Slack-key guitar: Big Island guitarist John Keawe performs songs from his latest CDs, “Manaolana” and “Christmas Is,” 7 p.m. Friday, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 738 Kaheka St. Tickets $15. Call 955-8821.
Honolulu Symphony: “Where in the World of Music is Carmen San Diego?” 11 a.m. Saturday, Blaisdell Concert Hall. Gary Sheldon conducts a musical mystery program with Danny Kovacs as “Inspector Clue-Not,” Melissa Short and SamulNori. “Instrument Petting Zoo” for children at 10 a.m. Tickets $12 to $15; Ohana series $30 to $40. Call 538-8863.
Sam Wong conducts Masterworks concerts featuring violinist Elmar Oliveira 4 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Concert Hall. Music by Mendelssohn and Dvorak, Joon-Il Kang’s Concerto for SamulNori and Orchestra “Madang,” and the premiere of “Urban Primitive” by J. Mark Scearce. Tickets $10 to $45. Open rehearsal 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Call 538-8863.
Cabaret fund-raiser: “4 Bottles of Cabaret & A Cup of Joe” features Loretta Ables, Yvonne Filius, Byron Nease and Larry Paxton, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Hawaii Theatre. Also performing are the children’s choir from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and Ray Bumatai and Eden Lee Murray. Tickets $50; including cast party, $100. Call 528-0506. See story, Thursday, November 28, [Features] section.
“Ho‘olokahi Aloha ’96”: Craft fair at 9:30 a.m., luncheon 11 a.m. and show 11:45 a.m. Sunday at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Music and dance performances, with the Makaha Sons, Kanilau, Na Leo Pilimehana and others. Tickets $35 adults, $22 children. Call 696-7292. Benefits the Community Clearinghouse and Halau Na Mamo O Ka‘ala. Donations of nonperishable food welcome.
Allegro Concert Orchestra: “Orchestral Classics from Spain and Latin America,” 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Call 955-3439.
Keith and Carmen Haugen: Holiday concert with Na Hoku, the Star of the Sea School Choir, 7 p.m. Sunday, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 738 Kaheka St. Tickets $15. Call 955-8821.
Chamber music concert: “Tresemble,” featuring the Galliard String Quartet, the Spring Wind Quintet and the Honolulu Brass, harpist Constance Ueijo and soprano Vicki Gorman, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 1730 Punahou St. Music by Ravel, Weill, Villa-Lobos, Hindemith and Stravinsky. Tickets $15 general, $13 seniors, $10 students. Call 947-1975.
UH Symphony Orchestra: 8 p.m. Monday, Blaisdell Concert Hall. Program includes Gustav Holst’s “Planets.” Tickets $5 general, $3 students and seniors. Call 956-8742.
Hawaiian music, dance and chant: Performances by the UH Hawaiian Chorus and the UH Hula & Chant Ensembles, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Orvis Auditorium. Featuring “Mele Inoa,” the name chant. Tickets $5 general, $3 students and seniors. Call 956-8742.
Recital: By Lorrie Yasui on trumpet, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5, Orvis Auditorium. Free. Call 956-8742.
Hamakua Music Festival: First in a series of five concerts features jazz and blues pianist Gene Harris, with Luther Hughes on bass and Chuck James on drums, 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Honoka‘a People’s Theatre. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 that day. To reserve, call 775-8255, Big Island; for information, 775-0034.
Young Composers’ Symposium: Performances and discussion of works in progress, 8 p.m. Dec. 5, Room 108, UH-Manoa’s Music Department. Free. Call 956-8742.