Long weekends: rare, beautiful, still too short.

Fallen Star, Thursday, 8 p.m.
Pay your indie-rock respects to Big Star’s influential frontman at the Alex Chilton Tribute concert, featuring performances by members of The New Pornographers, China Syndrome, and Tiny Tim Overdrive. WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St., $10.

Get Lei’d, Friday, 7 p.m.
Rock your loudest Aloha shirt at the Gatsby Social Club’s Mele Kai Ho lu’au, complete with tropical drinks, Hawaiian-inspired menu, a live Polynesian band, and fire dancers. The Vancouver Rowing Club, 450 Stanley Park Drive, $40.

Japanimated, Saturday, 12 p.m.
Check out martial arts demos, taiko drumming, and live music at the 34th Annual Powell Street Festival. Oppenheimer Park, Powell St. at Dunlevy St., free.

Will to Power, Saturday, 8 p.m.
Root for your favourite a-hole at Glengarry Glen Ross (pictured above), playwright David Mamet’s look at cutthroat real estate agents in 1980’s Chicago, starring Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack. Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville St., $68.25.

Big Top, Sunday, 5 p.m.
Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring show, Kooza, gets back to basics with foul-mouthed clowns, old-time circus acts, and the unbelievable “Wheel of Death.” Grand Chapiteau at Concord Pacific, 50 Pacific Blvd. at Quebec St., $45.50-$161.

First Nations Feast, Monday, 7:30 p.m.
Finish off B.C. Day with a view of The Lions’ twin peaks on the patio of The Fish House for the First Nations-inspired Klahowya menu. Chef Karen Barnaby’s three-course fare features cold-smoked bison carpaccio, served with mountain cranberry compote and picked milkweed pods; cedar-planked wild sockeye salmon in beurre blanc; and elderberry cheesecake. Stick to the theme with a bottle of Nk’Mip Winemaker Series Pinot Noir from Canada’s first aboriginal-owned and -operated winery. $48 prix-fixe, wine, 8901 Stanley Park Drive, 604-681-7275.

Image by Emily Cooper.