Today-Sunday. The hills are alive this weekend at the fourth annual Highlands Ranch Music Arts Festival. The two-day event features something for everyone, from the Seattle rock ‘n’ roll group the Dusty 45s to the Highlands Ranch Concert Band. There’s also food and a marketplace. Bring a nonperishable food item for the Rotary Club’s food drive. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd, Highlands Ranch. Free.
Today. The Yellow Brick Road winds through Westminster when the 73rd Avenue Theatre Company presents “The Wizard of Oz,” starting this weekend. 73rd Avenue’s interactive production focuses on the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow after Dorothy is captured by the Wicked Witch of the West. The show runs on weekends through June 28. 1:30 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. Sunday. 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster; 720-276-6936. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children, with one free adult for every two kids’ tickets purchased. 73rdavenue
Thursday. Superstar violinist Joshua Bell mounts a one-night- only performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra also performs Nocturne and Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Symphony No. 3, “Scottish.” 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall. Tickets start at $20 through Ticketmaster.
