- Refugee-turned-rapper Daddy Saj performs tonight at 6 at West High School, 241 N. 300 West, Salt Lake City. Admission is a $5 donation (West High students get in free), with proceeds going to build a bakery in Saj's home country, Sierra Leone.

- I don't know what's stranger - that a band names itself I Set My Friends on Fire, or that it's "more commonly known as ISMFOF" (as my colleague David Burger wrote in today's paper). In any event this post-hardcore duo plays tonight at 6 at Studio 600, 26 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $12, at the door.

- Altogether now: "Sweet Caroline - BOMP-BOMP-BAA!" Yep, Neil Diamond plays tonight at 8 at EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple. Tickets, from $53 to $120, available at TicketMaster.

- The Utah Symphony (conducted by David Cho) and children's choir group Choral Edition perform the "Here Comes Santa Claus" program - with a certain red-suited guest from the North Pole in the lobby - Saturday at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $11, $6 for students, available at ArtTix.

- The Cathedral Church of St. Mark hosts its annual Winter Solstice celebration, featuring jazz music by the Larry Jackstien Group and singers Joslyn Petty and Jack Wood, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Free, donations accepted.

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