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With young women wearing wolf heads like baseball caps and pencil-thin men sporting acres of corduroy, the Folk Yeah! concerts always entertain– even if your eyes aren’t fixed on the stage. But for this show, the biggest festival Folk Yeah! has yet attempted, the real highlight will be the music. Taking over the entirety of Fernwood’s campground, where a stage will be erected under the redwoods, this two-day music gathering includes some of the most intriguing musicmakers in the nation right now.

The 19 scheduled acts include the warped one-man folk outfit Little Wings, the blistering blues rock trio The Entrance Band, the literate alt-country of the Silver Jews, the other-worldly Nico-meets-Beach-Boys duo Beach House and Megapuss, a collaboration between reigning indie music icon Devendra Banhart and Priestbird’s Greg Rogove. All proceeds will benefit the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, and for those still craving great music, the Henry Miller Library will host another show featuring Pegi Young and Bonnie “Prince” Billy that Sunday. [ST]

4pm-midnight Friday, Sept. 26; noon-midnight Saturday, Sept. 27. Fernwood Campground, 24 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1, Big Sur. 50 tickets will be available for locals $50 Friday, Sept. 26, at 3pm and Saturday, Sept. 27 at 11am. 667-2422. http://www.folkyeah.com.

This first-ever Big Sur Bluegrass Festival scored big by getting bluegrass legend and Grammy-nominated mandolin player Frank Wakefield on the bill. Wakefield, who toured with Jerry Garcia and mentored a young David Grisman, will be joined by vintage Western band Lone Prairie and Santa Cruz’s Harmony Grits, among others. This three-day festival is also sure to feature lots of off-stage jam sessions. [ST]

9pm Friday; 11am-midnight Saturday; 10am-5pm Sunday. Fernwood Campground, 24 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1, Big Sur. $100/Festival pass and weekend camping. 667-2422 or 459-0908, http://www.bigsurbluegrass.com.

A frequent guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, Jungle Jack Hanna will bring a variety of live exotic animals, including alligators, pythons, lemurs and lynx into the Sunset Center. He’ll also show video footage and share anecdotes of his travels around the world. [ST]

1pm, 4pm. Sunset Center, San Carlos between Eighth and Ninth, Carmel. $25-$35. 620-2048, http://www.sunsetcenter.org.

After doling out candy to greedy little kids dressed as Kim Possible and Dick Cheney, get yourself gussied up and join your fellow adults at Monterey County’s first “Brew with a Boo,” an indoor party with a full bar stocked with wine, beer and spirits, a strolling dinner, live and DJ music, and a costume contest. From the people who bring you the Monterey Beer Festival. [WR]

7pm. 2004 Fairgrounds Road, Monterey. $TBA. 521-7921, http://www.nightthatneverends.com.

Kevin Bacon won’t be there, but the dance moves will be just as sweet. The musical Footloose mixes youthful rebellion and small-town politics with an Academy Award-nominated Top 40 score that creates a fun atmosphere for important issues to boot. [NC]

8pm. Sunset Center, San Carlos between Eighth and Ninth, Carmel. $45-$55. 620-2040 or 620-2048, http://www.sunsetcenter.org.