Blues Revue benefit tops area offerings

The Ninth Annual Blues Revue features musical acts such as Blues 88 and Music Row. Tonight’s event benefits Toys for Tots. Here are some other area activities this weekend:

Today

Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 10th and Vermont streets.

“Wings in Wyandotte,” 9 a.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Kan.

Farkleberry Farm movie screenings, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., City Stage Theatre at Union Station, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Southwestern Bell Telephone’s Pioneer Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 1, 2120 Harper St.

Kansas University football game vs. Kansas State University, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium.

“Chicken Little,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

“Meet Me at the Museum” tour, 2 p.m., The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“The Democratic Republic of the Congo: History and Traditions,” lecture, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.

“Space Base Alpha-Beta,” 3 p.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Kan.

Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass., 830-9640.

Ninth Annual Blues Revue/Toys for Tots Benefit, featuring Lee McBee and the Confessors, The Mezcal Brothers, Blue 88, Music Row, 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 642 Mass.

Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, 119th Street and Strang Line Road, Overland Park.

Live jazz, featuring Mr. Van’s Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.

Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

“Always in the End the Truth,” University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

Smokey Robinson, 7:30 p.m., Ameristar Casino Hotel, 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road, North Kansas City, Mo.

“Iphigenia at Aulis,” University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

Kottonmouth Kings, Mix Mob, 7:30 p.m., The Beaumont, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

“Opus Cactus,” MOMIX, Carlsen Center Dance Series, 8 p.m., Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

“The Shape of Things,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

“A Shayna Maidel,” 8 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave., Topeka.

Greg Meise Quartet with Millie Edwards, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.

John Brown’s Body, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Good Advice, Panacea, 9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.

Billy Spears Band, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.

State Law, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.

Groupo Aztlan, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Rusty Zinn and the Dynatones, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Erfman, Totimoshi, Jumbo’s Killcrane, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Legendary Pink Dots, Origami Galaktika, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Honey Tongue, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Sunday

Mulvane Art Museum benefit antique and fine art auction, 1 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Center, Washburn University campus, Topeka.

“Opus Cactus,” MOMIX, Carlsen Center Dance Series, 2 p.m., Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

“Chicken Little,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

Galileo, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Nordic Heritage Festival, 3 p.m.-8 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St.

“Sesame Street Sing Along,” with Roscoe Orman as “Gordon,” 3 p.m., Folly Theater, 12th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“The Shape of Things,” 3 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, 3 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, KU campus.

William Baker Festival Singers, 3 p.m., Redemptorist Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3333 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Asleep at the Wheel, 7:30 p.m., The Beaumont, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Lecture by Edmund Morris, 8 p.m., Presidential Lecture Series, Lied Center.

Lonnie Ray, 8 p.m., Teller’s, 746 Mass.

Marcia Ball, 8 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.

Mindless Self-Indulgence, Deadsy, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

David Allen Coe, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Jumbo’s Killcrane, Toti Moshi, Weedeater, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Don Mumford and Friends, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, Eighth and New Hampshire streets.