Inside track: Boulder Comedy Fest is here, swing with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and more weekend fun

TODAY

Comedy

This weekend’s Boulder Comedy Festival highlights women and diversity, and includes comedy writer and performer Ariel Evans, who describes her work as “social commentary with family baggage.” The laughs happen at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, as well as a couple of other area venues. Check bouldercomedyfestival.com for full lineup; $30; thedairy.org.

Jazz

Boston-based jazz vocalist Dominique Eade has been described as having a “fresh, inventive musical mind,” and she’ll perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Muse, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette; $20; museperformancespace.com.

Rock

Grammy-nominated act The Record Company has a handful of charted hits in their repertoire, and the band will play, along with opener Eric Johanson, at the Louisville Street Faire, at 6 p.m. Friday at the Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Louisville; free; downtownlouisville.com.

WEEKEND

Swing revival

Getting its first big break on the big screen in 1996’s indie film “Swingers,” Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has brought the swingin’ retro vibe to fans for decades, and the band plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; $30; axs.com.

Tributes

Headlining act Fasten Your Seatbelts pays tribute to Daft Punk and Pink Floyd, while opener Van Zeppelin gets their “hey, hey, mama” on and Garry Grooves spins a DJ set, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder; $18-$20; axs.com.

Local crooner

Sharing songs that range from country to blues, Derek Dames Ohl plays solo at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden, 401 Main St., Gold Hill; free; goldhillinn.com.

FUTURE

Magic

Modern illusion, music and comedy appear in Adam Trent’s act, and Trent (whose shows “The Road Trick” and “The Magic Maker,” are streaming on Netflix, Disney Plus) performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Chautauqua Auditorium, 100 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder; $35-$75; chautauqua.com.

FREE

Jazz hits

Mirthful military band the 101st Army Hot Seven Jazz Band plays jazz hits from Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway and Jelly Roll Morton when they perform at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Willow Farm Park, 901 S. Fordham St., Longmont, as part of the Longmont Summer Concerts in the Park Series; free; longmontcolorado.gov.

KIDS

Furry friends

Boulder County Parks and Open Space hosts its Barnyard Critter Day, where kids of all ages can learn about chickens, pigs, horses and other farm animals, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont; free; boco.org/ahc.