Nadjah Nicole brings a blend of classic soul and contemporary R&B and jazz to the River Valley at 6 p.m. Aug. 30 for the return of the Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series. Keylime opens.
According to her website, Nicole performed on Season 9 of The Voice and received mentoring from Blake Shelton, Rihanna (who called her "the whole package"), Brad Paisley and vocal coaches Trelawny Rose and Holly Stain.
All Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series concerts are free. The series, sponsored in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, continues with Eric Johanson, Sept. 6; La 45, Sept. 13; Lola Kirke, Sept. 20; Larry & Joe, Sept. 27. Picnics, blankets and lawn chairs and pets are welcome. Food/drink vendors, a KidsZone and a vendor marketplace will be available. Find out more at mainstreetfs.org/levitt-amp-music-series
If you can't catch Nicole this time, she'll perform Aug. 31 for the Jazz & Blues Block Party at Railyard Park in Rogers. Also performing will be Danielle Nicole, Divas on Fire and Alisha Pattillio Electric Band.
RIVER VALLEY
The Vault 1905 Sports Grill -- Zach Glover & Vintage, 7 p.m. Sept. 6.
Neumeier's Rib Room & Beer Garden -- Music starts around 7 p.m. with Stage Masters, Aug. 30; Uncle Fudge, Aug. 31.
King Opera House -- Allan Hurt and The Music Showmen, 7 p.m. Sept. 21; Larry B, 7 p.m. Oct. 5.
TempleLive -- Local talent night with The Black Diamonds, The Fervent and Shotgun Funeral, 9 p.m. Sept. 6; Dustin Boyd, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 7.
Majestic Fort Smith -- Kody West with Jason Scott, 8 p.m. Aug. 23; An Evening with The Bynum Project, 6 p.m. Aug. 24; Carson Jeffrey and Cottonwood Crows, 8 p.m. Sept. 6.
Hero's -- The Swade Diablo's, 8 p.m. Aug. 24; Back from the Dead Night (free) with Anything or Everything, Vulturegeist, Velvet Flame Cult and Landon Kole Bradley, 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and Anything or Everything, The Dryline, Maxx Lemaster and Five Body Blade, 8 p.m. Aug. 31.
ArcBest Performing Arts Center -- Blockbusters with Fort Smith Symphony, 7 p.m. Sept. 7; Nothin' But the Blues with Shayna Steele, 7 p.m. Oct. 12.
Cherokee Casino and Hotel Roland -- Doug Stone and the Stone Age Band, 8 p.m. Aug. 23.
Choctaw Casino Pocola -- Morris Day and the Time, 8 p.m. Aug. 24; Connor Smith, 8 p.m. Aug. 30.
Send your concert news to music writer Monica Hooper at [email protected].