FRIDAY

Don’t look now but this year’s Fridays on the Promenade concert series is already on its seventh offering. Up this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Roth Fountain, corner of Fourth & Virginia streets, is Liquid Thin, a four-piece band that is hard to define. With jazz coming from the sax, blues and rock coming from the guitar and everything else streaming from the drummer and keyboardist, fusion may be the best classification. Playing all original songs, this is one band that is serious about music and seriously deserves your support. $2.

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How did an Irish/Filipino man become a successful country artist? Heck, I don’t know, but it has to have something to do with Neal McCoy’s voice. The singer brings 20 years experience, 11 albums and 20 charted singles to his 8 p.m. concert at WinnaVegas in Sloan, Iowa. $30.

SATURDAY

Rhonda of Rhonda’s Speakeasy, 212 Cunningham Drive, wants you to party in her parking lot come Saturday. For why, you ask? Because out there is where popular national blues touring artist Randall Zwarte is going to be. Opening the 7 p.m. show will be Sioux City’s own Kelly Quinn Band. $10 at the gate.

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We all know ArtSplash, the annual art show and sale along the riverfront, is all about art. Did you know it is also all about entertainment? Over eight hours of live performances go down on two stages this year. For example, Sioux City favorite Rockestra takes the main stage at 5 p.m. This 40-piece rock orchestra is fresh off of gigs at the Iowa State Fair. $5 at the gate.

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