PICK OF THE DAY

You’ll love his stuff Here’s a chance to catch up on the 40-year career of singer and guitarist Paul Geremia . The acoustic blues artist’s latest release, “Love My Stuff,” includes decades of live performances of early country blues, jazz, and pop, plus Geremia-penned tunes.
8 p.m. $10-$20. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. 508-405-2787. www.amazingthings.org

FRIDAY

Fountain of Haynes Roy Haynes, who was named this year’s drummer of the year at the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, brings his Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band of saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, pianist Martin Bejerano, and bassist David Wong to Rockport. (Story, Page 22.) 8 p.m. $41-$61. Shalin Liu Performance Center,
37 Main St., Rockport. 978-546-7391. www.rockportmusic.org

More circles Boston’s Publick Theatre presented Bill Cain’s “9 Circles” last year, and this year, Gloucester Stage Company performs the psychological thriller with the same cast. Based on real events, the award-winning play is about the trial of a 19-year-old American soldier. 8 p.m. (through Aug. 26). $40, $35 students and seniors (graphic language and brief nudity). Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St., Gloucester. 978-281-4433. www.gloucesterstage.org

Yacht on the harbor The Institute of Contemporary Art waterfront location is a perfect venue for Yacht. Described as a band and a “cross-disciplinary experiment,” the group will spin at “DJs on the Harbor,” and you are invited to listen, dance, and check out the exhibit “Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of the Infinite.” 7:30-11 p.m. (series ends Aug. 31). $15, $10 students (includes museum admission; inside if raining). The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Ave., Boston. 617-478-3103. www.icaboston.org

SATURDAY

Music and more music If you can’t decide which day to attend, spend Saturday and Sunday at the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival. Performers include Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Dub Apocalypse, and Silvia Moreno. Sunday’s talent features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joel Larue Smith, and the North Shore Jazz Project All-Stars. There’s plenty of stuff to keep the kids busy (and a beer pavilion for the 21+ crowd). Aug. 18 and 19 from 11:15 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Salem Willows, 167 Fort Ave., Salem. www.salemjazzsoul.org

SUNDAY

What a Ladd Alan Ladd got fourth billing in 1942’s “This Gun for Hire,” but he chewed up the scenery and made it to the top of Paramount’s stable. A screening of “The Blue Dahlia” follows at “100 Years of Paramount Pictures.” Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. (films continue through Sept. 3). $9, $7 students and seniors. Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge. 617-495-4700. www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa