Here are some of the best bets for fun this weekend and beyond in the Colorado Springs area:

FRIDAY

– List: Loads of free summer concert series in Pikes Peak region parks

– LIST: Farmers markets in the Colorado Springs area

– Pack the car: 16 quality places to camp in and around Colorado

FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY

– Pinball wizards, man your flippers: time for the 2015 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown at Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows, 10345 Park Meadows Drive. More than 175 pinball machines, classic arcade and console games are yours for the playing. And The Hobbit pinball will be there, too. Pinball time is 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Day passes $15-$35; VIP event passes for ages 18 and over $135. pinballshowdown.com or on Facebook.

SATURDAY

– Fire throwing jugglers, feasts, jousts mark beginning of Colorado Renaissance Festival. Event starts today and continues Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 2.

– Food, fun and run await at annual Springs Spree at Memorial Park. Details here.

– Juneteenth event in Colorado Springs celebrates historic day for African-Americans. Details here.

– List: Top 10 attractions to see around Colorado Springs

– It used to be a tradition to head downtown for a Saturday movie, and it has returned in an all-new way – atop a city parking garage. For the summer, families are invited to Starlight Cinema, kicking off Saturday with “Back to the Future” – and there’s free VIP parking if you drive your DeLorean. The fun starts at 6 p.m. on the rooftop of the parking garage at 215 N. Cascade Ave., where the band Balanced Rock will entertain and there are family activities, food and a beer garden before the free movie at dusk. Free bike parking, car parking in the garage for $1. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Info: downtowncs.com.

– Jeff Valdez’s Comedy Corner is coming back home for a look back 25 years in Ha2HA Comedy Corner – 25th Year Reunion to Help Autism! Showtimes are 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday at the original Comedy Corner location, 208 N. Union Blvd., now the site of Gazette Best of the Springs Mexican restaurant Quijotes Mexican Bar and Grill. Valdez will be joined by Chris “Crazy Legs” Fonseca and other comics to benefit HelpAutism.org. Shows are $19.90 (“25 years ago today.”) and the evening features an entertainment silent auction. Info: 888-470-4438.

– When old friends get together, they jam. That’s what happens at 7 p.m. Saturday when the Craig Walter Band conjures up musical memories with familiar local names Frank Moore, Frank Schwartz, Phil Volen and Joleen Bell, Dwight Bement, Randy Bowen, Randy Block, Dave Hemmersbach, Susan Rissman, Craig Walter and Paul Haller. “Old Friends and Memories” plays Studio Bee at Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave. Tickets $18.50 at the center, $21 through ticketswest.com.

– The adrenaline will be pumping and the bikes will be jumping when the 28th annual Pikes Peak Supercross roars into Norris-Penrose Event Center, 2045 Lower Gold Camp Road, at 5 p.m. Saturday. Qualifiers start first, there’s an autograph session in the pits at 6 p.m. and pro AMA Supercross racing at 7 p.m. Tickets $5-$20, kids 5 and under free. pikespeaksupercross.com and on Facebook.

-It’s “BRILLIANT” and shows its colors just once each year. A combo of clever interactive art show, dress-your-arty party-best, five-course culinary experience, craft spirits tasting, dance party and one-of-a-kind arts fundraiser, it’s presented by GOCA 121, 121 S. Tejon St., teamed with NOSH on the patio just outside. Dinner and art party Saturday at 6 p.m. are $125, art party with its own goodies to enjoy is $35, running from 8 p.m. until midnight. Details: brilliantgoca.com, 255-3504.

SUNDAY

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– In Florida, they’re known as The Big Blues Machine and blues man Big Jim Adam returns to the Springs for a concert with Steve Rinker at 4:30 p.m. at The Gold Room, 18 S. Nevada Ave. Adam says to not be surprised if some well-known local musicians will be sitting in as well. Tickets $15-$30, goldroomlive.com,

TUESDAY

– So here’s the deal: They’re guaranteeing their “Mile High” concert “will blow speakers coast to coast.” Now it’s Colorado Springs’ turn as Kottonmouth Kings & HedPE take over The Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., with The Family Ruin, Scare Don’t Fear and Marlon Asher at 6 p.m. Tuesday. No “trendy indie trash” this night, they challenge. Tickets $22, day of show $25. blacksheeprocks.com.

WEDNESDAY

– Annual Colorado Springs street breakfast kicks off rodeo season. Details here.

– The Summer Concerts in the Glen season presented by Broadmoor Community Church Concert Series opens with The Bus Band, featuring popular local entertainers Joe Uveges, KJ Braithwaite, Jim Sokol and Eddy Lieverman. It’s an evening of Crosby, Stills and Nash covers, burgers, hot dogs and dessert on the lawn at 315 Lake Ave., so bring blankets and lawn chairs. Free, donations accepted. 6 p.m. Wednesday, broadmoorchurch.org.

JUNE 20

– Perhaps these aren’t the glamour jobs, but they’re oh so necessary and something to sing about. Schoolteacher, waitress, housewife, mill worker, telephone operator. These meat-and-potatoes careers are what “Working, The Musical” is all about; set to music by James Taylor, the show has moved from Broadway to the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater, 3955 Regent Circle, through June 20. What exactly does your job say about you? Let director/choreographer Drew Fountain, an alumnus of Colorado Springs Conservatory, demonstrate musically in Tony Award-nominee fashion in the conservatory presentation featuring other alums, students mentors and guest performers from the community. Tickets $10-$20, show times 7 p.m. with a June 20 matinee, coloradospringsconservatory.org, 577-4556.

– COMPILED BY LINDA NAVARRO, THE GAZETTE, 636-0374, linda.navarro@gazettedev.gazette.com