IF YOU GO• What: Southern Brewers Festival.• When: 5 p.m.-midnight. Friday, Aug. 22, 3 p.m.-midnight Saturday, Aug. 23.• Where: Ross’s Landing, 100 Riverfront Parkway.• Admission: $40 online, $60 at the gate; free for children under 12. Discount tickets, $30 for both days, at area Kangaroo Express stores.• Website: southernbrewersfestival.org.SCHEDULEFriday, Aug. 226 p.m. Cabinet8 p.m. Soulive10 p.m. moe.Saturday, Aug. 234 p.m. AJ Ghent6 p.m. Randall Bramblett & Friends8 p.m. Greensky Bluegrass10 p.m. Gov’t Mule
BEERS BITES TONIGHTEasy Bistro & Bar, 203 Broad St., will offer a preview of the Southern Brewers Festival with “A Tasting With Brooklyn Brewery” from 6 to 8 tonight, Aug. 21. This evening of bites and beers will feature five of Brooklyn’s finest brews, crafted by head brewmaster Garrett Oliver, recipient of a 2014 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional. Brooklyn representative Josh Scutella will offer tastes of the brewery’s Lager, Blast, Local 2, Sorachi Ace and Black Chocolate Stout. Each will be paired with hors d’oeuvres prepared by chef Erik Niel. Tickets are $35 and include complimentary valet parking. Online ticket sales are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/809667; or call 423-266-1121 to check on availability.
Sometimes you wonder how Warren Haynes keeps it all straight. Not only does he have to keep up with a relentless touring and recording schedule, he has to remember which band he’s playing guitar for at the moment.
Just this past weekend, for example, he had shows with Gov’t Mule and The Allman Brothers Band. On the same day.
He’s also been doing sets for the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration and solo sets.