Mandolin Orange and others perform today at the diverse, family-friendly festival at Shakori Hills. Saturday's lineup features Missy Raines and the New Hip, bluegrass wunderkind Sarah Jarosz, Mandolin Orange and Chatham County Line. Sunday's artists include the Carolina Chocolate Drops. www.shakorihills.org
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The Music Maker Relief Foundation showcase arrives tonight at 6 at the American Tobacco Campus; John Dee Holeman and Andy Coates will play a free, PineCone-sponsored concert Sunday at 3 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History.
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