Do It: ‘Love Cafe,’ Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, Goldlink

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

>> Jazz, dance and love is in the air at The ARTS

Get into a romantic mood at “The Love Cafe,” a cabaret-like performance from local jazz performer Ruth Shiroma Foster and dancer Becky McGarvey at The ARTS at Marks Garage.

McGarvey, a graduate of University of Hawaii-Manoa Theatre and Dance Department, said the production will attempt to re-create a 1930s-era speakeasy atmosphere.

“There will be singing and dancing going on, but people can walk around and listen to the music while they’re in the gallery or get a drink,” she said. “During the songs that do not have a dance number attached, we’re going to encourage theaudience to use the space to dance with a loved one. … Audience members can dress up like in the ’30s and ’40s, Hollywood style, because those are primarily the types of songs we’ll be singing.”

McGarvey has danced with Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre and in productions at Kumu Kahua Theatre and TAG, but for this production she’ll be resurrecting the lost art of tap-dancing, to tunes like “Let’s Do It.”

She’s approaching the role with moxy. “I’m not Fred Astaire. I took tap as a younger dancer so getting back into it has been a challenge,” McGarvey said wryly. “I have been practicing in my apartment, but it is kind of loud — and it’s not great foryour floor.”

Foster, a singer-songwriter, pianist and ukulele player, has been playing jazz and pop at local clubs for several years. She released a well-received album “Vivo,” in 2013 with her band of the same name.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

>> Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra plays Led Zeppelin and Journey

“It’s been a long time” since Led Zeppelin performed here in Hawaii. The hard-driving group appeared here over three consecutive years, 1969-1971, just as it was gaining a reputation as one of the three best rock bands in the world, as RollingStone Magazine called them, placing them in the same rank as the Rolling Stones and The Who.

Ever since then, however, the only thing reminding people of the band are stories about the Stairway to Heaven, the Windward side trail that annually gives rise to accidents and rescues – that, and a catalog of hits that includes “Whole Lotta Love,”“Kashmir,” and “Good Times Bad Times.” Their tunes were highlighted by Robert Plant’s beautifully screamed vocals, Jimmy Page’s searing guitar solos and John Bonham’s innovative drumming.

In contrast, Journey has had a longstanding love affair with Hawaii since its first performance here in 1973. Most recently, the discovery of Arnel Pineda, replacing lead singer Steve Perry, has drawn special interest from longtime fans as well as fromthe Filipino community. With hits like “Any Way You Want It” and “Don’t Stop Believing,” the band has rightfully earned its place in rock music history.

You can hear the music of both of these great rock groups live and with full orchestral background this weekend, performed by the Windborne Music tribute band and the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra. Brody Dolyniuk, who dynamically channeled Queen’s Freddie Mercury in a similar production in 2016, returns as frontman for both concerts, with Brent Haven returning to conduct. The Journey concert is Friday; Led Zeppelin is Saturday.

SUNDAY

>> Loretta Ables Sayre sings her heart out at Blue Note

Hawaii’s favorite Tony nominee, Loretta Ables Sayre, celebrates her 60th birthday at Blue Note Hawaii this weekend.

Ables Sayre earned a Tony nomination in her Broadway debut as Bloody Mary in the 2008 revival of “South Pacific,” traveling with the production to London in 2011. She starred and directed in Diamond Head Theatre’s production in 2015. She’llreturn to DHT in September as Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello Dolly!”

She has a long and illustrious history here, beginning in 1979 when she performed with Keola and Kapono Beamer, at the start of what would become two extended residencies at Waikiki performance venues. Her first solo album, 2001’s “Dreamy,”received national airplay. She’s also had roles in local television and film productions, getting national exposure when her singing was featured in the 2010 film “Sex and the City 2.”

On Sunday at the Blue Note, Ables Sayre will perform standards from the Great American Songbook with pianist Jim Howard, bassist Dean Taba and drummer Darryl Pellegrini. Robert Cazimero, who sings and plays piano and stand-up bass, isjoining in.

TUESDAY

>> Goldlink brings his beats to The Republik

Goldlink brings his rapid-fire delivery and creative blend of backup sounds to The Republik for an evening.

The hip hop artist, aka DeAnthony Carlos, has been getting attention since the 2014 release of his debut work, “The God Complex,” a mixtape of songs that, according to an interview with complexmusic.com, was motivated by an effort to reach theperfection of God. He followed that up last year with his first full-length album “At What Cost,” earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance for one of its tunes, “Crew.”

His sound is rich with EDM references as well as traditional hip-hop and house music, underpinning philosophical discourses on subjects like sex and violence as well as more existential topics.

“His raps are a torrent of stream-of-consciousness, delivered with a sort of spaced-out urgency. Think intricate but infectious blissed-out club bangers with fast BPMs, based on classic soul samples, skittering beats and modern synth sounds, froma hyperactive, over-stimulated, angsty Andre 3000,” said The Guardian.

Goldlink hails from the Washington D.C. area, and his music is considered evocative of the D.C. scene. He started making music after high school as a hobby. He himself described his sound to the Guardian as “Rick James meets Justin Timberlake –’N Sync days – with Backstreet Boys and a little D12 and Tupac.”