Weekend things to do: Florida Derby fashion, a great Cure tribute band in Delray Beach, NSYNC vs. Backstreet at Broward Center

Serious question: What does one wear to the Florida Derby? 

The thoroughbred race, known more formally as the Curlin Florida Derby, returns to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach on Saturday, and I’m flummoxed (not to be confused with the racehorse of the same name). 

I am familiar with the fashionable crowds that attend the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, sartorially splendid and seersuckered, feathery wide-brimmed hats at a rakish angle. Surely the Florida Derby — the most important prep race for the famed Kentucky Derby — makes its own, distinctive fashion statement, right?

You know how I am about tradition. (And what is traditional without parody?) Most importantly, the Carousel Club at Gulfstream Park is hosting a Florida Derby party that includes a hat and fashion contest (and, helpfully, half-price mojito pitchers from noon to 4 p.m.). What’s a winning outfit look like? 

Of course, you also may need to consider this for your Florida Derby watch party. The race, a culmination of a 14-race card on Saturday, is scheduled to be televised on CNBC and streamed on Peacock. The scheduled post time is  6:42 p.m. 

Unless I receive different recommendations, my working outfit right now is appropriately South Florida, kind of a technicolor dreamcoat with coordinating capri pants (thanks, Mike McDaniel). Haven’t decided on a hat yet. My wife is calling it a “Tommy Bahama-Lilly Pulitzer car crash,” but what’s her point? For information on the racing and the parties, visit FloridaDerby.com and CarouselClub.com.

THURSDAY

Thursday I’m in Love: For pure fun this weekend, it’s going to be hard to beat Thursday’s free concert in downtown Delray Beach by Cure tribute band Lovesong. Led by Rusty Wilmot, with his rebellious Robert Smith hair and rosy slapdash of lipstick, the band offers a deeply satisfying simulation of hits including “Friday I’m in Love,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Just Like Heaven,” “In Between Days” and, of course, “Lovesong.” Part of the Delray Beach DDA’s monthly Twilight Concert series, the show runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. (gates open at 6 p.m.). Visit DelrayOldSchoolSquare.com.

Lose your head: The smash Broadway musical “Six” — a girl-group retelling of the six wives of Henry VIII — is at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $55+, but very few remain. Visit Kravis.org.

Boys are back: Whether you came up on Team NSYNC or Team Backstreet, expect to hear the boy-band hits that won you over when NSYNC’s Joey Fatone and Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean bring the A Legendary Night Tour to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale at 8 p.m. Thursday. A quick perusal of previous setlists checks the boxes, with NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye,” “Tearin’ Up My Heart” and “It’s Gonna Be Me” joined by BSB’s “I Want It That Way,” “Everybody” and “Larger Than Life.” Tickets start at $44.50+ at BrowardCenter.org.

Thursday laughs: Veteran South Florida comedian and 97.3 radio personality Brittany Brave will debut a pop-up comedy club inside the boutique Balfour Hotel in South Beach’s buzzy South of Fifth neighborhood (350 Ocean Drive) on Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. Along with Brave, there will be performances by locals Gene Harding, Eli Rodriguez, Lonnie Cox and Chris Renois. Tickets cost $30 and are available at the door or on the Eventbrite page. Visit Facebook.com/BrittanyBraveComedy.

Hockey and beer: Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park is helping to elevate your tailgate for this weekend’s home games of your fightin’ Florida Panthers by putting its collaborative Cats beer Gloves Off IPA in cans for the first time. Visit Facebook.com/FunkyBuddhaBrew. The Panthers have upcoming games at Amerant Bank Arena at 7 p.m. Thursday against the New York Islanders and 12:30 p.m. Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings. Visit FloridaPanthers.com.

FRIDAY

Dinner date: Revelry, the kitschy-cool, food-forward boîte in Pompano Beach, has a strong lineup of local and nationally touring performers leading into a 40th birthday celebration for music-minded chef Paul Pincus on Sunday. It starts with Fort Lauderdale’s Joel DaSilva Band at 8 p.m. Friday, followed by Dave Elkins (mae), A Decade At Sea and Any Other Color on Saturday beginning at 7 p.m., and New York-area singer Vinnie Caruana (I Am the Avalanche and The Movielife), joined by Tallwalker and Mikey Calabria. Get there early enough to sample a few items from the kitchen, where Pincus does great things. See the menu at RevelryFLA.com.

Ticket window: Xscape and SWV will bring The Queens of R&B Tour, joined by Mýa, Total and 702, to iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on Sunday, July 14. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster.com. … Soul outfit St. Paul & the Broken Bones will bring the tour supporting new album “Angels In Science Fiction” to the Miami Beach Bandshell on Friday, Sept. 13. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at MiamiBeachBandshell.com. … Multiplatinum crooner Maxwell brings his Soul Serenade Tour to Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on Saturday, Sept. 14. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at MyHRL.com.

SATURDAY

Soul man: Transcendent rock star (and Miami resident) Juanes will perform at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on Saturday at 8 p.m., sharing music from his critically praised album “Vida Cotidiana.” The album, which Rolling Stone called “his best, most soulful album yet,” in February earned the Colombian-born musician the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. The show essentially had been a sellout, but the Hard Rock just opened the upper balcony, where seats are available starting at $40+. Visit MyHRL.com. 

