Red Stick weekend: fireworks, art and free museums

• Panthalassa, Prom Date, and the Promise Breakers at Chelsea's Cafe.

• Rebirth Brass Band at The Varsity.

• DJ Otto at Northgate Tavern.

• Hypnotist Anthony Potmesil at The Funny Bone.

• Inner 61 with Fall of August at Clicks.

• Chris Leblanc Band at Phil Brady's.
  

• Free Friday / Michael Jackson Night at Spanish Moon.

• The Anteeks at The Station.

• Ruby Rendrag w/cellist Suki Kuehn, 6 p.m., Jonathon Long & Soul Explosion, 9 p.m.
  at Boudreaux & Thibodeaux.

• Melters at Red Star.
  

• Ryan Jenkins at The Roux House.

• Animal Krackers at Cadillac Cafe.

• DJ Coco at Dalton's

• Sexy Saturday with DJ Quiet Storm  at 600 Main.

• Clay Newsom & the Quarter Moon Band at Hollywood Casino.
  

• The annual Star-Spangled Celebration kicks off at 1:30 p.m. at the Riverfront Stage between the USS KIDD Veterans Memorial and Red Stick Plaza. Fireworks at 9 p.m.
  

• Star Spangled Saturday: cooking demo will feature gazpacho, tomato jam and watermelon salad prepared by local Chef Jaime Hernandez at Main Street Market. 

• The Amazing Nuns with Prom Date at Chelsea's Cafe.

• Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Review at Red Star.
  

• The Old Oaks at Northgate Tavern.

• Hypnotist Anthony Potmesil at The Funny Bone.

• Lucid with Forsythe at Clicks.

• Rebirth Brass Band at The Varsity.

• Ryan Patterson at Phil Brady's.
  

• Prince Night at Spanish Moon.

• Rewind at The Station.

• Jonathon Long and Soul Explosion at Boudreaux & Thibodeaux.
  

• Animial Krackers at The Roux House.

• Animal Krackers at Cadillac Cafe.

• DJ Coco at Dalton's

• La Noche Dulce with DJ Q at 600 Main.

• David Cook at Blue Bayou/Dixie Landin'
  

• Clay Newsom & the Quarter Moon Band at Hollywood Casino.

First Free Sunday - Visitors enjoy free admission to the downtown museums.

• LASM - Reduced admission to planetarium shows, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., 100 S. River Rd., 344-5272, 
• USS Kidd - 305 S. River Rd., 342-1942, 
• Louisiana Museum of Art - Drawing Together: Going Abstract, 100 Lafayette St., 389-7200, 
• Louisiana State Museum - 660 North 4th St.