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Sunday, May 11
Josh Ritter
with Dawn Landes
7 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Monday, May 12
Dead Meadow
with The Old Black / The Smoke & Mirrors Band
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($8 - $12)
Tuesday, May 13
The Police / Elvis Costello and the Imposters
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($50 - $200)
Wednesday, May 14
Radiohead
7 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, St. Louis ($36 - $61)
Wilco
with Retribution Gospel Choir
7 p.m., 900 block of New Hampshire ($28)
SOLD OUT! M.I.A.
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($25)
Friday, May 16
Opening reception for "Unsung"
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center (Free)
Opening reception for Dave Loewenstein's "Short Stories"
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center (Free)
Saturday, May 17
Art Tougeau Parade
Noon, Lawrence Arts Center (Free)
Fourth of July / The Danny Pound Band / Drakkar Sauna / Black Christmas / Ebony & Ivory / Brodioke
Early Spring Into Summer Show!
5 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2 - $3)
Approach / The Hearers / The Appleseed Cast
Spring Into Summer show!
8 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall
Monday, May 19
The Cure
with 26 Days of Static
7 p.m., Starlight Theatre ($40 - $75)
Film: "Black Gold"
Presented by Films for Action
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($3)
Friday, May 23
They Might Be Giants
with Charles McVey
8 p.m., Beaumont Club ($26)
The Dirtbombs
with Terrible Twos (Detroit) / Dan Sartain
9 p.m., The Bottleneck ($11 - $13)
Saturday, May 24
"Fundred" project
A clean water and environmental improvement project to benefit New Orleans
3 p.m., The Lawrence Percolator (Free)
Wednesday, May 28
Dresden Dolls
8 p.m., Beaumont Club ($23)
Friday, May 30
Fourth of July / Dri / Scenebooster
Benefit for Addison Whitenight
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2)
Saturday, May 31
Eddie Izzard
8 p.m., Uptown Theater ($42 - $52)
Matt Costa / Delta Spirit
8 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Sunday, June 1
The Service Industry
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2 - $3)
Monday, June 2
Film: "Uncounted, The New Math of American Elections"
Presented by Films for Action
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($3)
Thursday, June 5
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Day 1
feat. Buckethead / Lotus / Bettye LaVette
10 a.m., Clinton Park ($49 - $469)
Sheryl Crow / Brandi Carlile
7 p.m., Starlight Theatre ($39.50 - $75)
Friday, June 6
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Day 2
feat. The Flaming Lips / Cake / Blackalicious
10 a.m., Clinton State Park ($49 - $469)
Saturday, June 7
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Day 3
feat. Ben Folds / STS9 / Keller Williams / Leftover Salmon
10 a.m., Clinton State Park ($49 - $469)
Rockfest with Stone Temple Pilots
Noon, Liberty Memorial ($30)
Sunday, June 8
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival 2008 - Day 4
feat. Emmylou Harris / Mickey Hart Band / David Grisman Quintet
10 a.m., Clinton State Park ($49 - $469)
Wednesday, June 11
Fiery Furnaces / Grand Ole Party / El Ten Eleven
10 p.m., The Record Bar ($13 - $15)
Thursday, June 12
Sigur Ros
8 p.m., Uptown Theater ($26.50)
Saturday, June 14
Rose Hill Drive / The Whigs
8 p.m., The Bottleneck ($9 - $11)
White Ghost Shivers / The DeWayn Brothers
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10)
Sunday, June 15
Ironman 70.3 Kansas
7 a.m., Clinton Lake Marina
White Ghost Shivers (early all-ages patio show)
6 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($3)
Dethklok / Chimaira / Soilent Green
"The Deth Tour"
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($25)
Wednesday, June 25
Brave Combo Concert
7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library (Free)
Sunday, June 29
The Wilders / Pert Near Sandstone (early all-ages patio show)
5 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($5)
Tuesday, July 1
Widespread Panic
7:30 p.m., Uptown Theater ($32.50)
Wednesday, July 2
Widespread Panic
7:30 p.m., Uptown Theater ($32.50)
Sunday, July 13
Ween
7 p.m., The Crossroads KC ($30)
Feist
7 p.m., Starlight Theatre ($25 - $35)
Thursday, July 17
Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale
8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
Saturday, July 19
Foo Fighters
7:30 p.m., Kemper Arena ($25 - $45)
Sunday, July 20
O.A.R.
7:30 p.m., Sandstone Amphitheater ($30)
Tuesday, July 22
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / Steve Winwood
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($55 - $99)
Sunday, July 27
Rancid / Murphy's Law
7:30 p.m., Beaumont Club ($20)
Friday, August 15
Jack Johnson / Rogue Wave / Neil Halstead
7 p.m., Sandstone Amphitheater
Split Lip Rayfield / Murder By Death
8 p.m., The Crossroads KC
Wednesday, October 1
Tina Turner
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($59.50 - $150)
Thursday, October 2
Del McCoury
7 p.m., The Crossroads KC
Wednesday, October 8
Cory Morrow
8 p.m., The Granada
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