Get Out: 'Footloose' and Irish Step-Dancing

Use April Fool's Day as an excuse for a day of laughs.

Friday events include live comedy from a star of Last Comic Standing and a showing of Footloose. Saturday and Sunday offer plenty of other chances to step out for live music and entertanment, including traditional Irish dancing in the middle of an area pub.

You'd be a fool to miss these.

: Especially for teens, the is showing a matinee of the 1984 film Footloose starring Kevin Bacon. Snacks are included, but bring your own dancing shoes.

: Susan Lucci, Emmy-winning star of TV’s All My Children, is now a published author. She reads from her new book, All My Life, at an event at .

Kick off a night of comedy and live music at CD & ME in Frankfort with comedian Sonya White – as seen on CMT'S Southern Fried Chicks and NBC's Last Comic Standing.

The String Ensemble presents a midday concert at the , where kids can meet the violin, viola, cello and bass.

A day of music continues with a five-part brass ensemble, Saint Louis Brass, performing at Aurora University.

Saxophonist Richard Elliot, named Best Wind Player at the 2010 American Smooth Jazz Awards, plays Wentz Concert Hall as part of North Central College’s Sesquicentennial Fine & Performing Arts Season.

: Two dancers from McNaulty’s Irish Dancers are going to compete at the world championships in Dublin, Ireland. So send them off with a performance at the pub – Ballydoyle in Aurora.

: Two Brothers Brewing Co. of Warrenville and Limestone Brewing Co. of Plainfield pair up for a food-and-beer-pairing event.

: Classical vocal music group Chicago A Cappella performs an ode to Chicago history at Wentz Concert Hall.