- Conductor Keith Lockhart kicks off his final season with the Utah Symphony tonight and Saturday, at 8 p.m., with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - the "Ode to Joy" - at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Garrick Ohlsson solos on piano on Beethoven's piano concerto. Tickets are sold out, but you can always try "alternative methods" of getting in (a k a, scalpers).

- The Utah State Fair finishes up its 2008 run this weekend at the Utah State Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West, Salt Lake City. Hours are 10 a.m.-11 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. The grandstand entertainment: The Elvis Extravaganza tonight at 7:30 (and you can enter in an Elvis contest); the Colgate Country Showdown, featuring Lady Antebellum (pictured), Saturday at 5 p.m.; and the Utah's Strongest Man amateur nationals, Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets to the fair $8, $6 seniors and kids 6-12, free for children 5 and young at all Smith's Food and Drug stores.

- The first Bridal Veil Film Festival, featuring outdoor screenings under the falls in Provo Canyon (on U.S. 189), tonight through Sunday at 8 p.m. This weekend's movies are "Life Is Beautiful" tonight, "Amelie" on Saturday, "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams" on Sunday. Tickets are $8, with proceeds going to the Rwanda Cinema Center. Bring blankets and jackets.

- Hell's Belles, the all-female AC/DC cover band (pictured at left), plays tonight at Teazers Bar & Grill, 366 36th St., Ogden. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at SmithsTix.

- The 9th & 9th Street Festival, a celebration of community commerce at the popular Salt Lake City intersection, runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of 900 South and 900 East. Food vendors, craftspeople and entertainment are part of the event.

- New York indie-rockers TV on the Radio perform Saturday at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $17 advance, $20 day of, at SmithsTix.