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It’s Rogue Festival time, which means that Fresno’s cultural arts landscape will be on overload straight through to next weekend.  One might think the music scene would take the time off.  YOU. WOULD. BE. WRONG. The weekend is as full up as any we’ve seen in awhile. So, let’s get to it. Let’s BANDGEEEEEEEEK!!

TONIGHT:

• Fulton 55 presents Donuts, with Los Angeles producer and Leaving Records founder Mathew David. W/locals Dengee and Kubiq 9 p.m. This is a free show. (Flier link)
• Tokyo Garden has LA indie rock band Lovely Bad Things, just of playing SF’s Noise Pop Festival. Plus Dirty Limbs (members of Strawberry Jam, Rademacher, etc.) and Copper Coins (guitarist from the Sunburns). 9 p.m. $5 21 and up. (Flier link)
• Lance Canales brings his Americana roots rock to Audie’s Olympic Tavern. W/ Sawyer Family and Richfield. 9 p.m. $5. (Flier link)
• Arizona hardcore bands Step Aside and Wrong Idea join Sacramento’s Retrace, plus Bakersfield’s Running Scared and locals Gorilla Stomp, Reunion and Selfish Ways. At CYC. 7 p.m. $5. (Flier link)
• It’s a Frank’s Place showcase. W/ The Jacktones, Lauren Canyon, Day 365 and Evelyn Shu. 8 p.m. Free. All ages. (Flier link)

FRIDAY:

• Get indie- folk- pop-rock and more. W/ Jukebox the Ghost, Matt Pond (both from Brooklyn) and the Lighthouse and the Whaler Cleveland, OH). At Fulton 55. 8 p.m. $12, $8 in advance. (Flier link)
• It’s one heck of a local show at Fresno Brewing Company. Religious Appeal presents Kat Jones (Fresno ex-pat now in Portland), Brother Luke and the Comrades, Minor Birds (from Portland) and So Long Williamsburg. 7:30 p.m. $5. All ages. (Flier link)
• Kuppajoe hosts the LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) benefit with a screening of “Danny from North Korea.” Plus music from The Overdubs, Saving Temperance, the Jacktones and Chris Hudiburgh of Mercy Fist. 7:30 p.m. $ 4 online, $6 advance, $8 day of. All ages.

SATURDAY:

• Fulton 55 has Bay Area hipster blues-rockers Stone Foxes, plus Jared James Nichols and local Session.8 p.m. $12, $8 in advance. (Flier link)
• Surf. Mosh. Kill. With horror-metal Goreshack. It’s the band’s CD-release show. W/ Farooq, Azathoth, Caffa (from Oakland), Maggot Colony (from Visalia), Times of Desperation (Sacramento) and Sarcologos (from Portland). At CYC. 6 p.m. $5. All ages. (Flier link)
• A hardcore show in the Security Bank Building on the Fulton Mall. Why not? It’s Bay Area hardcore heroes Ceremony, plus Selfish Ways and Gorilla Stomp. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. (Flier link)
• It’s Coachella time and we’re already seeing bands come through on their pre-festival runs. Free Energy comes to Visalia’s Cellar Door. W/ White Arrows and local Sea of Sound. This is a super early show. 7:30 p.m. $7. 21 and up. (Flier link)
• The CAFE Infoshop hosts some experimental sounds, w/Casey Chisholm (from Oakland). Plus Loverboy, Funeral Club (from Bakersfield), Mirrormans and more Dirty Limbs. 7:30 p.m. $4 donation. All ages. (No flier link)
• Frank’s Place has a night of folk and acoustic R&B, with King Harobed and Soul Kitchenette. 8 p.m. $8. (Flier link)
• R&B sensation J. Holiday is at Club Eva (at Granite Park), with Crizzy Lovae and Kucci Lee. 9 p.m. $19, or $40 with a meet-and-greet. (Flier Link)
• Audie’s Olympic hosts a free acoustic happy hour with Scott Kelly (vocalist/guitarist for the experimental/doom metal/hardcore punk band Neurosis. 5:30 p.m. (Flier link)

SUNDAY:

• We should include at least one music-related Rogue show. So, here it is: The Dirty Song Sing Along, featuring the Suicide Lounge. At the Starline. 7 p.m. $7 (in Rogue bucks). Rated NC-17. (No flier link)

That’s what we found anyway. Feel free to add your own in the comments or email me at jtehee@fresnobee.com