More than 60 tattoo artists, vendors, live music and even a clown will help celebrate the life of a man who touched so many..

The festival is held on Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. through September, weather permitting. The two mainly do cover tunes but make sure to sneak in some of their own. Bring a blanket and some lunch and listen to Clay Benjy..

The event is a Christian rock festival, although I do not think all the bands are Christian. The weekend features bands like, August Burns Red, Cool Hand Luke, Grits, the Chariot, the Urban Sophisticates, Versa Emerge and So Long Forgotten, just a few of the 30 bands on the slate.

School is almost back in for some of us, so let’s party. No school at all? Well let’s party before it gets cold. Dang it, let’s just party.

Well for the past 15 years Dawoud Bey has been photographing high school in a different light. His exhibit features 40 photographs of high school students from a wide economic, social and ethnic spectrum, telling a story that breaks stereotypes with every photo.

Today though, cellist Xavier Phillips performs at the Guilford College Sternberger Auditorium. Admission is free with season passes. If you have kids I hope you had a chance to check out what EMF has to offer with their EMF Kids Concerts featuring Hot Peas ‘N Butter and Shana Banana.

Maroon 5 and the Counting Crows are headlining together with opening act, Sarah Bareilles. By the way, if you can’t make the Raleigh trip the night before they are playing in Charlotte. Ticket prices vary but they are offering a pretty good group rate for lawn tickets so get some friends together and check ’em out.

TUESDAY, July 15 Eastern Music Festival Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College; Greensboro; easternmusicfestival.org; 336.333.7450; 8 p.m.; $25/$23 Again this week is the Eastern Music Festival. Check out the website for the full line-up, because every day of the week EMF has something worth seeing and listening to. So don’t put it off — the festival ends Aug. 2. EMF says, “Hear music in an intimate setting and enjoy the great talents of these wonderful musicians.” WEDNESDAY, July 16 Chuck Folds Five Cooper’s Ale House; 5340 W. Market St., Greensboro; myspace.com/coppersalehouse; 336.294.0575; 10 p.m.; FREE Chuck Folds Five is not a knockoff of Ben Folds Five, but actually a band started by Ben’s younger brother, Chuck. They are headlining College Night at Cooper’s Ale House. If you can’t make this show check out their MySpace for upcoming dates; they play everywhere from Wild Wing Café in Winston-Salem to Ham’s in Chapel Hill. The bass player, Chuck Folds, and vocalist/lead guitar Steve Williard keep themselves busier than any other local band I know of by playing in two other bands: Rubberband and Big Bang Boom. So about any night of the week you can find Chuck and Steve playing in the Triad.

TUESDAY July 8 Noon at the Spoon Weatherspoon Art Museum;1000 Spring Garden St., Greensboro; weatherspoon.uncg.edu; 336.334.5770; FREE Spend your lunch break at the ’Spoon in downtown Greensboro with an art exhibit inspired by what we see on a daily basis. The Faraway/Nearby: Landscapes and Urban Views from the Permanent Collection features our urban landscape surroundings. Artists observe their environment and express themselves through them. The exhibit runs through Aug. 3. One artist, Yvonne Jacquette, has earned international recognition for her enigmatic aerial views of urban architecture WEDNESDAY July 9 There goes the neighborhood Five Points Tattoo; 1234 Montlieu Ave., High Point; 336.882.8661; myspace.com/ fivepointstattoo; 8pm; $10 Get ready for some outlaw music in High Point. Bob Wayne & his Outlaw Carnies are coming to Five Points Tattoo along with the beautiful Cherry Bombers playing between sets. Bob Wayne claims to have a different assortment of band members for each show. “Now every day is different, every player every show,” it says on his MySpace page. “Will you see a bearded lady? Unless you go, you’ll never know.” THURSDAY July 10 Get on your bikes and ride! Weatherspoon Art Museum;1000 Spring Garden St., Greensboro; weatherspoon.uncg.edu; 336.334.5770; FREE The Latino Summer Film Series will be playing, Diarios de Motocicleta and for those of you who failed Spanish 1 in high school: The Motorcycle Diaries. This is a part of the Weatherspoon’s annual Summer Film Series. The movie is based on the journey of Che Guevara and his best friend, Alberto Granado, who rode a motorcycle across South America. I hope the motorcycle had a sidecar or at least a radio. FRIDAY July 11 Hhighland Games MacRae Meadows on Grandfather Mountain; gmhg.org; 828.733.1333; $55 all four days, $10TH,$20F, $25S, $15S Don’t lie — you know you want a good excuse to dust off the kilt in your closet, well here it is: the 53 rd annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering O’ Scottish Clans. It was established to promote and restore interest in traditional dancing, piping, drumming, athletic achievement, music and Gaelic culture, and to establish scholarship funds to assist students from Avery County High School to study at American colleges and universities. So make the drive and support Scottish roots and if you don’t have any? They don’t care as long as you’re having a good time.