Plans for the weekend: Rural Alberta Advantage in the city

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• Pop-punk band Real Friends performs tonight at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Neck Deep, Cruel Hand, Have Mercy. Show starts at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $18.50, at 24Tix.

• Country singer Jon Pardi performs tonight at The Westerner, 3360 S. Redwood Road, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Joey Hyde. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $10, at Smith's Tix.

• The Utah Symphony performs with the dance troupe Cirque de la Symphonie, tonight and Saturday at Abravanel Hall, 123 S. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets available at ArtTix.

• The traditional Halloween weekend screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" returns tonight and Saturday to the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City. Screenings start at 8 p.m. and midnight both nights, with a live pre-show 30 minutes before the screenings. Tickets are $10, at the box office; prop kits available for $3.

• Local rock/reggae/funk band Marinade headlines the Halloween bash at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Grits Green, Merchant Royal. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10, at the venue's website.

• Metalcore band In This Moment performs Saturday at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Starset, Twelve Foot Ninja, 3 Pill Morning. Show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $24 in advance, $26 on the day of the show, at Smith's Tix.

• The Utah Jazz plays host to the Phoenix Suns, Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Game starts at 7. Tickets, from $16 to $210, available at Smith's Tix.

• Swag-rock band Bear's Den performs Saturday at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Dan Mangan & Blacksmith, Christof. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 on the day of the show, at 24Tix.

• Hip-hop stars Method Man and Redman headline The Smokers Club Tour, arriving Saturday at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple. Opening acts: B-Real (of Cypress Hill), Berner, Mick Jenkins. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $30, at Smith's Tix.

• Canadian indie-rock band The Rural Alberta Advantage performs Saturday at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: July Talk. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15, at the venue's website.

• Deathcore band Whitechapel performs Sunday at the Murray Theater, 4959 S. State St., Murray. Opening acts: Upon a Burning Body, Ghost Cloud. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $18, at Smith's Tix.

• Rapper Tech N9ne performs Sunday at Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna. Opening act: Krizz Kaliko. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $34 in advance, $38 on the day of the show, at Smith's Tix.