FRI • 5/30

Barnes & Noble (Clarence) - 7pm Good Charamel Records Spring Local Music Showcase with Agent ME

Century Grill - 10pm Jumpers. $5

Club Infinity - 7pm The Acacia Strain, All Shall Perish, the Warriors, Since The Flood, Wings of Eden

Erie County Fairgrounds - 4pm-midnight Polish Heritage Festival (May 30-June 1). Free admission (Friday only. Help break the Guinness World Record for fish fry dinners sold!); 4pm-midnight Polish Heritage Festival (May 30-June 1). $15/geneal; $13/seniors ages 65+. Free for those under 18 when accompanied by an adult

International Conference on Creativity & Innovation Management at Buffalo State College - International Conference on Creativity & Innovation Management (May 28-30). Three-day conference with academic leaders and business experts including representatives from IBM and Fisher-Price. $275/general; $125/srudents. Call 878-4861 for info or www.buffalostate.edu/creativity/x735.xml to register

Kenan Center - 6-9pm 100 American Craftsmen (May 30-June 1). Annual juried show of contemporary craft art in clay, metal, wood, paper, fiber, leather, basketry, glass, and mixed media. Awards presentation Saturday at 2:30pm

Kleinhans - 10:30am M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (May 30-31): 8pm Concert “Celebrating the Classic Love of Dan & Margaret Roblin.” Music by the Innocent Bystanders, the Bass Reeves Outfit, & special guest Maria Sebastian. $10/presale (www.bpo.org) or $12.50/at door

Lafayette Tap Room - 9pm Leon Russell. Jim Ehringer and Harvey & the Hurricanes open the show

Merlin’s - 11pm Patrons of Sweet, Environment, Curiosity’s End. $4

Mister Goodbar - 11pm AJR Band

Mohawk Place - 10pm Here Come the Comets. $5

Nietzsche’s - 6-10pm Ed Hernandez Memorial Party & Los Tacos Locos Reunion, with Ashford Junction; 10pm Erie Lackawanna Railroad Band featuring Katie Panfil

Soundlab - 9pm Lazlo Hollyfled, Shapes of States

WBFO XPO Wednesday Concerts - Allen Hall (UB South Campus), 8pm Love Parade

Wilson Boat House - off Route 18, 8pm Wild One with Tom McCarr

SAT • 5/31

Amherst Museum - 10am-5pm Amherst Celebrates the Arts 2008: A Family Festival.” With over 200 visual and performing artists, arts & crafts vendors, free performances, concerts, demonstrations, dance, kids’ activities & more. Visit www.amherstmuseum.org for full event schedule

Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County - 7am Weekend trip to Cleveland (May 31-June 1). Stay at the Hilton Hotel, visit the Cleveland Museum of Science, the Annual Fine Art Expo, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, House of Blues & more. $250 includes everything. Call 856-7520 ext. 17 for reservations

Club Diablo - 4pm Jamsolid Battle of the Bands; 9pm Rock Rehab: Billy Draws Two, Black Summer Suicide, Caustic, Chaos Came to Be

Delaware Park Hoyt Lake - 10am 16th Annual AIDS Walk to benefit AIDS Community Services of WNY. register at 10am, walk begins at 11am. Free picnic lunch will follow. Contact 847-0340 or www.AIDScommunityservices.com for info

Flickinger Performing Arts Center - Nichols School, 8pm Pick of the Crop Dance presents “Buffalo Gals Bring Home New Works” (May 31-June 1). Reunion of Buffalo-trained dancers and choreographers. $15. Visit www.poc.org for more info

Forgotten Buffalo - 5pm “Forgotten Buffalo: Over Niagara Falls in a Beer Barrel.” Docent-led tours of Buffalo landmarks, taverns, old world neighborhoods and oddities $35. Reservations required, contact 833-5211or www.ForgottenBuffalo.com

Kleinhans - 8pm M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (May 30-31). Contact 885-5000 or www.bpo.org for tickets

Soundlab - 9pm Barroness, La Cacahuoette, Trystero

Tralf Music Hall - 6:30pm Najee, with special guest Will Holton (performing two sets, 6:30 & 9:30pm). $30/presale (Ticketmaster) or $35/day of show

Water Street Music Hall (Rochester) - 7pm (doors). Ashes Divide. $15/advance (Ticketmaster) or $18/day of show

SUN • 6/1

Creekside Banquet Facility - 1pm Superjam 2008 with Gregg Juke & the Mighty No-Stars. $15

Kleinhans - 2:30pm M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents family concert “Beethoven Lives Upstairs” with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Contact 885-5000 or www.bpo.org for tickets

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 7pm Frances Yip & Elisa Chan with the Chinese National Orchestra (June 1-2). Tickets start at $88 (877-833-3110 / www.ticketmaster.ca)

Resource Center of the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - 10am Historical Society/Forest Lawn tours. Start with the Historical Society’s Pan-Am exhibit, then travel by motor coach to Forest Lawn Cemetery where the guided tour continues with costumed actors. $25

Village Meeting House - 8pm Buffalo Friends of Folk Music (BFFM) Acoustic Concert Series: Kate Campbell. $15/general; $6/students.

MON • 6/2

June in Buffalo - UB Music Department and the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music present “June in Buffalo 2008: Music and Computers” (June 2-7). Featuring international composers of computer and electronic music, daily seminars, lectures, master classes, panel discussions, and open rehearsals with afternoon/evening concerts that are open to the public. Visit www.music.buffalo.edu/juneinbuffalo for full schedule of events

TUE • 6/3

Town Ballroom - 8pm Hayden. $17.50/advance (box office, Tickets.com) or $20/at door

WED • 6/4

Club Diablo - 9pm I Was the Scarecrow, with Leah Prentiss and Roaring Sequioa. $5. Ages 18+

Club Infinity - 7pm The Spill Canvas, with Ludo, Sing It Loud, Person L. $15/advance (Ticketmaster) or $17/day of show

Jazz Wednesdays at the Lewiston Gazebo - 7-9pm Barroom Buzzards. Free

Mohawk Place - 8pm Mudhoney, with the Cynics and the Irving Klaws. $15 (Ticketmaster). Ages 18+