Salt Lake City Jazz Festival

The festival begins at 5:30 p.m. today with the Great Basin Street Band. Two of this year's highlights are the E Family with Sheila E and Pete and Juan Escovedo, at 9:50 p.m. on the Ellington Stage; and Ellis Hall & The Truth, featuring saxophonist Mindi Abair. Abair just released her new CD, "Stars," which debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. Her 2006 release "Life Less Ordinary" was her breakthrough, which debuted at the top of the same chart.

E Family, The Truth and more

When - Today at 5:30 p.m. through Sunday

Where - Washington Square, 450 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City

Tickets - $10 at the door or at SmithsTix. Children under 12 are free.

Founders Title Co. Folk & Bluegrass Festival

Folk-rocking singer-songwriter Lori McKenna's 8 p.m. show kicks off this annual festival, and the lineup also includes the Sam Bush Band, Tim O'Brien, the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and Carrie Rodriguez. Be sure to catch Cherryholmes, a family act, Saturday at 9 p.m.

When - Tonight at 8 through Sunday

Where - Snowbird Resort. Highway 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird

Tickets - Single-day admission tickets are $20 today, and $35 on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the whole festival are $60. Call 933-2200 or go online at www.foundersfestival.org

Wynton Marsalis with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

The first scheduled concert for the new and improved amphitheater at Red Butte Garden features jazz legends who aren't playing the Salt Lake City Jazz Festival. Nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and is the first artist to win classical and jazz Grammys in the same year. He will be joined by 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players from the Lincoln Center.

When - Tonight at 7

Where - Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City

Tickets - $53 for adults, $25 for children at redbuttegarden.org; member tickets are $48.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

The Davis Arts Council's "Summer Nights with the Stars" concert series continues with the band that reignited the swing sound in the 1990s with hits like "Go Daddy-O" and "You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight." The band plays the Sandy Amphitheater the next night.

When - Tonight at 8

Where - Ed Kenley Centennial Amphitheater, 403 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton

Tickets - $23 to $28 for adults, and $18 for seniors and children. Call 546-8575 or go online at davisarts.org

Jon Schmidt

Schmidt is a Salt Lake City pianist and entertainer who describes his style as "New Age classical."

When - Tonight at 8

Where - Sandy Amphitheater, 1245 E. 9400 South, Sandy

Tickets - $10 for chair, $7 for the lawn, at SmithsTix

RISE! Dance Music Festival

This eight-hour festival features nonstop dance music from acts including the Starkillers, Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns and Scooter & Lavelle.

When - Saturday at 2 p.m.

Where - Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main St., Salt Lake City

Tickets - $20 at risemusicfest.com

Good Charlotte

Before the Madden twins because famous for dating Paris Hilton and impregnating Nicole Richie, the boys led the power-pop band Good Charlotte to success with songs like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," "The Anthem" and "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)." Boys Like Girls and Metro Station are also on the bill. Trivia: Metro Station features Miley Cyrus' brother Trace and "Hannah Montana" co-star Michael Musso's brother Mason.

When - Saturday. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Where - Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna

Tickets - $26 in advance, $30 day of, at SmithsTix and KTix

Kohabit

Kohabit, of Salt Lake City, and Riots of Eighty, from Orem, perform in a night of headlining local hard-rock bands.

When - Sunday. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Where - Why? Sound, 30 Federal Ave., Logan

Tickets - $5 in advance, $7 day of, at 24Tix

Steve Keen and Kelly Eisenhour

Catch one of Kelly Eisenhour's final Utah performances (she's moving to take a teaching job in Washington) in this concert presented by Jazz Piano Artists of Utah.

When - Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Where - Tahitian Noni International Visitors Center, 333 W. River Park Drive, Provo

Tickets - $10 for adults and $6 for students, at the door

Endwell

"The Stage Dives Across America Tour" lands in Hyrum with national artists Endwell, The Ghost Inside, Stray from the Path and Broadcast the Nightmare, as well as local acts 12 Ton Jezus and Myrzah.

When - Tuesday. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Where - The Azteca, 290 W. Main St., Hyrum

Tickets - $10 in advance, $12 day of, at 24tix

Valient Thorr

Valient Thorr is a hard-rock band with heavy classic rock influences, and just released a new record, "Immortalizer" - the band's fourth in five years - after Valient underwent transplant surgery to donate a kidney to his ailing father.

When - Tuesday. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Where - Club Vegas, 445 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City

Tickets - $10 at SmithsTix

Richard Patrick, unfiltered

When - Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Where - Avalon Theater, 3605 S. State St., South Salt Lake.

Tickets - $16 at SmithsTix and KTix.