A Long Island band marks half a century on a Main Street stage, a youth jazz ensemble plays for John Coltrane's 100th year a few miles from the house where he wrote A Love Supreme, and a street fair that lost its September date to a nor'easter finally gets its Sunday. Here is what is on across Nassau and Suffolk from Friday, November 13, through Sunday, November 15, with the times, prices and addresses to plan around.

Friday and Saturday: Zebra's two nights at the Patchogue Theatre

Zebra, the trio that formed in New Orleans in 1975 and built its following in Long Island clubs, plays the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on back-to-back nights. Friday, November 13, at 8 p.m. is the 50th Anniversary Tour show, with Midnight Sun opening. Saturday, November 14, at 8 p.m. is Zebra Plays Zeppelin, an all Led Zeppelin set. The theater is at 71 East Main Street, Patchogue; the box office is 631-207-1313. Our full story on the anniversary is here.

Saturday and Sunday: the Native American Fall Festival at Garvies Point

The Garvies Point Museum and Preserve in Glen Cove runs its fall festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The weekend is hands-on: natural clay pottery every half hour, plus stations for fire bow, corn grinding, pump drilling, dugout canoe and spear throwing, and campfire cooking. Chief Redfeather of the Montaukett Tribe tells stories at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The museum is at 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove.

Saturday: Force for Good Day, for Coltrane's centennial

At 3 p.m. Saturday, the John and Alice Coltrane Home presents its third annual Force for Good Day at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Student musicians chosen by audition play as the Coltrane Home Youth Ensemble alongside a professional group, with saxophonist and educator Jeff Lederer leading the program. Renderings of the restored Coltrane house will be on display. The program runs until 4:30 p.m., is free and needs no registration.

Three nights at The Suffolk in Riverhead

The Suffolk, the 1933 theater at 118 East Main Street, Riverhead, has a show each night. Adrenalize, a Def Leppard tribute band, plays Friday at 8 p.m. Jim Messina, of Loggins and Messina and Poco, plays Saturday at 8 p.m. with his band The Road Runners. The Cowsills, the family harmony group that started in the 1960s, close the weekend Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are sold through the theater.

Sunday: the Syosset Street Fair, seven weeks late

The Syosset Woodbury Jericho Chamber of Commerce brings its street fair to Jackson Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., after the late-September nor'easter pushed it off its original date. Two music stages, a kids' zone and face painting are on the plan. The details are in our Syosset Street Fair story.

Sunday: a string quartet under the Vanderbilt dome

Long Island Chamber Music plays Strings Under the Stars in the Reichert Planetarium at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport at 5 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $40, $35 for children under 15. Sunday is also the last day of the museum's first outdoor sculpture exhibition. Read the full story.

Sunday: a Pickle Party at the Whaling Museum

For National Pickle Day, The Whaling Museum and Education Center in Cold Spring Harbor holds a pickle-making workshop and tasting at 1 and 3 p.m. Families learn what whalers ate at sea, try pickle samples, explore the science of food preservation and make a jar of pickles to take home. The cost is $15 plus admission, $10 for members. The museum is at 301 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor.

Sunday: the Red Knights Teddy Bear Run

The Red Knights Motorcycle Club's 25th annual Teddy Bear Run collects bears for the Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau's INTERFACE holiday toy drive. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. at the Rose Caracappa Senior Center, 739 Route 25A, Mount Sinai, the escorted ride leaves at noon, and lunch follows at 1 p.m. at Painters' Restaurant in Brookhaven. It costs $25 per rider or passenger with a new teddy bear, $30 without one. Non-riders can bring a bear to the lunch.

Sunday: Birdie Battle in Melville

The Muslim Sports League holds its second women's badminton tournament from 1 to 6 p.m. at All Sportz Melville, 100 Ruland Road, with singles and doubles brackets for players 13 and older and spectators of any age. Here is how it works.

Before you go

Times and prices come from each organizer's own listing and can change, so check the link for each event before you head out. More dates through the holidays are on the Long Island Wave calendar.

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