Travis Wammack and the Snakeman Band with Jan and Donnie Gullet and Roger Clark will play 5:30-7:30 tonight at Catfish Haven in Russellville.

Kerry Gilbert and Hugh Banks, of the KGB, perform 6-9 tonight in the enclosed patio at Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken 120 W. Second St., Muscle Shoals. Gilbert and Banks also perform 6-10 Friday at Frank’s Italian Restaurant, 500 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield.

Jim Seales, Donny Carpenter and Mitchell Curtis perform a variety of music as 3 Wheel Drive 6:30-9:30 tonight at FloBama Music Hall, 311 N. Court St., Florence. No cover charge.

Zac Hacker is the guest musician 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at DP’s, Classic Grille, 410 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield. The Tennessee River Band hosts an open musician night 8 p.m. to midnight Wednesday.

The bands Wrecking Day, Darkend and Shoot Him if He Runs perform in concert beginning at 9 p.m. Friday at JD’s, Bar and Grill, 505 N. Raleigh Ave., Sheffield. Admission: $5, ages 19 and older.

Musical guests Friday night at PJ’s, 701 Davison Ave., Muscle Shoals, will be Chris Smith and Neon Moon. On Saturday, the band is Tremayne.

Shawn Puryear performs 6-8 p.m. Friday at The Trojan House, 2415 Avalon Ave. in Muscle Shoals.

The free public film series, “The Screening Room: Classics, Crowd-Pleasers, Cult Favorites and Neglected Gems,” screens films throughout the year in the conference room of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. The December lineup concludes at 7 tonight with the annual screening of the British screen version of “A Christmas Carol” (1951), starring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermoine Baddeley, Patrick Macnee, Miles Malleson and Ernest Thesiger. Also, the “Twilight Zone” holiday episode, “The Night of the Meek” (1960) starring Art Carney, will be shown. The Screening Room is sponsored by the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library and Pillar of Fire. The series is organized and hosted by film historian and Pillar of Fire founder Terry Pace. For details, call the library, 256-764-6564, or Pillar of Fire, 256-366-4512; or email pillaroffire@ bellsouth.net.

Clay Mize, a Florence native, has completed a new Christmas story that begins in Genesis and incorporates the lives of Jacob and King David, who also have connections to Bethlehem. Mize will share opening remarks and a reading at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Cold Water Books, 101 W. Sixth St., Tuscumbia.

Trees of Christmas at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art is on display through Monday. Live spruce and fir trees have been decorated for the holiday season by community groups and individuals. In addition, holiday art by Tennessee Valley Art Association members will be on display and for sale. Art center hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Admission: $5, adults; $3, children; free, museum members and on Sundays. The museum is at 511 N. Water St., Tuscumbia. Details: 256-383-0533 or tvaa.net.

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