.Weekender: This Weekend’s Top Five Events

Three-day weekend! Here’s what you’re doing.

West Coast Jazz and Crab Festival
Get cracking at the West Coast Crab and Jazz Festival on the Kaiser Roof Garden on Saturday, Sept. 1. Live jazz, soul, and R&B performances by Miki Howard, Angela Winbush, Howard Hewett, and Freddie Jackson accompany a five-hour, eat-as-much-as-you-like, Southern-style buffet featuring fried and barbecued chicken, corn on the cob, shrimp Creole, greens, candied yams, Dungeness crab (naturally), and much more. 6:30 p.m., $125. JazzandCrab.MyEvent.com — Anneli Rufus

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Oakland Pride
As is the case with any festival popular enough to be replicated around the world, LGBTQ Pride celebrations — whether in San Francisco or São Paulo — tend to share a few familiar trappings: a parade, a proliferation of rainbow flags, and at least a few men clad in leather chaps. Still, it’s inevitable that each city would bring something unique to the template. In Oakland, which the 2010 US Census found to have one of the largest populations of same-sex couples of any American city, Pride has come to be something of a family affair, complete with a sizable children’s area that includes a petting zoo and ample arts and crafts. But don’t worry, that familial atmosphere hasn’t tempered events for kid-free folks who come for the unbridled entertainment: This year’s festival, on Sunday, September 2, features four themed music stages on which Santana tribute band Caravanserai, R&B vocalist CeCe Peniston, and the Flipmode Squad’s Rah Digga will be some of the headliners. A “Community Health Pavilion” offers free HIV screening, counseling sessions, and other LGBTQ-related wellness services. But it’s fair to say that much of the revelry will be shaped by the festivalgoers themselves, the tens of thousands of people anticipated to show up and celebrate. “It’s not just about Oakland Pride,” said organizer Amber Todd. “It’s about community and civic pride. And being proud of who you are.” The festival happens in Uptown Oakland (Franklin St., between 17th and 22nd sts.). 11 a.m.-7 p.m., $5-$10. 510-545-6251 or OaklandPride.org — Cassie McFadden

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