Check out Flo Rida in Canton
“Hello, Friday, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time …” Flo Rida comes to Umstattd Performing Arts Hall in Canton at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20-$70 at http://q92radio.com/flo-rida-ticket-sales/. Umstattd is at 2323 17th St. NW, Canton.
Watch ‘Godspell,’ ‘Heathers’
Check out a couple of innovative theater productions:
• Not the same old Day By Day: CAMEO opens an updated production of Godspell, set in a totalitarian state, at 8 p.m., continuing through July 31. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and July 28 as well as 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $18, $15 seniors and students. CAMEO performs at the Medina Performing Arts Center, 851 Weymouth Road, Medina; http://cameo-medina.org.
• The new Millennial Theatre Company presents Heathers: The Musical, based on the black-comedy film, in the Club @ the Civic setting at the Akron Civic Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday and Sunday (Saturday’s show is sold out). Cost is $15. Call 330-253-2488 or see www.akroncivic.com.
Experience Appalachian music
Apollo’s Fire’s current program is Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering, a celebration of that region’s music. It comes to Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Bath, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20-$50 at 216-320-0012, 800-314-2535, ext. 1 or http://apollosfire.org/purchase-tickets. (If you miss tonight’s show, the last performance is at 8 p.m. Saturday at Geauga Lyric Theatre.)
Spend two days rocking out
The Empire Concert Club holds a two-day “JudasFest” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. On Friday’s bill are Terror Insanity, Ambiance of Chaos, Defy the Tide, Alpha Grey and Sun & Flesh; for Saturday it’s Demons Within, Shotgun Surprise, Saturns Return, Morbid Minds, Perpetual Dementia and Disobey. Tickets are $10 for each night. The Empire is at 1305 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron; 330-634-9489, www.empireconcertclub.com.