Keep an eye out for these upcoming events... As always, check our on-line events calendar for continually updated, full events listings.

FRI • 8/15:

Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor - 5pm Great Big Sea. $10/advance (Ticketmaster) or $15/day of show. Visit www.buiffaloplace.com

Cafe Allegro - 8pm I Was the Scarecrow, with Roaring Sequoia, Tim Baldwin

Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm “A Walk Down Memory Lane.” Starring the Lettermen, the Association, and Lou Christie. $34.50 at the box office (357-6250 or www.ciweb.org)

Club Infinity - 7pm (doors). Keith Anderson, with Underground Stampede, Ransomville. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)

Darien Lake - 7pm Jonas Brothers, with special guest Demi Lovato. $31-$65.50 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com)

Darwin Martin House - 7:30pm Moon Over the Martin House. Wine, beer, appetizers, & music by Babik. $50. Call 856-3858 for reservations

Merlin’s - 11pm The Dense, Fox Japan, Love Parade. $4

Mister Goodbar - 11pm Free Henry

Mohawk Place - 10pm Down the Drain, Beyond Death, 137

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 9pm Tom & Dick: The Smothers Brothers Show (Aug. 14-15) with special guest the Yo Yo Man. $20 & up (Ticketmaster.ca)

Neighborhood Collective - 7-11pm Bunny Wabbit Costume Ball. Tru-Teas moving party and benefit for the SPCA & the Buffalo Museum of Science. Food, drinks, and live music by Five to One and Tiffany Nicely Trio. $45. RSVP by Aug. 11 to 887-2921

Nietzsche’s - 6pm Rick Smith; 10pm Full Moon Fetish featuring the Genuflektors, the Golden Calves, the Manipulators, It’s Like Going On Vacation For One Day, Louisiana Purchase, the Stripteasers, & more

The Secret Stagehands Picnic Part II - Three-day music festival (Aug. 15-17) with Lazlo Hollyfeld, Dali’s Ghost, Peanut Brittle Satellite, Chylde, Patrons of Sweet, Besnyo, the Found, the Vision Serpents, Jazzbollah, Axis of Evil, Jack Topht & the Vegetables, Type: Relevant, the Cat Jugglers, Blue Lazer, and more. $30

Tralf Music Hall - 8:30pm  Robinhood Entertainment Presents: It’s Just Comedy Cafe, hosted by Talent. $20/advance or $23/day of show; $25 VIP presale/$28 VIP day of show; two tickets for $30 or $40/VIP. Available at Ticketmaster.com (852-5000)

SAT • 8/16:

Amherst Museum - 9am-5pm 24th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games. Live music, dance performances, food, vendors, & more. $10/adult; free for kids 14 & under. Visit www.amherstmuseum.com

Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor - 5pm The Robert Cray Band with special, guest Keb’ Mo’. $10/advance (Ticketmaster) or $15/day of show. Visit www.buiffaloplace.com

Club Diablo - 9pm Black Cobra, Hyperion Blast, Able Danger, Kingdom, Denied

Club Infinity - 7pm (doors). Nevermind (Nirvana tribute), with Zero Nerve Response, No Apologies. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)

History Center of Niagara County - 10am-noon “Barbecue Sauces, Mops and Marinades.” Outdoor cooking class with the Barbecue Shop owner Robert Giordano (Mr. BBQ). $12. Call 434-7433 to register

Merlin’s - 11pm 22 Red, Luanjie, the Gallows. $4

Nietzsche’s - 10:30pm Outer Haven Memoirs, Slampig, the Great Mistake

Niagara Wine Trail - 10am-6pm Artful Weekend on the Niagara Wine Trail USA (Aug. 16-17). Browse & enjoy the work of local artists at each winery on the trail. $20/ person. Visit www.niagarawinetrail.org

Starpoint High School - 6-10pm Starpoint Art Auction & Evening of Entertainment. Art donated by local professional and student artists to benefit the Starpoint Art Department. Hors d’oeuvres, Chinese & silent auctions, and music by the Excelsior Brass Quintet and La Marimba. $10/advance (contact 433-9346 or dlaskey@roadrunner.com) or $12/at door

Summit Mall - 10am Smokin’ Eagles Championship BBQ Contest (Aug. 15-16). Judging begins at noon.

Village of Newfane August Fest - 11am-6pm Newfane Business Association hosts the 21st Annual August Fest with wine tastings, food vendors, crafters, artisans, a parade at 3pm, & more. Visit www.NewfaneBusiness.com for details

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Amongst The Ruin, Affront The Riot, A Wretch Like Me, the Maimed. $10/$12

SUN • 8/17:

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 3pm World Rock Symphony Orchestra (WRSO) “Britain Rocks” (Aug. 17-24). $20 & up (Ticketmaster.ca)

Rose Garden Grove - 2pm Zydeco-Reggae Fest featuring LeeRon Zydeco & the Hot Tamales and the Dreadbeats featuring Tom Fenton

Tralf Music Hall - 8pm Billy Bob Thornton. $20/advance (Ticketmaster.com/852-5000) or $25/at door

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Lessons From A Failure, Smiles For Faces. $8

MON • 8/18:

Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm PHILANDANCO: The Philadelphia Dance Company. $16 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)

Darien Lake - 7pm Counting Crows and Maroon Five, with special guest Sarah Bareilles. $30.50/lawn & up (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com)

Gateway-Longview Family Support Center - 9:30am-2pm Free Special Education Workshop for parents and professionals. Call 332-4170 or 866-277-4762 to register

Town Ballroom - 6pm (doors). “Soundtrack of Your Summer” tour featuring Boys Like Girls, with Metro Station, the Main. $25.50 at box office (852-3900), Tickets.com (888-223-6000). All ages

TUE • 8/19:

Artpark - 6:30pm First Niagara Tuesday in the Park Free Concert Series: Joe Bonamassa

Darien Lake - 1:30pm Mayhem Festival, featuring Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon, Underoath, Machine Head, Walls of Jericho, Black Tide, the Red Chord, Five Finger Death Punch, 36 Crazyfists, Airbourne. $31.25 (lawn)-$55.75 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster)

Roycroft Campus - 2-4pm Hand Illumination for kids ages 6-12 (Aug. 19 & 21). Two-day workshop in illuminating printed essays, poems, mottos, stories and book covers. $50. Contact 655-0261 or www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com to register

WED • 8/20:

Artpark - 6:30pm Wednesday at the Gorge Free Concert Series: Donna the Buffalo

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - 8pm WBFO Free Live Broadcast Concert Series: The Reign of Kindo

Club Infinity - 5:30pm (doors). The Absolute Punk/Bands of the Future Tour: Settings, with Mercy Mercedes, TV/TV, The Summer Set, Go Crash Audio, Lannen Fall. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)

Town Ballroom - 7pm (doors). Jack’s Mannequin. $22/advance (box office, Tickets.com, Tops Markets). Special guests Phantom Planet, Treaty of Paris, and Paper Route

UB Center for the Arts - 11am-2pm Center Celebration. Free picnic lunch to celebrate the new season with live entertainment by More Than Me Acoustic Duo (Ryan & Todd Doyle), Doug Yeomans, and Lehrer Dance

THU • 8/21:

Artpark - 8pm Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Aug. 21-24). $25-$45/adults; $12.50-$35 kids 12 & under; $20-$36/seniors (box office, Tickets.com)

Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm An Evening with Jim Brickman. $34.50 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)

Thursday at the Square - Downtown, 6pm Saliva, with Klear. Free

Town Ballroom - 6pm (doors). Gavin DeGraw, with Matt Wertz. $20 at box office (852-3900), Tickets.com (888-223-6000). All ages