FRIDAY:
>> From 7 to 9 p.m., Meat Market Gallery opens Time Machine, an exhibit of video, time-based media and sound work by the online video collective Perpetual Art Machine curated by Amelia Winger-Bearskin. The opening will include a one-time interactive performance which “will utilize the manufactured darkness of the gallery space to ease the audience into what can only be described as a contraction of time and space.”
>> Yell County, Julie Ocean and The City Veins all celebrate CD releases tonight at Iota. Read our interviews with all three bands. $10, 9 p.m.
>> The Celebrate Fairfax Festival kicks off tonight with a performance at 8 p.m. by OK Go (pictured). Joan Jett plays on Saturday. Tickets are $10 for festival admission each day; open Friday 6 p.m. to midnight; Saturday 10 a.m. to midnight, Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On the grounds of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway.
>> Scootergate III, the region’s largest annual scooter convention, returns to H Street this weekend. The celebration of all things scooter includes a show at the Rock and Roll Hotel featuring the Pietasters, Spitfires United, Alleged Bricks, and The Breakups. $17, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY:
>> Don’t forget about the Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend. Check out our full preview for all the details.
>> Warehouse presents an evening of sound, video and spoken word that promises to be “provocative, experimental, and cutting edge.” The annual Queering Sound 08: Pixelation starts at 8 p.m., costs $10, and features live performances and digital presentations.
>> Don’t miss our movie picks for the week, including a midnight screening tonight of cult classic The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff as naïve singer who moves to Kingston, gets taken advantage of at every turn, and winds up an outlaw and a folk hero. Midnight at the AFI Silver, also Friday at 9:45 p.m.
>> Philly’s renowned DJ/producer Vikter Duplaix and L.A.’s DJ Rashida will be providing the sounds at Liv as a part of the traveling “Kiss-n-Grind” party. Free with RSVP, 10 p.m.
>> Tickets are still available to see Jakob Dylan, former lead singer of The Wallflowers, play tunes from his new “sounds much more like his dad” solo effort at the 9:30 Club. 8 p.m., $25.
SUNDAY:
>> Want to catch some of this city’s best young jazz talents? Head down to Twins Jazz to see the Rob Muncy Octet, which features Lena Seikaly on vocals, Joe Herrera on trumpet, Nathan Lincoln-Decusatis on piano, Anthony Pirog on guitar, Kevin Pace on bass, Dennis Hoffman on drums and Brad Linde on saxophone. Call 202-234-0072 for set time and cover information.
>> Chicago’s The Cool Kids rate high on the swagger meter. The duo met on the internet and have been on the grind ever since. Their Black Cat show will also feature Black Water and Che Grand. $15 in advance/$18, 8 p.m.
>> Lancaster singer-songwriter Denison Witmer is at DC9, where he’ll receive help from Dallas Americana act The New Frontiers and local Wilco torch-bearers The Moderate.. 9 p.m., $8 in advance, $10 day of show.
Image courtesy OK Go
