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This week

Centennial Homecoming, Toccoa. Toccoa Falls College Homecoming Concert. The college’s Concert Band, Flute Ensemble, Brass and Jazz Ensembles and student and alumni vocalists and instrumentalists will perform. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Grace Chapel and Performing Arts Center, Toccoa Falls College, 325 Chapel Drive, Toccoa. (706) 886-6831.

The Echo Project, Fairburn. Featuring The Killers, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Flaming Lips and many other performers. Environmental awareness workshops, related activities. 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. today and Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Bouckaert Farm, exit 69 off Interstate 85, Cedar Grove Road, Fairburn. Tickets $85-$178.50 in advance, $200 at the gate. (800) 594-8499.

Banks and Shane, Gainesville. Rescheduled from Labor Day concert. 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, officially closing the 2007 Summer MusicFest from The Arts Council. Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St., Gainesville. General admission tickets $25, or $240 for a table of eight (reserved seating). (770) 534-2787.

Student recital, Gainesville. Brenau music majors perform piano and vocal concert. Works by Bach, Beethoven and Handel. 8 p.m. Monday, Pearce Auditorium, Brenau University, 500 Washington St. S.E., Gainesville. Free. (800) 252-5119.

Blue Sky Concerts, Gainesville. Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays throughout October at the downtown Gainesville square. Brown bag lunches may be purchased from downtown restaurants. Schedule: Gainesville State College’s jazz ensemble, Wednesday; King Daddy Polecats Oct. 24; GSC’s brass ensemble Oct. 31. Free. (770) 297-1141 or Downtown Gainesville.

Upcoming

12 Girls Band, Atlanta. 8 p.m. Oct. 18, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. $35-$65. (404) 733-5000 or Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Voices of Praise, Gainesville. Gospel selections featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s "Gloria" with orchestra. Voices of North Georgia, formerly The Gainesville Chorale. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 3 p.m. Oct. 21, 404 Washington St. N.W., Gainesville. $15 adults, $12 seniors age 60 and older and students, $5 children age 11 and younger. (404) 376-2737.

Chuck Brodsky, Sautee. Evening Star Music Series. 8 p.m. Oct. 20, Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 Ga. 255 N., Sautee. Tickets $20 adults, $15 members, $8 children age 12 and younger. Reservations recommended. (706) 878-3300.

Fall Classical Concert, Gainesville. Gainesville Symphony Orchestra. Featuring "Classical Masterworks" by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. 8 p.m. Oct. 30, Pearce Auditorium, Brenau University, 500 Washington St. S.E., Gainesville. Tickets $27 adults, $24 seniors and $12 students. (770) 532-5727.

Ongoing

Appalachian Jam, Dahlonega. Acoustic bluegrass and old time string music jam session open to the public. 2 to 6 p.m. Saturdays through October, Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site, downtown square, Dahlonega. Free. (706) 864-6133.