21 May 15-21, 2025 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival 6 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 16-6 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 18, GALATYN PARK URBAN CENTER, 2351 PERFORMANCE DRIVE, RICHARDSON. $35+ AT ETIX.COM Don’t look now, but festival season is upon us. As spring gives way to summer, music fans increas- ingly have the option of weekend-long gather- ings providing multiple bands to hear in an easily digestible format. Richardson will play host to the 33rd annual Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival, a reliable mixture of national headliners and buzzy local acts (some 100-plus in all spread across six different stages), giving attendees a sizable bang for their concert-going buck. The 2025 edition will feature headlining sets from Young the Giant, Needtobreathe, the Revivalists, Sugar Ray, Spin Doctors and Black Joe Lewis, alongside We Them Grays, the Texas Gentlemen, RTB2 and [DARYL], among many others. Toss in street performers, a marketplace featuring local and regional goods and — of course — a food court, and you’ve got all the ingredients for a pretty solid little week- end. PRESTON JONES Electric Six 9:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 16, SUNDOWN AT GRANADA, 3520 GREENVILLE AVE. $24.50+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Detroit band Electric Six has been grinding out its particular blend of funky alt-rock for nearly 30 years, producing nearly two dozen albums in that span of time. The group, which was co- founded and has long been led by singer-song- writer Tyler Spencer (nom de tune of Dick Valentine), made a memorable first impression on its 2003 debut, Fire, which yielded the im- mortal singles “Danger! High Voltage” (which features an uncredited Jack White on vocals) and “Gay Bar.” Tongue firmly-in-cheek, Electric Six mixes satire with disco-streaked tracks to delightful effect — it’s a joke which, clearly, shows no signs of wearing out its welcome. This trip through town is in support of 2023’s Tur- quoise. Rock N Roll Cannibals will open. PJ Halsey 7 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 17, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 1ST AVE. $43+ AT LIVENATION.COM Born Ashley Frangipane, the singer-songwriter and actress better known as Halsey is a force of nature. Her decade-plus career has cooled a tad in the last five years — Halsey’s third studio al- bum, 2020’s Manic, spawned her best-selling single ever: “Without Me,” which was certified diamond by the RIAA. Halsey’s fifth studio al- bum, The Great Impersonator, which was in- formed by her life after diagnoses of lupus and T-cell disorders, dropped last year: “I made this record in the space between life and death,” Halsey told fans via social media. “It feels like I’ve waited an eternity for you to have it.” She’s hitting the road for her first substantial tour in three years, “For My Last Trick.” Del Water Gap and The Warning will kick off the evening with opening sets. PJ Red-Headed Stranger 50th Anniversary Tribute 8 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 17, GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, 300 N. 5TH ST., GARLAND. $79.19+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Willie Nelson made country music history in an unassuming recording studio in Garland 50 years ago this year. His foundational concept al- bum, Red-Headed Stranger, was captured in what was then Autumn Sound Studio — so raw and unadorned was the finished product that Nelson’s label initially thought he’d turned in demos — and made the singer-songwriter a su- perstar. A fistful of top-tier, Texas-bred talent will gather for one night only to play the album through in full: Joshua Ray Walker, Ray Benson, Rhett Miller, Max and Heather Stalling and John Pedigo will take turns performing selections from the Stranger LP. Additionally, local artists, including Frankie Leonie, Nathan “Mongol” Wells and Remy Reilly (among others), will per- form throughout downtown Garland in the run- up to the tribute concert, as part of an ancillary “Fringe Concert Series.” PJ Katy Perry 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $54+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM It’s becoming clear Katy Perry has lost the plot a bit. Being a global pop star isn’t easy when ev- erything is going your way to begin with, but when the music with which you’re theoretically staking your claim is being ridiculed — “Woman’s World,” the debut single from Perry’s seventh al- bum, 143, was roundly mocked upon its release last summer (one UK critic called it “garbage”) — you’ve got a long, thankless, uphill battle ahead of you. All this was before Perry flew off to space in April, aboard one of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rockets, and reportedly sang “What a Wonderful World” while in orbit. The memes, they’ve been merciless. So, Ms. Perry, find your comfort in loopy arena theatrics, flog that album scarily few people seem to care about and try not to pin- point exactly where you went astray. Rebecca Black will provide support. PJ RHOMBI SURVIVOR Halsey will perform in Fair Park in support of her fifth studio album. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music TICKETS AT: LONGHORNBALLROOM.COM DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS DEER TICK THELMA & THE SLEAZE J. ISAIAH EVANS & THE BOSS TWEED M A Y 3 1 PRESENTED BY:
