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Take in some live music
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Steely Dan perform Saturday at the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua. The jazz-rock icons (pictured) have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and helped define the soundtrack of the '70s with hits including "Do It Again," "Reelin' in the Years," "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" and "Deacon Blues." Acclaimed jazz artist Sam Yahel opens the show. Visit ticketmaster.com. If country is more your thing, Brad Paisley is playing Saturday with Blake Shelton and Jerrod Niemann at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. Visit ticketmaster.com.
Native American Dance & Music Festival
Grammy-winning Native American guitarist and vocalist Joanne Shenandoah headlines the 20th anniversary of Ganondagan's Native American Dance & Music Festival. The festival is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor. The festival is the only event of its kind in Western New York, and more than 4,000 people attend each year from around the world. The event includes traditional artists, musicians and dancers. Admission is $12, with discounts for seniors and students. There's also a family drum jam featuring some of Rochester's premier percussionists and dozens of instruments for families to play in guided sessions, as well as storytelling, native foods, crafts and guided walks. Visitors can tour an authentic Seneca bark longhouse. Visit ganondagan.org.
RPO presents 'Magical Music of Disney'
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Magical Music of Disney" in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Saturday. The orchestra will be accompanied by images on the big screen. The event highlights music from Disney's animated films and Broadway shows, including "Beauty and the Beast," "Mary Poppins," "The Lion King" and "Tarzan." Daniel Meyer is guest conductor, and Terry Clifford, on-air host of the WBEE Morning Coffee Club, will narrate. Visit rpo.org.
Annual Ten Ugly Men Festival
The Ten Ugly Men Festival is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The all-day event includes food, drink, sports (dodgeball, bocce, cornhole, KanJam and volleyball tournaments and a 5k race) and music throughout the day. It's at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester. Music performers this year include Small Town, That '80s Hair Band, Big Eyed Fish and Uncle Plum. Admission ($30 advance, $40 day of) includes an ugly mug, unlimited food and soda and five tickets for beer and wine. The event raises money for Rochester charities. Visit tenuglymen.com or ticketmaster.com.
On the big screen
"Friends with Benefits" stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as, well, friends with benefits. The pair is fed up with emotional entanglements that drain the heart, so they engage in a sex-only relationship, with no sentiment allowed. "Captain America: The First Avenger" is a Marvel Universe tale. After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers for a top-secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals. Find movie times.
MidsummerFest at Genesee Country Village
Genesee Country Village & Museum features its MidsummerFest this weekend. The adult-only event is 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and will feature local foods, custom-brewed Rochester beers and local wines, as well as live music by Steve Grills & The Roadmasters, Dave Mathews tribute band One Sweet World and Fred Costello, the Rochester Red Wings organist. The W. Grieve Brewery, a model of an 1803 brewery, will offer tastes of its signature 1803 Fat Ox Ale. The building is a blend of portions of Rochester's old Enright Brewery, which closed in 1907, and an early timber-framed structure near West Bloomfield. Go to gcv.org.
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