This weekend Morton Arboretum's Fall Color Festival: 7 a.m. to sunset daily through Monday, Oct. 31, at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Scarecrow Trail and special events. Trick or Trees runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends in the children's ...

Blues Buddy There seems to be no stopping 80-year-old blues legend Buddy Guy. The Kennedy Center honoree performs in concert on Saturday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $39-$175. (630) 962-7000 or arcadalive.com. 8 p.m. Saturday...

Magic to do Fans of Broadway hits like “Wicked,” “Pippin” and “Godspell” won't want to missing seeing the concert Stephen Schwartz & Friends presents “Defying Gravity” at Belushi Performance Hall at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawe...

The Seventh Annual Man Up male student success conference, sponsored by the College of Lake County, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. This free event begins in the Mainstage Theatre of the James Lumber Center for the Performing Ar...

Standup sets Comedian Tom Clark (NBC's "Outsourced," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend") returns to perform a series of standup gigs starting Wednesday at Zanies at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $22, plus a two-item purchase. (847) 813...

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts will perform at the College of Lake County Oct. 16 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of CLC's Guest Artist Concert Series and kick off the 2016-17 Music department concert season. A second Guest Artist Co...

EGOT legend Spend an afternoon with longtime stage and screen star Rita Moreno as she shares anecdotes and songs from her career. The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winner appears on Sunday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $4...

Get charmed at Troubadourium 2016 Troubadours of old traveled the countryside, composing songs and entertaining the masses with poetry of love and adventure. Modern-day troubadours get their time in the spotlight when Mackey's Hideout presents the f...

The horror! Get ready to be frightened when the interactive horror event Disturbia: Screams in the Park returns for another season starting Friday at MB Financial Park, 5501 Park Place, Rosemont. New theme areas this year include Dark Swamp and Sewe...

Proudly blue collar Famed “blue collar” comedian Bill Engvall (CMT's “Country Fried Videos,” “Lingo”) performs an evening of standup Thursday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $40.50-$53.50. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre....