Jeffrey Osborne at Tangier
The smooth-voiced Jeffrey Osborne (On the Wings of Love) plays three shows at Tangier this weekend, at 8:30 p.m. Friday and 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $50-$65 at 330-376-7171, www.thetangier.com.
Harvest festival at Akron’s Lock 4
The Downtown Harvest Festival takes over the Lock 4/Towpath area in Akron from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. It will feature food carts, interactive arts programming, live music, DJs, beer and a free showing of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at 6 p.m. Saturday. www.ohioeriecanal.org/harvest-fest.html.
World premiere at symphony
Tonight’s Akron Symphony concert features Dvorák’s From the New World, as well as the world premiere of There’s a Stirrin’ in the Water, composed by Akron native the Rev. Charles Myricks Jr. and Jesse Ayers, featuring members of the Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop, baritone Jason Davis and mezzo-soprano Maisha McIntyre. The concert is at 8 p.m. at E.J. Thomas Hall; tickets are $20-$55 at akronsymphony.org, 330-535-8131 or at the door.
Art Garfunkel to sing at Rocksino
Who knows if we’ll ever hear the famously feuding duo of Simon & Garfunkel harmonizing again? They don’t seem willing to build a bridge over those troubled waters anytime soon. But Art Garfunkel isn’t waiting around; he’s on a solo tour that comes to the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35-$65 at 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com.