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Top tickets: Rock & jam, indoors and out

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Possum Jenkins

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Erin Lunsford & The Wildfire

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Ross Coppley

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Lobo Marino

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The Band Perry

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Top Tickets in the NRV

Live music happenings in Blacksburg, Floyd and more

Tad Dickens | 777-6474

Thursday, August 22, 2013

SATURDAY

Live at the Rives Summer Series

With Possum Jenkins, Bottoms Up Blues Gang

North Carolina Americana band Possum Jenkins rocks it outdoors.

Details: 6 p.m. Shining Star Farm, 3838 Barrows Mill Road, Martinsville (rain address, Rives Theatre, 215 E. Church St., Martinsville). $12 advance; $15 door. 276-638-2107, 276-647-1973, facebook.com/rivestheatre, possumjenkinsband.com

SATURDAY

Roanoke Wing Fest

With The Color J, Tobacco Apache, Erin & The Wildfire, Carrington Kay

Some of the valley’s strongest acts jam while you chow down. Hear funk, rock, blues and more.

Details: 11 p.m. Upper Elmwood Park, Roanoke. $5; free to children 12 and younger. roanokewingfest.com, reverbnation.com/thecolorj, tobaccoapache.com, erinlunsford.bandcamp.com

SATURDAY

Ross Coppley

Sidewinders Steakhouse & Saloon, in its months in business, is bringing in a steady diet of “on the verge” type acts who are working to make it in the world of country music. Coppley, from Lexington, N.C., is another one recording original neo-country music and touring the honky-tonks in hopes of breaking big. And like a lot of them, Coppley started out as a rocker before gravitating to country.

Details: 9 p.m. Sidewinders Steakhouse & Saloon, Roanoke. $5. sidewindersaloon.com, rosscoppley.com

WEDNESDAY

Lobo Marino

A unique indie-folk duo also has a unique band name story. According to the Richmond-based Lobo Marino’s website, Jameson Price and Laney Sullivan traveled to South America, where they saw a Pacific sea lion, known in Spanish as “el lobo marino.” The beast allowed a low growl in their direction, inspiring their band name and music. The pair, with guest musicians, made the album “Kite Festival” last year in front of a live audience.

Details: 9 p.m. 501 Speakeasy, 501 Campbell Ave., S.W. Free. 400-6377, facebook.com/501speakeasy, lobomarinomusic.com

TONIGHT-FRIDAY

The Mumbles

From New Orleans via Brooklyn, N.Y., The Mumbles have a new third member, sax man and singer Ejric Bernhardt, and a new live album “... Last Night Wore The Crown.”

Details: 10 p.m. tonight. Sycamore Deli, Blacksburg, with Matt Jones and the Bobs. $5. 951-9817, twitter.com/Sycamoredeli, facebook.com/MattJonesAndTheBobs.

10 p.m. Friday. Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. Free. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, themumbles.org

TONIGHT-SATURDAY

Camp Barefoot 7 Music & Arts Festival

Kyle Hollingsworth Band feat. Anders Osborne and The Motet Horns, EOTO, Conspirator, Keller Williams with More Than A Little, Tea Leaf Green, Zoogma, The Pimps of Joytime, Toubab Krewe, That 1 Guy, Jennifer Hartswick Band, Urth, Funk Punch, The Shack Band, The Boatmen and more

Flip back to Tuesday’s Extra section or visit music.roanoke.com to read more.

Details: Thursday-Saturday, Bartow, W.Va. $175 three-day tickets; $145 two-day tickets; Saturday-only $75. www.campbarefoot.org, kylehollingsworth.com, eotomusic.org, kellerwilliams.net

TONIGHT

The Funk Cousins (no relation)

Some of Roanoke’s best players and singers ply smooth jazz. Don’t miss singer Rhiana Roper.

Details: 8 p.m. Fork in the City, Roanoke. Free. 345-3675, forkinthecity.com, facebook.com/funkcousinsnorelation

Thursday Night Live at the Taubman

With Le Hotclub de Biglick

Gypsy jazz pickers.

Details: 5 p.m. Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke. Free. 342-5760, taubmanmuseum.org, lehotclub.com

Mister f

With Atoadaso

Electic jams.

Details: 10 p.m. Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. Free. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, soundcloud.com/mister-f-music, soundcloud.com/atoadaso

Brian and Melissa Mesko

Guitarist Brian Mesko (The Root Downs) and his wife do the acoustic duo thing.

Details: 8:30 p.m. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, brianmesko.com

FRIDAY

Grass Monkey

Gonzo-mericana.

Details: 10 p.m. 1906 Ale House, Roanoke. Free. 562-8951, 1906alehouse.com, grassmonkey.com

Lazy Man Dub Band

Irie grooves, with shouting horns.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, lazymandubband.com

Red States

With Affliction Kid, After Action Review and Compulsovich

Rock ’n’ roll and punk quadruple bill.

Details: 9 p.m. The Coffee Pot Roadhouse, Roanoke. $5. 774-8256, facebook.com/Roanokesroadhouse, facebook.com/RedStatesRVA, facebook.com/AfflictionKid

Side Show

Hair metal hits.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Ippy’s, Rocky Mount. $5. 493-4779, Ippys.info, sideshowrocknroll.com

The Guilty Pleasures

A Blacksburg trio plays the jams you hate to love.

Details: 10 p.m. The Blues BBQ Co., Roanoke. Free. 344-5683, bluesbbqco.com,

SATURDAY

Biscuit Miller and the Mix

Funky bass man and his bluesy band return to Blue 5.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, biscuitmiller.com

Bummer Song Showcase

With Geoff Conley and Friends

Former frontman for The Situationist plays his bummers.

Details: 9 p.m. The Bazaar, 675 Brandon Ave. S.W., Roanoke. $3; all ages. 309-0928

River District Rhythms 2013 Concert Series

With The Band Perry, Eric Paslay, Chris Lane Band

One of country music’s biggest young acts headlines this event.

Details: 6 p.m. Carrington Pavilion, Crossing at the Dan, Danville. $45, $40, $30 advance; $50, $45, $35 day of show. 434-793-4636, danvilleharvestjubilee.org, thebandperry.com

Thunder in the Valley Roller Derby

With Jackal Tickets

Roanoke ska-punkers Jackal Tickets will make the live, halftime soundtrack for four teams of roller girls, bashing and crashing on skates.

Details: 5 p.m. Salem Civic Center. $15. starcityrollergirls@gmail.com, reverbnation.com/jackaltickets

Axis Five

Hard-hitting rock ’n’ roll.

Details: 9 p.m. Billy’s Barn, Salem. $5. 728-0270, facebook.com/billys.barn.1, facebook.com/axis.fiveband

Blackout

Original hard rock from Lynchburg.

Details: 9 p.m. The Coffee Pot Roadhouse, Roanoke. $8; 21 and older. 774-8256, facebook.com/Roanokesroadhouse , facebook.com/BlackoutVA

Around the Bend

High-quality acoustic picking.