Weekend Events: Live Music, Comedy, Theater, Film, and More!

This weekend events guide column is sponsored by Kate McDonough.

Here’s your guide to weekend events to enjoy:

Check out this weekend’s live music at Montclair Brewery: P & H Duo
Check out this weekend’s live music at Ruthie’s: Filthy Rich
Check out this weekend’s live music at Just Jake’s: Changing Lanes, The Group Band, and Evolution X
Check out this weekend’s live music at Tierney’s: The Flemtones and Mike Daly and The Planets
The Wellmont presents Unforgettable Fire (a tribute to U2) & Fix You (a tribute to Coldplay) on Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm.

NJPAC presents two-time GRAMMY™ nominee Eric Roberson, widely known as the King of Independent Soul and R&B, on Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm.
The Brit Pack is the most authentic British Invasion experience this side of the Atlantic! See them perform at SOPAC on Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm.
King Solomon Hicks, the 26-year-old phenom from Harlem is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and composer. He will perform at SOPAC on Sunday, February 27 at 7 pm.

Broadway veteran Dwayne Clark brings his acclaimed show, A Portrait of Ray, to Vanguard Theater beginning on Friday, February 25, for seven performances only, as part of the New Jersey Theater Alliance’s Stages Festival.
The Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “Come On Down” to win. See it at Mayo PAC tonight at 7:30 pm.
Mayo PAC presents The Life and Music of George Michael on Friday, February 25 at 8 pm.
Alton Brown is at Myo PAC on Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm with a new culinary variety show. Audiences can expect more comedy, more music, more highly unusual cooking demos, and more potentially dangerous sciencey stuff.
Ballet Folklórico is Mexico’s most revered traditional dance company. They will perform at Mayo PAC on Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm.

Express Newark’s Community Media Center, in partnership with The Newark Museum of Art, presents Why Is We Americans? (2020) on Friday, February 27 at 7 pm.
The West Orange Classic Film Festival continues on Sunday, February 27 with “Young Frankenstein” (1974), with an appearance by local film critic Stephen Whitty.

Comedian, actor, and author Colin Quinn performs at SOPAC on Friday, February 25 at 8 pm.
NJPAC presents Saturday Night Live! standup comic, sketch comedian, improviser, actor, and rapper— Chris Redd on Sunday, February 27 at 7 pm.

Explore 200 years of Black history in Montclair and New Jersey through rare first-hand accounts, primary and secondary source documents at the Crane House & Historic YWCA this Sunday, February 27 at a guided tour beginning at 12, 1, and 2 pm.