Best Bets

Today

Red School Rockin’ Block Party: The New Amsterdams, The Prairie Acre, Melanie Dill, Tommy Johnson Experiment and Barry Barnes, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Lawrence Community Nursery School, 645 Ala.

Youth Ballet Company presents: Classics from Hans Christian Anderson, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Careers in the Arts Day, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Murphy Hall, KU campus.

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

Rufio, Gatsby’s American Dream (above), Over It, The Fight, 6 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

“Candide,” 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU campus.

Benevento-Russo Duo, 8 p.m. (early show), The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Lou Rawls Sings Sinatra, 8 p.m., Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park.

Kansas City Symphony: Symphony Pops Tribute to Richard Rodgers, 8 p.m., Midland Theatre, 1228 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Doug Deming and the Jeweltones, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse Bar & Grill, 1350 N. Third.

Split Lip Rayfield, Ricky Fitts, Solagget, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Alibi, Blah Blah Blah, Echo 7, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

The Architects, American Ruse, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Balagan, 10 p.m., Limerance, 1520 Wakarusa Drive.

John Paul Drum and The Hellhounds, 9:30 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.

Drakkar Sauna, 4th of July, 10 p.m., The Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H.

Old Canes, Crash of ’29, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Billy Ebeling and the Late For Dinner Band, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.