Dozens of local bands, some reuniting for the first time in many years, will play on several indoor and outdoor stages at Hotel Congress this weekend. Tickets: $10 a day, or $25 for all three days.
Friday
Nino's stage
8 p.m.: Infinite Beauties.
9: Anything Good.
10: Naked Prey.
11: The River Roses.
Midnight: Phantom Limbs.
El Casino Ballroom stage
7:30 p.m.: Mariachi Tesoro.
8: Trio Amanecer.
9: Ballet Folklorico Tapatio.
10: Love Ltd.
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11: Los Nawdy Dawgs.
Saturday
9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Vinyl Revival Record Fair.
Fort Lowell Records Stage
Noon-3 p.m.: Tracy Shedd, Young Mothers, Vinyl Baron.
Big L’s Sonoran Hot Dog Jamboree
Hosted by DJ Carl Hanni.
5:30 p.m.: Fish Karma and the Love Generation.
6:30: Gila Bend.
7:30: Merle Jaggar.
Poco Loco stage
8:30 p.m.: Ned Sutton and the Benders.
9:30: The Dusty Chaps.
Stumble Inn Stage
10:30 p.m.: Gentlemen Afterdark.
11: DJ Spyder Rhodes.
Closing: Bad Manners.
Club Congress stage
8 p.m.: Beyond 7.
9: Low Max.
10: Creosote.
Sunday
5 p.m.-8 p.m.: A Tribute BBQ for Rainer Ptacek, a guitarist and singer-songwriter who became a local legend. His songs have been covered by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Emmylou Harris, P.J. Harvey and others. Rainer, known professionally by just his first name, had an inoperable brain tumor and died in 1997, at age 46.
The BBQ will include performances by Howe Gelb, Stefan George, Nick Augustine, Will Clipman, Rudy Ptacek, Billy Sedlmayr, Bruce Halper, Joey Peña, Sunny Italy (aka Ned Gittings) and more.
8:30: Paul Jean Brown.
9: Sidewinders and Friends.
10:30: Mynabirds.
11:30: Crooked Fingers.
Club Congress stage
8:30 p.m.: Bebe with special guest Serge.
9:30: Pork Torta.
10:30: Al Foul.
11:30: Chick Cashman & the Savage Nomads.
12:30 a.m.: Borts Minorts.
