The weekend is nearly upon us … and it can’t get here soon enough.
There are quite a few good bands out on the road these days, so take the jump and see if they’re coming near you.
If you would like your band and/or city added to the line-up, just give us a shout at blog@brahsome.com
Asheville
Sunday – The Rosebuds (Grey Eagle), Ozomatli (Orange Peel)
Tuesday – George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (Orange Peel)
Atlanta
Friday – Cracker (Variety Playhouse), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr. (Gwinnett Center)
Saturday – Ozomatli (Center Stage), Tea Leaf Green (Variety Playhouse)
Monday – Stephen Marley (Center Stage)
Austin
Thursday – South Austin Jug Band (Shady Grove)
Friday – Tapes ‘N Tapes (Antones), Leo Kottke (Paramount Theater), The Raconteurs (Stubbs)
Saturday – Atmosphere (Emos), The Raconteurs (Stubbs)
Baltimore
Thursday – Hot Buttered Rum (8×10)
Friday – Bootsy Collins (Rams Head Live)
Wednesday – George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (Rams Head Live)
Boston
Friday – James McMurtry (Johnny D’s)
Saturday – RJD2 (Paradise Rock Club)
Sunday – Wyclef Jean (Umass)
Carrboro/Chapel Hill/Durham
Tuesday – The Rosebuds (Cat’s Cradle)
Charlotte
Thursday – Tea Leaf Green (Neighborhood Theater)
Saturday – Kid Rock (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Tuesday – Little Feat (Neighborhood Theater)
Chicago
Thursday – The Nightwatchman (Park West), Who’s Bad? (Duffy’s)
Friday – Ghostland Observatory (Metro), Who’s Bad (John Barleycorn Pub)
Saturday – Drive By Truckers (Metro), Rusted Root (The Cubby Bear), Sly & the Family Stone (The Vic)
Dallas
Thursday – The Raconteurs (HOB), Kanye West (Superpages.com Center)
Friday – Roger Waters (Superpages.com Center)
Saturday – Widespread Panic (Nokia Live), Tower of Power (HOB)
Ft. Worth
All Weekend – Mayfest
Greensboro, NC
Saturday – The Pranksters (The Blind Tiger)
Houston
Thursday – Gov’t Mule (Meridian)
Friday – Widespread Panic (Sam Houston Race Track), Tower of Power (Warehouse Live), Kanye West (The Woodlands)
Indianapolis
Friday – Drive By Truckers (Vogue)
Minneapolis
Friday – Sly & the Family Stone (First Avenue)
New York, NY
Thursday – James McMurtry (Bowery Ballroom)
Friday – RJD2 (Bowery Ballroom), New Monsoon (Mercury Lounge)
Saturday – Bootsy Collins, Freekbass (The Fillmore), New Monsoon (Mercury Lounge)
Sunday – Steve Winwood (Blender)
Monday – Lou Reed (Highline Ballroom), Fuck Buttons (Mercury Lounge)
Philadelphia
Thursday – Bootsy Collins, Freekbass (Electric Factory), New Monsoon (North by Northwest)
Friday – Hot Buttered Rum (World Cafe)
Saturday – Wyclef Jean (Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing)
Portland, OR
Thursday – Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Wonder Ballroom)
Friday -VHS or Beta (Doug Fir), Dark Star Orchestra, The Bridge (The Crystal Ballroom)
Raleigh
Thursday – Less Than Jake (Lincoln Theatre)
Saturday – Larry Keel and Natural Bridge (Vintage 21)
Monday – Van Halen (RBC Center)
Richmond, VA
Friday – Bobby Lee Rogers & the Codetalkers (Canal Club),
Wednesday – Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Little Feat (Innsbrook Pavillion)
Washington DC
Thursday – RJD2 (9:30 Club)
Saturday – Scary Kids Scaring Kids (9:30 Club)
Winston-Salem
Friday – Perpetual Groove (Corpening Plaza)
