Patty Griffin performs at ACL Live on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman
Friday: Mack, Jack & McConaughey with Jack Ingram & Friends at ACL Live. The big news at this annual two-day benefit for children’s charities this year is the April 12 headlining show with the Dixie Chicks. But we’ve been to this closing-night guitar-pull-styled event before, and it’s something special. The marquee names alone warrant the price of admission, yet there’s a camaraderie that happens when everybody’s onstage swapping tunes that often pushes the music into another realm. And this might be the best lineup that host Jack Ingram has ever assembled, with Austin’s Patty Griffin, Oklahoma’s John Fullbright and Nashville’s Radney Foster joining frequent participants Butch Walker, Bruce Robison, Jon Randall, and others. $49-$105. 8 p.m. 310 Willie Nelson Blvd. acl-live.com. — P.B.
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Friday: Greyhounds record release at Continental Club. Keyboardist Anthony Farrell and guitarist Andrew Trube have just released “Cheyenne Valley Drive,” their latest album of soulful roots-based original tunes. Stay after the Greyhounds’ 10 p.m. performance for a closing set by genre-defying keyboardist and singer Emily Gimble (included in the $14 ticket price), or arrive early for a separate 7:30 p.m. show with songwriter extraordinaire Whitey Johnson, a.k.a. Gary Nicholson ($10). 1315 S. Congress Ave. continentalclub.com. — P.B.
ALSO PLAYING:
Friday-Saturday
Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan & George Rains at C-Boy’s
Friday
Shooter Jennings, Jaime Wyatt at Antone’s
Kevin Morby, Hand Habits at Barracuda
Kevin Morby at Waterloo Records (5 p.m.)
Clay Walker, Matt Stell at Nutty Brown Amphitheatre
Soccer Mommy, Madeline Kenney at Stubb’s indoor
Tomar & the FCs, Reputations, Tje Austin at Hotel Vegas
Will Taylor & Strings Attached plays Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” at Townsend
Arthur Yoria at Cactus Cafe
Dylan Bishop at ABGB
Elias Haslanger Quintet at Elephant Room
Eminence Ensemble, Matters, Mojo at Empire
Shy Beast at Geraldine’s
Saturday
Missio, Morgan Saint at Parish (sold out)
Blue October at Mohawk outdoor (sold out)
Big K.R.I.T., Cyhi the Prynce, Childish Major at Emo’s
Lulufest with Leeann Atherton, Allison Miller, Sara Caswell, more at St. Edward’s University
Fair City Fire album release, Torino Black at Stubb’s indoor
Andy Macintyre EP release, New Orleans Suspects at Antone’s
Cole Escola at North Door
Barbara Nesbitt, Johnny Nicholas & Hell Bent, Big State at Saxon Pub
Red Young Quintet at Elephant Room
Peterson Brothers at Cactus Cafe
Hey Loretta Hillbilly Hoedown at Continental Club
Crescent Soul Revue, Chansons Et Soulards at ABGB
El Tule, Organizacion Kumbiambera, DJ Albert at Hotel Vegas
Water & Rust at One-2-One Bar
Sunday
Marco Antonio Solis, Jesse & Joy at HEB Center at Cedar Park
Wishbone Ash at One World Theatre
Soul of a Musician series with Don Harvey & A Is Red at Threadgill’s North
Resentments, John Gaar at Saxon Pub
Jabo & the Old Dogs, Lavelle White, Miss Mack at Antone’s