POETRY ON THE HILL FESTIVAL: Downtown Chapel Hill. March 24: Poetry workshops and performance by the Sacrificial Poets. Beginners performance workshop: 4:15 p.m., Street Scene Teen Center, 179 E. Franklin St. Advance performance workshop: 4:15 p.m., R&R Grill, 137 E. Franklin St. Open Mic and Last Chance Youth Slam, 6-9 p.m., Wallace Plaza. 439 Henderson Tanyard Road, Silk Hope. April 19-22: Live music, dance, workshops, children’s activities, food, camping and more. shakorihills.org

SHAKORI HILLS GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & DANCE: 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road, Silk Hope. April 19-22: Live music, dance, workshops, children’s activities, food, camping and more. shakorihills.org

MUSIC

ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: UNC Campus. March 18: MGL: “Fracking Music! Part 2.” Music in the Galleries Series. 1 p.m. Free. www.ackland.org

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 15: Scythian. March 16: The Boxcars. March 17: Mountain Heart. March 23: Lunasa, Leyla McCalla. March 27: Leo Kottke. March 31: Darrell Scott. May 10: Teada with Seamus Begley. May 18: Dar Williams. June 7: Jake Shimabukuro. June 17: Royal Southern Brotherhood. June 20: Johnny Winter. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

CAT’S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. March 14: Yellow Dubmarine. March 15: Gomez, Hey Rosetta. March 16: The Devil Makes Three, Phillip Roebuck. March 17: Bowebirds, Mandolin Orange. March 20: The Infamous Stringdusters, Levi Lowrey. March 21: Neon Indian, Purity Ring. March 23: Youth Lagoon, Dana Buoy. March 24: Caltrop, Pipe, Black Skies, Dave Heumann. March 25: John Mark McMillan, Songs of Water, Jude Moses. March 27: Dom Kennedy. March 30: Toubeba Krewe, Marco Benevento. March 31: Orquesta GarDel. Apri 1: Naked and Famous, Vacationer, Now Now. April 3: Delta Spirit, Waters. April 4: Of Montreal, Lonely Dear, Kishi Bashi. April 5: Breathe Carolina the Ready Set, Ashland High. April 6: Alabama Shakes. April 7: Midtown Dickens, Kairaba. 967-9053, catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. March 14: Don & Brian, Blackwood and Wormy’s Open Jam for the Peeps. March 15: The Usuals. March 17: Mary Johnston Rockers & The Spark, R. Mutt, Epiphsis Foundation, Vikingmoses. March 18: Old Lady Bowers. March 20: The Riff, Junko & Fugiyama. March 21: Paint Fumes, Royal Baths. March 22: Aquariums, Lance Whalen. March 23: Plankton Feast, Joe Taylor, Mikingmihrab. March 24: Triple Fret featuring Danny Gotham, Climb Jacob’s Ladder. March 27: Tin Pan. March 28: Don & Brian, Supercollider. March 20: Phil Venable, B-Side Project, The Bastages. March 30: Hearts of Knotty Pine, Grant Hart. March 31: Strange Little Folk, Some Army. caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

THE CRUNKLETON: 320 W. Franklin St. First Thursdays: Jazzbeau. 919-969-1125.

HILL HALL: UNC campus. March 23: Faculty Chamber Music Recital. 8 p.m. Free. March 24: Operas by African-American Composers: “Highway One USA” and “Dream Lovers.” 4 p.m. Free. March 24: A Night at the Opera. 8 p.m. Free. March 25: Music of Living Women and African-American Composers. 3 p.m. $15 public; $10 students. 919-962-1039.

KENAN MUSIC BUILDING: UNC campus. March 23: UNC Jazz Band performing works of Sherisse Rogers. 4:30 p.m. Free.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. March 15: The Dirty Guv’nahs, Crowfield. March 16: Kenny Roby, Gasoline Stove, Jule Brown. March 18: David Choi, Russell Howard. March 19: Housse De Racket. March 20: The Business, The Downtown Struts, Bad Idea. March 21: Jonquil, Body Language. March 22: Polica. March 23: 500 Miles to Memphis. March 24: John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff, The Bayonets, Sarah Shook & The Devil. March 25: Frontier Ruckus, Hoots and Hellmouth. March 26: The Protomen. March 28: Guitar Wolf, The Transistors. March 29: Reptar, Quiet Hooves. March 30: John Wesley Harding, Rick Moody, Joe Pernce. March 29: Reptar. March 30: John Wesley Harding, Joe Pernice. March 31: Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores, Onward Soldiers, The Tomahawks. local506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 14: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. March 15: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. March 22: Herbie Hancock. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts.org.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. March 14: 919 Noise Showcase. March 16: Corn and the Colonels, The Lucky Strikes, Jordan & The Sphinx, Steve Kruger. March 17: Rosie Thomas, Bhi Bhiman. March 20: Courtesy Tier, Morgan’s End. March 21: Miniature Tigers, Geographer, The Chain Gang of 1974, Pretty and Nice. March 22: Vannaver EP Release, Lizzy Pitch. March 23: Bitter Resolve, Backwoods, Payback, Order of the owl. March 26: Blind Boy Paxton. March 30: Nine-year Anniversary Bash with Last Year’s Men, Zomes, Wesly Wolfe, Snake. March 31: Nine-year Anniversary Bash with Shirlette and the Dynamite Brothers, Sh*t Horse, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat. www.nightlightclub.com.

PERSON RECITAL HALL: UNC campus. March 21: Music of African-American composers, performed by N.C. Central University music faculty. 7 p.m. Free.

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

UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 150 E. Franklin St. April 1: “The Viola (is NOT a) Joke!” Mallarme Chamber Players. 919-560-2788, mallarmemusic.org

WILSON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY: UNC campus. March23: “Music From the True Vine: A Tribute to Mike Seeger,” concert and lecture. Lecture, 5:30 p.m.; Concert by John Cohen, Alice Gerrard, Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz, 6:30 p.m.

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Through March 20: “Acts of Witness: Blood Knot and Poetic Portraits of a Revolution.” March 23: “Spring Fling,” Transactors Improv. March 24: No Shame Theater. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

COMPANY CAROLINA: March 24-26: “Spring Awakening.” Historic Playmakers Theater, 202 E. Cameron Ave. 919-843-3333. April 13-15: Shakespeare on the Quad: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Polk Place, 200 South Road. unc.edu/company

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

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. March 15: Carolina’s Funniest Comic. March 16: Improv Slam, Carolina’s Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 17: Improv Slam, CageMatch. March 22: 5 Dollar Preview, Carolina’s Funniest Comic. March 23: Improv Slam, Carolina’s Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 24: Improv Slam, CageMatch. 919-338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

JOYFUL JEWEL: 44-A Hillsboro St., Pittsboro. March 18: “Vision and Voice, the Marriage of Pen and Palette: Writers will read from their works alongside art that inspired it. 919-883-2775, joyfuljewel.com.

M EMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 20-21: Circa. March 27-28: “Whispering Pines,” Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett. 919-843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts.com.

PLAYMAKERS: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. April 9: “8,” 7:30 p.m. April 4-22: “Noises Off,” 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

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

THE THRILL: Hector’s, 157 E. Rosemary St. Funny Business Live Series. March 16: Bill Squire. funnybusinesslive.com

TOP OF THE HILL: 100 E. Franklin St. Tuesdays: Back Bar Comedy, 9 p.m..

FOR KIDS

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 31: “Animalia,” Hoby Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets. April 28: Farmer Jason. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.