What’s Hot in the City this first weekend of summer?

Tonight, the national tour of the 2012 Tony Award-winning musical Newsies continues its Boston run at the Boston Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $34-$134; www.boston.broadway.com.

Also tonight is a performance by three-time Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’ performing at The Wilbur at 8 p.m. Tickets: $40-$50; www.ticketmaster.com.

The third annual Boston Jerkfest and Rum & Brew Tasting featuring top local Caribbean chefs offering authentic jerk-spiced foods, Caribbean home-made beverages, and live music takes place this Friday and Saturday at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in the South End. For more information: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-jerkfest-and-rum-brew-tasting-tickets-9431169883.

The ICA presents their Talking Taste series with chef/owner Michael Scelfo of Alden & Harlow on Friday at 6:30 p.m. featuring an al fresco cooking demonstration and tasting. Tickets: $10 members; $15 nonmembers; www.icaboston.org.

On Friday, comedian Joey Diaz takes over the Laugh Boston stage at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Tickets: $25 & $35; www.laughboston.com.

Café 939 hosts the musical event Krys’P Presents Soul’d Out: Men of Soul featuring Marc Evan Diaz, Nigel Tay and Jordan Felisbret this Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 general admission; www.berklee.edu/events/krysp-presents-sould-out-stronger.

It’s a night of jazz at The Beehive! Venezuelan pianist, arranger and composer Leo Blanco performs from 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. For more information: www.beehiveboston.com.

Join The Roxbury International Film Festival for their closing day screening featuring the hip-hop documentary Shake the Dust at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 MFA members; $12 nonmembers; www.mfa.org/programs/film/shake-the-dust-preceded-by-hello-harlem-tales-from-the-renaissance