TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening

Mark Hughes Cobb, The Tuscaloosa News
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MUSIC

FRIDAY

CashBack, Cotton Mouth Creek: 6-9 p.m., Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St., for the city of Tuscaloosa's Live at the Plaza series. The concerts are free, and family- and pet-friendly. Free parking is available in the parking deck abutting Government Plaza, on 23rd Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Patrons can bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, though concessions will be sold. www.tuscaloosa.com/latp.

Plato Jones: 6-9 p.m., free, The Venue Tuscaloosa, 6052 Watermelon Road, across from the west side of Sokol Park, adjacent to Tree House Farm and Nursery. www.venuetuscaloosa.com/events.

King George, Pokey, Sir Charles Jones, West Love, MC Lightfoot: 7:30 p.m., Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $89.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.alabamatheatre.com.

SATURDAY

Gregstock II, Plato Jones, Casmalia, Shredder Dan, and DJ Mark: 2 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co. Moon Room, 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitybrewing.com.

LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

"Twelfth Night": Shakespeare comedy performed by the Rude Mechanicals, 8 p.m., free, Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall, on the University of Alabama campus. Live pre-show music begins at 7:30. No admission charge, but donations will be accepted. The play is family-friendly, though there is some mildly suggestive material. 205-310-5287. www.facebook.com/TheRudeMechanicalsUA.

Tuscaloosa's summer Shakespeare group The Rude Mechanicals will perform "Twelfth Night," 8 p.m. Wednesday June 28 through Saturday July 1, in the Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall on the UA campus. Live pre-show music begins at 7:30 each night. The RMs formed in 2003, and includes a mix of town and gown actors, performers, designers and musicians.

SATURDAY

The Venue Freedom Festival: 8-11 p.m., $12 in advance, $20 day of show, Independence Day celebration with '90s country music by house band Watermelon Road, fireworks at the end of the night. VIP tickets $40 with near-stage seating, buffet and private cash bar. Doors at 7. Kids 5 and younger admitted free. 205-523-4440. www.tinyurl.com/2s3bdkef.

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

Celebration on the River: 6-9 p.m., in and around the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Free-family-friendly event sponsored by the city of Tuscaloosa. Kids' zone games and activities 6-7:45; DJ Tank performance 6-7:50; Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra pops concert 7:55-8:55. Fireworks show will start at 9 p.m., after brief remarks by Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox.

The Tuscaloosa Symphony performs its Fourth of July pops concert on the Amphitheater stage, in this 2016 file photo
The Tuscaloosa Symphony performs its Fourth of July pops concert on the Amphitheater stage, in this 2016 file photo

UPCOMING

JULY 6: Kentuck Art Night, 5-8 p.m., Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Ave., Northport. Free and family-friendly, first-Thursday celebration of art and artists, with live music, exhibit openings, open artists' studios, cob-oven pizza and more. www.kentuck.org.

JULY 7: The Locked Band, Tranquility, 6-9 p.m., Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St., for the city of Tuscaloosa's Live at the Plaza series. The concerts are free, and family- and pet-friendly. Free parking is available in the parking deck abutting Government Plaza, on 23rd Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Patrons can bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, though concessions will be sold. www.tuscaloosa.com/latp.

Time-travel adventure-comedy "Back to the Future" will close the 2023 Bama Art House summer film series, which consists of nostalgic favorites.
Time-travel adventure-comedy "Back to the Future" will close the 2023 Bama Art House summer film series, which consists of nostalgic favorites.

JULY 11: "Back to the Future" (1985). All Bama Art House movies will screen at 7 p.m., with the doors, box office and Bama Bar (concession stand) open at 6. Tickets are $10 general, $9 for students and seniors, and $8 for Arts Council members. Punch-card tickets are available for $70, giving 10 admissions to any films in the ongoing series. For more, see www.tuscarts.org/bama/bama-art-house.

JULY 14: Stone Harbor, Mach Ten, 6-9 p.m., Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St., for the city of Tuscaloosa's Live at the Plaza series. The concerts are free, and family- and pet-friendly. Free parking is available in the parking deck abutting Government Plaza, on 23rd Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Patrons can bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, though concessions will be sold. www.tuscaloosa.com/latp.

JULY 15: Sho'Nuff Comics Reunion Gathering, 3 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. Gathering of former comics shop's friends, customers and artists. druidcitybrewing.com.

JULY 15: Seventh Annual Wonder Woman Day, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., The Comic Strip, 505 Hargrove Road E., Suite 10, cosplayers, artists, raffles, as a benefit for Turning Point women's shelter. www.thecomicstriptuscaloosa.com.

