known as J.A.M.E.), 8 p.m., $5.
Southern-tinged singer-songwriter Greg Madden visits Town Pump, 10 p.m., $3.
Modern rockers McCuin play West End Smokehouse and Tavern, 10 p.m., $5.
The Afterthought brings in lady-charming, golden-voiced local soulman William Staggers, 9 p.m., $7.
Midtown Billiards brings in Memphis-based cowpunkers Josephus and the George Jonestown Massacre, 12:30 a.m., $8.
Fresh off of an album release, locals Kingsdown head down to Maxine’s in Hot Springs alongside sunshine pop act Free Micah, 9 p.m., $5.
The Ted Ludwig Trio wraps up its weekly four-night stint at Capitol Bar & Grill, 9 p.m., free.