The Legion of Mario Credit: Courtesy photo

Friday, Sept. 6

Like a carbonaceous asteroid, psychedelic funk/jam band The Bennu shoot through the night
sky emitting light. They make impact at 191 Toole. The Legion of Mario channel the music of the Grateful Dead beforehand.
โ€œItโ€™s heaven and hell.โ€ Local Love presents MetalFest XVIII. Headrust, Never Say
Never
, Sinphonics, Sigils Of Summoning, Fire By Rank and The Pioneer flog guitars and scream like banshees. At the Rialto Theatre.

โ€œ1 in a Million,โ€ Broken Romeo celebrate โ€จ30 years of rocking with abandon in the free world. At Club Congress. The Early Black join in the festivities.

Santa Pachita pour salsa, cumbia and ska into a blender, add ice, and make their own unique and

tasty concoction. At The Boxyard.

Searching for the cosmic, the Sonoran desert-imbued country of The Wanda Junes will soon have you โ€œdrinkinโ€™ with the devil on the front porch tonight” at Exo Bar. With Tucsonโ€™s favorite post-skiffle trio, Golden Boots.

Jacques Taylor & The Real Deal drop a time bomb filled with old school, Motown and R&B in the Tropico Lounge at Casino del Sol.

Showcasing some of the Old Puebloโ€™s top and up-and-coming turntablists, Funk Yo House Fridays goes off at Ireneโ€™s Holy Donuts.

Whiskey and donuts? Yes. Hosted by DJ Nic, Beatz & Sweetz finds Atom Energy, Josh Romea and Clackston spinning a bakerโ€™s dozen of fresh house music at Batch Cafe & Bar.

As a member of criticsโ€™ darlings The Silos singer-songwriter Walter Salas-Humaraโ€”in a time before Uber and Lyftโ€”penned ditties like โ€œLetโ€™s Take Some Drugs and Drive Around.โ€ He performs solo at R Bar.

Saturday, Sept. 7

Los Lobos Credit: Courtesy photo
Emerging from the barrios of L.A., over the course of a celebrated career, this genre-hopping band have repeatedly disproven that they are not just another band from East L.A. โ€œWeโ€™re incredibly lucky,โ€ says Steve Berlin. Rock โ€™nโ€™ Roll Hall of Famers Los Lobos diffuse their signature cross-cultural mรฉlange atโ€จ The Rialto Theater. With the mighty Greyhound Soul opening.

Humility as a virtue. โ€œIโ€™m begging you to come to these shows,โ€œ pleads oddball synth-popper Jerry Paper. โ€œBut still, who the heck is this guy?โ€ Discover what โ€œ11th dimensionโ€ pop is all about at 191 Toole. Flanked by alt-rockers James World and Carnival.

Folk harp and viola delicately commingle to arrive at a mysterious landing. Mariah McCammond and Deanna Cross are The Hatpin Duo. In the tasting room at Sand-Reckoner.

The Gabriel Naim Amor Trio capture a touch of the glamour and charm of the Champs-Eฬlyseฬes. In the courtyard at Mercado San Agustin.

Bleep. Bloop.Screech. Looking for an interactive experience? Inner Freq is Tucsonโ€™s first synth meet. BYO synth, sampler, beat machine. At Solar Culture.

Seanloui Credit: Courtesy photo

Party Like Itโ€™s 1969 finds Seanloui, Taco Sauce and Juju Fontaine gather to feฬ‚te local band mom Kelley Cordovaโ€™s 50th Birthday. At Saint Charles Tavern.

Itโ€™s an all-ages punk rock show. Featuring DBFOS, Pigmy Death Ray, BYOM and Sauced Up. The sonic fury detonates at Blacklidge Community Collective.

Into Ruin II: A doom inspired art show. Masters of oblivion Kryge, Ugly and Serial Hawk fall headlong into the abyss. At Wooden Tooth Records.

Hard rockers Drop D rattle the foundation at Encore.

Two-time Grammy nominee Amo โ€œChipโ€ Dabney leads The AmoSphere at St. Phillips Plaza.

Like an ephemeral dust devil, they whisk together Spaghetti Western soundtracks, gritty blues and folk. Hey, Bucko! tip a bent cowboy hat to the desert at Exo Bar.

Blackheart burlesque Credit: Courtesy photo

Inspired by Star Wars, Rick and Morty, Stranger Things and more. The Suicide Girls: Blackheart Burlesque bring the sexiest burlesque show on Earth to the Fox Theatre.

Sunday, Sept. 8

โ€œPeople are always trying to figure out which compartment we fit into. That shit is tiresome,โ€ Jon Nunฬƒez says. โ€œBut in a world of Sabbaths, we get to be Van Halen,โ€ Torche rock hard and loudly at 191 Toole with Pinkish Black and SRSQ.