Listen to the most recent Weekend Entertainment Roundup from Eric E. Harrison, tradition reporter on the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

Talk a few busy weekend — there are dozens, if not tons of, of occasions timed for the weekend earlier than Monday’s complete eclipse of the solar, however I’ll attempt to offer you a little bit style of some issues happening.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Geoffrey Robson carry out Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and three p.m. Sunday in Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, West Markham St. at Broadway. The program will open with “Night Ferry” by Anna Clyne. (501) 666-1761, ext. 1, or go to ArkansasSymphony.org.

And by the way in which, the Delta Symphony Orchestra and conductor Neale Bartee can even play “The Planets,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. (870) 761-8254 or go to deltasymphonyorchestra.org.

The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau is providing three free concert events forward of and through the eclipse at First Security Amphitheater within the River Market District.

The Rodney Block Collective and His All-Star Friends carry out at 6 p.m. Saturday. Country singer-songwriter Ward Davis performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, with folk-Americana band The Cons of Formant because the opening act at 7. And Pink Floyd tribute band The Machine will carry out Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety on Monday, beginning at 12:40 and ending 3 p.m. with a 20-minute pause within the neighborhood of totality.

littlerock.com/eclipse.

The Arkansas Cinema Society is providing a Sunday double characteristic loosely tied to the eclipse on the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St.: Walt Disney’s “Fantasia,” reportedly on an enormous  display for the primary time since 1990, at 12:30 p.m., and 2001: A Space Odyssey, within the Christopher Nolan restoration, at 2:30. Apparently you’ll have to purchase separate tickets to see each. acs.eventive.org.

Meanwhile, “Bark Side of the Moon,” the sixth Barkus on Main Mardi Gras Dog Parade & Block Party, wags its means, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, by the Downtown Little Rock Creative Corridor, 300-600 blocks of Little Rock’s Main Street. The Mardi Gras-theme canine parade, with prizes for the best-dressed doggos, will get underway at 2:30 p.m. on the “Koi” lot (Sixth and Main); the occasion additionally options the Super Retriever Series Dock Diving Pool exhibition and competitors dwell leisure, a beer backyard, a hurricane station, a crawfish boil, a children zone, meals vans and “plenty of beads.” Admission is free. barkusonmain.com.

Lauren Daigle headlines a 7 p.m. Friday present at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. simmonsbankarena.com.
And John Mellencamp, the artist previously generally known as John Cougar Mellencamp, performs at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Robinson Center Performance Hall. Ticketmaster.com.

Tune in each Thursday at 4:44pm to listen to Eric’s roundup for arts and tradition occasions in Central Arkansas throughout All Things Considered on Little Rock Public Radio.