Three to See Edmonton Events: NOFX, 11 O'clock mayhem and Yellow Brick Floyd

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Punk in Drublic Festival: Celebrating 40 years of melodic hardcore skate punk, packin’-it-in L.A. legends NOFX are bringing the party Downtown over the weekend for their “Final Tour” with an impressive collection of true believers in the two-day lineup — definitely enough to ensure some brain damage if you’re looking for it.

Saturday it’s The Interrupters, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, The Real McKenzies and Get Dead — whoo! Sunday, the sweat and spit will fly with Descendents, Face to Face, The Flatliners, Codefendants, local heroes Choke, and Bad Waitress.

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Man, they might have to turn up the amps down at the folk fest, this Fat Mike and Co. sendoff is going to be nuts.

Afterparty over at Starlite, PS, starts at 10 p.m., $20.

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Details: gates noon at Fan Park (10128 104 Ave.), $224.99 GA weekend pass, $132.94/Sat, $122.64 Sun at ticketmaster.ca.

The 11 O’Clock Number: Tick, tock, it bears mentioning one of Edmonton’s wildest theatre traditions happens every Saturday over at Grindstone, the jaw-dropping sharpness of a completely improvised musical. With a slightly rotating cast each week launching from cues from the audience, this is always worth a watch whether it completely, well, sings or flies straight off the Alpine train track into complete chaos.

Prepare to be amazed at this hour of magic named 11, in its 12^th season, which actually starts at 9 p.m., haha.

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Details: 9 p.m. Saturday at Grindstone Theatre (10019 81 Ave.), $18.

Dark Side of Oz: What do 1939, 1973 and amazingly now-legal weed have in common? You got it, friend: one of the craziest accidental mashups in pop culture history!

Dropping the needle to play Money at the third roar of the MGM lion, the series of rando coincidences that pour out as we follow Dorothy and friends down the Yellow Brick Road is well worth experiencing — and did you know Elton John is a huge fan of Shine On You Crazy Diamond?

And that Money and monkey (flying) are, er, kinda/almost the same word?

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Details: 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $14.

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