TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening

This week in West Alabama, a lot of live theater, as Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre will perform "Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella,' " The Actor's Charitable Theatre will produce "Something Rotten," and Theatre Tuscaloosa's Second Stage will feature Carol DeVelice in "Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End." Concerts in the area include Thomas Rhett, Janelle Monae, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin, Fantasia and Joe. It's also a festive week, with the Moundville Native American Festival, the Manhattan Short Film Festival, and the 18th Druid City Pride Festival.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

Chew: 8 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. druidcitybrewing.com. www.3dchew.bandcamp.com.

Thomas Rhett: 7:30 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $25 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

FRIDAY

Black Jacket Symphony performing Whitney Houston's "Whitney": 8 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $24.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

Fantasia, Joe: 8 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $59 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

TUESDAY

Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter: 7:30 p.m., Lyric Fine Arts Theatre, 1800 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $42 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.lyricbham.com.

WEDNESDAY

Janelle Monae, Flyana Boss: 7-10 p.m., Avondale Brewing Co., 201 41st St. S., Birmingham. Tickets, $69.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.avondalebrewing.com.

LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY

Lunchtime Live: New food trucks and live music event sponsored by the city, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays in September, in Government Plaza. Free to attend. Guests can purchase from a variety of food trucks, or pack their own; everyone's encouraged to bring blankets or chairs for seating. Music this week from Tyler Sellers.

FRIDAY

Deon Cole: 8 p.m., Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $32.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

"Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella'": performed by Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Tickets $20 (first 10 rows, center aisle); $15 general; $10 students and seniors; $2 Bama renovation fee, plus $1.50 processing. Saturday shows have $5 per ticket discount. All tickets must be mobile, or print at home. Call Eva at 205-799-3084 or email at [email protected]. www.tuscaloosachildrenstheatre.net.

FRIDAY-OCT. 8

"Something Rotten": Musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick, and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Performed by The Actor's Charitable Theatre in their studio theater home, 3801 Alabama Ave. NE., in the old Holt High School. Struggling thespians Nick and Nigel Bottom, desperate for a hit, consult a soothsayer, Thomas Nostradamus, to predict rock star William Shakespeare's next big hit, so they can write it first. "Something Rotten" performances will be 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Oct. 6-7; with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday, and Oct. 7-8. Tickets range from $20 to $22. www.theact.online. 205-462-7947.

SATURDAY

No. 12 Alabama at Mississippi State, Starkville: Kickoff 8 p.m. Televised through ESPN. Streaming available through Fubo and Sling.

SUNDAY

18th Annual Druid City Pride Festival: 1-5 p.m., Government Plaza, downtown Tuscaloosa. Musicians and other entertainers, including Nashville artist Chris Houseman; vendors; children's area; pets welcome. www.druidcitypride.org.

A Taste of Improv Workshop: 2-4 p.m., classroom 1944, Shelton State Community College, instructed by David Grissom. Grissom trained with the fame Second City in Chicago, and has more than 23 years of staff-writing gigs with TV sitcoms. Tuition is $25 each. For more, see www.theatretusc.com/courses/a-taste-of-improv.

MONDAY

This Could Be You: Comedy show with open-mic, 8-11 p.m., Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. Signup at 7:30. Hosted by Stand-Up Tuscaloosa and Compton Smith.

TUESDAY

"26th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival": 7 p.m., Bama Theatre, for the fall Bama Art House series. Global film festival in which more than 100,000 viewers in more than 500 cities over six continents view and vote on finalists. At the Bama Theatre, patrons will get a voting card and official program, voting for one actor and film as their favorite. Votes are tallied then emailed to NYC headquarters. The doors, box office and Bama Bar open at 6. Admission is $10 general, $9 for students and seniors, and $8 for Arts Council members. Season pass punch card tickets will be on sale for $70, good for any 10 films, in any upcoming series. www.tuscarts.org/bama/bama-art-house.

WEDNESDAY-OCT. 7

35th Annual Moundville Native American Festival: Moundville Archaeological Park. Native American artisans, dancers, storytellers, musicians and more. Admission $10 general; children 5 and under admitted free. Hours are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 5, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 6-7. Moundville Archaeological Park is 13 miles south of Tuscaloosa off Alabama Highway 69, at 634 Mound State Parkway, Moundville. www.moundville.museums.ua.edu.

WEDNESDAY-OCT. 8

"Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End": 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 5-7, with a 2 p.m. matinee Oct. 8, Alabama Power Recital Hall at Shelton State Community College. Carol DeVelice stars in the one-woman show based on the late humorist's collected writings. Tickets are $8, available through www.theatretusc.com/erma.

UPCOMING

OCT. 6: Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild and Leela James, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amphitheater box office at 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $125, $99, $79.50, $59.50, $39.50 and $25, plus fees and taxes. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 14-15: 52nd annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 15, Kentuck Park, 3401 Fifth St., Northport. Hundreds of folk, outsider and contemporary artists and craftspeople demonstrating, exhibiting and selling; with live music, spoken word performances, children's hands-on activities and more. Tickets are $15 per day, or $25 for both days; children 12 and under get in free. www.kentuck.org.

OCT. 15: Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Particle Kid, Mike Campbell, 5 p.m., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham. Tickets, $39 and up, through www.livenation.com. www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEkaaA/oak-mountain-amphitheatre-events.

OCT. 18-22: Theatre Tuscaloosa will perform "Some Enchanted Evening — The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein," a musical revue it took to Schorndorf, Germany, in 2000 as part of Tuscaloosa's sister city festivities, in the Bama Theatre. www.theatretusc.com.

OCT. 20: Monster Makeover closing party, Harrison Galleries, LLC. The Tuscaloosa News-born event teams with the Arts Council, Harrison Galleries and others to bring back the art exhibit featuring kids' monster art, and descriptions, side-by-side with adult professional artist's interpretations of the kids' work. A silent auction, and T-shirt sales, will go to benefit local education funds.

OCT. 27: Kidz Bop, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets for $65, $55, $45, $35 and $25, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

OCT. 27-28: Chukker Weekender two-day celebration, Druid City Brewing Co., featuring live music, poetry, comedy, visual arts, yoga and more. Among the bands playing/reuniting: Club Wig, the Penetrators, the Irascibles, Model Citizen, Sweat Bee, the Crying Jags, Henri's Notions, the Dexateens, the DTs, Instant Karma, Blip, Hooper, Che Arthur, Tommy Sorrells and more. The event will celebrate the late lamented Chukker, home to artists, musicians, writers, and other oddballs from 1956 until a forced closing, Halloween night 2003. There's an online fundraiser set up to keep the weekender free, and to help pay for some pre-show artists' costs and setup, at www.gofundme.com/f/support-chukker-weekender-2023.

OCT. 28: Pink Box Burlesque's 16th annual "Rocky Horror" show, 8 p.m., Bama Theatre. Doors at 7, costume contest at 8, interactive show with movie 8:30 p.m. Prop bags will be available while supplies last and include Bama-approved props. Outside prop bags are not allowed in the historic Bama. General admission is $22; admission plus prop bag is $28. www.pinkboxburlesque.com.

NOV. 7: Foreigner, Loverboy, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets for $119.50, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50, and $39.50, plus fees and taxes, through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, in downtown Tuscaloosa. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

NOV. 13: "Moonlit Melodies," the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra's annual chamber-music concert, 7 p.m., $30 to $40 (students free), First Presbyterian Church, 900 Greensboro Ave., downtown Tuscaloosa. www.tsoonline.org.

NOV. 24: Holidays on the Plaza opens. Ice-skating rink and the Tinsel Trail (decorated trees) in Government Plaza, 618 21st Ave., downtown Tuscaloosa. Runs through the holiday season, and into the new year. Schedule, prices and more will go up at www.holidaysontheplaza.com.

DEC. 4: 47th Annual West Alabama Christmas Parade, "A Hometown Christmas," and county courthouse tree lighting, free and family-friendly. Tree lighting at 5:15; parade begins at 6:30, featuring floats, walking groups, marching bands, horse groups, and decorated vehicles.

DEC. 5: Dickens Downtown, 5-8 p.m., downtown Northport. The free, family-friendly event is a Victorian-style Christmas celebration inspired by Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The event will include decorated storefronts, costumed performers, an appearance by Father Christmas, snow machines, a tree lighting and more.

DEC. 7-10: Tuscaloosa Community Dancers will perform "The Nutcracker," Bama Theatre. www.tuscaloosadancers.com.

DEC. 10: Holiday Singalong, caroling in Capitol Park, free and family-friendly, returns after pandemic-driven hiatus. 1-2:30 p.m., with lyrics, song leaders and accompaniment provided.

DEC. 11: "Home for the Holidays," 7 p.m., tickets $30 to $40 (students free), Moody Concert Hall, UA campus, concert featuring the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Choir School, UA Choral Department and Tuscaloosa Community Dancers. www.tsoonline.org.

APRIL 28, 2024: Riley Green, Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley, 7:30 p.m. Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50, and $39.50, plus fees and taxes.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening