TODAY
HELPING OF HARMONY: Ease into the Labor Day weekend with the fun and relaxing music of the Summit City Chorus. The barbershop-style singing group will perform a free concert at 8 p.m. at Foellinger Outdoor Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. in Franke Park.
BLUES PLATE SPECIAL: Blues and contemporary guitar legend Walter Trout cooks up some great music at 8 p.m. at Come2Go Ministries, 323 W. Baker St. Tickets for the all-ages concert are $25 at the door.
Trout returned to his hard-core blues roots on his most recent album, “Blues for the Modern Daze,” which was released this past spring, it says on the C2G website, www.c2gmusichall.com. It is Trout's first pure blues album in 23 years as a bandleader. Trout has been a major contributor to a number of blues artists in the past, including John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton and Joe Tex, the bio said. He was listed as No. 6 on BBC Radio One's list of the top 20 guitarists of all time.
FRIDAY
ROAD TRIP: The annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival will fill downtown Auburn with some of the most eye-catching cars ever made. Admission to most activities is free.
The festival features a week of activities, but it really ramps up Friday through Sunday. Here are some highlights:
•Friday: The Downtown Cruise-In begins at noon around the DeKalb County Courthouse square. The Junk Yard Band will play a free concert 6-9 p.m. If it's rainy, the concert moves to the festival event tent on 8th Street. Music group Big Daddy Caddy performs beginning at 9 p.m. at the event tent; admission is free but you must be 21 or older to enter.
•Saturday: The festival highlight always is the Parade of Classics, which takes place at 1 p.m. Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs will roll through town to the courthouse square, where they will remain on display until 4 p.m. The theme for this year's festival is “Year of the Unrestored Car,” so you'll see as many as two dozen cars in various stages of restoration.
•Sunday: Enjoy the arts-and-crafts show 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in downtown Auburn.
At least two celebrities also will spend the weekend mingling with fans in Auburn:
•Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser will be grand marshal for the parade at 1 p.m. Saturday. He'll also be at Auctions America by RM auction park throughout the weekend.
•Barry Weiss, a buyer on the A&E cable network show “Storage Wars,” also will make appearances during the festival at Auctions America by RM.
For a full festival schedule and other information, go to http://acdfestival.org.
BAYOU SOUND: The Lost Bayou Ramblers will headline the Botanical Roots Concert 8:30-11 p.m. at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St. Local bluegrass band Old and Dirty will open the show. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
The Lost Bayou Ramblers started out playing traditional Cajun music but then began building on it with sounds, technology and more modern music influences, band bio information says.
The concert will take place outside on the botanical conservatory terrace regardless of weather. Seating is limited, so bring a lawn chair. Food and beverages will be sold; no outside food or beverages are allowed.
Admission is $6 for adults and free for ages 12 and younger with parent or guardian. For more information, call 427-6440.
SATURDAY
HOMETOWN FUN: Enjoy all the fun and food of a small-town festival as Zanesville holds its 30th Homespun Day. Activities take place at Zanesville United Methodist Church, 11811 N. Wayne St.; Zanesville Lions Club, 3088 W. Van Horn St.; and the Zanesville Lions Community Park.
Events include a sausage-and-pancake breakfast, 7-10 a.m. at Zanesville United Methodist Church; arts and craft show and sale 7 a.m.-3 p.m., at the church; parade, 10 a.m.; Lions Club car show, all day in the church parking lot; pet contest, 11 a.m. at the church; bike rodeo, noon at the church; and slow-pitch softball tournament, at the park. Various food items will be available for purchase.
SKY SHOW: Watch aerial performances and visit static ground displays at the Fort Wayne Air Show 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the 122nd Indiana Air National Guard base, 3005 W. Ferguson Road near Fort Wayne International Airport. Air show performances will take place noon-4 p.m. each day. Admission is free.
For parking, shuttles bus service will be provided from Wayne High School and Ardmore Avenue south of Airport Expressway, plus there will be park-and-walk access from Winters Road. For more information, go to www.fwairshow.com.
SUNDAY
“REAL” ART: Enjoy the stunning images in the Contemporary Realism Biennial 2012 exhibit now on display at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 E. Main St. The national invitational and juried show includes work from artists expressing a wide array of ideas, approaches and styles.
Museum hours are noon- 5p.m. Sundays, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (except open until 8 p.m. Thursdays). Admission is free Sundays and Thursdays; other days it is $5 for adults, and $3 for students (K-college), and $10 for families. Military personnel and their families are free every day.
