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Four Corners Gem and Mineral Club will host its 68th annual show this weekend at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. (Durango Herald file)

The 68th annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral show will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.

Events will feature all things gem and mineral with more than 60 vendors, classes, kids’ activities and food trucks.

The Gem and Mineral Club itself turns 75 this year.

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Purgatory Resort will host a brew fest from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the beach at the resort’s base area. Beers from Ska Brewing Co., Telluride Brewing Co., New Belgium, Fenceline Cider and others will be featured.

Tickets are $25. Attendees will receive a souvenir tasting glass and unlimited tastings while listening to live music from State 38.

Friday-Sunday, July 8-10

68th annual Four Corners Gem & Mineral Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. $3 adults, children younger than 12 free with adult. Details: durangorocks.org.

Friday, July 8

Music in the Mountains Mobile Stage Concert, 2 p.m., Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. https://bit.ly/3bLaEZU.

Out on Work Release, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio.

Kirk James, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.

Music in the Mountains Mobile Stage Concert, 6:30 p.m., Buckley Park, 1200 Main Ave. https://bit.ly/3yjpWwW.

Jazz Jam, 7-9 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. $25 per person. Hosted by iAM MUSIC.

Bilateral Stimulation, 7-10 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Let’s Dance/DJ Voss, 10 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Saturday, July 9

One Heart Orchestra, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Durango Farmers Market, 259 W. Ninth St.

Homebuyer Education Class, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield. $15.

Music in the Mountains Mobile Stage Concert, 11 a.m., Shoshone Park, 400 Shoshone Ave., Ignacio. https://bit.ly/3y4Ja9i.

Tyler Reed Smith, 1-4 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Brew Fest, 1:30-5 p.m., the beach at Purgatory Resort’s base area, 1 Skier Place, $25. https://www.purgatory.ski/events/summer-brew.

Jack Ellis & Larry Carver, 6-9 p.m., Fur Trapper’s Steakhouse, 701 East Second Ave.

Oblee, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.

Flyin Dirty Band, 6 p.m., Gazpachos, 431 East Second Ave.

Music in the Mountains Mobile Stage Concert, 6:30 p.m., Buckley Park, 1200 Main Ave. https://bit.ly/3NyGR49.

GYC Release Party, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Silent Disco, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Sunday, July 10

Andrew Schuhmann, 1-4 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Reeder & Spencer, 6-9 p.m., Durango Hot Springs, 6475 County Road 203.