Best Bets

TODAY

Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, 11 a.m., down Massachusetts from Seventh to 12th, downtown Lawrence.

“The Snow Queen,” 10 a.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

Gallery talk on poetry and art: Beth Schultz, KU professor emerita, 5 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass.

The Wilders and The Midday Ramblers Holiday Hoedown, 7:30 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Rob Thomas, Anna Nalick (above), 7:30 p.m., Uptown

Theater, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

The Heebie Jeebies, The Crumpletons, 8 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St.

Randall Zwarte Band, 9:30 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse,

1350 N. Third St.

The Esoteric, 10 p.m., The

Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Sellout!, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Voxtrot, Jackie Carol, 10:30 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.