ACOUSTIC GOSPEL JAM – Brainerd United Methodist Church, McFerrin Chapel, 4315 Brainerd Road. Jam session, 6-7 p.m. each Sunday. Free. 423-698-5928.
BAKEWELL OPRY – Bakewell Community Center, 114 McCallie Ferry Road. Live music, first and third Fridays, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Concession sales start at 6 p.m. 423-332-3829.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER – 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Jazzanooga presents “God’s Trombones,” literary classic by James Weldon Johnson, with all women speakers, musical performances by local artists and community awards for Black History Month, 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. 423-402-0452.
BEST PERFORMANCE SERIES – Ellijay Elementary School auditorium, 32 McCutchen St., Ellijay, Ga. 706-635-5605, www.gilmerarts.org.Gilmer Arts Association’s Bringing Ellijay Sensational Talent series presents St. Patrick’s Celebration featuring Celtic Women vocalist Chloe Agnew and Dermot Kiernan, 7:30 p.m. March 3; doors open at 7 p.m. $27.50 plus fees.
CELEBRATION CONCERT – Bayside Baptist Church, 6100 Highway 58. Finale concert for Sounds of Unity, music ministry founded in 2006 to celebrate diversity and tolerance, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24; doors open at 5 p.m. Community activists Herbert “Book” McCray and Patricia Shackelford Gray will be recognized. $10; tickets available at the church; Herman’s Soul Food Restaurant, 3821 Brainerd Road; or www.eventbrite.com. Proceeds benefit Unity Performance Arts Foundation.