River Slam is this weekend at the US National Whitewater Center. Races, activities and a cornhole tournament should keep you entertained in between music. Mofro is great, so if you can make it Friday night, do it.

Times listed are when the show is scheduled to start, not when the doors open. Unless listed otherwise, prices are before taxes and fees.

Agenda Picks

• 8/5/15: Hot Club of Cowtown, Neighborhood Theatre, 8pm, $22-$32. Hot Club of Cowtown is a western swing band that plays a wide range of music from Chicago-style jazz to fast-paced country, and does so with a guitar, a fiddle and a bass.

• 8/7/15: JJ Grey & Mofro, Jon Stickley Trio; US National Whitewater Center, 7pm, free. US National Whitewater Center’s River Slam kicks off the weekend with Jon Stickley Trio and JJ Grey & Mofro. Grey has one of the more passionate, unique voices in music today. I’m not sure how he can sustain it night in and night out, but he manages, and puts on a great show.

Wednesday, 8/5/15

• StereoLoud, Dead Sea Scrilla, MC Stealth, Knife & Miggs; Snug Harbor, 10pm, free
• Hot Club of Cowtown, Neighborhood Theatre, 8pm, $22-$32
• Shinedown, Ovens Auditorium, 8pm, $40.37-$70.82 with taxes and fees
• Machine Gun Kelly, King Los; Fillmore, 8:30pm, $33.58 with taxes and fees
• Carolina Neffwork; Tremont Music Hall, 9pm, $10
• Authority Zero, Counter Punch, Rubedo; Visulite Theatre, 8pm, $12-$15

Thursday, 8/6/15

• C2 and the Brothers Reed, Late Night Special, Swim in the Wind; Double Door Inn, 9pm, $5
• Kamasi Washington, Harvey Cummings Project; Chop Shop, 8pm, $22.50-$30
• Weedeater, Kings Destroy, Teratorn, Kusket King; Tremont Music Hall, 7pm, $18-$20
• Hannah Aldridge, Matt Woods, Hannah Thomas; Evening Muse, 8pm, $8-$10
• Flatland Tourists, US National Whitewater Center, 7pm, free
• When Particles Collide, Set to Sail, Zestrah, The Genuine OK; Milestone, 9pm, $5-$7

Friday, 8/7/15

• Shaggy & Friends, Neighborhood Theatre, 10:30pm, $35-$55
• The Company Stores, heart of a ghost; Rabbit Hole, 9pm, $10
• Coddle Creek, The Hashbrown Belly Boys; Visulite Theatre, 8pm, $8
• Colossus, Everthrone, Old Scratch, The Body Bags; Tremont Music Hall, 8pm, $7-$10
• JJ Grey & Mofro, Jon Stickley Trio; US National Whitewater Center, 7pm, free
• Christina Perri; Fillmore, 8pm, $36.23 with taxes and fees
• Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt; PNC Music Pavilion, 7pm, $43.36-$78.36 with taxes and fees
• Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why, Matt Mackelcan; Evening Muse, 8pm, $5-$8
• Slingshot Dakota, Shell, Petal, Alright; Snug Harbor, 10pm, $5

Saturday, 8/8/15

• Delta Rae, Sol Driven Train, Yarn, Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line, Koa; US National Whitewater Center, 12pm, free
• Sunny Ledfurd, The Kodiak Brotherhood, Captain Green; Rabbit Hole, 9pm, $10
• King Callis, Inf, The Other Guy, Ellis, RatheMC, Joey Gallo, DJ Drop; Milestone, 9pm, $10
• Josh Brannon Band, Kenny George Band; Double Door Inn, 10pm, $10
• Miami Dice, Joshua Cotterino, Patabamba, DJ A-Huf; Snug Harbor, 10pm, $5
• Punk Rock Picnic 8: Swell Friends, The Commonwealth, No Anger Control, Chalkies, The Beeps, Random Conflict, Corporate Fandango, Turd/Cutter, YARBS, Aloha Broha; Tremont Music Hall, 3pm, $8
• Bless These Sounds Under the City, Sam the Lion, Jesse Tyler; Evening Muse, 8pm, $5
• Justin Cross, von Grey; Evening Muse, 10:30pm, $8-$10

Sunday, 8/9/15

• Incubus, Deftones, The Bots, Death From Above 1979; PNC Music Pavilion, 6:15pm, $33.85-$119.94 with taxes and fees
• Failure + Hum, Neighborhood Theatre, 8pm, $22-$24
• Folklords, Yarbs, Ghost Trees; Snug Harbor, 3:30pm, $5
• Peter Bradley Adams, Lisa Lambe; Evening Muse, 8pm, $10