MAY 15

'Candy Sugar Sugar" is a party for a good cause. Some of the revenue is being donated to three Hawai'i charities: Project Visitation, Boys and Girls Club, and Ronald McDonald House Charities. Shining Star and Annette Oasay, Party Crashers, Fusion, HI Tribe, Smitz and DJ Rude Dog are performing.

Pipeline Café / $5 pre-sale, $10-$20 / 18-older / 455-3109

MAY 15-31

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" follows two con men living on the French Riviera who make a loser-leave-town bet that centers around getting a beautiful woman to give one $50,000. You will laugh out loud. Promise.

8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, 3 p.m. matinees Saturdays May 23 and 30 / Diamond Head Theatre / $12-$42 / 733-0274, www.diamondheadtheatre.com

MAY 21-24

How cool is this? Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy award for "MILK," is the featured speaker at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival's Closing Night. This is the festival's 20th anniversary, too.

May 21-24 / Doris Duke Theatre / $10 / for schedule: www.hglcf.org

MAY 21-JUNE 31

The 50th State Fair has a month of weekend family fun. Rides, motorcycle daredevils, circus performers, food, games, entertainment ... did we miss anything?

6 p.m.-12 a.m. May 21, June 11 and Fridays, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. May 25 and Saturdays-Sundays / Aloha Stadium / $3 12-6 p.m., $5 6 p.m.-12 a.m. / 682-5767, www.ekfernandez.com

MAY 23

Mix the sweet sounds of jazz saxophonist Dave Koz with the Honolulu Symphony and put them together at the Waikiki Shell and you have a night under the stars you'll never forget. Neither will she. (Hint hint).

8 p.m. / Waikiki Shell / $15-$95 / 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com

JUNE 3

British Comedian Jim Jeffries has developed a bit of a cult following: He's the bloke in the viral YouTube video who was attacked by a fan during a performance at The Comedy Store in Manchester in April 2007. He came back to finish his set, too!

8 p.m. / Pipeline Café / $20, $40 VIP / www.grooveticket.com

JUNE 5-7

The Pan Pacific Festival is celebrating 30 years of promoting relationships between Hawai'i and the Pan-Pacific region with thousands of musicians, artists and dancers from Pacific Rim countries coming to O'ahu showcase their talents.

For schedule and prices: www.pan-pacific-festival.com

JUNE 12-21

Elmo, Oscar, The Cookie Monster and the whole Sesame Street gang is coming to town for a night of family fun. Even if you're not a kid, you've gotta love these guys.

7 p.m. June 12, 2 and 5:30 p.m. June 13, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. June 14, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. June 18-19, 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m. June 20-21 / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $12-$37 / 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com

HOT DATES

May 16 Visitor Charity Walk, O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i, Big Island
May 28 Cheech & Chong, Waikïkï Shell
May 30 Motion Music Festival, Pipeline Café
June 6 Habilitat’s 9th annual Lüçau Event, Windward Community College
June 6 White Party, Sheraton Waikiki Twist at the Hanohano Room
June 7 The Aloha International Piano Festival, Hawaiçi Convention Center
June 9 32nd annual Nä Hökü Hanohano Awards, Sheraton Waikiki
June 12-14 32nd annual Home & Garden Show, Blaisdell Center
June 13 Pussycat Dolls, Blaisdell Arena
July 17 Tiffany, Pipeline Café