TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
This week in West Alabama, Lunchtime Live returns with the Vuorovesi Trio featuring Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra musicians and University of Alabama faculty; the Bama Art House fall nostalgia series shows "Sleepy Hollow" at the Bama Theatre; Colony House plays the Druid City Music Hall; Steve Brown brings back his annual CHS benefit comedy show; Ernest and Hadley celebrates one of their own, Marja Graham, for her first novel; and more.
MUSIC
THURSDAY
Tarred and Feathered: 6-9 p.m., Southern Ale House, 1530 McFarland Blvd. N., Tuscaloosa.
Colony House: 8 p.m, $25, Druid City Music Hall, 1307 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitymusichall.com.
FRIDAY
Liz and the Grand Tour: 7-10 p.m., no cover, Grandstand, 2209 Fourth St., downtown Tuscaloosa.
SATURDAY
Nickelback, Brantley Gilbert, Austin Snell: 6:30 p.m. Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $40 and up at www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.
SUNDAY
Ben Folds: 6-7:30 p.m., UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S., Birmingham. Tickets, $49 and up, at my.alysstephens.org/tr2s3sqh2u.
LOCAL EVENTS
THURSDAY
Lunchtime Live: New food trucks and live music event sponsored by the city, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays in September, in Government Plaza. Free to attend. Guests can purchase from a variety of food trucks, or pack their own; everyone's encouraged to bring blankets or chairs for seating. Music this week from the Vuorovesi Trio featuring Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra musicians and University of Alabama faculty; followed by the Uri Band Sept. 21; and Tyler Sellers Sept. 28.
Bonsai and Brews: 6:30-8:30 p.m., $55, Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., downtown Tuscaloosa. Event led by Bonsai Guys Tuscaloosa. www.eventbrite.com/e/bonsai-class-tickets.
Jerry Seinfeld: 7 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $161 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
FRIDAY
Marja Graham book signing and talk: 5:30-7 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., downtown Tuscaloosa. Graham will read and sign her debut novel "The Summers We Left Behind." Free tickets at www.tinyurl.com/5devukmz.
SATURDAY
Steve Brown and Friends: CHS Alumni show, 8-11 p.m., Bama Theatre. Brown, Ashima Franklin, Marvin Hunter and Sean Larkins will perform. Benefit performance for Central High School. Tickets $35, through https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steve-brown-friends-chs-alumni-comedy-show-tickets-668574222497.
MONDAY
This Could Be You: Comedy show with open-mic, 8-11 p.m., Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. Signup at 7:30. Hosted by Stand-Up Tuscaloosa and Compton Smith.
TUESDAY
"Sleepy Hollow" (1999): Rated R, 1 hour 45 minutes, 7 p.m., Bama Theatre, for fall Bama Art House series. Directed by Tim Burton, based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to investigate a series of decapitations credited to a mysterious Hessian and/or Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken). Also featuring Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Christopher Lee and Jeffrey Jones. Screenings of BAH movies will be 7 p.m. Tuesdays from through Oct. 24, with the exception of Sept. 26 and Oct. 17, at the Bama. The doors, box office and Bama Bar open at 6. Admission is $10 general, $9 for students and seniors, and $8 for Arts Council members. Season pass punch card tickets will be on sale for $70, good for any 10 films, in any upcoming series.
UPCOMING
SEPT. 28: Thomas Rhett, 7:30 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $25 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
SEPT. 29: Black Jacket Symphony performing Whitney Houston's "Whitney," 7:30 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $24.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
SEPT. 30: Fantasia, Joe, 8 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $59 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
OCT. 6: Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild and Leela James, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amphitheater box office at 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $125, $99, $79.50, $59.50, $39.50 and $25, plus fees and taxes. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
OCT. 14-15: 52nd Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport.
OCT. 15: Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Particle Kid, Mike Campbell, 5 p.m., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $39 and up, through www.livenation.com. www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.
OCT. 27: Kidz Bop, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for $65, $55, $45, $35 and $25, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
OCT. 27-28: Chukker Weekender two-day celebration, Druid City Brewing Co., featuring live music, poetry, comedy, visual arts, yoga and more. Among the bands playing/reuniting: Club Wig, the Penetrators, the Irascibles, Model Citizen, Sweat Bee, the Crying Jags, Henri's Notions, the Dexateens, the DTs, Instant Karma, Blip, Hooper, Che Arthur, Tommy Sorrells and more.
NOV. 7: Foreigner, Loverboy, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets for $119.50, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50, and $39.50, plus fees and taxes, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, in downtown Tuscaloosa. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
APRIL 28, 2024: Riley Green,Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley, 7:30 p.m. Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway. They'll be $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50, and $39.50, plus fees and taxes.
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