THURSDAY 3/1
Saxophonist Marquis Hunt brings his ensemble Marquis & Mood to South on Main for “Blue Note Jazz,” 8 p.m., $15. ACANSA hosts the Ten-Minute Play Showcase at UA Pulaski Technical College’s Center for Humanities and Arts, 7 p.m., $10-$20. Maxine’s in Hot Springs hosts a burlesque and variety show, “The Raven’s Nest,” 9 p.m., $10. A new sketch comedy show, Tyrannosaurus Sketch, kicks off at The Joint Theater & Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., $5. Guitar virtuoso Raul Midón lands at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m., $30. Shane Mauss goes for laughs at The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 10 p.m. Fri-Sat., $8-$12. Poet and novelist Genaro Ky Ly Smith gives a talk on “America and Vietnam: Countries of Dust and Dreams,” 7:30 p.m., Hendrix College, Reves Recital Hall, free. Seattle rock quartet The Classic Crime plays a show at Rev Room, with Matt and Toby and Motherfolk, 7:30 p.m., $17-$22. Chuck Pack entertains for happy hour at Cajun’s, 5:30 p.m., free; stay for an after-dinner show from Nerd Eye Blind, 9 p.m.
FRIDAY 3/2
Tulsa-based music collective Henna Roso takes its horn-forward arrangements to Four Quarter Bar, 10 p.m., $7. Songwriters Tiffany Lee and Brad Byrd play a set at South on Main for “Fight For Freedom,” a benefit concert to spread awareness of human sex trafficking, 9 p.m., $15. Missy Harris gives a concert at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 7:30 p.m. The Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival kicks off in Bigelow, 22300 state Hwy. 113, 10 a.m. daily through March 11, free. Rob & Tyndall play a free show at Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m., and Mister Lucky takes the stage later, 9 p.m., $5. Professional Bull Riders descend on Verizon Arena for the “Bad Boy Mowdown,” 7:45 p.m. Fri., 6:45 p.m. Sat., $18-$303. Venice Catherine De’Wilde hosts Open Stage Night at Club Sway, 9 p.m. Civil rights icons and rap progenitors The Last Poets perform in the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, 7 p.m., free. Brian Ramsey & Carey Griffin entertain at Markham Street Grill and Pub, 8:30 p.m., free. Rising country star Casey Donahew lands at the Rev Room, 9 p.m., $20-$25. Benadrill, Dingus Khan, Yellow Ochre and Bat: 30 share an all-ages bill at The Sonic Temple, 8 p.m. Little Buffalo River Band plays at Kings Live Music in Conway with Daniel Grear, 8:30 p.m., $5. Deep Sequence joins The Mad Deadly for a bill at Blue Canoe Brewing Warehouse, 1637 E. 15th St., 7 p.m., $5. Hoodoo Blues Revue takes its set to JJ’s Grill Little Rock, 12111 W. Markham St., 8:30 p.m. M2 Gallery hosts a reception for its “11-Year Anniversary Show,” 6 p.m.
SATURDAY 3/3
Jamie Lou & The Hullabaloo take the stage at Four Quarter Bar, with the Syllamo Trio and fellow River Valley songwriter William Blackart, 10 p.m., $8. The deadly fire at the Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville on March 5, 1959, is remembered at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center with “59 since ’59: Remembering the Tragedy at Wrightsville,” 1 p.m. Club Sway blends mystery and drag for “Club Camp: Whodunnit?” 9 p.m. Kim Pettus & Emmanuel “Tiko” Brooks join forces for a bill at Gigi’s Soul Cafe & Lounge, 9 p.m., $15-$20. Trillium Salon Series puts live orchestral accompaniment from the Shadow Ensemble with Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent film “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” 7 p.m., Artist’s Laboratory Theatre, 1030 S. College Ave., Fayetteville, $10 suggested donation. Burns Park Soccer Complex is home to “Disc-Combobulated,” an ultimate frisbee tournament, 8 a.m., $20. Still Married and special guests take the stage at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 7:30 p.m. Recognizer joins Jack Donovan, Phil Davis and Travis Bowman, 8:30 p.m., $5. Protomartyr, Shame and The Phlegms share a show at Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville, 10 p.m., $12-$15. Ben Byers performs a happy hour set at Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m., free; come later and hear Just Sayin’, 9 p.m., $5. Ryan Viser with Pineapple Beatz takes the late-night crowd into the wee hours at Midtown Billiards, 11:45 p.m.
SUNDAY 3/4
CanvasCommunity hosts “Beer and Hymns” at Vino’s, 7 p.m., free. The Rev Room hosts a hip-hop showcase with Indie Night, 9 p.m., $10-$12. Riverdale 10 Cinema hosts an Oscar 2018 Watch Party, 5 p.m., free. DeFrance performs at The Big Chill in Hot Springs, 8 p.m. Heralded Japanese drum and dance ensemble Drum Tao comes to Reynolds Performance Hall, Conway, 7:30 p.m., $10-$40.
TUESDAY 3/6
Riverdale 10 Cinema screens “The Room,” 7 p.m., the 2003 film that sparked James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist,” $11-$13.
WEDNESDAY 3/7
David Olney’s a songwriter’s songwriter, so it’s little wonder Fret & Worry asked him to play a set for the March edition of “Sessions” at South on Main, 8 p.m., $10.