The 11th annual Jerry Brown Arts Festival is Saturday and Sunday at the City of Hamilton’s Colby Building, off U.S. 278 E, Hamilton. Hosted by the Northwest Alabama Arts Council, the 42 artists picked to exhibit at the festival, will demonstrate their work and have for sale pottery, paintings, textiles, glass, handmade brooms, quilts, handcrafted jewelry and more. There also will be a chair-caining demonstration, along with a Kid’s Art Station, where children can paint and make small clay items at no charge. The festival honors Hamilton’s Jerry Brown, a ninth-generation potter whose work can be found in the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Details: jbaf.org or 205-921-9483.

Travis Wammack and Band — Jan and Donnie Gullett and Roger Clark — provide the entertainment 5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Wayne’s Catfish Haven, Russellville. The group also performs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wayne’s Catfish Haven II, Elgin.

Kerry Gilbert and Hugh Banks, of The KGB, perform 6-9 tonight at Frank’s Italian Restaurant, 500 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield.

Musical guests 3 Wheel Drive — Jim Seales, Donny Carpenter and Mitchell Curtis — take the stage 6:30-9:30 p.m. today at FloBama Music Hall, 311 N. Court St., Florence. They will return to FloBama 6-9 p.m. for the First Friday event.

Maxwell Russell and the Shakedown Kings perform acoustic music 7-10 tonight at Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken, 120 W. Second St., Muscle Shoals.

The University of North Alabama Percussion Orchestra will present its spring concert at 7:30 tonight at the Muscle Shoals High School auditorium. Director is Iaian Moyer. The percussion orchestra will share the program with Muscle Shoals High School percussion ensemble, directed by will Campbell. Admission is free.

The GP-38 guitar trio performs 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at DP’s Classic Grille, 410 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield. On Saturday, 7-10 p.m., the trio will perform at Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken, 120 W. Second St., Muscle Shoals.

Cu Cu and Band will entertain Friday at Sidepocket Lounge, 1816 Darby Drive, Florence, while Black Tomorrow takes the stage Saturday.

Musical entertainment at Charlie’s Place, Bar and Restaurant, 350 George Wallace Highway, Littleville, will feature Cody Bowen on Friday night and Rebel Yell on Saturday. Both shows begin at 9 p.m. No cover charge Friday; $5 on Saturday.

Joseph Baldwin entertains 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at Rattlesnake Saloon, 1292 Mountain Mills Road, Tuscumbia.

The Hit Men — Allen Easterling, Tommy Beck, Larry Crowell, Bill Tucker and David Dotson — will be the band for a dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday at The Elks Lodge, 408 N. Nashville Ave., Sheffield. Admission: $5, open to the public.

The Tennessee River Band, with Keith Jackson, Darrell Green, Tony Adams, Ray Whitley and Anthony Weathers on drums, will perform at the Elks Lodge, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday. No cover charge.

Matt Roy is the musical guest 6-9 tonight at Parker’s Place, Highway 43, St. Joseph, Tenn.

Karen Gruber, accompanied by Joseph Stallworth, sings 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Swampers inside the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa, Florence.

On Stage’s Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s concert originally scheduled for Jan. 17 has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday at Norton Auditorium on the University of North Alabama campus. Tickets purchased for the Jan. 17 concert will be honored. Details and tickets: 256-766-4222 or shoalsonstage.com.

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