What’s Happening: Entertainment Briefs

Coming week holds variety of concerts, shows to entertain

Concerts in the Park end season with island band

Vashon’s Portage Fill is slated to wrap up the Concerts in the Park series with their big band sound from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday on the Ober Park stage.

Seattle music scene veterans will perform

Carrie Akre and Danny Newcomb & The Sugar Makers will bring their signature sounds to the Red Bike at 8 p.m. Friday.

This is a free cover show and all-ages are welcome until 11 p.m., then 21 and older.

Food, beverages and music in the courtyard

Island guitarist Daryl Redeker will play a concert in the open-air, intimate setting of Snapdragon’s courtyard from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Redeker, who has opened for such well-known acts as Jose Feliciano, Phoebe Snow, Kenny Rankin and John Denver, has been song-writing and recording since the early 1970s. In recent years, Redeker has focused on teaching guitar, sharing his love of music and ability to interpret a wide variety of musical styles with his students.

Island singer will perform

Join island country-rock musician Allison Shirk on the patio at the Vashon Island Golf & Swim Club for live original music and heart-felt cover songs at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Singer/songwriter to make a stop on Vashon

Nashville musician Annalise Emerick will play live at The Hardware Store Restaurant from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. There is no cover for the show, which is sponsored by Vashon Events and The Hardware Store Restaurant.