CONCERTS

VARIETY: Rogue Valley Symphony musicians, 3 p.m. today, Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Free; 541-774-6980.

BRITT BITS: Coming up at Britt Pavilion in Jacksonville: Young the Giant, 5:45 p.m. today, $48-$98; Jake Owen, 7:30 p.m. Friday, $47-$96; The String Cheese Incident, 6:45 p.m. Saturday, $49-$89; Jeff Dunham: Artificial Intelligence, 8 p.m. Sunday, $59-$114.Contact 541-773-6077, brittfest.org.

ROCK/POP: Ellipse, 6 p.m. today, Merlin Community Park, 100 Acorn St., Merlin; Free; 541-660-3326.

R&B: Broadway Phil & The Shouters, 6 p.m. today, Jubilee Park, Cave Junction. Free; 541-592-3326.

VARIETY: Ashland City Band, 7 p.m. today, Butler Band Shell, Lithia Park, Ashland. Free; ashlandband.org.

PUNK: Beautiful Freaks, with Bite the Nail and Jim B, 9 p.m. Friday, Dangerous Lee’s Local Thirty-One Pub, 31 Water St., Ashland. $10; 541-708-6813.

ACOUSTIC: Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers, 1 p.m. Saturday, Roxy Ann Grange, 1850 Spring St., Medford. Donation; 541-218-0126.

ALT ROCK: Alphalux, 9 p.m. Saturday, Dangerous Lee’s Local Thirty-One Pub, 31 Water St., Ashland. Free; 541-708-6813.

FOLK/AMERICANA: Wolf Jett, with Eight Dollar Mountain, 6 p.m. Monday, Lithia Park, Ashland. Free; ashlandfolkcollective.com.

ON STAGE

YOUTH MUSICAL: “Schoolhouse Rock,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center, Eighth and Olive streets. Free; rvpaa.com.

EVENTS

COOL CARS: Cruise the Rogue, show and shine, car shop, music, poker runs, cruise, Grants Pass; cruisetherogue.com. See page 1B.

BENEFIT: Pie and ice cream social, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Schmidt House grounds, 508 S.W. Fifth St., Grants Pass; $5; 541-479-7827.

ART: Talent Art Walk, 5-7 p.m. Friday, downtown Talent. Free.

POPULAR CULTURE: Meadowlark Comic Con, artists, vendors, games, cos-play, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Rogue X, 901 Rossanley Drive, Medford; $10-$25; meadowlarkcomiccon.com.

BENEFIT: Christmas in July, activities for kids, Santa, noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Rogue Valley Mall, Medford; 541-773-6965, ext. 105; benefits Salvation Army’s back-to-school drive.

BENEFIT: Mothathon, program, music, art, food, 7-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Rusk Ranch Nature Center, 27746 Redwood Highway, Cave Junction; $20-$25; ruskranchnaturecenter.org.

ART RECEPTION: “Interdependence,” work by gallery members, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Southern Oregon Guild Gallery, 24353 Redwood Highway, Kerby. Free; 541-659-3858.

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

PUNCH BROTHERS: “The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers”

SHANIA TWAIN: “Little Miss Twain”

BOOKS

Released Tuesday:

RENE DENFELD: “The Talking Bone”

MATTHEW QUICK: “Dad, Love Me: A Memoir”

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH: “The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel”