ACOUSTIC GOSPEL JAM – Brainerd United Methodist Church, McFerrin Chapel, 4315 Brainerd Road. Jam session, 6-7 p.m. each Sunday. After 7 p.m. play anything. 423-698-5928.
AMERICAN DREAM CONCERT – Engel Stadium, 979 E. Third St. Friends of the Festival presents Charlie Daniels Band, 7 p.m. May 2; gates open at 6 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at the gate. Tickets at area Kangaroo Express service stations. Proceeds benefit the UTC College of Business’ Veterans Entrepreneurship Program. 423-756-2211.
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – Raccoon Mountain Campground, 319 W. Hills Drive (off U.S. Highway 41 at I-24 Exit 174), Lookout Valley. Boxcar Pinion Memorial Bluegrass Festival, 13 bands, including Lonesome River Band and Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, May 2-4. Tickets $15 Thursday, $25 Friday, $30 Saturday, $70 three-day pass. 706-820-2228, www.boxcarforeverbluegrass.com.
BRAHMS, BACH & BEETHOVEN – McCory Hall for the Performing Arts, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, 290 Quintard Road, Sewanee, Tenn. Pianist William Ransom and violist Yinzi Kong, both with Emory University in Atlanta, perform Bach’s Suite No. 2 in D Minor, Beethoven’s Sonata in C Major (“Waldstein”) and Brahms’ Sonata in F Major, 7 p.m. CDT Friday, April 26. Free. 931-463-2151.
CHARLES & MYRTLE’S COFFEEHOUSE – Christ Unity Church, 105 McBrien Road. Former Spirit of the West member Linda McRae, a folk, blues and roots singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, performs, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27. $10 suggested donation. 423-892-4960, www.christunity.org.