TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening

LOCAL MUSIC

THURSDAY

Tabitha Cooley: 6-9 p.m., Lookout Rooftop Bar, Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa. 

Riley Green, Corey Smith: 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets are reportedly sold out, but may be available through re-sale sites. www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

Borgeous: 9 p.m., $20, 19 and up, Rounders Bar, 1215 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa.

FRIDAY

The Chase Evan Band: 7-10 p.m.,  Lookout Rooftop Bar, Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa. 

The Talismen: 10 p.m., Druid City Social, 301 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Foothills Festival: Free music festival in downtown Jasper, in and around Third Avenue and 19th Street. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aubrie Sellers, Charlie Worsham, The Steel Woods; beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, Alcus Hudson, Fastball, Myles Kennedy, St. Paul and the Broken Bones. www.foothillsjasper.com.

SATURDAY

Get Sideways: 9 p.m., Rounders Bar.

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit: 6:30 p.m., Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Pelham. Tickets $25 and up. www.theoakmountainamphitheater.com.

SUNDAY

Music open-mic: 6 p.m, Druid City Brewing Co., 607 14th St., Parkview Center, Tuscaloosa. 205-342-0051. www.druidcitybrewingcompany.com.

Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill: 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets on sale through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amphitheater box office for $89.75, $69.75, $59.75, $49.75, $39.75 and $19.75, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

TUESDAY

Rod Wave, No Cap, Rubi Rose, OMN Twee and DJ Five Venoms: 8 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amphitheater box office, for $43.50, $33.50 and $23.50, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com. The concert was moved from Aug. 31 due to weather threats spawned by Hurricane Ida.

LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY

Book signing and talk with Nana Nkweti: 5:30 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., downtown Tuscaloosa. Admission is $5, or free with a purchase of Nkewti's "Walking on Cowrie Shells," through the bookstore. Tickets are required to attend. For more, see www.ernestandhadleybooks.com/gifts/exclusive-events.

FRIDAY-SEPT. 19

"Always ... Patsy Cline": Musical play about the late country singer and her friendship with fan Louise Seger (Lauren Wilson), who met Cline (Rosie Webber) in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961, maintaining correspondence until the plane crash that took Cline's life in 1963. Seger recounts memories of their letters and meetings, interspersed with performances of classics such as "Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces" and "Walkin' After Midnight."

Following a pay-what-you-can dress rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, regular performances will be 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sept. 16-17, with 2 p.m. matinees Sunday, Wednesday, and Sept. 18-19, all in the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College. Due to Shelton's COVID-19 health protocols, patrons will be required to wear a mask inside the building. Tickets are $24 general; $20 for seniors, members of the military, and Shelton employees; and $16 for students and children. For more, see www.theatretusc.com, or call 205-391-2277.

SATURDAY

Mercer Bears at Alabama Crimson Tide: 3 p.m. kickoff for the first 2021 football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Televised on the SEC Network, or online at WatchESPN.

MONDAY

This Could Be You: Comedy show with open-mic, 8-11 p.m., Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. Signup at 7:30. Hosted by Stand-Up Tuscaloosa and Compton Smith.

TUESDAY

"Settlers" (2021), rated R: 7:30 p.m., Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Second film in the Bama Art House fall film series, also including the 2021 Manhattan Short Film Festival Sept. 23, all in the Bama. Tickets $8 general, $7 students and seniors, $6 for Arts Council members. Screenings at 7:30 p.m. Punch cards are available for $60, allowing 10 admissions to any Bama Art House film.

"Settlers" is writer-director Wyatt Rockefeller's first feature-length film, after writing, producing and directing shorts such as "Entropy" and "Groomed." In it, the early colonists on Mars battle the elements, and each other, in a struggle to survive, when a small family is attacked by bandits. "Settlers" features Sofia Boutella, Jonny Lee Miller, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brooklynn Prince, Nell Tiger Free, Natalie Walsh, and Matthew Van Leeve. For more, see www.bamatheatre.org/bamaarthouse.

UPCOMING

SEPT. 24: Santana, 8 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amphitheater box office, for $100, $70, $60 and $40, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 6-9: Moundville Native American Festival, Moundville Archaeological Park. Festival hours will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6-7 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8-9. Admission is $12 general, $10 for students and seniors. Children younger than 5 will be admitted free. University of Alabama's park is at 634 Mound State Parkway in Moundville, about 17 miles south of Tuscaloosa. www.moundville.ua.edu.

OCT. 10: Erykah Badu, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets on sale, for $125, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50, $39.50, and $25, plus fees, through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amphitheater box office. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 14: The Beach Boys, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets  through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amphitheater box office, for $74.50, $64.50, $54.50, $44.50 and $30, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 14: Alice Cooper, Ace Frehley, BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets $97 and $47, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

OCT. 15: Koe Wetzel, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets on sale through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amphitheater box office, for $81 for the general admission pit, and $56, $46 and $36 for reserved seats, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 16-17: 50th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 17, Kentuck Park, 3401 Fifth St., Northport. Featuring more than 270 artists, live music, spoken word performances at the Kathryn Tucker Windham Stage, activities for children, folk and contemporary craft demonstrations, food trucks, and local craft brews. Admission is $10 per day, or $15 for a weekend pass. Kids 12 and younger will be admitted free. www.kentuck.org.

OCT. 19: Earth Wind and Fire, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amphitheater box office, for $89.50, $69.50, $49.50 and $29.50, plus fees. An opening act will be announced later. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 23: University of Alabama Homecoming, game against the Tennessee Volunteers. Kickoff time TBA. Parade that morning, with the homecoming queen crowned at halftime. For more on events of the week leading up, see www.homecoming.sa.ua.edu.

OCT. 31: Pink Box Burlesque presents "Rocky Horror Picture Show," 7-9 p.m., Bama Theatre. Prop bags will be available. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $15 general, $21 with prop bag; 18 and up. For more, see www.pinkboxburlesque.com.

NOV. 4: Jon Pardi, Larry Fleet, Ryan Hurd, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets $65, $55, $45, $35 and $25, plus fees, through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

NOV. 22-JAN. 2: The 2021 Tinsel Trail, featuring more than 190 live Christmas trees decorated by local businesses, organizations and individuals, will move to Government Plaza for 2021, due to ongoing road construction on Jack Warner Parkway. www.ttowntinsel.com. Holidays on the River, the ice-skating and Christmas-themed event, will also begin Nov. 22 at Government Plaza. www.holidaysontheriver.com.

DEC. 3: West Alabama Christmas Parade will return after a pandemic-year hiatus, 6:30 p.m., downtown Tuscaloosa, preceded by the Christmas tree lighting, 5:15 at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse, 714 Greensboro Ave.