BREWGRASS CANCELLED: Weekend Flyer: Brewgrass festival, UA commencement, Fiddler on the Roof, Eli Young Band, and more

Happy Friday, everyone. It’s graduation weekend, which means you definitely need a reservation. Trust us.

Local party band Ultra Suede will kick things off for Happy Hour at George’s Friday night, as they’ve done a whole lot of times over the years. Later on, Eli Young Band is in town for a show Friday night, and on Saturday, you can check out locals Honeyjack at the venue. Here’s ticket info for the George’s shows.

How about some baseball? The OmaHogs will take on the No. 24 ranked Vanderbilt Commodores for their final home series of the season. Well, not counting the regionals and super-regionals of the College World Series, if the Hogs are fortunate enough to host those games. Here’s a preview of the series.

Walton Arts Center has several performances of Fiddler on the Roof you could check out this weekend. Their Artosphere festival is also underway, including a film screening of Children of the Sea at Mount Sequoyah on Friday night. It’s free. Here’s more.

Y’all wanna race? The annual Cow Paddy Run is happening Saturday morning at Gulley Park. Proceeds from the race benefit the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation. Here’s more.

How about a crawfish boil? The Fayetteville Firefighters Association will host their annual crawfish boil at Prairie Street Live on Saturday. There will be music by Jumpsuit Jamie, a cornhole tourney, and of course, plenty of mudbugs to enjoy. It starts at 11 a.m. More info is right here.

Up in Rogers, there are a couple big shows this weekend, with Whiskey Myers, Shane Smith & the Saints, and Goodbye June at the Walmart AMP, and locals Smokey and the Mirror (Friday) and Arkansasauce (Saturday) will play Railyard Live downtown.

Also in local tunes, local favs Vintage Pistol are back in action for a Saturday night show in the backyard at Kingfish. Also of note, the Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy show originally scheduled for Smoke & Barrel Saturday night has been cancelled due to a quarantine situation among the band.

On Sunday, the annual Brewgrass festival celebrating local brews and bluegrass music will take place on the Fayetteville square. This year’s event will include performances by locals Front Porch, Jess Harp (read our recent interview with Jess here), and Rachel Ammons, along with brews from local brewery Fossil Cove, CBD cocktails from Buffalo Brothers, food trucks, kids activities, bingo, local arts and crafts, and more. Here’s more info. Update: Due to the threat of storms Sunday afternoon, Arkansas Brewgrass festival has been cancelled.

Have a great weekend, everyone. Have fun. Be safe.

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Friday, May 13

6:00 pm	Children’s Safety Center 25th Anniversary Prairie Street Live	Fundraiser
6:00 pm	Happy Hour: Ultra Suede George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:00 pm	Patti Steel & Jeff Kearney Black Apple Cidery – Springdale	Music
6:00 pm	Vince Turner Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
6:30 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Vanderbilt Baum-Walker Stadium	Sports
6:30 pm	Comedian Dan Whitehurst The Grove Comedy Club – Lowell	Comedy
6:30 pm	Smokey & The Mirror / 3 Penny Acre / Ryan Pickop Railyard Park – Rogers	Music
7:00 pm	Artosphere Film: Children of the Sea Mount Sequoyah	Family
7:00 pm	JR Neal Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar	Music
7:30 pm	Black Label Society / Nina Strauss / Jared James Nichols JJ’s Live	Music
7:45 pm	CORPS The Momentary – Bentonville	Performance
8:00 pm	Daniel Johnson JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:00 pm	Fiddler on the Roof Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	One for the Money JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:30 pm	King Cabbage Brass Band Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
8:30 pm	Repo’d Trailers JJ’s Grill on Dickson	Music
9:00 pm	Feats of Strength Kingfish	Music
9:30 pm	Eli Young Band George’s Majestic Lounge	Music

Saturday, May 14

7:00 am	Fayetteville Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:45 am	Cow Paddy Run Gulley Park	Activity
9:00 am	Splash Pad Opens Walker Park	Activity
10:00 am	Super Saturday: Día de los niños/Día de los libros Fayetteville Public Library	Literary
11:00 am	Fayetteville Firefighters Crawfish Boil Prairie Street Live	Fundraiser
2:00 pm	Fiddler on the Roof Walton Arts Center	Performance
6:00 pm	Project 1268 Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
6:30 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Vanderbilt Baum-Walker Stadium	Sports
6:30 pm	Arkansauce / Rachel Ammons / Western Youth Railyard Park – Rogers	Music
6:30 pm	Comedian Dan Whitehurst The Grove Comedy Club – Lowell	Comedy
6:30 pm	Whiskey Myers / Shane Smith & The Saints / Goodbye June The AMP – Rogers	Music
7:00 pm	Michael Bewley Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar	Music
7:00 pm	The Odds Mojo’s Pints & Pies East – Citizens Drive	Music
7:45 pm	CORPS The Momentary – Bentonville	Performance
8:00 pm	Fiddler on the Roof Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	Honeyjack / Hollywood Riot George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
8:00 pm	Mike & Grady JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:00 pm	Patti Steel / Jesse Daniel Edwards / Paige Alyse Van Horn Nomads Trailside	Music
8:00 pm	Take Cover JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:30 pm	Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
8:30 pm	Cole Birmingham Band JJ’s Grill on Dickson	Music
9:00 pm	Vintage Pistol Kingfish	Music

Sunday, May 15

12:00 pm	Annual Garden Party Crystal Bridges – Bentonville	Art
2:00 pm	Arkansas baseball vs. Vanderbilt Baum-Walker Stadium	Sports
2:00 pm	Arkansas Brewgrass festival Fayetteville Square	Community
2:00 pm	Fiddler on the Roof Walton Arts Center	Performance
3:00 pm	Pinpoint turns 4, but Celebrates 3 Pinpoint	Activity
5:30 pm	Jazz in Bloom Botanical Garden of the Ozarks	Music