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CONCERTS BRITT BITS: Coming up at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville: Britt Festival Orchestra, 8 p.m. today, Friday, $15-$54; Britt Festival Orchestra, 8 p.m. Sunday $15-$49; Britt Festival Orchestra, 8 p.m. Wednesday, $15-$49. Contact 541-773-6077, brittfest.org. 1980S ROCK: Back to the '80s Fundraising Concert, 7 p.m. Friday, Fry Family Farm, 2184 Ross Lane, Medford. $30; ashlandfolkcollective.com. ELECTRO-JAZZ: High Step Society, 7 p.m. Friday, behind The Columbia Hotel, 262 E. Main St., Ashland. $10-$30; columbiahotelashland.com. ROCK TRIBUTES: Arrival, ABBA tribute, and Dreams, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $30-$50; 541-779-3000, craterian.org. ROCK: Albert Lee, 8 p.m. Friday, Rogue Theatre, 143 S.E. H St., Grants Pass. $32-$53; 541-471-1316, roguetheatre.org. ROOTS-REGGAE: Cas Haley, with Broken Compass opening, 6 p.m. Monday, Butler Bandshell, Lithia Park, Ashland. Free; epicashland.com. FOLK/BLUES: The Jack Maybe Project, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Riverside Park, Grants Pass. Free; grantspasschamber.org.
ON STAGE DANCE: Junior dance recital, Heartland Academy of Dance & Theatrics, 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Grants Pass Vitality Center, 234 S.W. L St.. $10; gpvitality.com. COMEDY: "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will," 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Ave., Talent. $33-$38; 541-535-5250, camelottheatre.org. Through July 6. MUSICAL: "My Fair Lady," 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Collaborative Theatre Project, 555 Medford Center; $35-$40; 541-779-1055, ctpmedford.org. Through July 6. SCIENCE COMEDY: The Amazing Bubble Man, 2 p.m. Sunday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. $10-$20; oca.sou.edu.
EVENTS RETRO: Vintage Toys & Trains, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Pottsville Historical Museum, 2400 Pleasant Valley Road, Merlin. Free; 541-821-0574. WINE EVENT: Savor Southern Oregon, 4-8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Bigham Knoll. Campus, 525 Bigham Knoll Drive, Jacksonville. $50 Friday, $48 Saturday, $95 weekend pass; savorsourthernoregon.com. MOVIE IN THE PARK: "The Wild Robot," dusk, Friday, Robert Pfaff Park, 635 Manzanita St., Central Point. Free; 541-664-3321. FAMILY FUN: Pottsville Pioneer Days, vintage tractors, engines, vendors, music, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Pottsville, 2400 Pleasant Valley Road, Merlin; $9-$10, free for kids. FAMILY FUN: Porchfest, music, vendors, raffles, food, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, north Grants Pass. Free; porchfestgrantspass.org. VEHICLES: Medford Cruise, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Fichtner-Mainwaring Park, 334 Holmes Ave., Medford, and 5-8 p.m. downtown Medford. Free for spectators; medfordcruise.org. EQUINE: Racing on the Rogue, 1 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Grants Pass Downs; $5; racingontherogue.org. PRIDE EVENT: Country Queer Summerfest, vendors, drag shows, music, food, 2 p.m.-midnight Saturday, LongSword Vineyard, 8555 Highway 238, Jacksonville. $15-$20; thecabaretrisque.com. RETRO: 1920s Summer Garden Party, music, games, tours, snacks, 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Hanley Farm, 1053 Hanley Road, Central Point. $10-$25; 541-622-2025, sohs.org. LITERARY: Poetry reading with Barry Kraft, 7 p.m. Monday, Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland. Free; 541-488-0029.
ALBUMS Dropping Friday: DIERKS BENTLEY: "Broken Branches" THE CURE: "Mixes of a Lost World" KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD: "Phantom Island" VAN MORRISON: "Remembering Now" THE SWELL SEASON: "Forward"
BOOKS Released this week: WALLY LAMB: "The River Is Waiting" V.E. SCHWAB: "Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil" JESS WALTER: "So Far Gone" |