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Deep South Music Festival

Date: Sept. 27, doors at 11 a.m.

Venue: Oysterella’s (1175 Battleship Pkwy) www.oysterellas.com

Tickets: $15 in adv. and $20 the day-of. Available at Oysterella’s, Serda’s Coffee in LoDa and Dr. Music on the Esho

Get ready to get your jam on all day at Oysterella’s Saturday at the Deep South Music festival. Ryan Balthrop (Loose Cannons /Lowdown Throwdown) and his promotion company SoonCome! Entertainment are spearheading the event, which boasts a true homegrown stage that represents the best music from Mobile and the Southeastern region.

“This is an idea grown organically among friends to put on something that showcases good music,” Balthrop explains.

This event will also give back to the community, as a portion of the funds will go to the Bo Roberts Music Fund to start an after-school arts program.

This festival offers music ranging from jam to hip-hop. Some of the bands scheduled to appear are The Burnin’ Smyrnans, Juice (feat. Chris Spies), The Dig, The Lowdown Throwdown, Swamp Wompus, Hank Becker and Friends, The Common Thread, Microphone Messengers, Subject Matters, Mob-Towne Revival, Jerusalem High, Bust, Wes Loper, Tyler Champion, Phunk Blue Moon, Grey Matters and DJ Fragment.

Palmetto State group on the Bay

The 92 ZEW Free Concert Series presents Needtobreathe with special guests Matthew Mayfield and Andy Davis

Date: Sept. 26, doors at 6 p.m.

Venue: The Bluegill (3775 Battleship Pkwy.) www.bluegillrestaurant.com

Tickets: Free and available at the Bluegill and 92 ZEW live broadcasts or win them on 92 ZEW

Needtobreathe will be headlining the latest installment of the Zew’s Free Concert Series. This South Carolina-based quartet is touring in support of their sophomore effort “The Heat.”

Birmingham’s Matthew Mayfield (formerly of Moses Mayfield) will also be making an appearance and has just independently released his solo debut “The Fire EP.”

Andy Davis will be rounding out the night. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Ben Folds and Paul Simon, this alternative pop rocker chose the piano as his weapon of choice and will be performing cuts off of his latest album “Let the Woman.”

Bluegrass disciples in Kitchen

Yonder Mountain String Band

Date: Sept. 30, doors at 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Soul Kitchen (219 Dauphin St.) www.soulkitchenmobile.com

Tickets: $15 in advance and available at Soul Kitchen, Mellow Mushroom and 1-800-594-TIXX

Yonder Mountain String Band is celebrating 10 years of spreading their bluegrass sound across the globe. As they wrap up a summer full of music festivals, Yonder Mountain has decided to head back into the studio with producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliot Smith). Rothrock and the guys in Yonder Mountain are no strangers. They collaborated on their last studio album, which the band viewed as a musical epiphany, with its rock overtones mingling throughout their bluegrass sound.

In the meantime, fans will be satisfied with the fifth installment of their “Mountain Tracks” series. This band is known for their stellar, enthusiastic live performances, and the “Mountain Tracks” series does a good job of capturing the spirit of their shows with each cut handpicked by the band.

Stephen Centanni is Lagniappe music editor. Contact him at scentanni@lagniappemobile.com.

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