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The Dirty Bourbon River Show brings its “New Orleans big brass circus rock music” back to Tony’s Studio B tonight, and Neil Sedaka brings decades of pop music he wrote and sang to The Lakeland Center Friday. On Saturday, Sean Chambers and Damon Fowler bring dueling blues guitars to the Music Ranch. More listings after the jump.

There’s a nice assortment of local musicians playing around town this weekend. You get your choice of styles at Fresco’s on Saturday night: Stay upstairs and hear Shawn Rahn‘s acoustic music or go underground for the edgier sounds of The Paperback Whale, Wheeler Newman and the Cosmic Roots Collective and two other bands. See listings after […]

Highlights this weekend include the blue-eyed soul of Grayson Hugh at Harrison Arts Center on Friday night and the gypsy jazz and storyteller acoustic songwriting of Dean Johanesen at Tony’s Studio B on Saturday. More listings after the jump.

Meet local artists at  Art Crawl 2015, held today outside the Polk Museum of Art. Our coverage includes short videos of the bands and photos of some of the Lakeland artists posing with representative works.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to this weekend: Bagpipe-and-guitar-driven classic rock from Scotland’s The Red Hot Chili Pipers at the Polk Theatre on Friday … MrENC and other bands at the Polk Museum’s Art Crawl on Saturday afternoon … The gutsy singing of Asheville’s Nikki Talley at a house concert Saturday night. More listings after the jump. 

As always, the weekend lineup in Lakeland is eclectic. Tonight sees young Elvis impersonator Travis LeDoyt at Polk Theatre in a benefit performance. On Friday, bands start at 3:30 and play through the evening at the biker-themed Roscoe’s Chili Challenge. The 24-hour Test Fest, which showcases local musicians, begins at 5 p.m. Saturday; the location is remote […]