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Mummers parade

Brookside Gardens' 40th anniversary tribute Chrysanthemum Display is on view through Nov. 29 in the Conservatory, 1500 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. A compilation of elements from the past four decades features fanciful forms like the Dragon from 2000's Victorian display, 2004's phoenix and 2008's dolphins. Brookside is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is free. Call 301-962-1400 or visit www.brooksidegardens.org.

Free for fall

A Fall Festival and Emancipation Day Celebration is set for Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Button Farm Living History Center, 16820 Black Rock Road, Germantown. Tours of the 19th century farm, museum garden, slave quarter and cemetery, craft demonstrations and games, spirit bottle making, cider pressing, farming workshops and campfire storytelling are planned. Concerts in the Country will present Marianne Ross and Nadine Bloch's historic installations and Sarah Stour's Underground Railroad-commemorative mosaic as well as performances by the Asbury Methodist Men Gospel Choir, roving fiddler Anthony Hyatt, puppeteer Schroeder Cherry and singer-songwriter Luci Murphy. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Call 301-229-6690 or visit www.concertsinthecountry.org.

In the right kitchen

The Kitchen Quartet will perform an Institute of Musical Traditions concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville. East Coast Irish performers Shannon Dunne (dance, vocals), Kieran Jordan (dance), Sean McComiskey (accordion) and Cleek Schrey (fiddle) combine the down to earth ease of a kitchen session with the sophisticated interplay of a string quartet, plus the improvisation of sean-nos Irish dancing. Admission is $20, $15 in advance. Call 301-754-3611 or visit www.imtfolk.org.

Loving Frank

The Washington Performing Arts Society brings pianist-singer Michael Feinstein to the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, at 8 p.m. Thursday. Known as the pioneer of the American songbook for his performances of the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, Feinstein

will present "The Sinatra Project," a tribute to the late singer and his music arrangers Nelson Riddle and Billy May. Tickets range from $30 to $65. Call 301-581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.

Songbirds of a feather

Focus Rockville has designated Wednesday, Nov. 11 "songbird night" at a new venue, Big Saigon, 838 Rockville Pike, Rockville. The 8 p.m. show will feature the Nashville-based Rhythm Angels — Celeste Krenz and Rebecca Folsom (right), singer-songwriters who play string instruments including guitar, mandolin, dobro and bass — and Oklahoma City singer-songwriter K.C. Clifford. Admission is $18, $15 for Focus members or in advance. Call 301-275-7459 or visit www.focusmusic.org.