It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it.

Lawrenceville Cookie Tour

The Lawrenceville Cookie Tour is from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Transforming the Lawrenceville business district along Butler Street and Penn Avenue into a 30-block-long cookie table, the tour highlights holiday shopping at nearly 80 stores — the most ever in the 26th annual event.

Two trolleys will be available to transport guests to upper, central and lower Lawrenceville and Penn Avenue.

The event is hosted by Lawrenceville Corporation, a non-profit community development corporation that acts as the catalyst for growth and reinvestment in the community.

The event is free.

Details: visit lvpgh.com

We Want the Funk Festival

The fifth annual We Want the Funk Festival with Jeffery Osborne, the Average White Band and Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene is at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. There will also be an after-party on Friday.

On Friday, Osborne, 75, brings his tenor voice to the stage to deliver four decades of hits that garnered him four Grammy nominations and five gold and platinum albums. The Providence, R.I. native, played drums with the O’Jays when he was 15. His latest album, “Worth It All,” was released in 2018 and features “Work It,” co-written by his son, Jeffrey Jr.

The London-based trio Loose Ends was formed in 1980, and its original members included vocalist Jane Eugene, guitarist Carl McIntosh and keyboardist and group founder Steve Nichol. They will take the stage Saturday with the Average White Band.

Disc jockey Sly Jock and his daughter and radio personality, Kiki Brown, will host the festival. Disc jockey Nick Nice will spin tunes at the after-party.

Tickets are $70-$80.

Details: awaacc.org

Travis Scott

Rapper Travis Scott is in Pittsburgh at 8 p.m. Friday for a performance at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. The singer’s Circus Maximus Tour promotes his top-selling “Utopia” album.

Tickets start at $58.50.

Details: ppgpaintsarena.com

Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Travis Scott performs during the “Circus Maximus” tour on Nov. 5 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.  

Storytelling

“Tales of Desperation” is happening at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Parkway Theater in McKees Rocks. Radio and television personality and comedian John McIntire will lead several panelists, including county councilwoman Bethany Hallam, who will talk about surviving a stint in the county jail.

Pittsburgh Pirates radio and television announcer Greg Brown will share why he desperately wanted to become the Pirate Parrot. Attorney and political commentator Heather Heidelbaugh will share a tale of overcoming incredible odds.

McIntire will tell of his tumultuous relationship with the legendary sportscaster and journalist Myron Cope.

Tickets are $20.

Details: parkwaytheater.org

Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review Pirates broadcaster Greg Brown, pictured in 2013, will be one of the panelists at a storytelling event at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Parkway Theater in McKees Rocks.  

Smokin’ Bettie Burlesque

The Smokin’ Betties burlesque group will perform their fourth annual “Have Yourself a Very Bettie Christmas” burlesque and cabaret show at 8 p.m. Sunday at Club Café on the South Side.

On stage will be Lilith Deville and extra-special guests Butterfly and Vita Valentina.

The Betties consist of Amoxie Villain, DemDare Eyes, Eden Ivy, Josalynn Lark, Lucy LaBam, Luna LaCreme, Midnight Mame, and Thea Biss.

Tickets are $15.

Details: facebook.com

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