OUT OF TOWN EVENTS Music festivals
Garth Newel Summer Festival: Garth Newel Music Center, Warm Springs, www.garthnewel.org or (877) 558-1689. Festival continues weekends through Sept. 5. Today: Third Coast Percussion Quartet and Garth Newel Piano Quartet in works by Mellits, Lutoslawski and Bartok, 3 p.m., $10- $22 . Saturday: “Monumental Masterpieces,” Garth Newel Piano Quintet and string soloists in works by Bartok and Schubert, 5 p.m. (musical icebreaker at 4), $10- $22 concert only; $53- $75 concert and dinner. Next Sunday: “Monumental Masterpieces II,” music by Brahms and Dvorak and season-ending picnic, 3 p.m., $10- $22 concert only; $10- $37 concert and picnic.
Verizon Wireless American Music Festival : End-of-summer music bash with free shows by more than a dozen acts on 17th Street, 24th Street and 31st Street stages and ticketed concerts on the Fifth Street Beach Stage, Virginia Beach; Ticketed shows are $10- $20 in advance, $15- $25 day of show; $30 passport pin good for all shows. www.beachstreetusa.com or (757) 491-7866. Friday: Gloria Gaynor , The Village People , The Trammps and Right On Band, 5:30-11 p.m., $10 in advance, $15 at gate. Saturday: Chicago and Delbert McClinton, 7-10 p.m., $15 in advance, $20 at gate. Next Sunday: REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar and Tyler Bryant, 5:30-10:45 p.m., $20 in advance, $25 at gate.
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, at Shrine Mont Camp and Conference Center in Orkney Springs, www.musicfest.org or (800) 459-3396. Saturday: Cherryholmes in newgrass, 7 p.m., $22- $27 . Next Sunday: Tom Cunningham Orchestra , 7 p.m., $20- $25 .
Art openings
Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 W. Olney Road, Norfolk. www.chrysler.org or (757) 664-6200. Opening Wednesday: “Cheers to Queen Victoria! British Glass from the Chrysler Collection.”
UMW Galleries’ duPont Gallery , College Avenue at Thornton Street, University of Mary Washington , Fredericksburg, (540) 654-1013. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday for “Study for a Perfect Day” by Carol Garmon . Through Oct. 8.
UMW Galleries’ Ridderhof Martin Gallery, College Avenue at Seacobeck Street, University of Mary Washington , Fredericksburg, (540) 654-1013. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday for “REPEAT: Exploring Pattern and Texture” group show. Through Oct. 8.
Pop boy-band sensation The Jonas Brothers with Demi Lovato and pals from “Camp Rock,” 7 p.m. today at Virginia Beach Amphitheater , Virginia Beach . $37.50- $97.50 . (757) 368-3000.
Disco queen Donna Summer, 8 tonight at Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. $25- $48 . (877) 965-3872.
Jiffy Lube Live, 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow, (703) 754-6400. Tuesday: UPROAR Festival with Disturbed, Avenged, Sevenfold, lots more, 3:15 p.m., $34- $101.55 . Thursday, Saturday: Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band, 8 p.m., $48.50- $157.50 .
nTelos Pavilion , 901 Crawford St., Portsmouth . (757) 393-8181. Wednesday: Punk rocker Billy Idol , 8 p.m., $25- $49.75 . Friday: Contemporary country trio Lady Antebellum, 8 p.m., $25- $39.75 .
Cox Communications Summer Concerts: Cowboy Mouth with Pawn Shop Lifters, 7 p.m. Thursday at Neptune’s Park, 31st Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach . Free. www.31ocean.com or (757) 213-3000.
Jazz in the Park: Funk’n Junction, 8 p.m. Thursday in Gypsy Hill Park, Staunton. Free. (540) 337-6944.
Fridays After Five: Abbey Road Beatles tribute band, 5:30 p.m. at Charlottesville Pavilion , C’ville. Free. (434) 245-4910.
Crunksters The Glitch Mob and MartyParty, 9 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Charlottesville . $12- $15 . (800) 594-8499.
Saturday Summer Street Fest: Slapwater, 6-11 p.m. outdoors at Virginia Air & Space Center, Queensway, Hampton. Free. (757) 727-0900.
Lauren Woodrum & Family with house band Shades of Country and Opry regulars for Virginia’s Lil Ole Opry , 8 p.m. Saturday at Donk’s Theater, Mathews. $12 ; $2 younger than 12. 725-7760.
Theater openings
“The Sound of Music,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved family musical, opening at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. $20- $80 . (877) 965-3872. Through Sept. 5.
International Food and Wine Festival: More than 50 wines from Virginia and around the world (10 tastings included in ticket) and gourmet food for purchase, noon-5:30 p.m. Saturday at Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County. $20 . (434) 324-8292.
Spirits of the James Progressive Candlelight Plantation Tour: Guided tour of Piney Grove at Southall’s Plantation focusing on the ghost stories, murder mysteries and history of the complex, including owner-led interior tour of Piney Grove, Ashland and Ladysmith plantations, and exterior visits to Duck Church and Dower Quarter, 3-5 p.m. Saturday at the complex, Charles City County . $20 ; reservation required. 829-2196. Repeats Saturdays in September and October.
– Compiled by Pat Row
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