Fetch your cowl, tights and utility-belt. Lowe Mill Comic Con welcomes guests including comic book artists Dan Fraga, Drew Geraci and Billy Martinez and Power Rangers actors Justin Nimmo and Michael Copon. There’s also cosplay showcases, nerd-culture-centric vendors and a performance by Bit Brigade, a rock band that plays videogame music.
Lowe Mill Comic Con, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sept. 24 and 25, Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole Drive, $10 parking per day includes admission to con, lowemill.art
In the guitar-crazed ‘80s, Eric Gales emerged as a teenage blues-rock phenom, and by the early ‘90s Guitar World magazine had named him Best New Talent. Since then he’s released acclaimed albums, performed with Carlos Santana at Woodstock ‘94 and been part of the Experience Hendrix Tour. Back on tour, his searing leads remain intact.
Eric Gales, 8 p.m. Sept. 25, SideTracks Music Hall, 415 Church St. N.W., $22 advance $25 day of show, eventbrite.com
Oenophiles, assemble. Founded by local event planner Ashley Ryals, Crush Wine Festival boasts wines from more than 100 labels, live music by Michelle Boykins, Early James & The Latest and Alan Little, food from BarVista and The Revivalist and a “whiskey and wild game garden.”
Crush Wine Festival, 4 – 7 p.m. Sept. 25, Big Spring Park East, 200 Church St. downtown, $135 and up crushwinefestival.com
Want to see a Warhol silkscreen and etchings by Picasso and Miro in-person? Those and other pieces can be found at the Huntsville Museum of Art, where current exhibits include “Whimsy & Artistry” and “From the Mind’s Eye.”
“Whimsy & Artistry,” “From the Mind’s Eye” and other exhibits, weekend hours 10 am. – 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 p.m. Sunday, Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St. S., $12 admission, hsvmuseum.org
The Nerve is a local band with songs influenced by acts like Dire Straits, The Cars, Elvis Costello and Nirvana. Microwave Dave & The Nukes drummer James Irvin fronts the group on vocals and guitar. Bassist Matt Ross, drummer Chase Armstrong and keyboardist Aaron Wilson complete The Nerve, who play their bar gigs with an energy like they’re headlining an arena.
The Nerve, 7 – 10 p.m. Sept. 24, Stovehouse, 3414 Governors Drive, free to attend, thenerve.band, stovehouse.com
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