CARRBORO DAY: Town Hall, 300 W. Main St., Carrboro. May 6, 1-6 p.m. Live music, children’s activities, arts, crafts, poetry, food and more. Carrboroday.org.

MUSIC

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. May 10: Teada with Seamus Begley. May 12: Seth Walker with Carsie Blanton. May 17: Rhett Miller. May 18: Dar Williams with The Milk Carton Kids. May 25: “Baudelaire in a Box, Episode 4: Bad Luck,” featuring Dave Buchen, New Town Drunks, J Kutchma, Dexter Romweber and Curtis Eller. June 7: Jake Shimabukuro. June 17: Royal Southern Brotherhood. June 20: Johnny Winter. artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

BYNUM GENERAL STORE: 950 Bynum Road. All shows at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. May 4: Mipso Trio. May 11: Squier Red & The Blues Band. May 18: The Zinc Kings. May 25: Jules Brown. June 1: Zambamboogee. June 8: Onward, Soldiers. June 15: Boys From Carolina. June 22: Hot Rooster. June 29: Killer Filler. July 6: Les Freres Kairaba. July 13: The Swayback Sisters. July 20: Samantha Casey and the Bluegrass Jam. July 27: Dark Water Rising. Aug. 3: Lizzy Ross Band. Aug. 10: Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes. Aug. 17: Smith Family Blugrass. Aug. 24: The Bluegrass Experience. Aug. 31: Chompin’ at the Bit String Band. bynumfrontporch.org.

CARRBORO CENTURY CENTER: 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro. May 7: “I Am the Rose of Sharon: Music from the American Revolution to the Age of Twitter,” a concert by Cantari. 3 p.m. Free. www.chapelhillcommunitychorus.org.

CAROLINA BREWERY PITTSBORO: 120 Lowes Drive. May 19: Jule Brown. May 26: Diali Cissokho & Kairaba. June 2: Saludos Compay. June 9: Joe Bell & The Stinging Blades. June 16: Sarah Shook & The Devil. June 23: Puritan Rodeo. June 30: Pagan Hellcats.

CAROLINA INN: All shows at 5 p.m. May 4: Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos. May 11: Down River. May 18: Franklin Street Band with Mick Mixon. May 25: The Gravy Boys. June 1: Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos. June 8: The Gravy Boys. June 15: Big Fat Gap. June 22: The Morning After. June 29: Franklin Street band with Mick Mixon.

CAT’S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. May 4: Beats Antique. May 5: Beach House. May 8: Active Child, Balam Acab. May 9: Big Fat Gap, Grant Farm. May 11: The Gourds, Luther Dickinson . May 12: Spiritualized. May 18: Thrice. May 23: St. Vincent, Shearwater. May 25: Yann Tiersen, Piano Chat. May 26: The Polyphonic Spree. June 8: Paul Thorn. June 11: Two Door Cinema Club, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Bad Veins, June 12; The Real McKenzies. June 13: The Bouncing Souls, Menzingers, Luther. June 14: Dawes, Sara Watkins. June 15: Abbey Road Live. 919-967-9053, catscradle.com

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. May 2: Turchi, Channing & Quinn. May 3: Brandon Herndon and John Pardue’s Songslingers Showcase. May 4-6: Instro Summit. caverntavern.com, 919-968-9308.

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHAPEL HILL: 106 Purefoy Road. May 4: “Standing on the Side Of Love,” Emma’s Revolution CD Release concert. 7:30 p.m. www.emmasrevolution.com/live.

HAW RIVER BALLROOM: Saxapahaw. May 6: Concert to Defeat Amendment One, presented by Merge Records and Cat’s Cradle, with Bob Mould, David Cross, Stuart McLamb, Tig Notaro, Superchunk, Amber Tamblyn. May 11: Archers of Loaf, Pipe, Fan Modine. catscradle.com.

HILL HALL: UNC campus. May 6: “Inspirations,” Chapel Hill Philharmonia, with soloist Jake Beerel. 7:30 p.m. Free.

