If music is your thing, you're in luck this weekend.

Friday at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, Malian guitarist Habib Koité and his band Bamada will perform music which draws its influences from West African cultures, blues and flamenco. The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tickets are $35-45 and can be bought here.

Also at SOPAC this weekend will be the Afiara String Quarter, composed of four graduate students from the Julliard School—Yuri Cho and Valerie Li on violin, David Samuel on viola, and Adrian Fung on cello. They will perform on Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for seniors, and $10 for Sopac members. Tickets can be bought here.

The Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills will hold its annual fundraiser at the Maplewood Country Club on Friday at 7-11 p.m. Millburn Schools Rock will feature entertainment by a Bruce Springstein tribute band, the B Street Band. In addition, there will be food, auctions, raffles, and other prizes. All proceeds will be put towards upgrading classroom technology, which all Millburn schools will benefit from. Admission is $75 per person and more information can be found here.

OThe 1978 Arts Center in Maplewood will host a night with Carmen Amaya, a Spanish flamenco dancer, who will speak about her past in Franco's Spain and how she views dance on Friday. The night will feature a discussion, videos and, of course, dancing demos. For the entry fee of $5, light tapas (snacks) will be served.

For those looking to catch a film, the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival enters its third week. This weekend, films include "Seven Minutes in Heaven," on Saturday at 9 p.m. and "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe" on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both films will play  at the Leon and Toby Cooperman JCC in West Orange. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $9 for students and seniors.

The Metropolitain Orchestra of New Jersey will present its annual winter concert, Mozart and More, at the Community Congregational Church in Short Hills on Sunday. Michael Stratechuck will be conducting the program which will include Bach's Double Violin Concencerto in D Minor, Bizet's Carmen Suite #1, and Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and Symphony 40. The concert is free. For concert information visit here or call (973)379-6431.

For the kids, Stories in Motion in Maplewood will be hosting a dance party this Saturday night at 6:30-8:30. The event will include pizza, dancing, dessert and more. The cost of admission is $20 and is for children in Pre-K through fifth grade. More information can be found here.

Emma Stein is a senior at Newark Academy.