THURSDAY 6/9

Boogie Bones, who you know as Paul Morphis, DJ Bennett and Graeme Higgins of Damn Bullets, teams up with David’s Pegasus, one of Fayetteville’s best bands, at The Afterthought, 8 p.m., $5. Parachute, fresh off of an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” comes to Revolution with a couple of Los Angeles acts, Universal-Motown indie rock Damato and M.O.R. popper Kevin Hammond, 9 p.m., $10. David Olney, whose songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris and Del McCoury, among many others, teams up with Nashville guitarist Sergio Webb for a free show at Maxine’s, 9 p.m. At North Little Rock’s North Shore Riverwalk, Riverflicks returns with a sundown screening of “Iron Man 2,” 7 p.m., free. And at the Public Theater, the Red Octopus Theater comedy troupe offers up “Camp Allawallaoctopus!” 8 p.m., $10.

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FRIDAY 6/10

The weekend kicks off with a load of dubstep when Los Angeles’ drum-and-bass devotee gone dub, DJ Bare, teams up with Little Rock’s Wolf-E-Wolf at Downtown Music Hall, 9 p.m., $10. Elise Davis plays a free solo show at the Heights wine bar, By the Glass, 8 p.m. Vino’s goes country when Larry Cheshier Jr. and Cody Ives Band take to the backroom, 9 p.m., $7. It’s been a while, but Wicked Good are returning to White Water Tavern for a long overdue night of bare-bones rock, 10 p.m. Thomas East, who you can hear on Stones Throw/Now-Again Records’ upcoming True Soul Records compilation, handles the weekend’s musical offerings at Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 7 p.m. And The Edge 100.3 and Juanita’s bring heavy modern rock to town with Crossfade and Pop Evil, 9 p.m., $17.

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SATURDAY 6/11

Magic Springs hosts two Radio Disney big-timers (and — like seriously serious — Justin Bieber cohorts) when Allstar Weekend and Kicking Daisies bring their sugar-rushed pop-punk to Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater, free with paid admission or $5-$10 plus paid admission for reserved seating. The Little Rock Wind Symphony offers up a free “Stars and Stripes Celebration” at MacArthur Park, 7 p.m. Midtown Billiards gets uncharacteristically jazzy with Rodney Block and the Real Music Lovers, 12:30 p.m., $8 non-members. And at Reno’s Argenta Cafe, the Mockingbird Hillbilly Band brings whacked-out hill music to the neighborhood, 9 p.m.

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