Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar:

Friday, August 1

THE TEMPEST at Olney Theatre
Photo | Stan Barouh

• Friday Night Live outdoor concerts continue with the Shack Band performing Rock ‘n’ Roll from 6:30 to 9 p.m.in Rockville Town Square
• Downtown Live presents Ruben Montoya performing blues from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the Fountain Plaza Stage in Silver Spring
• Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis at Strathmore’s Appetite Festival
• Wheaton TGIF Summer Series presents The Lego Movie at 7 p.m. at the Wheaton Traingle
• Get your heart racing and your body moving with Zumba in the Park at Gaithersburg’s Concert Pavillion at 7 p.m.
• The National Players present The Tempest outdoors at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• The Great Zucchini performs at the Whalen Commons in Poolesville at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore Silver Spring presents Mid Summer African Concert with Davio, DJ Arafat & Stanley Enow at 8 p.m.
• Curley Taylor and his band, Zydeco Trouble perform at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club at 9 p.m.

Saturday, August 2

Andrew Zimmern
Photo | Strathmore

• Celebrate Gaithersburg’s long history with the railroad at “Train Days at the Museum” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Museum
• Visit the Kensington Train Station Farmers Market and enjoy a free concert by the Mystic Warriors from 10 to 11 a.m.
• Imagination Stage in Bethesda presents Mouse on the Move for young children ages one to five and their families at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• Adventure Theatre presents Pinkalicious in Glen Echo Park with shows at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Little Red Riding Hood and the 3 Little Pigs at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Imagination Stage presents The BFG based on the book by Roald Dahl at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• The Washington Spirits take on Chicago Red Stars at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds at 6:30 p.m.
• “Bizarre Foods” star Andrew Zimmern at Strathmore’s Appetite Festival
• Rockville Civic Ballet performs at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
• The National Players present The Tempest outdoors at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Local Jazz great Marcus Johnson performs at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club at 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 3

Keyshia Cole
Photo | Liz Ramanand at Irving Plaza.

• Imagination Stage in Bethesda presents Mouse on the Move for young children ages one to five and their families at 10, 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
• Show your Military ID at the Miniature Golf Course at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg and admit two for the price of one
• Adventure Theatre presents Pinkalicious in Glen Echo Park with shows at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Little Red Riding Hood and the 3 Little Pigs at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Imagination Stage presents The BFG based on the book by Roald Dahl at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• The National Players present the final performance of The Tempest outdoors at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Keyshia Cole performs at Fillmore Silver Spring at 8 p.m.

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