FRIDAY-SATURDAY

>> Country singer Luke Bryan brings his hit-making voice

Time to par-tay, country style, with singer-songwriter Luke Bryan, whose big voice, innuendo-laden lyrics and aw-shucks demeanor have kept him at the top of the Billboard country charts for a decade.

Since moving to Nashville in 2007, Bryan has spun out a series of hit albums, beginning with “I’ll Stay Me” (2007) and “Doin’ My Thing” (2009), both of which reached No. 2 on the country charts. Both of those albums contained fairly introspective songs like “We Rode in Trucks,” a coming-of-age ballad about growing up in rural America.

Bryan also puts the fun of chasing girls in the sun into his work, starting with a series of “Spring Break” EP’s that featured tunes like “Suntan City” and “Sorority Girl” and continuing with his next studio albums, “Tailgates and Tanlines” (2011) and “Crash My Party” (2013). Both albums reached No. 1, and each had at least four No. 1 singles as well, making Bryan the first artist to accomplish the feat.

His latest album, “What Makes You Country,” released in December, pays tribute to the roots and the diversity of country music, but tunes like “Drinking Again” and “Hungover in a Hotel Room” show there’s still some hard partying going on.

Twice named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association, Bryan is a judge on the latest incarnation of “American Idol.”

FRIDAY-APRIL 15

>> Stage classic makes it to Diamond Head Theatre

George and Ira Gershwin provided the songs for several hit Broadway musicals, but “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” which opens Friday at Diamond Head Theatre, isn’t one. The songs are all Gershwin compositions, but the show is a 21st-century creation by Gershwin fan Joe DiPietro, who built a story around classics such as “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and, of course, the title song.

The show, which played for more than a year on Broadway starting in 2012, celebrates the romantic “screwball” comedies that were popular in the 1930s. “On the surface, this is a silly show. There’s no way around it,” said Hawaii stage veteran Drew Niles, who stars as Jimmy Winter, the Prohibition-era playboy who’s told that he must marry someone “respectable” or lose his consideral inheritance. “But our fabulous director, Malindi Fickle, refused to allow it to be a shallow production, and has drawn out so many moments of sincerity and has revealed depth in a seemingly fluffy script.”

Ahyna Chang plays Jimmy’s love interest, a female bootlegger named Billie Bendix, who decides his Long Island beach house would be a perfect place to hide her bootleg gin.

“The most interesting and entertaining thing about ‘Nice Work’ is the electric combination of Gershwin’s revolutionary music and the characters’ comedic societal clash,” said director Fickle. “The intoxicating combination of jazz, tap dancing and illegal booze fuel and stoke the flames of forbidden love.”

SATURDAY

>> Friends and entertainers honor Melveen Leed

Raiatea Helm, Danny Kaleikini, Al Harrington, Marlene Sai, Kimo Kahoano, Jay Larrin, Ledward Kaapana, Mike Kaawa, Danny Couch and Maunalua are among a long list of friends and fellow entertainers who will join the Pan Pacific Southeast Asia Women Association of Hawaii Saturday to pay tribute to Melveen Leed.

Leed is being honored the Lifetime Achievement award from the association — only the second recognizing a Hawaii recipient in the non-profit’s 90 years of operation in the Pacific — for career achievements that stretch back to 1966, when she debuted with the Berne Hal-Mann Dance Band at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Garden Bar.

Leed, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded in multiple genres, reigned for decades as a Waikiki showroom star and Hawaii recording artist, receiving eight Na Hoku Hanohano Awards between 1978 and 2013. Her career highlights in Waikiki include a 12-year engagement at the Ala Moana Hotel, performing with Loyal Garner, Nephi Hannemann, Dick Jensen and Iva Kinimaka as “Hawaii’s Very Best” in 1993, partnering with Garner for a memorable double bill engagement at the Polynesian Palace, and creating the Local Divas with Garner, Carole Kai and Nohelani “Baby Diva” Cypriano in 2000.

SUNDAY

>> New Found Glory celebrates 20 years at The Republik

Florida band New Found Glory celebrates 20 years of pop-punk at The Republik on Sunday.

Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, the band — lead vocalist and guitarist JordanPundik; Ian Grushka on bass and vocals, Chad Gilbert on guitar and vocals and Cyrus Bolooki on drums — formed in 1997. Their first album hit gold in sales, with songs like “Better off Dead” and “Black and Blue” establishing them as moody, serious songwriters commenting on things like relationships and the angst of young adulthood.

The band got a spot on the Warped Tour, and with a second gold album in “Sticks and Stones” (2002), New Found Glory became headliners with a reputation for high-energy performances, blending elements of thrash and hardcore with rock. The third album, “Catalyst,” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2004.

After taking a hiatus for a couple of years, the band returned to recording and performing in 2014. The latest album, 2017’s “Makes Me Sick,” shows they still have access to their darker side. “If you listen to the record, some of the lyrics, they’re more about ‘What about yourself actually makes you sick?’” said Pundik in an interview with PopBuzz.