Going out

Summerfair: The annual summer arts festival includes more than 300 fine artists and craftspeople, several stages of live music, gourmet food court, kids' zone and more, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Coney Island, I-275 and Kellogg Avenue, Anderson Township. $7 includes parking. 531-0050.

Bourbon tasting: BarrelHouse Brewing Co. offers a sampling of more than 200 small- batch and single-barrel bourbons accompanied by gourmet appetizers, 4-8 p.m. today, 22 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine. $50 (reservation required). 421-2337.

World music: The Spring Festival of World Music at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music features student groups performing music from Bolivia, Ireland, Peru, Zimbabwe and more, 8 p.m. today, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, UC. Free. 556-4183.

Cool jazz: Trumpet master Brad Goode performs with the Phil DeGreg Trio, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club, 318 E. Eighth St., downtown. $6 cover. 241-9477.

On TV

Top pick: Showtime dramatizes the 1999 murder of Pfc. Barry Winchell (Troy Garity) at Fort Campbell, Ky., because of his romance with a transgendered night club performer (Lee Pace) in Soldier's Story (8 p.m., Showtime).

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says Dana Carvey, Conan O'Brien, Lou Reed, Jack Black, Tim Meadows, Jon Stewart and most of the Saturday Night Live cast perform at NBC's Night of Too Many Stars comedy benefit for the Autism Coalition (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22), followed by a repeat of Martha Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (9 p.m.).

Planning ahead

24 hours out: Thirteen area blues bands compete at the Greater Cincinnati Blues Society's fifth annual Cincinnati Blues Challenge, 2-7 p.m. Sunday, Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave., Covington. $10 at the door, $8 for Blues Society members. 684-4227.

Also 24 hours out: The Taft Museum of Art's Chamber Music Series showcases Amernet String Quartet cellist Carlos Zavala, vocalist Bertha Helmick and pianist Julia Spangler, 2:30 pm. Sunday, Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. Fourth St., downtown. Free. 241-0343, Ext. 15.

A week away: Blue Ash Airport Days features aerial acrobatics, helicopter rides, hangar displays and more, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. next Saturday and June 8, Blue Ash Airport, 4273 Glendale-Milford Road. $7. 618-5297.

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