Fall’s musical lineup

Sept. 22 — EarleFest: Boasting Rodney Crowell, Ozomatli and Carolyn Wonderland, the 5th annual benefit for the Earle Baum Center for the Blind takes it to the next level.
$25-$30. 4539 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa. www.earlefest.com.

Taj Majal will play the Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival

Sept. 22-23 — Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival: On Saturday, it’s George Benson and Tower of Power. On Sunday, it’s George Thorogood, Robert Randolph and Taj Mahal. How can you go wrong?
$50 day/$80 two-day pass. Johnson’s Beach, Guerneville. www.omegaevents.com/ russianriver.

Sept. 29 — Lang Lang: Rocking the spikiest anime mane since Mozart, the animated Chinese concert pianist returns to finish what he started when he tuned the Green Music Center hall back in 2011.
$20-$55 lawn. Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. gmc.sonoma.edu.

Sept. 29 — Harmony by the Bay: The Shins, Tegan and Sara and Jimmy Cliff headline this transplant music and yoga festival that rises from the ashes of the Sonoma County Fairgrounds and lands at Shoreline Amphitheatre, where you’ll still find attractions like the “Conscious Carnival” and the “Awakened Art Garden.”
$29.50-$143.50. One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. www.harmonybythebay.net.

Sept. 30 — Alison Krauss: The reigning queen of bluegrass will be playing an even more “acoustic” set than usual with her expert crew, Union Station.
$55 and free lawn seats available on Sept. 4 to the general public. Green Music Center, Sonoma State University. gmc.sonoma.edu.