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Well, it's another fall weekend here in Houston which brings another great musical event to fill our time. On Saturday, November 21st and Sunday November 22nd, The Center for Hearing and Speech will be presenting the 2009 edition of Via Colori, a street painting festival that, along with the amazing chalk work of local and national artists, will also feature some of Houston's most buzzworthy local bands. We were able to make it out to both days of last years event, and had such a great time checking out the artists work and enjoying great sets of music by the likes of Moses Guest, Sideshow Tramps and The Wild Moccasins. This year will have two stages featuring somewhat of a who's who of local indie music with performances by Buxton, Spain Colored Orange, Runaway Sun, Elaine Greer and a return trip by The Wild Moccasins.

Via Colori is completely free, and will feature tons of local vendors, reasonably priced food and drink, a photography contest and several other events to keep you busy all afternoon. You can find out more by visiting Via Colori's official website, or by following them on Twitter. You can also browse the official music schedule after the jump.

I can't believe that it's been a whole year since my last trip up to Michigan for the inaugural Rothbury Festival, which garnered rave reviews from everybody in the BOT staff. I'll be rolling solo this year, but am not worried because there are a world of friends to be made at one of the friendliest place in the world. If not, I can always lose myself in the Sherwood Forest to kill a few hours.... I'll be running around taking tons of pictures of as many artists as I can, and hope to capture the festival as best as possible from Toubab Krewe's opening chords on Thursday until Umphrey's McGee says goodbye on Sunday. If you're a vet to Rothbury, you already know, but if this is your first time, welcome to the best festival ever.

Check out the full schedule here, and the map here. If you need any advice about your first trip up to Rothbury, or have any questions to be answered, there's a wealth of information to be had on the Infobury message board. Also, If you're a Rothbury vet, please feel free to leave any helpful advice to the noobs in our comment section below.

I'll be tweeting live from Rothbury, so feel free to follow BOT on Twitter to keep up with the action as it happens.

See ya in Sherwood...