CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL: Through Feb. 25. Various venues. music.unc.edu.

MUSIC

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 24: John McCutcheon. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

BURNSIDE: 201 S. Cameron St., Hillsborough. Feb. 26: Ryan Hanseler Jazz Quartet Parlor Concert. 4 p.m. hillsboroughartscouncil.org.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 23: Corey Smith. Feb. 24: Saul Williams. Feb. 25: Martin Sexton. March 1: Heartless Bastards, The Fling, Flesh Wounds. March 3: FUN. March 4: Cults, Mrs. Magician. March 6: Boyce Avenue, Secondhand Serenade. March 9: Fanfarlo, Young Man. March 10: Good Old War, Belle Bridage, Family of the Year. March 13: Club Bellydance. March 14: Yellow Dubmarine. March 15: Gomez, Hey Rosetta. March 16: The Devil Makes Three, Phillip Roebuck. 967-9053, catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. Feb. 22: Jurassic Heat, Radar's Clowns of Sedation. Feb. 23: Jonny Gilmore, Magosteen, Mandy & the Bandits. Feb. 24: Fairest Flower, Some Clowns, LUD, Midway Charmers. Feb. 25: Too Much Fun, Climb Jacob's Ladder. Feb. 26: Gina Holsapple, Leland Sundries. Feb. 28: Blackfoot Gypsies. caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

CRUNKLETON: 320 W. Franklin St. March 1: Jazzbeau. 919-969-1125.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Feb. 22: Kevin Kinney Band. Feb . 23: A Haunted Mantra. Feb. 24: Other Lives, Wim. Feb. 25: Big Pooh. Feb. 26: Soul Khan. March 1. Tripp, Virgin, Morning Brigade. March 2: Dexter Rombweber Duo, Orbo & The Longshots. March 3: Craig Finn, Marcellus Hall. March 5: Gemma Ray. March 6: Caveman. March 7: Julia Nunes. March 7: Milagres, The Big Sleep. March 9: Tennis, Hospitality. March 10: Born Gold. March 12: Narrows, All Pigs Must Die, Young and In the Way. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus.Feb. 24: Christian McBride & Inside Straight. March 15: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts. org.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. Feb. 22: Nightlight Salon. Feb. 25: Bitter Resolve, Thorlock, Systems, Groh. Feb. 26: Tristen. Feb. 28: Zee Avi, Curtis Eller. www.nightlightclub.com.

PIOLA: 54 East. First and third Tuesdays: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Trio. 7:30 p.m. 537-8488.

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 25: "Puss in Boots," Rags to Riches Theatre for Young Audiences. Feb. 25: N.C. Percussive Dance Revue. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Feb. 24-March 17: "The Baltimore Waltz." April 27-May 19; "Henceforward." 968-1515, www.deepdishtheater.org.

LEVIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: 1937 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham. Feb. 26: "Desert Stories: Freud at Sinai" and "Poor Timing." OdysseyStage Theatre. 919-354-4936, odysseystage.org.

PLAYMAKERS: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. Through March 4: "The Making of a King: Henry IV and Henry V." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

PRC2: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. April 25-29: "Penelope." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.