- Snowbird's Rock & Blues Festival is happening tonight and Saturday at the resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Bettye LaVette headlines tonight at 9:45, and Keb' Mo' (at right) brings it home Saturday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $35 general admission, $15 for kids, $50 for priority seating, and $55 for two-day tickets, or $90 for priority seating - at snowbirdrc.org.

- The Gloria Film Festival, celebrating uplifting and family-friendly movies, concludes today and Saturday at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $5 per screening; go to gloriafilmfest.org for details.

- The Deer Valley Music Festival continues, with the Utah Symphony performing Dvorak's New World Symphony tonight at 7:30 p.m. and a Broadway program Saturday at 7:30 p.m., both at Deer Valley Amphitheatre above Park City. Tickets for the Dvorak or the Broadway shows available at deervalleymusicfestival.org.

- Martina McBride, whose songs were a popular choice among "American Idol" auditioners earlier this week, brings her country flair to Usana Ampthitheatre, 5150 S. 6055 West, West Valley City, tonight at 7:30. Jack Ingram and Chris Young are the opening acts. Tickets range from $33 to $70, at SmithsTix. (Read the Tribune's David Burger's interview with McBride and Ingram.)

- Kansas will carry on, my wayward son, tonight at 8 p.m. at the Ed Kenley Amphitheatre, 430 N. Wasatch Dr., Layton. Tickets are $30 to $55, available at www.thedavisarts.com.

- The Pioneer Park Picture Show Series, outdoor movie screenings every Friday in August, starts with "Across the Universe" tonight at dusk (around 9) in Pioneer Park, 300 S. 300 West. Free.

- Parties for the release of Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final of Stephenie Meyer's teen-vampire saga, are slated at two bookstores tonight: The King's English at 1511 S. 1500 East, starting at 10 p.m.; and the Barnes & Noble in Sugar House, 1104 E. 2100 South, starting at 9 p.m. (though wristbands guaranteeing a place in line were given out this morning).

- U92's Summer Jam, featuring such rap stars as The Game (at right), David Banner, Play-N-Skillz, Wiz Khalifa, Dolla and Chino 4 Real, runs Saturday at Usana Ampthitheatre, 5150 S. 6055 West, West Valley City. Gates open at 1 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $30 in advance, $30 and $40 on the day of the show, at SmithsTix.

- And one more festival: The Park City Kimball Arts Festival runs Saturday and Sunday on Park City's Main Street, if you want to get away from 100-degree weather in the Salt Lake Valley. Free.

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