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CHILI COOK-OFF, CAR/CYCLE SHOW MAY 25 – 11th annual community event featuring chili cooking competitions, car/cycle show, beer gardens, live music, kid fun zone, arts and crafts. Arlington Village, Magnolia Avenue from Van Buren to Jackson, Riverside; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free admission; 951-509-1100; www.riversidechilicookoff.com.
The Barn Coachella Secret Hip Hop Show, April 17; Maps & Atlases, Young Man, May 1; Very Be Careful, Quita Penas, May 8; Matt Costa, May 15; Comedy Apocalypse VIII, May 22. 900 University Ave., Riverside; 951-827-4403; http://rside.ucr.edu/barnseries
WEST COAST THUNDER XIV MAY 27 – Memorial Day Bike Run through Riverside, stopping at Riverside National Cemetery, then traveling to Soboba Casino for a concert featuring Craig Morgan and The Farm. Soboba Casino, 23333 Soboba Road, San Jacinto; 951-653-8417; www.rncsc.org, www.soboba.net. ‘TELLING RIVERSIDE’S STORY IN 50 OBJECTS’ ONGOING – First installation of artifacts that tell Riverside’s history from the prehistoric days of the mammoths through 1930. Second installation will cover 1930 to the present. Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside; 951-826-5273; www.riversideca.gov/museum. Also: “John Muir & the Personal Experience of Nature,” through Jan. 19; “Force of Arms,” ongoing.
Lake Alice Trading Company Armistice, April 3; Eclipse, April 5; Driven, April 6; Soul Power, April 10; Pac Men, April 12; Inhale, April 13; All In, April 19; Gravity Guild, April 20; Aloha Radio, April 24; The Groove, April 26; Trainwreck, April 27. 3616 University Ave., Riverside; 951-686-7343; www.lakealicetradingco.com Mission Tobacco Lounge Savage Bar, The Delta Bombers, The Rip Em Ups, April 13; Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands Preliminaries, April 24, May 5 and 22; Rumble King, La Cholita & The Kreeps, April 27; Natural Heights, Arden Park Roots, May 4; Total Distortion (Social Distortion tribute), The Strange Cats (Stray Cats tribute), May 11; The Phenomenauts, Sandbox Bullies, May 18; Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands, May 26. 3630 University Ave., Riverside; 951-682-4427; www.missiontobaccolounge.com
Pixels The Bakersfield Bad Boys, Iron Outlaws, April 20; The Dynotones, April 27; The Conditionz, May 4. 3535 University Ave., Riverside; 951-683-7957 Riverside Plaza Partly Jack Band, April 7 and May 10; Cason Leonti, April 11; Patrick Carrico Band, April 12; Rusty Perez, April 13; Sabrina Lentini, April 14 and May 25; Mike Peralta, April 18 and May 9; Paul Anderson, April 19 and May 31; Crystal McKee, April 20; Laguna Slim, April 21 and May 16; Michelle Kasajian, April 25; Jim Canini, April 26 and May 17; Damien Jordan, April 27; Cougrzz, April 28. Central and Riverside avenues; 951-683-1066, ext. 113; www.shopriversideplaza.com Romano’s Concert Lounge Sandbox Dance Party, April 20; No Duh (No Doubt tribute), April 27. 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside; 951-781-7662; http://theconcertlounge.com The Vibe Bar & Grill Squirrelly Arts, April 3; Drunk Funk Productions, April 12; Machinist, June 13. 1805 University Ave.; 951-788-0310; www.thevibebarandgrill.net
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