The Houston Horni Tonk Society has gone beyond a weekly residency to creating a community of likeminded folks and welcome wagon for out of town artists. They will host the Dead or Alive Jamboree at Cottonwood on Saturday, April 22.
Free music from Brick Fields, The Cate Brothers and Trout Fishing in America will start at 4:30 p.m. today for the Slow and Lowell BBQ Festival at The Grove Comedy Complex and Goatlab Brewery, 808 S. Bloomington St. in Lowell. Goatlab Brewery will have pizza and craft beer for sale tonight. At 2 p.m. Saturday, 32 barbecue teams will compete for 62 awards. The public can sign up for the People s Choice awards, with suggested donation of $10. Proceeds benefit the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. More information at discoverlowell.com/bbq.