The final lineup for Norman Music Festival 4 has been announced, and you’ve had a few weeks to scan this year’s impressive field of more than 220 performers. You’re probably feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of band names, few of which you recognize. Oh, what to do with the best outdoor party weekend of the year?

Despair not, friend. The Daily has put together an itinerary to procure an easy solution to your April 28 to 30 predicament: at 7 p.m. Thursday, head to the 100 block of Main Street and walk to the alley just to the south — then stand there, at the Blackwatch Stage, for three days straight.

In those three days you will experience as great a range and variation of locally-produced music as anywhere else in the Midwest, courtesy of the guys at Blackwatch Studios.

Producers Chad Copelin and Jarod Evans are as well-connected as anybody in Norman’s music community and, using their super-music-powers for good, they’ve assembled an impressive lineup of locals who croon, shout, whisper, chant, shriek, stomp, clap, strum and freak out with the best of them.

A few bands in particular are definitely going to be worth this 72-hour binge of standing and music absorption.

Other Lives (performing at midnight Thursday)
The voice of Jesse Tabish, the long-haired, cooing lead singer of Stillwater band Other Lives, glides along like a somber figure traveling a rich sonic landscape. It’s no surprise that his very talented band, Other Lives, will be opening for fellow funereal indie-rockers The National at Cain’s Ballroom later this month, nor is it any more surprising that their soon-to-be-released LP “Tamer Animals” is one of the most anticipated albums by an Oklahoma artist this year. Their previous, eponymous record boasted the single “Black Table” that appeared in episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ugly Betty” and “One Tree Hill.”

The Pretty Black Chains (performing at 11 p.m. Friday)
Make no mistake about it: The Pretty Black Chains are Oklahoma City’s most exciting non-Flaming Lips rock ‘n’ roll act. After winning plenty of new student fans at the CAC-hosted Sooner Soundcheck in March, they’re aiming to gain even more with a well-honed, high-energy performance marked by the kind of deranged onstage antics that bands like Monotonix are notorious for. Guitarist Derek Knowlton and singer Kellen McGugan join their powers to form a dynamic rock ‘n’ roll duo, the kind that prompts fans and critics to whisper “Jagger-Richards” whenever they break out songs like “Color of a Tomb” and “Wicked Ways.”

Jacob Abello (performing at 1 a.m. Friday)
Talk about your notorious performers. Last year, Jacob Abello started his Sooner Theatre set by singing from the balcony, bathed in the limelight. The Norman native then toted an old school ghetto blaster down to the stage, where he proceeded to wow the audience with a choreographed number featuring backup dancers who lifted his skinny frame in the air, Madonna-like, for the grand finale. He’s since performed with skin-tight jumpsuits, meat-themed underwear and traditional cowboy attire. You bet your sweet golden spandex that the young pop singer’s got something big planned for this year’s Norman Music Festival.

Colourmusic (performing at midnight Saturday)
So many people crowded into Opolis to see Colourmusic last year that the police had to enforce the fire code shortly after they finished their fist-pumper of a set. It was a grungy, aggressive affair that’s sure to be repeated at this year’s Blackwatch performance, though enriched by their latest songwriting endeavors. The new single “You For Leaving Me” has reached ears far outside of Oklahoma, featured last week on USA Today’s pop culture blog by Whitney Matheson. The band’s forthcoming album, “My ____ is Pink,” promises a more progressive sound wrapped around the same fun aggression that the band’s so beloved for. “Tog,” with its enormous drums and high-pitched but expansive vocal work by singer Ryan Hendrix, is sure to splatter new fans’ brains all over the place by the time the band is finished.

Chrome Pony (performing at 1 a.m. Saturday)
The tongue-in-cheek electro-rock project of Normanite Steven Battles, Chrome Pony is the perfect combination of creepy and totally rock. The rest of his bandmates usually perform in hooded black cloaks while Battles’ dapper performance alter-ego Chrome Pony, who’s billed as an alien with a penchant for Earthling pop music, gets the crowd’s bodies writhing. “Love In A Genocide” will be perfect for a post-midnight performance, the kind of thing that will send festival fans home terrified by the promise of an even bigger, better Norman Music Festival 5.

BLACKWATCH STAGE

Thursday, April 28
» 7 p.m. — Unwed Sailor
» 8 p.m. — Gentle Ghost
» 9 p.m. — Brother Gruesome
» 10 p.m. — Sherree Chamberlain
» 11 p.m. — Ben Kilgore
» midnight — Other Lives
» 1 a.m. — The Workweek

Friday, April 29
» 8 p.m. — Brine Webb
» 9 p.m. — Vandevander
» 10 p.m. — The Burning Hotels
» 11 p.m. — The Pretty Black Chains
» midnight — Native Lights
» 1 a.m. — Jacob Abello

Saturday, April 30
» 3 p.m. — Debris
» 4 p.m. — OK Sweetheart
» 5 p.m. — Kite Flying Robot
» 11 p.m. — Broncho
» midnight — Colourmusic
» 1 a.m. — Chrome Pony