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Texas National Motorcycle Rally: Calling all hogs for the state's newest bandanna bash, with tunes from Tracy Lawrence, David Allan Coe, Marshall Tucker Band, Blackfoot, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Rick Derringer and more; sooooooo-ey! (Thursday-Sunday, Houston Raceway Park, Baytown)
Quintron & Miss Pussycat: Big Easy techno-punk DJ and baby-doll-voiced bombshell muse dial up The Jeffersons on MySpace single "Fly Like a Rat"; with Golden Triangle. (Friday, Walter's)
Jaguares: Fierce Mexico City quartet brings modern rock en español of 2008's Jaguares (EMI) north of the border. (Friday, Warehouse Live)
Third Day: Platinum Grammy- and Dove-winning Georgia rockers praise the Lord with guitars and drums on this "Music Builds" outing; with Switchfoot, Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Jars of Clay. (Friday, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
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Rock for Houston's Youth: Twelve local groups band together for second annual show benefiting area advocacy organization Children at Risk; with D.R.U.M., Studemont Project, Rowe, The Crisis, Electric Attitude, Blue Poptarts and more; $12. (Saturday, Warehouse Live Ballroom)
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