FEARRINGTON VILLAGE: May 9: “Thanks You For the Music,” Village Voices and Harmony Grits. 7:30 p.m. $7 at the door. 919-545-9144.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. May 2: Hanni El Khatib, Sundelles, James Mathis & The Summer Snow. May 3: Old Bricks, Filthybird. May 4: Future Kings of Nowhere, The Prayers and Tears, Magnolia Collective. May 5: Acid Mothers Temple, Clang Quartet, Phantom Family Halo. May 8: Lushlife, Deniro Farrar. May 10: Torche, Holly Hunt, Colossus. May 11: Vandaveer, Stripmall Ballads, Anna Rose Beck. May 12: Drunken Prayer, Flesh Wounds, Appalucia. May 15: Horse Feathers, Matt Bauer. May 16: Boom Chick, The Ill Family. May 21: William Beckett, Mansions. May 22: Frank Smith. May 23: Black Dice, Prisms, Robes. May 24: Maps & Atlases, The Big Sleep. May 26: Rocky Votolato, CALLmeKAT. May 27: The Parlotones, Ryan Star. May 29: Suckers. June 2: River City Exttension, The Drowning Men, Ben Henderson. June 3: Porcelain Raft. June 4: Joe Pug, David Wax Museum. 919-942-5506, local506.com.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. May 19: “Vancouver Visions: Music by Stephen Chatman,” Voices. 8 p.m.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. May 3: Open Old Time Jam. May 5: Organos, Flesh Wounds. May 14: Dope Body. May 17: Jordan and the Sphinx, River Whyless. May 18-19: Savage Weekend Fest. May 22: Tow3rs, Weed, Wesley Wolfe. May 24: Man Forever. June 5: The Fooligans, The High Bluff, Johnnie Lee Jordan. June 6: Open Old Time Jam. June 8: Some Army, Calico Haunts. nightlightclub.com

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

SOUTHERN VILLAGE: All shows are free and at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. May 5: Shakedown Street (6:30 p.m.). May 6: Durham Ukelel Orchestra, Janet Stolp & The Best Kept Secrets. May 13: Stan Lewis & The Rockin’ Revelers. May 20: Jeff Hart & The Ruins, Quiet the Voices. May 27: Magnolia Klezmer Band. June 1: North Carolina Symphony (7:30 p.m.). June 3: The String Peddlers. June 8: Cool John Ferguson. June 10: The Old North State Brass Band, Mahalo Jazz. June 17: The Instruments of Justice. June 24: Too Much Fun. July 1: The King Rippers. southernvillage.com

RECEPTIONS/OPENINGS

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHAPEL HILL: 106 Purefoy Road. May 6: Opening, “Scene and Unseen,” Mesa Somer. Show runs through June 24. 919-942-2050.

HORACE WILLIAMS HOUSE: 610 E. Rosemary St. May 6: Opening reception for “Close to Home: Photographs from North Carolina and Virginia by Elizabeth Matheson,” 2-4 p.m. Show runs through June 3. 919-942-7818, www.chapelhillpreservation.com.

SCULPTURE INVITATIONAL: 1902 Borland Road, Hillsborough. May 5, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.; May 6, noon-5 p.m.; May 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. garden-art-gallery.com

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. May 11: Augusten Burroughs. May 11: Latin Dance Night. May 13: Odissi Indian Classical Dance. 919-929-2787, artscenterlive.org

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Through May 19: “Henceforward.” 968-1515, deepdishtheater.org

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. May 3: Standup Comedy. May 4: Improv Slam, Social Comedia, Mister Diplomat. May 5: Improv Slam, Harold Night, Three Dollar Bill. May 10: Student Showcase, Standup Comedy. May 11: Improv Slam, Social Comedia, Mister Diplomat. May 12: Impower Showcase, Improv Slam, DSI: The Musical. 919-338-8150, dsicomedy.com

FOREST THEATER: Country Club Road, UNC campus. May 9: “Rats,” Inclusive School for Children With Autism. 1 p.m.

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

FOR KIDS

ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: UNC campus. South Columbia and East Franklin streets. May 5: “Art Adventures: MFA = My Favorite Art,” for ages 6-9. May 12: Drawing for Tweens, for ages 10-13: 919-962-3342, ackland.org

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. May 19: Baron von Rumblebuss and Redd Zeppelin. 11 a.m. 919-929-2787, artscenterlive.org