Music: Metal Shop
Downtown Mountain View's Castro Street (at Dana Street) will host a free concert by Metal Shop -- which bills itself as an "'80s arena-rock tribute band" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight, Aug. 9. Audience members are advised to bring a folding chair or blanket to sit on. The city's outdoor concert series concludes on Aug. 23. For a full schedule, go to mountainview.gov.

Family: 'The Great Outdoors'
A free showing of the 1988 family-vacation comedy "The Great Outdoors," with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd, is planned for sundown (about 8:15 p.m.) tonight, Aug. 9, in downtown Redwood City's Courthouse Square. The outdoor film series runs weekly through Aug. 30. For more, go to redwoodcity.org.

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