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Live & Local Fridays Live & Local Fridays Cabaret  September 7–28 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Returning for the fifth straight year, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ Live & Local Fridays concert series will open on Sept. 7 and showcase eight Arizona groups spanning rockabilly-honky tonk, indie-folk, African rhythms, blues, hip-hop, folk-rock, jazz, indie-rock and pop on Friday evenings through Sept. 28. Performances will take place in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at 8 p.m. and the more intimate Stage 2 at 8:30 p.m. Patrons may attend both concerts on each Friday by purchasing separate tickets.                 

Here’s the lineup:

Live & Local Fridays. Virginia G. Piper Theater Main Stage. All concerts start at 8 p.m. Reserved seating.Tickets: Advance, $19 and $12; day of show, $22 and $15.

Vinyl Station. Friday, Sept. 21,

Phoenix’s Vinyl Station duo combines tight harmonies, driving rhythms and melodic hooks for their own brand of indie rock reminiscent of The National, The War on Drugs and early U2.