CONCERTS

CHOIRS: High School Choir Invitational, 10 high school choirs, 5:30 p.m. today, SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Free, in person and livestream; 541-552-6348, oca.sou.edu.

GRATEFUL DEAD: State of Terrapin, 8 p.m. today, Friday, Talent Club, 114 Talent Ave., Talent. $20-$35; 541-535-2721, talentclublive.com.

TOM PETTY TRIBUTE: Petty Thievery: Night of 1000 Pettys, 7 p.m. Friday, Cedarwood Barn, 7912 Wagner Creek Road, Talent. $25-$50; cedarwoodbarn.com.

METAL: Sun O))), with Black Mountain Duo, 8 p.m. Friday, Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. $32.50; liveatthearmory.com.

ROCK: Long Distance Runner, 9 p.m. Friday, Dangerous Lee’s Local Thirty-One Pub, 31 Water St., Ashland. $10; 541-708-6813.

VARIETY: 3 Rivers Chorale: Halloween Surprise, 2 p.m. Saturday, Grants Pass Museum of Art. 229 S.W. G St. Free.

ROCK/FUNK: Collin & Co. Big Band Halloween Hootenany, 8 p.m. Saturday, Talent Club, 114 Talent Ave., Talent. $25; 541-535-2721, talentclublive.com.

ELECTRO-GROOVE: Haunted Hivve, with Late Night Radio and DJ BeRadley, 9 p.m. Saturday, The Hivve, 164 S.E. G St., Grants Pass. $30-$40; find The Hivve on Facebook.

BLUES: Rogue Blues Society jam, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Curtain Call Cabaret & Lounge, 120 E. Sixth St., Medford. Free; curtaincallcollective.com.

ON STAGE

ACROBATICS: CIRQUE MECHANICS: TILT, 7 p.m. Sunday, Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. $37-$49; 541-779-3000, craterian.org.

EVENTS

SEASONAL: Fall Family Festival, games, bounce house, candy,

5-7 p.m. Friday, River Valley Church, Rogue River Campus, 8925 Rogue River Highway, Rogue River. Free; 541-476-7761.

SEASONAL: Fall Family Festival, gaames, activities, candy,

5-8 p.m. Friday, River Valley Church, Grants Pass Campus, 1040 Redwood Ave. Free; 541-476-7761.

HALLOWEEN: See Page 1B

ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

NICKELBACK: “Everything Under the Sun”

CAROLINE ROSE: “Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall”

BOOKS

Released Tuesday:

MICHAEL CONNELLY: “The Hollow: A Bosch Novel”

ANDREW KLAVAN: “Find Me Nowhere: A Cameron Winter Mystery”

ADAM PLANTINGA: “Dark Country”

SAM WASSON: “Frank Capra: A Life”