Rhythm Kings

Thursday, June 5 5 to 9 p.m. - Ben Andrews, blues and Delta slide guitar, Miller House Gardens, 135 W. Washington St., Hagerstown, $15 Friday, June 6 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - The Push and Steve Kemp Trio, Courtyard of The Maryland Theatre, sponsored by Washington County Arts Council 6 to 6:45 p.m. - Pregame concert by Bad Influence at Hagerstown Suns game. 8 p.m. - Rory Block, Kepler Theater, Hagerstown Junior College, Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown Saturday, June 7 Street Festival Downtown HagerstownPublic Square Paid and free areas 11 a.m. to noon - W.C. Spencer 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. - The Meteors 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Cathy Jean Band 2:35 to 3:05 p.m. - Mr. Downchild 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. - Skeeter Brandon & Highway 61 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. - Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers 7:30 p.m. - Luther Allison with Kelly Joe Phelps opening.

This is a partial list of Tri-State area nightclubs that feature entertainment and are open to the public. Private service organizations will not be included. To be included, write to After Hours, The Herald-Mail, P.O. Box 439, Hagerstown, MD 21741; call calendar editor Jean Baraclough at 301-733-5131, ext. 2300; or send e-mail to jeanb@herald-mail.com . Please have information in by Wednesday at 4 p.m. Maryland Washington County Barracuda Surf Bar , Clarion Hotel, 901 Dual Highway, Hagerstown, 301-745-3021.

Letters to the Editor 3/14 Blues Jam at HCC Sunday To the editor: We would like to announce an upcoming Blues Jam Benefit to help pay the medical expenses of a young child who has leukemia, 4-year-old Ethan Morningstar. The Jam will be held Sunday, March 18 at 2 p.m. until approximately 10 p.m. at the Hagerstown Community College's Kepler Theater on Robinwood Drive. The performing bands will include Duffy Kane, 2 Blue Ensemble, Rudy and The Bluefish, The Blue Comets, The Rhythm Kings, The Push, The Backroads Band and Stephen Britton & Friends.

Fire carnival Rides, games. Fireworks and live music at 6:30 and 10 p.m. The Rhythm Kings and Billy Crash Craddock perform today. Fairplay Fire Co., Md. 65. Free admission. Through June 22. Trains for kids Thomas the Tank Engine and other toy trains on a layout designed for children to operate. A riding train for children. Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 300 S. Burhans Blvd., U.S. 11, Hagerstown. Today and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. $3 for adults, 50 cents for ages 12 and younger.

andrear@herald-mail.com BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - The Massacoustics will bring music to the mountains this weekend during a free concert at Berkeley Springs State Park. The sibling duo's concert on Saturday, Aug. 7, is part of the 18th season of the Morgan Arts Council's free weekly summer concerts series. The series began July 10 and continues through Saturday, Aug. 28. The National Endowment for the Arts, Middle Atlantic Arts Foundation, West Virginia Commission on the Arts and local hotel/motel tax revenues provide funding for the shows in the downtown Berkeley Springs park.