In the mood for music? Area offerings range from bluesman Ronnie Baker Brooks to alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Here are some of the other activities scheduled this weekend:

Today

All day: Maple Leaf Festival, Baldwin. Parade begins at 11 a.m. downtown; Midland Railway train rides depart hourly from Santa Fe Depot beginning at 11 a.m.; open jam session begins at 7 p.m. at the downtown music tent.

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

Williams Foods Chili Challenge, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Old Town Lenexa, Northeast corner of Pflumm and Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa.

2002 Coin, Stamp and Card Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Lenexa Community Center, Pflumm Road at Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa.

“2002 Flute Day,” 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Center for the Performing Arts, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

American Royal Parade, 9:30 a.m., begins at Ninth and Main streets, proceeding south on Main Street, ending at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.

“Ecology On the Net,” 10 a.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Mo.

Crown Center Pumpkin Patch, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., City, Mo.

“The Living Kitchen,” exhibit, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., John Wornall House Museum, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo.

“Your First Cut, A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting There,” workshop with authors and songwriters Jerry Vandiver and Gracie Hollombe, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Quigley Music, 7800 Troost, Kansas City, Mo.

Bluesman Ronnie Baker Brooks is among the area entertainment offerings this weekend. He appears at 9 p.m. today at the Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Freaker’s Ball, 1 p.m., featuring Stone Temple Pilots, Jackyl, Earshot, Flipp, Audio Kombat Arsenal, Parallax, Kansas City International Raceway, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas University vs. Texas A&M football, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium.

Pirate Party, 2 p.m., Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 400 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo.

“The Ballad of Black Jack,” 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University campus, Baldwin.

“Frankenstein,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Level One of Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo.

“One Mic, Two Rhythms and Poetic Pieces,” jazz poetry workshop, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Mo.

“Creepie Crawlies,” 3 p.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Mo.

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.

“The Playboy of the Western World,” A.C.T. Ottawa, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Cultural Center, Fifth and Main streets, Ottawa.

“Megan Matthews, Scott Thomson, Marla Ratliff and Blane Gillespie, 7:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. 20th anniversary celebration, 7:30 p.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St.

“18 Seconds” and “Fatherland,” by English Alternative Theatre and Card Table Theatre, 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H..

“South Pacific,” 8 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth St., Topeka.

“Looking Over the President’s Shoulder,” 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“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.

Maestro Klauspeter Seibel with the Kansas City Symphony, 8 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“Richard Rodgers: A Centennial of Song,” 8 p.m., Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, 8 p.m.-midnight, Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, 511 S.E. Melody Lane, Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Luqman Hamza Quartet, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Mo.

Floyd the Barber, 9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.

Danny Pound Band, Arthur Dodge, Drag the River, 9 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Shiner, Stella Link, The People, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Ronnie Baker Brooks, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Cretin 66, The 440’s, Last Call Brawlers, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.

Banjo Ghost, High on the Hog, Red Dirt Rangers, Severe Brothers, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

l Lisa Donnelly Project, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Sunday

All day: Maple Leaf Festival, Baldwin. Midland Railway train rides depart hourly from Santa Fe Depot beginning at 11 a.m.; open jam session begins at 7 p.m. at the downtown music tent.

“The Ballad of Black Jack,” 2 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University campus, Baldwin.

“Frankenstein,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Level One of Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo.

Maestro Klauspeter Seibel with the Kansas City Symphony, 2 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“18 Seconds” and “Fatherland,” by English Alternative Theatre and Card Table Theatre, 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

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

Johnson County Community Brass Choir, 3 p.m., The Theatre, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

“A Thousand Ores,” author R.A. Salvatore, 4 p.m., Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 400 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo.

“An Hour of Organs,” Sabin Levi, organist with Marie Lerner-Sexton, soprano, Debra Scroggins Sowerwine, mezzo-soprano, and Steve Burk, cathedral organist, 5 p.m., Grace Episcopal Cathedral, 701 S.W. Eighth St., Topeka.

The Lonesome Hobos, High on the Hog, 6 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Handz-On benefit concert featuring Heart of America Wind Symphony with special host Larry Moore, 7 p.m., Shawnee Mission South High School auditorium, 5800 W. 107th St., Overland Park.

“Looking Over the President’s Shoulder,” 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Damned, Tiger Army, Tsunami Bomb, Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

“Istanbul Oriental Ensemble,” 8 p.m., Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Soda Ash, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, 9 p.m.-midnight, Westport Flea Market, 817 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.

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