What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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just $25 for the whole day. Tickets and schedules at ammplifynwa.org. Funding from the Walmart Foundation's Bridging and Belonging Grant helped fund the eight-month mentorship programs in six categories. Providing mentorship are Chad Maupin in graphic design, Linda Lopez in visual arts, Preston Poindexter in audio-visual technology, Bryan Hembree in music management, Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster in music performance and Amber Imrie in arts management. Outdoor Music 'Tis the season of the concert series, so we've rounded up a list of upcoming live music in Northwest Arkansas with more on the way. Keep your eyes on What's Up! • Live! at Turnbow Park starts its season at 6:30 p.m. April 27 with Pura Coco and Funk Factory and continues with Bonnie Montgomery, May 25; Ensemble Ibérica, June 29; Carver Commodore, July 27; Fayetteville Jazz Collective, Aug. 31; and Branjae on Sept. 28 at Turnbow Park on the Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale. All concerts are free and start at 6:30 p.m. downtownspringdale.org/live-at- turnbow-concerts. • Home Sweet Home returns April 28-29 with David Ramirez, Joshua James, Ira Wolf, Stephen Day, Smokey & the Mirror, Wilfred, National Park Radio, My Politic, Matt the Electrician and McKenzie Lockhart along with 23 local and regional musicians at various homes and back yards in Bentonville. Hosted by City Sessions. citysessions. org. • The Railyard Live concert series starts back up with Proyecto Tumbado with DJ Susie Q at 8 p.m. May 5 and Rodney Block Collective with Pura Coco at 8 p.m. May 6. More weekend shows continue through Sept. 30 on the Butterfield Stage next to Railyard Park at 101 E. Cherry St. in downtown Rogers. Shows are free, and tables and chairs are available for reservation. See a full listing at railyardlive.com. • Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series will begin at 6 p.m. each Thursday from May 11-June 8 with a fall series each Saturday at 6 p.m. Sept. 2-30. Allison Grace and Brother Maven perform May 11; Nicky Parrish & Kemistri on May 18; Big Sam's Funky Nation on May 25; Duo Divina on June 1; and; Saving Escape on June 8 at at Riverfront Park Amphitheater at 121 Riverfront Drive in Fort Smith. 646downtown.com/levitt-amp-music- series. • The free Mountain Street Stage Music Series is June 4-July 30 at the Fayetteville Public Library. Music is from 2-4 p.m. Sundays in the library's event center. Buddy Shute and the Motivators play June 4, Duo Divinas on June 11, Jack Williams on June 18, Modeling on June 25, The Deadhouse Mountain Band on July 2, Moriah Bailey on July 9, Jumpsuit Jamie & the Can't Wait Play Boys on July 16, The Irie Lions on July 23 and Greenland Station Bluegrass Band on July 30. faylib.org. • Gulley Park Summer Concert Series returns starting June 8. The lineup is yet to be announced, but a Kidz Night with obstacle course inflatables, bounce house, face painting, jumbo size yard games and more is planned from 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 29. fayetteville-ar.gov/515/Gulley- Park-Summer-Concert-Series. • "Past Present and Future" by Chamber Music on the Mountain Summer Festival will be July 17-29 at the Fayetteville Public Library, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, The Medium and the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Musical selections for the series will highlight the early 1920s and Arkansas composers, as well as a premiere of a commissioned work by Jeremy Allen commemorating 100 years of Mount Sequoyah. APRIL 23-29, 2023 WHAT'S UP! 9 Members of the local band Dandelion Heart perform in 2020 as a part of the LIVE! at Turnbow Park concert series in Walter Turnbow Park at Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale. The series kicks off with Pura Coco and Funk Factory at 6:30 p.m. April 27. (File Photo/ NWA Democrat- Gazette/Andy Shupe) PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com Twitter: NWAbecca REPORTERS Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com Twitter: @NWAApril 479) 770-3746 DESIGNER Deb Harvell ON THE COVER Arkansas singer-songwriter Bonnie Mont- gomery will headline AMMPLIFY May 6 with a performance at Clapp Auditorium on the Mount Sequoyah Campus in Fayette- ville. She will also play at 7:30 p.m. May 25 for the Live! at Turnbow Park series in Springdale. (Courtesy Photo/Jamie LaCombe/Heavy Glow) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.