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Ricky Skaggs

Mountain Heart

CORRECTION: The Rose Kingery Memorial Benefit scheduled for Sunday at Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke, begins at 4 p.m. The start time was incorrect in Thursday's Inside Out.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

FiddleFest

With Mountain Heart and Tony Rice, Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen, and more

The seventh version of this bluegrass-centric hoedown is probably the best yet. Hear some of the best local acts, along with giants such as Tony Rice with Mountain Heart -- a show that will be a homecoming of sorts for Mountain Heart's Josh Shilling, who lived in Roanoke for years before taking off for Nashville, Tenn.

Details: Hollins University, Roanoke. $15, evening tickets; $25, day passes; $50, two-day passes (camping included). roanokefiddlefest.org.

SATURDAY

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

With Scott Freeman & Friends

Skaggs has been at the bluegrass and country music game for nearly 40 years. Both he and his band are among the very best this country has to offer -- combined, they've won eight Grammy awards.

Details: 7 p.m. Blue Ridge Music Center, Milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, near Galax. $20. (276) 236-5309, blueridgemusiccenter.org.

THURSDAY

Jews & Catholics

with The Bastards of Fate, 3 AM Friday

Intriguing triple-bill here. If Jews & Catholics, a two-piece act from Winston-Salem, N.C., sound live like they do on mp3, it should be an excellent headlining set. The Bastards of Fate always bring the musical entertainment. 3 AM Friday are the new kids on the bill and have a Web site full of rock for you to sample.

Details: 9 p.m. Red Clay Restaurant, Roanoke. $3 all ages. 344-4494, redclayrestaurant.com, myspace.com/jewsandcatholics, thebastardsoffate.com, 3amfriday.com.

Stickman

Singer/songwriter Nathan Stickman leads a three-piece band to the 'Noke for some solid, Americana rock.

Details: 10 p.m. Thursday. Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. Free. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, stickmanmusic.com.

FRIDAY

Kerosene Willy

Dave "Chopper" Campbell and the boys bring the Dead-style jams and original tunes.

Details: 10 p.m. Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. Free. 985-6578, martinsdowntown.com.

Madrone

With Soul, Dark Ruin and more

Last week's final Soul show was postponed, and they're trying it again on Friday.

Details: 9 p.m. Coffee Pot, Roanoke. $5, 21 and up. 774-8256, myspace.com/coffeepotroadhouseinc,

SATURDAY

Truckers Delight

Old-school Roanoke Valley favorites reunite yet again.

Details: 10 p.m. Awful Arthur's, Salem. $10. 387-1004, myspace.com/awfularthurssalem.

Lighthorse Revival

With The Influential Broadcast, Thresher

Get a triple-bill of new-school Roanoke rock.

Details: 9 p.m. Market Street Pub, Roanoke. $3. 982-6618, myspace.com/marketstpub, www.myspace.com/lighthorserevival, myspace.com/thresherband, myspace.com/theinfluentialbroadcast.

Terry Garland

Garland, a roving guitar picker/singer, lays out Delta blues along with some gospel, R&B, even a little country. Some of you might know him from his days in the late '70s-early '80s Richmond rock act Bruce Olsen and the Offenders.

Details: 8 p.m. Kings Point Pub, 15844 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway, Huddleston. Free. 297-7347, myspace.com/kingspointirishpub, myspace.com/terrygarland.

Peter Karp

Quality roots and blues music from Karp, who sings well and plays guitar, harmonica and piano.

Details: 9 p.m. Saturday. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, myspace.com/peterkarp.

Battle of the Bands

Some serious local acts are vying for a $1,000 prize. It's pretty expensive for a battle of the bands, but proceeds go toward the Taubman Museum of Art's education and outreach programs. The bands are Among the Brave, The Wait, Black Rain, Levi's Gene Pool, Smoke 'n' Mirrors, Head Over Kills, Nancy & Two Meteors, The Aurora Observatory, Grass Monkey, Affliction Kid, Commonplace, The Royal Greens, Lazy Man Dub Band, Zulu Watu Band, The Pullouts, The Bastards of Fate, Crawling Through Mud with Machine Guns, Twelve O'clock Knob, The Sad Cobras

Details: Noon. Norfolk Avenue, behind Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke. $15. taubmanmuseum.org/battle.

SUNDAY

Rose Kingery Memorial Benefit

with Lazy Man Dub Band, Phenomenal Phonetics, Relacksachian and an open jam

Musicians love to jam out to help friends who face tragedy. That's what these acts are doing in honor of Rose Kingery, whose body was found July 17 at her home in Hardy. Her husband, Philip Allan Kingery, has been charged with murder. Lazy Man Dub Band's percussionist, Matt Leonard, put this show together to help out Rose Kingery's surviving children.

Details: 10 p.m. Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. $10 donation. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, myspace.com/lazymandubband.

New Riders of the Purple Sage

With Electric Woodshed

This Grateful Dead spinoff act, best known for the tune "Panama Red," lost band co-founder John "Marmaduke" Dawson last week. He had not been with the band in some time because of health problems, but this reconstituted pack of riders aims to keep his legacy alive.

Details: 5 p.m. Sunken Garden Amphitheater at Nesselrod, Radford. $15 advance; $18 gate. sunkengardensundays.com, nrpsmusic.com.

WEDNESDAY

Blue 5 Jam with Hoppie Vaughan

Where Vaughan is involved, the music is good.

Details: 9 p.m. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com.