CONCERTS

CHRISTMAS: Caroling, 7 p.m. Friday, Calvary Crossroads Church, 1051 S.E. M St., Grants Pass. Free; 541-479-4334.

SEASONAL: Voices of the Applegate, 7 p.m. Friday, Jacksonville Library, 340 W. C St., Jacksonville; 3 p.m. Sunday, Lindsay Lodge, 15200 Highway 239, Applegate. Free; 541-846-6988.

SEASONAL: Siskiyou Singers, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $5-$25; siskiyousingers.org.

HOLIDAY REVUE: "With Every Christmas Card I Write," 2 p.m. Saturday, IOOF Hall, 483 Fourth Ave., Gold Hill. Free; 541-944-8829, candogoldhill.org.

HOLIDAY: Rogue Valley Symphonic Band, 3 p.m. Saturday, Oakdale Middle School, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $5-$20; roguevalleysymphonicband.org.

HOLIDAY: Interfaith Christmas Choir, 6 p.m. Saturday, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1360 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass. Free.

COUNTRY/ROCK: Jim Lesher & The Western Express, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Square Dance Center, Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass. Free; 541-499-1405.

CABARET: All That Jazz, music, appetizers, sweets, 7 p.m. Saturday, Ashland Hills Hotel, 2525 Ashland St. $105-$125; 541-552-6348, oca.sou.edu.

FOLK MUSIC/DANCE: Shine for Ukraine, with silent auction, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.; $20, benefits Ashland's sister city, Sviatohirsk, Ukraine; asap.booktix.com.

SEASONAL: North Middle School band, choir, orchestra, 6 p.m. Monday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets, Grants Pass. Free.

VARIETY: SOU Choral Showcase, 7:30 p.m. Monday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $10-$15; 541-552-6348, oca.sou.edu.

SEASONAL: South Middle School band, choir, orchestra, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets, Grants Pass. Free.

ON STAGE

COMEDY: "The Hamazons Holiday Classic," 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland. $15-$18; hamazons.com.

BALLET: "The Nutcracker," 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets, Grants Pass. $10-$20; gpnutcracker.org. Continues Dec. 16-17.

MUSICAL: "The Music Man," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $15-$25; 541-779-3000, craterian.org. Continues Dec. 15-17.

EVENTS

HOLIDAY: Christmas tree lighting, with music, Santa, vendors, 4-8 p.m. Friday, Fifth and G streets, Grants Pass. Free; 541-450-6000.

SEASONAL: Christmas caroling,

6-8 p.m. Friday, Butte Creek Mill, 402 N. Royal Ave., Eagle Point. Free.

SEASONAL: Home for the Holidays, self-guided home tours, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Grants Pass; $25, tickets at Three Rivers Medical Center, 500 S.W. Ramsey Ave.

HOLIDAY: Breakfast with Santa, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday, Santo Community Center, 701 N. Columbus Ave., Medford. Free for kids; 541-774-2400.

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

CAR SEAT HEADREST: "Faces from the Masquerade"

TATE MCRAE: "Think Later"

NICKI MINAJ: "Pink Friday 2"

NEIL YOUNG: "Before and After"

BOOKS

Released this week:

CARISSA BROADBENT: "The Serpent and the Wings of Night"

PAUL LYNCH: "Prophet Song"

DOUGLAS PRESTON: "The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials and Murder"