Weekend Flyer: Legally Blonde, Detroit ’67, Blind Boys of Alabama, Mary Gauthier, Cyclocross World Cup, and more

There’s too much to do this weekend to be messing around making jokes at the beginning of this post. We’d better just get to it.

Spooky season is here, and that means some Halloween shows are already popping up on the calendar this weekend. Fayetteville Public Library will host a ballet and multi-media version of the Bram Stoker classic tale, Dracula by central Arkansas-based ballet troupe, Ballet Arkansas on Friday and Saturday. Here’s more info.

There’s a big show at Walton Arts Center this weekend with the musical version of the hit Reese Witherspoon film, Legally Blonde playing Friday – Sunday. Here’s a bit more about that.

Also in performances, a new show by Tony nominee and MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant winner Dominique Morisseau is now playing at TheatreSquared. The critically acclaimed play Detroit ’67 officially opens this weekend. Here’s more.

Songwriter Mary Gauthier will perform at Roots HQ on the square this weekend. It looks like some tickets are still available.

George’s will kick things off with a happy hour show featuring local favorites, Full House, followed by an Elton John tribute later on Friday night. On Saturday, the venue will host Women in the Round, a benefit for locals Adrienne Shaunfield and Bekah Smith to help cover expenses associated with their cancer treatment featuring a host of talented songwriters. Here’s more.

There’s another big show on Sunday night, when local non-profit Music Moves hosts their annual fundraiser featuring a performance by legendary group The Blind Boys of Alabama at Fayetteville Town Center. More info on the show is here.

Also in tunes, there’s a Grateful Dead Tribute called Forgotten Space performing at Prairie Street Live on Friday night, and the final Music on the Mountain show of the season is Friday night as well with a family friendly show by local songwriter Shannon Wurst in the cottage circle at Mount Sequoyah Center.

There’s a big bike race on Centennial Park this weekend with the UCI Cyclocross World Cup making a stop in town. Here’s more about that.

Also in sports, the Razorback men’s basketball team will kick off their season with a Red-White intrasquad game at 2 p.m. on Sunday. More.

There’s a bicycle poker ride. A small works art show. A puppet show in the park.

There’s a ton more below. Have a great weekend, everyone.

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Friday, October 14

10:00 am	OZCX & UCI Cyclocross World Cup Centennial Park	Sports
5:30 pm	Buddy Shute & Mark McGee Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History	Music
6:00 pm	Happy hour: Full House George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:00 pm	Stewart Huff The Grove Comedy Club – Lowell	Comedy
6:00 pm	Will Saylor Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
6:30 pm	Corey Timmons / Sean Mac / YoungGunna / Adam McClelland Tin Roof	Music
6:30 pm	Forgotten Space Prairie Street Live	Music
7:00 pm	Arkansas volleyball vs. Tennessee Barnhill Arena	Sports
7:00 pm	Ballet Arkansas: DRACULA Fayetteville Public Library	Performance
7:00 pm	JR Neal Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar	Music
7:00 pm	Mary Gauthier Roots HQ	Music
7:30 pm	Music on the Mountain: Shannon Wurst Band Mount Sequoyah Center	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Detroit ’67 TheatreSquared	Performance
7:30 pm	UA Jazz: An Evening at Mary Lou Williams’ Apartment UA – Global Campus	Music
8:00 pm	Doctor Junior / COTU Kingfish	Music
8:00 pm	Frailstate / The Big Sad / Prop Hunter Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
8:00 pm	Legally Blonde: The Musical Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	One for the Money JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:00 pm	RodeoBookClub American Shaman Kava Bar	Comedy
8:00 pm	Whisky Outlaws JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:30 pm	Abbey Pierce & The Sinners JJ’s Grill on Dickson	Music
9:30 pm	Elton John tribute George’s Majestic Lounge	Music

Saturday, October 15

7:00 am	Fayetteville Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:00 am	OZCX & UCI Cyclocross World Cup Centennial Park	Sports
9:00 am	Folkways Fiber Fest Ozark Folkways – Winslow	Art
9:30 am	Lake Sequoyah Fall Cleanup Lake Sequoyah	Volunteer
10:00 am	Super Saturday: TheatreSquared Interactive Story Time Fayetteville Public Library	Family
11:00 am	96 Miles / DJ SoulFree / Adam McClelland / Sean Mac Tin Roof	Music
11:00 am	Artist Demo: Holly Roomsburg Terra Studios	Art
11:30 am	Arkansalsa Fest Jones Center – Springdale	Activity
12:00 pm	MTW Poker Ride Nomads Trailside
2:00 pm	Legally Blonde: The Musical Walton Arts Center	Performance
2:00 pm	Rogers Oktoberfest Downtown Rogers	Beer
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Detroit ’67 TheatreSquared	Performance
5:00 pm	Arkansas volleyball vs. Tennessee Barnhill Arena	Sports
5:00 pm	Tastemakers: Chef Sean Sherman The Momentary – Bentonville	Art
6:00 pm	Circle Of Thirds Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
6:00 pm	Women in the Round George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
7:00 pm	Ballet Arkansas: DRACULA Fayetteville Public Library	Performance
7:00 pm	Joy Bliss Bless Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar	Music
7:00 pm	Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Screening w/ Q&A UA – Student Union	Activity
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Detroit ’67 TheatreSquared	Performance
8:00 pm	George Bros JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:00 pm	Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal Kingfish	Music
8:00 pm	Legally Blonde: The Musical Walton Arts Center	Performance
8:00 pm	Maud Crawford JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:45 pm	Stewart Huff The Grove Comedy Club – Lowell	Comedy

Sunday, October 16

8:00 am	OZCX & UCI Cyclocross World Cup Centennial Park	Sports
9:45 am	USA Pump Track Championships Jones Center – Springdale	Sports
12:00 pm	Honey Pot Drag Brunch Tin Roof	Performance
12:30 pm	15th Annual Puppets in the Park Gulley Park	Family
2:00 pm	Arkansas men’s basketball Red-White game Barnhill Arena	Sports
2:00 pm	Legally Blonde: The Musical Walton Arts Center	Performance
2:00 pm	Mountain Street Stage: Rupert Wates Fayetteville Public Library	Music
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Detroit ’67 TheatreSquared	Performance
3:00 pm	Dashlynne / DJ D.Sewell Tin Roof	Music
5:00 pm	James Miller Saddlebock Brewery	Music
6:00 pm	Good News & The Blues: The Blind Boys of Alabama Fayetteville Town Center	Fundraiser