LITTLE TEXAS, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, James M. Robb-Colorado River State Park Fruita Section, One Riverfront Concert Series, opening band The Williams Brothers Band, $7, tickets at sandstoneconcerts.com.
If youâve got a kilt, wear it. If you donât, thatâs just fine. All are welcome at the biggest festival to open in the Grand Valley in more than a year.
The Grand Valley Highland Games will go from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 15, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 16, in Memorial Veterans Park at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, 2785 U.S. Highway 50.
There will be a lot to take in during those festival hours as the bagpipe bands will be playing, the whisky flowing and the caber goes end over end.
MUSIC
GARY RUSSELL, 8 p.m. Friday, May 14, Wingers Bar and Pool Hall, 3225 I-70 Business Loop, Unit 12A, Clifton, facebook.com/wingersbarpoolhall.
ADAM AGEE & JON SOUSA, 7–9 p.m. Friday, May 14, Poulos Park in Paonia, Blue Sage Concert Series, Irish duo playing fiddle, guitar and tenor banjo, $25, tickets at bluesage.org.
YOUNG DUBLINERS AND WICKED TINKERS, doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m. Friday, May 14, Mesa Theater, 538 Main St., Celtic ceilidh kick-off party for the Grand Valley Highland Games, hosted by Taylor’s Croft and Glenfinnan Highlanders, $25–$45, mesatheater.com.
SOUTHSIDE HIGHWAY WITH LENDON JAMES, 8–11:30 p.m. Friday, May 14, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, free country show, warehouse2565.com.