Weekend Picks: Florence + the Machine, Vendy Awards, more
The "Dog Days" of summer are over, but Florence + the Machine is revving things up with an outdoor show. (Sat., $59.50-$85, 7:30 p.m., Nikon at Jones Beach Theater)
Laugh, laugh and laugh some more during the fifth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, featuring a variety of top performers. (Fri.-Sun., various prices and venues, eugenemirman.com)
A bevy of "The Dark Knight Rises" director Christopher Nolan's other movies are screening during the Film Society of Lincoln Center's series "Mind Over Matter: The Films of Christopher Nolan." (Fri.-Sept. 18, $8-$13, Howard Gilman Theater, 144 W. 65th St., 212-875-5601)
At the Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer & Music Festival, sample suds from craft breweries while listening to live music and checking out performances. (Sat., $60, noon, Greenwood Park Beer Garden, 555 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, freaktoberfest.com)
See your fave food trucks battle it out at the Vendy Awards and, of course, taste their chow. (Sat., $95, 12:30 p.m., Governors Island, streetvendor.org)
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