CONCERTS

PERCUSSION: Northwest Percussion Festival concerts, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sunday, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Free; 541-552-6348, oca.sou.edu.

GUITAR: Cinzia Milani, noon Saturday, Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E. Main St., Jacksonville. Free; 541-702-2585.

VARIETY: No Ordinary Love, 6 p.m. Saturday, Grants Pass Vitality Center, 234 S.W. L St. Free; gpvitality.com.

SOFT ROCK: Seals & Crofts 2, 7 p.m. Saturday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $22-$39; 541-779-3000, craterian.org.

GUITAR: Cinzia Milani, 7 p.m. Saturday, Grizzly Peak Winery, 1600 E. Nevada St., Ashland. $10-$30; guitarsocietyso.org.

FUNK/JAZZ: Super Secret Band, with costume contest, 8 p.m. Saturday, The Hivve, 164 S.E. G St., Grants Pass. $15-$20, ages 21 and older; 541-450-9091, thehivve on Facebook.

MUSIC & ANIMATION: The Queen's Cartoonist, 3 p.m. Sunday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $10-$38; 541-779-3000, craterian.org.

PUNK ROCK: Music by Thanks! I Hate It, Perch, Another Anthem, Rawk Water, 7 p.m. Wednesday Rockafairy in the Rogue Valley Mall, 1600 N. Riverside Ave., Medford. $10, all ages; rockafairy.org.

EVENTS

BIG TOP: Jordan World Circus, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jackson County Expo, Central Point. $10-$20; jordancircus.com.

ART: First Friday, 5-8 p.m. downtown Grants Pass and Ashland; free.

BENEFIT: Bowling for Bowser, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Caveman Bowl, 1230 Rogue River Highway, Grants Pass. $25, benefits Rogue Valley Humane Society; 541-479-5154.

BENEFIT: Soup for the Souls, dinner, silent, auction, raffles, cake walk, 5 p.m. Saturday, Illinois Valley Senior Center, 520 E. River St., Cave Junction. $15, benefits survivors of sexual assault; 541-592-5332.

RESOURCES: ACCESS Senior Fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Rogue X, 901 Rossanley Drive, Medford. Free; accesshelps.org.

ON STAGE

KIDS' COMEDY: Laughs for Love, children's open mic, 6-8 p.m. today, Wild River Pub, 533 N.W. F St., Grants Pass. $10 suggested, raises money for autism awareness; 541-474-4456.

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

CRAIG FINN: "Always Been"

ELTON JOHN, BRANDI CARLILE: "Who Believes in Angels?"

ALISON KRAUSS: "Arcadia"

THE WATERBOYS: "Life, Death and Dennis Hopper"

BOOKS

Released this week:

CLAIRE ANDERSON-WHEELER: "The Gatsby Gambit"

MICHAEL ARKUSH: "The Golf 100"

JENNIFER CHIAVERINI: "The World's Fair Quilt"

J.A. JANCE: "Overkill"

BILL MADDEN: "Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals and Cooperstown: A Memoir"