• The stage show "Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Super Heroes" featuring Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Zoe and Grover happens this weekend at the Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City. The show starts tonight at 7 p.m., Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 to $64, at Ticketmaster.
• Pioneer Theatre Company's production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" opens tonight at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees; and 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, now through Nov. 3. Tickets, from $25 to $44, available at the Pioneer Theatre website.
• Experimental music producer Flying Lotus performs tonight at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Teebs, Jeremiah Jae. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $18, at 24Tix.
• Alesana headlines the Inked Magazine Music Tour, Saturday at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 5. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 on the day of the show, at Smith's Tix.
• The Utah Jazz play the Los Angeles Clippers in pre-season NBA action, Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Game starts at 7. Tickets available at Smith's Tix.
• Country legend Billy Joe Shaver performs Saturday at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: Ghostowne. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $20, at the venue's website.