Here is a list of don't-miss events happening in the area this week.
Tonight
-- Sink or Swing, five-piece old-time swing band, at Selins Grove Brewing Co., Market Street, Selinsgrove, 7-10 p.m.
-- Jazz Conversation will discuss Latin jazz, with Burgess-Mitchell-Seal Trio, XEMREI Gallery, 318 Market St., Lewisburg, 7-9 p.m., jam finale work is Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man," $10
Friday
-- Sweetbriars at Cherry Alley Cafe, North Third Street, Lewisburg, 7-9 p.m.
-- Jeremy Hummel and Bret Alexander at Front Street Station, Northumberland, on the terrace, 7-10 p.m. $1 cover.
Saturday
-- Billy D and Rosie at the log house, Market Street, Mifflinburg, 7-10 p.m.
-- Open mike at Cherry Alley Cafe, North Third Street, Lewisburg, 7-9 p.m.
-- Rich Ahearn, with son Nathan, at Front Street Station, Northumberland, on the terrace, 7-10 p.m., $1 cover
-- Bluesmoon at Shade Mountain Winery, Route 104 between Penns Creek and Middleburg, 2-5 p.m. "Music in the Vines" event, bring your own picnic or order a picnic basket from the winery, 837-3644 for reservations.
-- Ann Kerstetter Band on the Hiawatha riverboat, Williamsport, 8-10 p.m., tickets are still available for $12. Call Ann for tickets at 473-7907.
Sunday
-- Crickfest at Coburn Park, Centre County, sponsored by Penns Valley Conservation Association, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., features music by Earl Pickens, the Wringers, Hannah Bingman and Doug McMinn, RFD, Macgillicuddies and Berrit Smylin, plus food and games.
Next week
-- Sept. 2, Midlife Cowboys at Vic's pub, Route 45, Lewisburg, 7-9 p.m.
-- Compiled by Wayne Laepple. To get your event listed in Spotlight, send information to wlaepple@dailyitem.com no later than Tuesday afternoon.
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