A garden show, performances on stage and music concerts highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

• The 26th Gala Garden Show, hosted by Soroptimist International of Sequim, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Carroll C. Kendall Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 W. Fir St., Sequim.

Admission is $5 per day, cash or check. Children younger than 12 will be admitted for free.

The 2025 show will feature garden-related vendors, educational speakers and raffle items.

Presentations on Saturday will include “Growing Tomatoes” by Jeanette Stehr-Green and Judy English, “Gardening for Newcomers” by Margery Whites and a floral design demonstration by Sharrai Morgan.

On Sunday, Keith Dekker will present “Pruning,” Lissy Moriarty will present “Landscaping for Easy Access Maintenance” and Sue Goetz, this year’s featured speaker, will present “Easy Container Gardens for Food and Flavor.”

For more information, including the presentation schedule, visit www. sequimgardenshow.com.

• The Chris Cain Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Wine and Cider, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.

Tickets are $30 to $45 per person at www.ltd presentslive.com or $35 to $50 at the door.

Cain, a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has been performing for three decades and has released 15 albums.

His 2024 album, “Good Intentions Gone Bad,” features 13 original songs in the Blues tradition.

• “The Winter’s Tale,” by William Shakespeare and adapted by Denise Winter, will continue its run with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and a matinee performance at 1:30 p.m. Sundays through March 16 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.

Tickets range from $39 to $44 per person with reduced prices for active duty military personnel and for youths.

Pay-what-you-will tickets are available at some performances.

The play is considered a problem play by Shakespearean scholars since the first three acts are psychological drama while the last two are comedic in nature.

Winter’s adaptation of the play is set in Southern California wine country and is not recommended for young children.

For more information or tickets, call the theater at 360-385-5278, email info@keycitypublictheatre.org or visit www.keycitypublic theatre.org.

• Steve Fisher will direct Neil Simon’s “Fools” with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays through March 23 at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

Tickets are $20 per person, $15 for students at www.olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office at 360-683-7326.

The play, which features Leon Tolchinsky as a teacher who has landed a job at a Russian hamlet that has been cursed with chronic stupidity for 200 years, is Olympic Theatre Arts’ 2025 Members’ Choice production.

• The North Olympic Library System will host a reception for “Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health” from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.

The reception will include a screening of the 2019 documentary “Bedlam,” followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the Washington chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

The traveling exhibit, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, will be on display at the library through March 29.

The exhibit will make a stop at Peninsula College’s Forks campus, 481 S. Forks Ave., from April 2-18.

“Care and Custody” explores the historical treatment of individuals with mental health conditions in the United States and examines the evolving balance between custodial care and inclusive treatment.

For more information, call 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

• The OCEAN K-12 School will present a stage production of “The Hobbit” at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Erickson building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., Port Townsend.

All shows are by donation at the door.

The play, based on the 1937 fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, will feature performers from the school’s second through 12th grades.

The production, directed by Marc Weinblatt, features costumes by Libby Wennstrom, giant puppets and shadow puppetry under the guidance of puppetmasters Celia Fulton-Walden and Thaddeus Jurczynski and live music led by Kristin Smith.

The producers advise that some scenes may be scary to very young children.

For more information, visit https://ocean.ptschools.org/our_school/hobbit.

• The Hot Club of Port Townsend will perform at Concerts in the Woods at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, Coyle.

Admission is by a suggested donation of $20.

The Hot Club of Port Townsend performs Django Reinhardt-style hot club jazz, harmony vocals, in both English and French, French waltzes and a dash of Brazilian choro.

The ensemble is composed of Jessica Logan, the group’s guitarist; Bobbi Nikles, a Port Townsend-based fiddler; and Tracy Grisman, the Hot Club’s bassist.

For more information, call 360-765-3449 or visit www.coyleconcerts.com/upcomingshows.

• “Aves: Photographs of Birds” will open today in the Gallery at Flagship Landing, 1001 Water St., Port Townsend.

The exhibit features work by Port Townsend-based photographer Kerry Tremain.

Tremain’s solo show features detailed photographs of a variety of birds as he sees them with his camera.

Tremain has worked as a writer, photographer, editor, art director and curator, including stints as the editor of Mother Jones and as editor-in-chief of California magazine. His books include “Yosemite: A Storied Landscape,” “Russians in California”and “Year of the Birds.”

Tremain is president emeritus of Northwind Art and the Port Townsend School of the Arts.

“Aves: Photographs of Birds” is on display from noon to 3 p.m. Fridays through Sundays until June 8.

• The North Olympic Library System will host an ’80s party for teens from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the temporary location of the Sequim Branch Library at 609 W. Washington St., Sequim.

The after-hours event is for teens only.

Participants can enjoy retro games, music and a movie screening of the 1989 comedy “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”

Attendees are encouraged to wear 1980s-inspired outfits.

For more information, visit www.nols.org.

• The Jefferson County Fair Association will host its Community Garage and Tack Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Fairgraounds, 4907 Landes St., Port Townsend.

The annual sale will feature more than 30 vendors, including a tack sale in the Horticultural Building.

Early Bird shoppers can purchase a $10 wristband at the information booth to begin shopping at 8:15 a.m.

For more information, email director@jeffcofair grounds.org.

• A free tool maintenance clinic will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave., Port Townsend.

Helpers from the grange and Food Bank Growers will be on hand to teach attendees on proper maintenance of their garden tools.

Participants should bring work gloves and wear clothes that they don’t mind getting dirty; all tools should be labeled with the owner’s name.

• Laura Me Smith will call for a community dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend.

Music will be provided by Sweater Weather String Band.

All dances will be taught; beginners and experienced dancers are welcome.

Admission is $10 per person, $20 for a family.

For more information, call 971-266-3170 or email edavidt@gmail.com.