Townsend, a Little Rock singer-songwriter with a new single slated for release later this month, is giving a free show from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. friday at J skinny, 2235 Dave Ward Drive, Conway, (501) 358-6586; skinnyjs.com.

Townsendtmusic.com, the anonymous singer’s website, says the new single, “Stay,” https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/oct/07/one-name-one-night-townsend-sings-at-skinny -js / “tells the story of a narrator who comes to terms with the end of a relationship while secretly hoping that his partner will change.” The track will be available on all streaming platforms on October 22. To save the song, go to distrokid.com/hyperfollow/townsend3/stay.

“Stay” is the first single from Townsend’s EP, which will be released in November.

Also at Conway:

◼️ Cameron Davis occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday at Hatchet House BBQ, 1004 Oak Street, Conway. (501) 504-6894; hachettehousebbque.com.

◼️ Long way occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday and Jon Bailey and the Pagan Awakening performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Live music of kings, 1020 Front Street, Conway. Admission is $ 5. (501) 205-8512; kingslivemusic.com.

◼️ Billys shotgun occurs at 9 p.m. on Friday and No deal occurs at 9 p.m. on Saturday at Midtown Grill by TC, 1611 E. Oak St., Conway. (501) 205-0576.

◼️ Brewer John Calvin occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday at JJ’s Grill, 1010 Main Street, Conway. (501) 336-0100; jjsgrill.com/jjsconway.

LITTLE ROCK / NLR

My current group occurs at 9 p.m. on Friday (advance $ 12, daytime show $ 15); Boom kinetics occurs at 10 p.m. on Saturday ($ 10 in advance, $ 12 on the day of the show, $ 15 seated) and Tauk takes place at 8 p.m. on Wednesday ($ 17 in advance, $ 20 on show day) at Rev room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. (501) 823-0090; revroom.com.

◼️ Rounder Records artist and bluegrass singer / songwriter John R. Miller, with opening act Adam faucett, occurs at 8 p.m. today ($ 12); Seanfresh and Jewelry show at 9 p.m. on Friday ($ 12); The Paul Chesne group occurs at 9 p.m. on Saturday ($ 10); Roy Book Binding occurs at 6 p.m. on Sunday ($ 20); and Joshua ray walker happens at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays ($ 10) at White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer Streets, Little Rock. (501) 375-8400; whitewatertavern.com.

◼️ Jessie Cotton Stone occurs at 7 p.m. on Friday and Just because performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Four quarters bar, 415 Main Street, North Little Rock, (501) 313-4704. Free entry; the shows are part of the Argenta Dogtown Throwdown.

◼️ Bluesboy jag occurs from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday on a new Downtown partnership stage at Capitol Avenue and Main Street in Little Rock. Plans are for weekly performances. (501) 375-0121.

◼️ Maddie mcbroom performs at 7pm on Fridays for “Riffs at Stifft” at Stone’s Throw Rigid Station, 3015 W. Markham St., Little Rock. (501) 908-1816; stonethrowbeer.com.

◼️ Christine DeMeo occurs from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Heather Sanders performs an unplugged show, with Sarah cecil and Ryan harmon, at 6 p.m. on Saturday at The Kitchen + Living Room Library, 313 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. (501) 916-9826; thelibrarylr.com.

◼️ A Community Drum Circle will be held, with all ages welcome, at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Garden of Berenice, Main Street, Little Rock. (501) 410-3938; thebernicegarden.org.

◼️ Ed bowman occurs at 11 p.m. on Friday and of France occurs at 11 p.m. on Saturday at Midtown billiards, 1316 Main Street, Little Rock. (501) 372-9990.

◼️ Buh jones occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday at JJ’s Grill, 12111 W Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 414-0848; jjsgrill.com/jjslittlerock.

◼️ Jacob Flores performance at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Diablo Tacos & Mezcaleria, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. (501) 500-2323; diablostacosandmezcal.com.

◼️ Aaron Cliff with The afterthought occurs from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. today; DJ AB occurs from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and DJ Austin occurs from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at Cannibal and crafts, 307 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock. (501) 414-8870; cannabilandcraftlr.com.

CURVED ON

Country star Justin moore performs a “Night To Be Great” at 5pm today outside the Saline County Boys and Girls Club, 1810 Citizens Drive, Benton. (501) 315-8100; scbgclub.com. Tickets cost $ 100 for general admission or $ 125 for reserved seats. Dinner is included.

◼️ The Ridgewalkers occurs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday at Main Street Station, 303 N. Main St., Benton. (501) 777-5758; themainststation.com.

◼️ Jacob Flores occurs at 5:45 p.m. Sunday at Mexican Grilled Chepe, 17324 I-30 Frontage Road, Benton. (501) 794-6656; chepesgrill.com.

POOCH

The Eddie Haskell Project occurs from 2:00 p.m. on Saturday to CabotFest, Fourth and Main Street West, Cabot. (501) 843-2136.

CADDO VALLEY

Aaron Owens performance at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Betty’s big country dance hall, 102 Crystal Palace Drive, Caddo Valley. (702) 379-6632.

CAMDEN

Kayleigh matthews occurs at 7 p.m. on Friday at Brewing of native dogs, 125 Madison Ave. SE, Camden. (870) 231-3451; Nativedogbrewing.com.

ELDORADO

Dallas moore occurs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday at Mulekick to MAD, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado. (870) 904-0997; mulekikatmad.com. Admission is $ 12. The show is the first paid event on the site, the Former Griffin Restaurant.

SPRING EUREKA

Railway land will headline two evenings of the Hillberry Music Festival, which begins today and runs through Sunday at The farm, 1 Blue Heron Lane, Eureka Springs. (888) 762-7158; hillberryfestival.com. Other groups include: Sam Bush’s group, The infamous Stringdusters, Leftover salmon, Rumke Mountain Boys, Arkansauce, Opal Agafia, Jesus country, Friends of Phamilie, Dirty strings, Rev. Pollard and the Holler family, Eureka strings and Black mountain fever.

FAYETTE CITY

Melissa Etheridge occurs at 7 p.m. on Sunday at Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. Tickets range from $ 44 to $ 94. (479) 443-5600; waltonartscenter.org.

FORT SMITH

Charles Wesley Godwin occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday in the Sphinx Club at TempleLive, 200 N. 11th St., Fort Smith. (479) 222-6186; templelive.com. Admission is $ 15 in advance, $ 20 on the day of the show; $ 40 per table.

HOT SPRINGS

Harry James Orchestra plays big band music at 7 p.m. on Saturdays at Horner Room in the Hot Springs Convention Center, 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. (501) 321-2027; visithotsprings.org. Tickets cost $ 25 for general admission or $ 35 for a reserved VIP table.

◼️ Trap, Adayas, ThirteenX, Come out of the dark, Demolition of the big city, Red whore and Wild side perform from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays at the Spa City Rocktober IV Music Festival at Farmers market, 121 Orange Street, hot springs. Admission is $ 10; free for children 12 and under.

◼️ Outside of Kirtan and Bryan keith performance at 4 p.m. Sunday at Star portal, 208 Gum Springs Road, Mountain Pine, Hot Springs. (805) 453-4898.

◼️ Route 124 occurs at 9 p.m. on Friday and The John Calvin Brewer Group occurs at 9 p.m. on Saturday at The big thrill, 910 Higdon Ferry Road, Hot Springs. (501) 624-5185; chillhotsprings.com.

◼️ Brian ramsey occurs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today and Chris johns performance at 8 p.m. on Saturday at The copper penny, 711 central avenue, hot springs. (501) 622-2570; copper-penny-pub.com.

◼️ Brewer John Calvin performs at 7 p.m. for a shrimp boil and Mr. Lucky occurs from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday at The Blitzed Pig Bar & Grill, 4330 central avenue, hot springs. (501) 525-1616.

◼️ Jacob Flores occurs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday at Mexican Restaurant and Salsa Cantina, 4324 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 520-5305; at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday at Splash Wine Bar, 325 Ouachita Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 701-4544; and at 11 a.m. on Sunday Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, 239 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 623-7771.

◼️ Dangerous zone occurs from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, 239 central avenue, hot springs. (501) 623-7771; arlingtonhotel.com.

◼️ Roy Book Binding, Ken tillery and Arkansas Highlands Stringband performance at 3 p.m. on Saturday at 420eats Food Truck Court, 420 Malvern Ave., Hot Springs. The Garland County Library presents the free concert.

◼️ Brass push pins occurs from 8:00 a.m. on Saturday to Water-N-Hole, 5712 Albert Pike, Royal, Hot Springs. (501) 760-1211.

HOT WATER SOURCES VILLAGE

Rick mckean occurs at 7 p.m. on Friday and Garrett smith performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday at The Beehive, 220 Minorca Road, Hot Springs Village. (501) 777-8176; ruches.com.

JACKSONVILLE

The GMG II group occurs at 8 p.m. on Friday at Jay’s sandbank, 7607 John Harden Drive, Jacksonville. (501) 982-2900.

MORRILTON

Jason & Dem Boyz performance at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at Cedar Lounge and Grill, 1222 E. Broadway, Morrilton; (501) 354-8937. Admission is $ 5; cedar-lounge-morrilton.edan.io.

PLAINVIEW

The blues of the hill street occurs from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays for “Bean Fest” at Border town in Plainview; visitplainviewar.com.

WEINER

The Paul Thorn group occurs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday at Arkansas Rice Festival to Weiner. Free entry. (Thorn was scheduled to perform at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, which was canceled, and he then rescheduled a show at the Rev Room in Little Rock from Wednesday to February 22.)