Best Bets

Today

Children’s Music Hour with Melanie Dill, 10:30 a.m., Oread Books, level 2, Kansas Union, KU campus.

Lawrence Children’s Choir Benefit Sale, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Lawrence Community Center, 11th and Vermont.

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

William Elliott Whitmore in-store performance, 6 p.m., The Love Garden, 936 1/2 Mass.

The Crumpletons, 7:30 p.m. (early show), Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth.

“Carmen,” 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, KU campus.

Faculty artist: Ben Sayevich, violin, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, KU campus.

Ann Hampston Callaway in Ella Fitzgerald tribute, 8 p.m., The Folly Theatre, 300 W. 12th, Kansas City, Mo.

“Dream a Little Dream,” rock ‘n’ roll musical of The Mamas & The Papas, 8 p.m., Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park.

“Rain and Off the Map,” 8 p.m., Black Box Theatre, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park.

Blood Brothers, The Chinese Stars, Mean Reds, Pixel Panda, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Sidewise, A Certain Cure, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Pomeroy, Tanner Walle, Ludo, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth.

Coyote Ugly, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa, 925 Iowa.

William Elliott Whitmore, Atone at Tone, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

The Architects (above), The Ants, 10:30 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.