AUG. 21-SEPT. 20

"The Statehood Project" opens at Kumu Kahua Theatre on the state's anniversary day. This project is a collection of monologues, scenes and stories written by Hawai'i playwrights, poets and storytellers not to be missed.

8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays / Kumu Kahua Theatre / $5-$16 / 536, 4441, www.kumukahua.org

AUG. 22

This Led Zepplica Experience is one you're going to remember, if only because this show will be recorded for a CD. The band's Led Zeppelin tribute shows are also now being billed as a tribute to deployed troops. Rock on.

8 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m.) / Pipeline Café / $20, $40 VIP / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

AUG. 22

Ten Feet is bringing in some great acts to celebrate its second annual Ten Feet MusicFest, including New Zealand's Three Houses Down, left, Ooklah the Moc and Anuhea.

Doors open 7 p.m. / The Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace / $20 pre-sale, $25 at the door, $40 VIP / 21 and older / www.islandtix.com

AUG. 28

Don't overlook the group that gave us "Saved By Zero" and two other No. 1 singles. The Fixx is in town as part of the Rockin' '80s Concert Series. They've sold millions of albums worldwide, and their music still rocks.

10 p.m. (doors open 9 p.m.) / Pipeline Café / $30, $60 VIP / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

AUG. 28-OCT. 3

The Honolulu Theatre for Youth opens its season with "Nightingale," a dazzling fairytale with spectacular costumes and dance. This one is suitable for children ages 4 and up.

7:30 p.m. Aug. 28, 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 3 / Tenney Theatre / $8-$16 / 839-9885, www.htyweb.org

AUG. 29-30

No, we're not asking you to pledge to a frat or sorority, but we are telling you the Greek Festival will offer you some of the best Greek food, entertainment and art O'ahu has to offer.

12-9 p.m. / McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park / $3 adults, free for children 11 and younger / 521-7220, www.greekfestivalhawaii.com

SEPT. 23

One way or another Rocky LaPorte is determined to bring his comedy act to O'ahu. This is his makeup gig after medical reasons forced him to cancel his June 17 show. If you like to laugh, he's worth the wait.

8 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m) / Pipeline Café / $20, $40 VIP / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

SEPT. 23-27

Twenty-two Buddhist monks make up the Shaolin Warriors, and if you saw their act here in 2002, you know these fighters are poetry in motion.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. matinees Saturday-Sunday / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $30-$60 / 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com

HOT DATES

Aug. 21 Commemoration Celebration — Rockin' '50s, Hawai'i Convention Center

Aug. 21-23 14th Annual Made in Hawaii Festival, Blaisdell Aug. 22 Laughs for Lion IV "The Big Elvis Show," Mamiya Theatre

Aug. 23 Band of Horses, Pipeline Café

Aug. 26 Comedian Donnell Rawlings, Pipeline Café

Aug. 27 Moonlight Mele, with Raiatea Helm, Bishop Museum

Aug. 29 Willie K, Hawai'i Kai Towne Center

Sept. 5 Silversun Pickups, Pipeline Café

Sept. 7 Labor Day Car Show, Aloha Tower

Sept. 9 Modest Mouse, Pipeline Café