Honky-tonker Gary Allan will perform twice this week in Arkansas:
7:30 p.m. Friday at the Arkansas Music Pavilion, Washington County Fairgrounds, 2536 N. McConnell Ave., Fayetteville. Tickets are $31.50-$52 (with limited premium seating at $102). Call (479) 443-5600 or visit amptickets.com.
8 p.m. Saturday in the Timberwood Amphitheater, Magic Springs Water and Theme Park, U.S. 70 East (Grand Avenue). Country singer Aaron Owens will open the show at 7 p.m. Get in free with general park admission ($54.99 day of concert, $49.99 if bought in advance online, $33.99 for those 55 or older; limited $5 reserved seating available). Call (501) 624-0100 or visit MagicSprings.com.
‘Murderous’ weekend
Neighboring Eureka Springs hostelries Bridgeford House Bed and Breakfast Inn, 263 Spring St., and Crescent Cottage Inn, 211 Spring St., are teaming up for a Murder Mystery Weekend, titled “The Sure Pop Oil Well Scandal,” July 26-27. Guests will play colorful characters, including Lois Price, Rusty Fossat and Bill O. Reitz, via a script by Bridgeford co-owner Nadara “Sam” Feldman.
Package deals - $439 to $579, depending on the room - include a two-night stay at either inn, a kickoff cocktail party/reception, full gourmet breakfast each morning, around-town clue hunt and a buffet denouement dinner. Call the Bridgeford House at (888) 567-2422 or visit bridgefordhouse.com, or the Crescent Cottage Inn, (800) 223-3246, or visit 1881crescentcottageinn.com.
El Dorado Musicfest
Rocker Bret Michaels and Arkansas country singer Justin Moore will headline Musicfest El Dorado, Oct. 4-5 in El Dorado’s Union Square District, 101 W. Main St., among more than 30 acts on four stages.
Randall Shreve & the Sideshow will open the Oct. 4 Main Stage show at 6:30 p.m., followed by Austin Brown at 8 and Michaels at 9:30.
The Oct. 5 schedule is still in flux, but the all-country evening will feature Julie Roberts at 6:30 p.m., Frank Foster at 8 and Moore at 9:30.
The Saturday lineup willalso include regional show band Windstorm, American Idol finalist and Prescott native Rachel Hale, Dixie rocker and Conway native Jim Mize and Nakeysha Brown, winner of the 2013 Sunday Voice gospel competition.
Tickets - $20 per day,$30 for a discount weekend pass, free for children 12 and younger; single-day pit passes, an additional $10, provide access to a a designated area directly in front of the stage - go on sale July 22. Call (870) 862-4747 or visit musicfesteldorado.com.
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