Drive-By Truckers (Courtesy photo)It’s St. Patrick’s Day, which is kind of like the Super Bowl for leprechaun enthusiasts. Congrats to all of you.
There’s a St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl on Dickson Street on Friday night. The event starts at Ryleigh’s, where you can pick up a passport listing the participating watering holes. From there, just visit the dozen or so places, get a stamp, and return it to Ryleigh’s at the end of the night to pick up your commemorative t-shirt. Here’s more info.
There’s a big show at JJ’s Live on Sunday, as country/rockers Drive-By Truckers return to town for a show. Margo Cilker is also on the bill. Here’s ticket info.
George’s will host a weekend of local tunes with blues act Brick Fields kicking things off for happy hour, followed by Green Acres and The Cole Birmingham band closing out the night. On Saturday, they’ll host local psychedelic funk band, Deep Sequence.
Also in tunes, Nomad’s Trailside has a four-band bill on Friday night with Fight Dream, Mildenhall, TownHouseFire and Bo Yellis and Smoke & Barrel has a rock show on Saturday night with Mr. Softheart, Gardensnakes, and Idle Valley.
In sports, Arkansas baseball opens SEC play with a weekend series versus Auburn this weekend. Hogs are rolling. Let’s keep that going.
Arkansas’ men’s basketball team is in the big dance this weekend, and they’ll take on Kansas on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. The women’s team defeated Louisiana Tech in the first round of the WNIT, but their second game isn’t until Monday.
TheatreSquared’s new show Sanctuary City continues its run at their facility in downtown Fayetteville. Here’s where to get tickets and a schedule of those performances.
There are options for comedy this weekend as well, with comedian John Crist set to perform at Walton Arts Center on Sunday, and Carlos Mencia doing a three-night run at The Grove in Lowell.
There’s plenty more below. Have a great weekend, everyone.
