1. Summerland tour: This sounds like a solid lineup of '90s hitmakers: Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit, Gin Blossoms and Marcy Playground, the latter of which had one of the great one-hit-wonder songs of that decade: Sex and Candy. The odd thing is that its DFW stop is at Billy Bob's. Could be a delicious mix. 7 p.m. Saturday at Billy Bob's Texas in the Stockyards. $20, $40 reserved. 817-624-7117; www.billybobstexas.com
2. Mimir Chamber Music Festival: It's named for a Norse god, so expect some wrath if you don't attend the acclaimed Mimir Chamber Music Festival, which runs Thursdaythrough July 13 at PepsiCo Recital Hall at Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Drive, Fort Worth. $25 per concert. 817-257-5443; www.mimirfestival.org
3. Moby-Dick: Can you adapt an epic American novel into a small puppet theater piece? We'll trust Lake Simons to do it. She is the New York-based daughter of Hip Pocket Theatre founders Johnny and Diane Simons, returning this summer for her original take on the Melville fish tale. (Yes, we know it's a mammal. Shut up.) Friday through July 29 at Silver Creek Amphitheatre, 1950 Silver Creek Road, Fort Worth. $5-$15. 817-246-9775; www.hippocket.org
4. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Southwestern Seminary purchased some of these scrolls, and it has them on display. The exhibit opened this week and runs for six months at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 4616 Stanley Ave., Fort Worth. $12-$28. 877-789-0876; www.seethescrolls.com
5. Grapevine Sealife Aquarium's first anniversary: Can you believe this spot is already a year old? To celebrate, the first 50 kids get in for $1 on Thursday. Doors open at 10 a.m. It's in Grapevine Mills Mall, 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Grapevine. $19 for 13 and older; $15 for age 3-12. (Discount online.) 972-539-9386; www.visitsealife.com/grapevine
Modern Dance Festival at the Modern: Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth's annual Modern Dance Festival at the Modern starts its ninth year this weekend. The site-specific "Freudian Slips and Silent Screams" is 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth. The fest runs through July 21. Most events are free. 817-922-0944; www.cdfw.org
Ledisi and Eric Benet: Great R&B lineup here; Ledisi has one of the best scratchy voices of the past decade, and despite the fact that Benet screwed up by effectively losing the hottest woman in the world, Halle Berry, his music still makes hearts flutter. 8 p.m. Friday at Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., Dallas. $39.50-$59.50. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com
Ali Saddiq: Who's Got Jokes? This guy has appeared, among other places, on Bill Bellamy's "Who Got Jokes" tour. You gotta hope a stand-up comedian has jokes. 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Arlington Improv, 309 Curtis Mathes Way, No. 147, Arlington. $15-$27. 817-635-5555; www.improv.com
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival: Observation: Bands from the '70s and '80s that deserve to be in a festival titled "mayhem" had names that suggested that noun: Slayer, Motörhead, Anthrax. They're on this bill, but with newer rockers with decidedly less-mayhem-y names: Slipknot, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, Whitechapel. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gexa Energy Pavilion, 1818 First Ave. Dallas. $28.50-$69.50. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com
Food Truck Day at the Cowgirl: Four food trucks will be at the Cowgirl Museum from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, and to celebrate the museum's 10th anniversary, you can enter the exhibit for just $5. That gives you more money for Salsa Limón, The Bacon Wagon, Fred's Food Wagon and Red Jett Sweets. Those all sound appropriate for a museum about cowfolk. National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame, 1720 Gendy St., Fort Worth. 817-336-4475; www.cowgirl.net
Boston: You laugh, but this '70s rock outfit, with highly orchestrated music, had a profound influence on many of the bands you love, including Smashing Pumpkins. Boston plays 8 p.m. Tuesday at Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie. $49.50-$79.50. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com
What the Butler Saw: Homework assignment: Rent the fantastic '80s indie film Prick Up Your Ears. It's about British playwright Joe Orton, who was violently murdered by his lover. If that all sounds grim, rest assured that Orton was an ace comic writer, and that this play is one of the funniest of the 20th century. First preview is Thursday, opening is Saturday, and it runs through Aug. 5 at Stage West, which does British writers better than any other theater in town. 821 W. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth. $15-$30. 817-784-9378; www.stagewest.org