PICK OF THE DAY

The Jackson 60+ Combine the music and choreography of Michael Jackson with the fantasy and acrobatics of Cirque du Soleil and you get “Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour.” And it takes more than 60 international dancers, musicians, and acrobats to make it happen. Aug. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. $50-$250. TD Garden,
100 Legends Way, Boston. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.com

FRIDAY

Manfred up Tchaikovsky was fond of his “Manfred Symphony,” so see how you feel when the rarely performed piece based on Lord Byron’s poem is performed by the MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra. 8 p.m. Free. Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 781-245-1790. www.mitspo.org

What a Trooper “Troop” has said: “I’m kind of going about my next recording the old-fashioned way, trying out the songs live first. Audiences in the Boston area are so knowledgeable about songwriting. Getting their impressions of my new stuff will mean a lot.” The pressure is on you when singer-songwriter Greg Trooper performs in Somerville. 8 p.m. $15. New England Folk Music Archives Gallery at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. 800-838-3006. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/259686

Many styles, one flute South African flutist Wouter Kellerman draws inspiration from everywhere, and the result is a musical trip through African, Latin, jazz, Celtic, and classical styles. 7 p.m. (6 p.m. reception). $10. Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. 617-395-1393. www.lily-pad.net

SATURDAY

Battle, Buddha, and Brown Listen carefully because the audience votes for the top three bands at “Youths Rock! Battle of the Bands” presented by the West Boylston Arts Foundation. Local under-21 bands competing for cash include the Cranks, Escape Plan, Risky Business, Time Slips Daily, and Personal Soda. Headliners following the competition are Buddha Monk of the Wu Tang Clan and Ayla Brown. Aug. 4 from 1-10 p.m. (rain date Aug. 5). $10, $5 students and ages 13-21, free under 13. Goodale Park, 70 Crescent St., West Boylston. www.wbaf.org

SUNDAY

A night in Roxbury Jazz standards and hip-hop aren’t strange bedfellows, and you’ll hear why at Jazz at the Fort’s “Hip Hop 1942.” Berklee College of Music jazz and hip-hop musicians will move you through the decades starting in 1942 when Dizzy Gillespie wrote “A Night in Tunisia.” Aug. 5 from 5-7 p.m. (chairs, blankets, picnics encouraged; rain venue is 1234 Columbus Ave.). Free. Highland Park, accessible from Fort Avenue and Beech Glen Street, Roxbury.
617-747-6057. www.berklee.edu/events