"Elite Seats" are available in three tiers and include premium seating, a question-and-answer presentation with some of the top bull riders and stock contractors, a behind-the-scenes look at the event from the back of the bucking chutes, a $10 concession voucher and souvenir credential and lanyard. Tickets are $19-$109 in advance (plus service charges), $5 more day of show. Friday - all competing bull riders will get on one bull each - with 12 finalists vying for the championship, 6:45 p.m. The Professional Bull Riders' top 30, on the group's elite "Unleash the Beast" tour, will compete in the "Bad Boy Mowers Mowdown" at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena, 7:45 p.m. The Root Cafe's annual Beard Competition starts immediately after the parade in Bernice Garden, 1401 Main, with Zydeco band Gerard Delafose and the Zydeco Gators, followed by a Second Line band competition featuring several Little Rock School District bands. Rock Town Distillery is the presenter entertainment sponsor is Community Bakery. A promotional pitch for the parade suggests, "Think Madonna, Blackbeard, or maybe Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow riding down Main Street in the Black Pearl!" First prize is $500, second is $250. "Pirates and Popstars" is the theme for this year's SoMa 501 "SoMardi Gras Parade," noon Saturday, featuring floats, walking groups, classic cars and pets. Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:
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