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At least its not scorching hot. I felt a raindrop when I stepped out a minute ago, but so far, no downpour.

If the weather holds, I'm starting my night at the Triple-S Alarm Stage, way the hell west of Broadway, with the latest Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase champ, 607, who's performing with his brother Bobby (AKA Mr. Morbid). They'll be doing a family friendly set, thank you very much. Here's predicting a big turn-out.

From there, I'll probably try to catch a whiff of Shooter Jennings on the Budweiser Stage in NLR as I make my way to the Arkansas Times sponsored Arkansas Music Tent to catch a bit of Nashville power-poppers the Nobility (lead singer Sean Williams is from Searcy) and then see if the Moving Front can kick out the jams with the same fire they brought last weekend.

And maybe a little Huey Lewis.

In case you forgot.

BANG CAMARO
10 p.m., Revolution. $5-$10.

 It's possibly the plum club gig of the year: downtown, either in Argenta or the River Market, post-Riverfest. Because, you know, after a day of sun and booze and music, who wants to go home? Revolution's Chris King could probably put an ol' crunchy guitar group in this spot and they'd kill, but he's gone and booked possibly the ultimate post-Riverfest act — Boston's Bang Camaro. The throwback metal band synthesizes all the best of '80s pop metal with a unique arrangement — three guitar players, a bassist, a drummer and a choir of anywhere from 10 to 20 “lead vocalists” who belt out choruses only (no verses!). Guitarist and co-founder Bryn Bennett insists that BC isn't a retro band. He likes “evolution.” On the band's MySpace page, he says, “We took the important parts of pop metal and distilled it. We came up with a purer type of music in the end. Let's be honest, no one cared what the lead singer of those bands had to say. They were either comparing their genitalia to some type of weapon that they were going to attack groupies with or they rhymed ‘fire' and ‘desire.' The fans never cared about that stuff. They wanted to scream along with the huge choruses or they wanted to air guitar to the solos. That's what we bring.” Yes.

DAMN BULLETS
9:30 p.m., White Water Tavern. $5.

 Then for those who don't mind a crowd, but might want to escape the teeming masses packed into the River Market, one of Arkansas's most popular acts headlines at White Water Tavern. Formed in 2004 in Conway, the Damn Bullets specialize in a kind of psychedelicized strain of that old, weird Americana, some indistinct spot on the map between bluegrass, old-time and hillbilly. The four members — Joe Sundell, DJ Bennett, Paul Morphis and Graeme Higgins — usually play fast, usually sing harmony and always play with sly smiles on their faces. The band's been in the studio of late, so look out for new material. Bob Oh Brown, a native of Jackson, Miss., plays a shuffling, whimsical brand of folk that should dovetail nicely with the Bullets.