Hello Mali: Afro Roots Fest at the Miami Beach Bandshell hosts a powerful evening of music from Oumou Sangaré, the Grammy Award-winning Malian singer whose sound descends from age-old song traditions of Wassoulou, a historic region south of the Niger River. There will be an opening set by Miami’s Seafoam Walls, a quartet that fuses jazz, indie rock and hiphop into something consistently impressive. Tickets cost $48.41. Visit MiamiBeachBandshell.com.

Weekend movie: Part-time Miami resident Maxwell Smart will appear at two local screenings on Saturday and Sunday of “The Boy in the Woods” (Menemsha Films), based on his best-selling memoir about his year alone in the woods hiding from the Nazis during the Holocaust. The film opens on Friday at the Movies of Delray and the Movies of Lake Worth. Smart will attend screenings at the Movies of Delray at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Visit MoviesOfDelray.com.

Sounds like South Florida: Longtime champions of the local music scene via their “561 Music” podcast, Ben Childs and Hector Diaz of the band KillBillies host the third annual 561 Music Festival on Saturday at Mathews Brewing Co. in Lake Worth Beach. The all-ages gathering will feature 20 South Florida bands performing on two stages from noon to midnight, food from the brewery’s Scratch Kitchen, and no shortage of beer. Tickets cost $10, and there’s a ticket and T-shirt combo for $25. Visit 561MusicFestival.com.

Full circle: Inimitable SoCal punk veterans Circle Jerks and Descendents perform at Revolution Live at the Backyard in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, March 30. Doors open at 7 p.m. Visit JoinTheRevolution.net. It’s sold out, but Ticketmaster’s Verified Resale program had tickets for $65+ at Ticketmaster.com.

SUNDAY

Weekend burger: Sunday is the final day to get Cheffrey Eats’ burger of the month called Deez Nuts!, a tricked-out PB&J burger that stacks an Angus beef patty with brie cheese, bacon and fresh jalapeños between two buns … made of fried Uncrustables. Yes. It’s $19, and you can add fries for $2. See it for yourself at Instagram.com/cheffreyeats. Cheffrey Eats commits this sorcery at Barrel of Monks Brewing in Boca Raton. Visit CheffreyEats.com.

Eggs and brunch: Tarpon River Brewing in downtown Fort Lauderdale hosts the Adult Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday from 10:30 to 11 a.m. — think of it as a pre-brunch workout. Hidden throughout the brewery, the eggs will have special treats inside (yes, some with beer), including a golden egg that comes with a TRB gift basket. The egg hunt costs $5 and is open to those 21 and older who RSVP on Eventbrite. The brewery’s popular brunch begins at 11 a.m. More information at TarponRiverBrewing.com.

Free art: NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale celebrates Fort Lauderdale Neighbor Day on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., with free admission and two-for-one wine in the cafe for residents of the city (with photo ID, driver’s license or residential utility bill). Currently on view at the museum are the exhibits “The Daily Act of Art Making”  and “Glory of the World: Color Field Painting (1950s to 1983).” Visit NSUArtMuseum.org.

LOOKING AHEAD

Big stuff coming up next weekend, so just to quickly get us all on the same page:

Tortuga is back: Tortuga Music Festival returns to Fort Lauderdale Beach Park from April 5 to 7, with headliners Lainey Wilson (Friday), Hardy (Saturday) and Jason Aldean (Sunday). Three-day passes (starting at $335+) and single-day tickets ($149+) are available at TortugaMusicFestival.com.

Artist benefit: The annual Cruiser Palooza Music & Arts Festival fundraiser will take place 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Old School Square Pavilion in downtown Delray Beach, with live music from Ballyhoo!, The Resolvers and Spred the Dub, plus food trucks, a beer garden, cornhole tournament, silent auction and more. The event raises money for South Florida artist Cruise Bogle, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a skimboard accident at age 19. Tickets start at $50. Visit CruiseBogle.com/cruiserpalooza.

Free zydeco: The Rhythm Foundation’s Hollywood ArtsPark Experience series will host a free concert by zydeco icon C.J. Chenier & his Red Hot Louisiana Band and Texas-Louisiana boogie pianist Marcia Ball on Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m. Admission is free with RSVP at HollywoodArtsParkExperience.com.

Madonna is back: The singer brings her critically lauded world tour to Miami’s Kaseya Center for concerts on Saturday, April 6, Sunday, April 7, and Tuesday, April 9. Standard tickets are available, starting at $175+, but Ticketmaster Verified Resale has some for less than that. Visit Ticketmaster.com.

Comedy king: Actor and comedian Kevin James (“King of Queens,” “Mall Cop”) brings his Owls Don’t Walk Tour to Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. Tickets are available, starting at $65+, at MyHRL.com.

Almost Dead: New all-star band Live Dead & Brothers, including members of the extended families of The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band, will revive classic cuts from those bands at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale on April 6. The ensemble includes pianist Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead), bassist Berry Duane Oakley (Allman Betts Band), guitarists Les Dudek (Allman Brothers Band) and Mark Karan (The Other Ones, RatDog), keyboardist Scott Guberman (Phil Lesh & Friends) and drummer Pete Lavezzoli (Oteil Burbridge & Friends), joined by special guest Bobby Lee Rodgers. Tickets start at $26.50+ at JoinTheRevolution.net.

Staff writer Ben Crandell can be reached at bcrandell@sunsentinel.com. Follow on Instagram @BenCrandell and Twitter @BenCrandell.