The heroic pups from Nickelodeons PAW Patrol animated series embark on a pirate-theme adventure to uncover hidden treasure as PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure takes over North Little Rocks Simmons Bank Arena 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Tickets are $19-$69 V.I.P. — Very Important Pup — Packages $124 include a premium seat and exclusive post-show photo op with the shows characters — plus service charges. Visit pawpatrollive.com or ticketmaster.com.

Musician singer and writer Stephanie Smittle is the headliner for Potluck and Poison Ivy 7 p.m. today at the Joint Theater and Coffeehouse 301 Main St. North Little Rock. Doors open at 6. The $35 ticket includes a box dinner. Visit potluckandpoisonivy.org/an-evening-with-stephanie-smittle.

  Bluegrass Hall of Famers The Dillards also known as the Darlings who became famous after introducing millions to bluegrass music performing Dueling Banjos and Dooley on TVs Andy Griffith Show headline Saturday night and 10-time International Bluegrass Music Award-winner Missy Raines headlines Friday night for the Bluegrass & Fried Chicken Festival Friday-Saturday in the 1000-seat indoor Ozark Highlands Theater at Ozark Folk Center State Park 1032 Park Ave. Mountain View.

Shows at 7 p.m. Friday 1 and 715 p.m. Saturday also feature Mountain View musicians Ozark Strangers Spillwater Drive The Ozark Legacy and Sylamore Special (featuring 18-year-old National Banjo Champion Lillyanne McCool and 17-year-old Arkansas Grand Champion Fiddler Mary Parker). Tickets are $50 for both days $25 Friday only $35 Saturday only and include admission to the parks artisan Craft Village and gardens. Family passes for two adults and children under 18 are available. Visit OzarkFolkCenter.Ticketleap.com.

The parks Skillet Restaurant will offer its fried chicken buffet 4-7 p.m. each day plus on Saturday an 8-1045 a.m. breakfast buffet (featuring chicken and waffles) and an 11 a.m.-2 p.m. lunch buffet. Cost is $13 for breakfast $14 for lunch $15 for dinner. Visit OzarkFolkCenter.com.

Soprano and piano

Soprano Elizabeth Hunter Ashley and pianist Melinda Morse will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Conways First United Methodist Church 1610 Prince St.

Ashley will sing Quan do men vo (also known as Musettas Waltz) from La Boheme and O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Sure on this Shining Night by Samuel Barber Summertime and Cant Help Lovin That Man by George Gershwin Dont Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Ellington Straighten Up and Fly Right by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills Bewitched by Richard Rodgers How High the Moon by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis and Morses After the Song of Spring Her Eyes and Benediction. Morse will play Une barque sur locean Maurice Ravel an excerpt from Minstrel Impressions by Hector Villa-Lobos and the Fantasy Impromptu by Frederic Chopin.