Gig Guide
FRIDAY AT THE HUMMINGBIRD STAGE AND TAPROOM
Hailing from Durham, North Carolina, one of the nation's busiest and most diverse music scenes, Brett Harris has been featured on Paste Magazine's "Best of What's Next," NPR's "All Songs Considered: Second Stage," toured as a member of the band that conducts live performances of Big Star's Third (alongside folks like R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and members of Let's Active and Lost in the Trees), and was a touring member of The dB's. With his personal, eponymous project, he writes the kind of instantly catchy pop songs that bring to mind masters of the craft like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Paul Williams. He'll be joined by blues rockers Jacks River Band. 10:30 p.m. $5.
Failing Acts of Society with Further Notice and Hindsight
SATURDAY AT FRESH PRODUCE RECORDS
Do you like your music to be epic? Full of chunky, low-end distortion and driving snare rolls? Drenched in emotion and belted out like a dump truck running over a capped toothpaste tube? You're in luck, because the poppiest punks around these parts, Failing Acts of Society, are back at it again at Fresh Produce Records for a night of all the above, and they're bringing friends: Further Notice and Hindsight. Three bands, three dollars. That's solid math, right there. 7 p.m. $3.
Small Potatoes
SATURDAY AT WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Twenty-two years ago, Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso, the duo that makes up Small Potatoes, decided to quit their jobs and become full-time folk singers. Yes, you read that right: folk singers. That's not exactly the kind of life decision that earns you points with the guidance counselor. But Small Potatoes defied logic. Instead of ending up under a bridge desperately trying to organize passersby into three-part harmonies of "We Shall Overcome," the duo has become a favorite at coffeehouses and can regularly be seen at major folk festivals across the country. They're performing in the Anderson Cabin in Wesleyan College's Arboretum. It's a casual atmosphere, so feel free to bring food or drink and mingle. 7 p.m. $20.
Rhythm and Rye
SATURDAY AT THE BOURBON BAR
If you haven't been a part of the #CreateTheCool movement that DSEL productions and international DJ superstars Shawty Slim and Bruce Wonder have been stirring, then you, dear reader, need to get your mind right. The whole idea behind Rhythm and Rye is to establish a chill vibe in a hip place, essentially to provide an atmosphere that encourages the crowd to "gather together with old friends for the purpose of connecting with others in a polished, professional way." This team does just that and does it well. 10 p.m.
The Oh Hellos with the Collection
THURSDAY AT THE COX CAPITOL THEATRE
At its core, the Oh Hellos is Maggie and Tyler Heath, two siblings from South Texas who wrote, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered their 2011 EP, "Through the Deep, Dark Valley," themselves. Since that time, they've grown substantially larger as a group to flesh out the live iterations of the songs on their record, incorporating a group of friends that's the "size of a circus, tumblers and all." Their new record of eclectic folk is influenced by sources as varied as C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters," Patrick Rothfuss' "The Name of the Wind," mythology, folklore and apocalyptic literature. Greensboro, North Carolina's the Collection opens the show. Doors: 7 p.m./Show: 8 p.m. $15-$20.
This story was originally published April 14, 2016 at 7:23 PM with the headline "Gig Guide ."