- The Utah State Fair continues through the weekend, open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, at the Utah State Fairpark, 1000 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City. Tonight features the big headliner on the grandstand: "High School Musical" sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens (pictured), at 7:30 p.m. Gospel singer Natalie Grant sings Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and the "Country Gold Tour" arrives Sunday at 5 p.m. Tickets for the fair are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and kids 6-12, and free for children 5 and under. Tickets for Hudgens are $23, at SmithsTix. Admission to the other grandstand shows is included in the fair ticket price.

- The Salt Lake Greek Festival continues this weekend, through 11 p.m. tonight, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., at Holy Trinity Cathedral, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City. Admission is $3. And don't forget the fun run Saturday morning, starting at 7:15 a.m.

- The Avenues Street Fair - with entertainment, street vendors, community organizers (and when did it become OK to boo community organizers?), a children's parade and public art gallery - is set for Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Third Avenue between I and N Streets. (Here's a challenge: Hit the Avenues fair, the Greek Festival and the State Fair all on the same day.)

- LAHPAH Fest, a one-day event to benefit Utah's homeless community, runs Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. at the Gallivan Center, 239 S. State, Salt Lake City. A slew of local acts - Afro Omega (pictured), Colin Robison, Gentri Watson, Debi Graham Band, Andale!, James Shook, Brinton Jones of The Devil Whale, Shaky Trade, Jebu, RuRu, Radio Rhythm Makers, Mad Max & The Wild Ones, Chaz Prymek, The Mandalas, Our Time In Space and Jackie Campbell - will perform at the event, sponsored by Wasatch United Front and KRCL. Tickets are $8, at the gate or through 24Tix.

- Singer-songwriter John Hiatt plays Sunday at Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, with Joan Osborne - who is probably as sick of singing "(If God Was) One of Us" as much as you are of hearing it - as the opening act. The show starts Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 for garden members, $35 for the public and $25 for children, available at redbuttegarden.org.

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