JULY 19: Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, 7:30 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $39 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

JULY 20-23: Musical "Sister Act," performed by Theatre Tuscaloosa, directed by Stephen Tyler Davis, who has directed "Grease" and "Mamma Mia!" for Theatre Tuscaloosa in recent years. In "Sister Act," singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder by her gangster boyfriend, and goes via witness protection program into a Philadelphia convent. Her flamboyant personality causes friction among the community of more self-restrained nuns, but she finds her place helping transform the convent's struggling choir. The group's rising notoriety makes it much harder for the police to protect Deloris. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. July 20-22, with 2 p.m. matinees July 22-23, in the Bama Theatre. Tickets will be $24 general; $20 for seniors, military and Shelton State employees; $16 each for students, children and groups of 10 or more; $8 for Shelton State students. www.theatretusc.com. 205-391-2277.

JULY 21: Jackson Chase, Lock 9 Band, 6-9 p.m., Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St., for the city of Tuscaloosa's Live at the Plaza series. The concerts are free, and family- and pet-friendly. Free parking is available in the parking deck abutting Government Plaza, on 23rd Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Patrons can bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, though concessions will be sold. www.tuscaloosa.com/latp.

JULY 26: Jackson Browne, 7:30 p.m., Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $47.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.alabamatheatre.com.

JULY 27: Year of October, 8 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co. Moon Room, 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. druidcitybrewing.com. www.yearofoctober.bandcamp.com.

JULY 28: Hannaward Pass, Zach Guffrey Trio, 6-9 p.m., Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St., for the city of Tuscaloosa's Live at the Plaza series. The concerts are free, and family- and pet-friendly. Free parking is available in the parking deck abutting Government Plaza, on 23rd Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Patrons can bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, though concessions will be sold. www.tuscaloosa.com/latp.

JULY 28-29: 21st Annual Hot Hundred, hosted by the Tuscaloosa Mental Health Alliance (TMHA) and the Druid City Bicycle Club (DCBC). Bike ride ranging in length from 30 to 116 miles Benefit for TMHA. www.bikehothundred.com.

AUG. 1: Big Time Rush, 8 p.m., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $20 and up, through www.livenation.com. www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.

AUG. 3: Kentuck Art Night, 5-8 p.m., Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Ave., Northport. Free and family-friendly, first-Thursday celebration of art and artists, with live music, exhibit openings, open artists' studios, cob-oven pizza and more. www.kentuck.org.

AUG. 5: 3 Doors Down, Candlebox, 8 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets for $99.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $39.50, plus fees, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway. www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

Tusk calendar
Tusk calendar

AUG. 6: Jason Aldean, Mitchell Tenpenny, Corey Kent, Dee Jay Silver, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amphitheater box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $179.75, $149.75, $119.75, $89.75, $79.75, $59.75, and $44.75, plus fees and taxes. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

AUG. 16: Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, 6:30 p.m., Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $42 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.alabamatheatre.com.

AUG. 19: Jodeci, SWV, 7:30 p.m., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $39.75 and up, through www.livenation.com. www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.

AUG. 21-27: 25th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham theater district, in and around the Alabama and Lyric theaters. Week of independent film screenings, including features, shorts, animation, documentaries and more. www.sidewalkfest.com.

AUG. 22: Mark and Laura Steltenpohl book signing and talk, 5:30-7 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., downtown Tuscaloosa. The Steltenpohls will discuss their new book "Roadside Geology of Alabama." www.ernestandhadleybooks.com.

AUG. 22: 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Jeremih, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway. Prices, not including taxes and fees, will be $149.50, $119.50, $99.50, $69.50 and $39.50.

AUG. 24: Moon Taxi, The Stews, Druid City Music Hall, 8 p.m., $30, 1307 University Boulevard, on The Strip. www.druidcitymusichall.com/shows.

AUG. 25: Suicideboys, Ghostemane, City Morgue, Sematary, Ramirez, 6:30 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $45 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

AUG. 26: Elvis tribute artists Cote Deonath and David Lee, backed by The Infinit-E Tribute Band, 6-8 p.m., Bama Theatre. Tickets $26.50-$68, at www.elvisinconcerttickets.com.

SEPT. 1: Hardy, Lainey Wilson and Dylan Marlowe, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $101.25, $91.25, $61.25, $41.25, not counting taxes and fees.

SEPT. 3: Intocable, 7:30 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $39 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

SEPT. 7: Kentuck Art Night, 5-8 p.m., Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Ave., Northport. Free and family-friendly, first-Thursday celebration of art and artists, with live music, exhibit openings, open artists' studios, cob-oven pizza and more. www.kentuck.org.

SEPT. 8: Parker McCollum, Jackson Dean, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or the Amp box office at 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $84.50 (general admission pit), or $69.50, $54.50, $34.50 or $24.50 for reserved seats. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

SEPT. 11: Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra performing 2023-2024 season opener "Land of the Free," 7 p.m., Moody Concert Hall, 810 Second Ave., UA campus. TSO season tickets are on sale through www.tsoonline.org. Individual tickets range from $30 to $40; all students are admitted free. This concert will celebrate America's veterans, with music by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, John Philip Sousa and more. Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Nicholas Bardonnay will present a visual presentation of photography from world wars, and our national parks.

SEPT. 16: Nickelback, 6:30 p.m. Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $40 and up, through www.livenation.com. www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.

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. 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.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening