Music festivals, Shakespeare plays, a Pride rally and more

Whether you enjoy live music, karaoke, Shakespearean comedies, burlesque, sports, camping or just spending quality time with friends and family, Greater Lansing has fun events for everyone this weekend.

For Friday evening’s live music, we have Liv Conaty at Harrison Roadhouse at 6; Great Scott! at Lansing Brewing Co. and the Capitol City Chordsmen at Lake Lansing Park South, both at 7; Atomic B00gal00 at UrbanBeat and The Groove Doctors at The Peanut Barrel, both at 8; and The Corzo Effect at The Green Door at 9. Saturday evening, we have Darin Larner Jr. at the University Club of Michigan State University at 5:30; Phix at Mac’s Bar and Velocity Shift at Williamston Roadhouse, both at 7; Mo Hoffmeyer at UrbanBeat at 7:30; and Sloan at The Green Door at 9. Ending the weekend on Sunday are UrbanBeat’s “Shakedown Beet” benefit show for Ukrainian Children’s Aid and Relief Effort Inc., featuring the Grateful Dead tribute band Raising The Dead and special guest Zombie Dust, and Red Cedar Spirits’ weekly Sunday Jazz show, featuring Aubrey Johnson on vocals, Paul Keller on bass, and Ben Turner on guitar, both at 4 p.m.

For even more live music, visit downtown East Lansing 5:30 p.m. to midnight Friday and 2:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday for the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, featuring a variety of jazz performers from the Lansing area and beyond; the Fledge on Lansing’s east side noon to midnight Friday and Saturday for Fledge Fest, featuring more than 30 live performances, including hip-hop, soul and many variations of punk music; or University United Methodist Church in East Lansing noon to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday for the Mighty Uke Day festival, featuring workshops, live performances, group strums and more. Mighty Uke Day is also holding an Acoustic Afterglow Concert 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at (SCENE) Metrospace in downtown East Lansing.

If you’d like to take the stage yourself, High Caliber Karting and Entertainment in the Meridian Mall is offering karaoke 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, and The Avenue is offering karaoke beginning 9 p.m. Friday.

Shakespeare fans are in luck: Lansing Community College Performing Arts’ production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” runs 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the school’s Outdoor Amphitheater in downtown Lansing, and MSU Summer Circle Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” runs 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday at the Summer Circle Theatre Courtyard on Auditorium Road.

If you’re looking for something a bit more risqué, visit Omar’s Showbar 7:30 p.m. Sunday for Main Stage Revue’s burlesque and comedy show, featuring special guest comedian Rachel Strother.

Art displays on view this weekend include The Mid-Michigan Art Guild’s 16^th Annual 12 x 12 Show at Framer’s Edge in Okemos, which is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; “The LGBTQ+ Artist in Michigan” at the Lansing Art Gallery, which is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; mixed-media artist Angela DeVries’ exhibition at the Haslett Library’s Bookend Gallery, which is open noon to 4 p.m. Friday and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday; and “Blind Spot,” “DIGEST” and “Shouldn’t You Be Working? 100 Years of Working from Home” at MSU’s Broad Art Museum, which is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Enjoy a night of camping at Potter Park Zoo beginning 6:30 p.m. Friday, with a campfire and s’mores, a guided tour of the zoo, outdoor movie screenings and a continental breakfast and free zoo admission the following day.

For even more zoo fun, visit the Grand Ledge Area District Library 2 p.m. Saturday for an Animal Diversity program, where staff from Potter Park Zoo will discuss facts and read stories about amphibians and reptiles such as snakes, lizards and frogs.

Groesbeck Golf Course is hosting a Greens & Grains event 5 p.m. Friday, featuring nine holes of golf and a dinner with three different beer and food pairings, courtesy of Lansing Brewing Co.

If you prefer to watch sports instead of playing them yourself, Lansing Common FC will play AIM SC 6 p.m. Saturday at Eastern Stadium, and Lansing Roller Derby will face off against Team U.P. and the Chemical City Derby Girls in a doubleheader 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Court One Training Center in East Lansing.

The Celebrate Meridian Festival kicks off with a Celebrate Teen Night 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Marketplace on the Green in Okemos, featuring covers of rock hits from the ‘90s and 2000s by the Lansing rock ‘n’ roll band dogsneeze. Then, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at Marketplace on the Green and the Meridian Township Municipal Complex, the festival offers more live music, food, a beer garden, children’s activities, fireworks and more.

The Michigan Foodies Facebook group is hosting Michigan’s first-ever Olive Burger Festival noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jackson Field. Attendees can sample burgers from local restaurants and food trucks and vote for their favorites. There will also be non-olive-burger food options, beer, wine, cocktails, live music, games and activities for all ages.

Finally, Michigan Pride is holding a rally at the Capitol noon to 2 p.m. Sunday to celebrate Michigan’s LGBTQ+ community. Jamie Ashby, Miss Trans Michigan, will emcee the event, and there will be other speakers and live music performances, including a DJ set by DJ Whitney Who, aka Whitney Spotts of Starfarm.

Whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best of weekends.

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