CONCERTS

VARIETY: Ashland City Band, 7 p.m. today, with pre-concert music at 6:15 p.m., Butler Bandshell, Lithia Park, Ashland. Free; ashlandband.org.

AFROBEAT/GRATEFUL DEAD: Afro Dead, 8 p.m. today, Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. $25-$30; liveatthearmory.com.

BRITT BITS: Coming up at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville: Britt Festival Orchestra, 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Friday, $15-$49; Elle King, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, $44-$78; Kaleo, 7:30 p.m. Monday, $52-$86; Marcus King Band, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, $36-$84. Contact 541-773-6077, brittfest.org

VARIETY: The Elephant, 9 p.m. today, Dangerous Lee’s Local Thirty-One Pub, 31 Water St., Ashland. Free; 541-708-6813.

HOUSE MUSIC: House Legends, 8 p.m. Saturday, Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. $20-$25; liveatthearmory.com.

KIDS CONCERT: Red Yarn, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon, 413 W. Main St., Medford; 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Riverside Park, Grants Pass. Free; brittfest.org.

INDIE/ALT: Evening Shades, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Riverside Park, Grants Pass. Free; 541-441-2219.

GOTHIC BLUEGRASS: Pine Box Boys, with John Dough Boys, 9 p.m. Wednesday Dangerous Lee’s Local Thirty-One Pub, 31 Water St., Ashland. $10; 541-708-6813.

EVENTS

ART/MUSIC: First Friday, downtown Grants Pass and Ashland, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free.

FOURTH OF JULY: See Page 1B for a roundup of holiday weekend happenings.

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

DEEP PURPLE: “Splat!”

MADONNA: “Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II”

BOOKS

Released Tuesday:

DAVID ELLIS: “Keep Them Close”

JENNY JACKSON: “The Shampoo Effect”

PAUL TREMBLAY: “Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sleep”