Your Family Fun

Smooth Tuesdays

Every Tuesday, 6-9 p.m., enjoy the best in soft rock and classic hits with rotating artists. Clyde Theater, 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, (574) 344-0566, Clydetheatre.com.

Nashville Thursdays

Weekly country, bluegrass and other free live music 7-10 p.m. in the Clyde Theater Club Room. Food and drink specials. 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. clydeclubroom.com.

TinCaps Baseball

Home games thru Sept. 4. Lots of exciting baseball action along with special add-ons including fireworks after each Friday and Saturday home game. Find the whole schedule at milb.com/fortwayne. Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne.

Emergence: Live Butterfly Exhibit

Now thru June 26, daily. Live butterflies return to the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. botanicalconservatory.org.

Color X Color: Chuck Sperry Archive

Now thru July 24, Tues.-Sun. Fort Wayne Museum of Art presents 150 selections from Sperry’s illustrious rock poster career. 311 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. fwmoa.org

Germanfest

Now to June 12. A week-long celebration of German heritage and “essen, trinken, und gemülichkeit” (eating, drinking, and having a really good time). germanfest.org.

25th Annual BBQ RibFest

June 16-19. Tasty BBQ from nationwide pitmasters and live blues music served up rain or shine at one of the best ribfests in the nation. Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne. bbqribfest.com. See our cover story.

Middle Waves Music Festival

June 17 & 18. Presented by Sweetwater Sound, Middle Waves is a destination music festival with three stages, one of which is free to attend. Food & drink, interactive art installations, fun and games for people of all ages, backgrounds and music preferences. Foellinger Theatre Campus, 3411 Sherman Blvd. middlewaves.com.

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

June 19, 7 p.m. Since 1979, this fearless duo has blazed a distinctive trail with a thunder-

See live butterflies now through June 26 at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory.

ing soundscape that kicked off MTV and took over radios, TVs and jukeboxes around the world. Sweetwater Performance Pavilion, sweetwaterpavilion.com.

Jackson Browne

June 21, 7:30 p.m. Browne has written and performed some of the most literate songs in popular music. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Foellinger Outdoor Theatre, fortwayneparks.org. ❚