A handful of Austin bands decamp to Lawrence, Kansas this weekend for the fourth annual North vs. South Music Festival. The three-day event, held in various venues across the city, begins with the Meat Purveyors, Xcella, and Ethan Azarian on Thursday. Friday it’s Moonlight Towers, Militant Babies, Magnet School, Summer Wardrobe, and Til Were Blue or Destroy, while Grand Champeen, Crawling with Kings, the Service Industry, Cat Scientist, and Sally Crewe do battle on Saturday.

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