Ah ... Spring is in the air. With spring comes festival season! The International Festival begins its two-weekend stint on Saturday, bringing a wide range of musicians. This weekend, George Clinton headlines, but you can also catch Ruthie Foster, Grupo Fantasma, and more. Another annual tradition (well, a 14 year tradition) is Buzzfest sponsored by 94.5 KTBZ. This year's line-up for the rock station (notice that we didn't say "alternative?" -- there's a reason for that) includes Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Jet, and Blue October.
Did we miss something? Let us know. Here’s the full week line-up. Local bands are noted by an asterisk (*):
Tuesday
• Rod Stewart (rescheduled)– pop | 7:30 p.m. at Toyota Center
• De La Soul/Rhythm Roots All-Stars – hip/hop/rap | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• Darwin's Finches/Poopy Lungstuffing – rock | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Paul Sanchez – folk/rock | 8 p.m. at the Mucky Duck
• Jeremiah Johnson – blues | 8 p.m. at The Big Easy
Wednesday
• Joshua Radin – pop/rock | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• The Troubadours – Latin/rock | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• Bill Callahan – rock | 8 p.m at The Orange Show
• ADULT./Parts & Labor/Dan Deacon – alt rock | 8 p.m. at The Mink
• Lightning Bolt – alternative | 9 p.m. at Notsouh
Thursday
• Lil Wayne/Young Jeezy/Baby/Jim Jones/Rich Boy – hip-hop | 7:30 p.m. at Toyota Center
• *Another Run/*Lunara/*The Lion of Wall-street/*Folk Machines – alt rock | 9 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• Mary Gauthier – folk | 8 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• The Films/Eastern Conference Champions/Dune.Tx/Prodigal Sons – alt rock | 8 p.m. at The Backroom (The Mink)
Friday
• Nickel Creek/Tift Merritt – alt/country/bluegrass | 9 p.m. at the Meridian
• Charlie Sexton/The Sonnier Brothers – rock | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• *The Marked Men/*Something Fierce/*The Points/*Born Liars – alt rock | 9 p.m.at Rudyard's
• Greg Trooper – Celctic | 8 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• Los Straitjackets/Big Sandy/*Clouseaux – rock | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• *Potroast/*Two High String Band/*Guy Schwartz/*Lee Alexander Band/*Nectarine – various | 8 p.m. at Last Concert Cafe
• Appleseed Cast/Life and Times/Sharks and Sailors – rock | 9 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• Hello Operator/Bitbybat/Stoveblow/G. Styles/Flame Shark – alternative | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
Saturday
• Buzzfest featuring Papa Roach/Puddle of Mudd/Blue October/Jet and more at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – alt rock | 12 p.m. at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• Houston International Festival 2007, featuring George Clinton/Ruthie Foster/C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band/*John Evans Band/Kevin So/Soul Fruit/Baby Jay/Maggini Orchestra/*Southern Backtones/Papa Mali/Jimmy Lafave/Richardo Lemvo & Makino Loca/Ba Cissoko/Matt Andersen/The Lee Boys/*The Medicine Show,/Changlu Wu School of Music/Brother 2 Brother/Mike Reed/New Birth Brass Band – various | 1 p.m. in Downtown
• Jimmy Buffet – pop | 8 p.m. at Minute Maid Park
• *The Nautical Mile/*Meryll/*Arms and Sleepers/*Great Unwashed Luminaries – alternative | 8 p.m at Super Happy Fun Land
• *Petesimple/*Andria Miguez – pop/rock | 8 p.m. at Cosmos Cafe
• The Gourds/Nathan Hamilton – alt.country | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• John Cowan – bluegrass/rock | 7:30 & 10 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• Fonseca – Latin | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• 3 Kisses/La Sed/Blacklight/Zipperneck/Troublemaker – rock | 9 p.m.at the Engine Room
• Tristan Perich & Quintron/Miss Pussycat – altervative | 9 p.m.at The Orange Show
Pictured L to R: Nickel Creek; George Clinton; Blue October; Jimmy Buffett
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