Darlene Love, a defining voice heard atop Phil Spector’s 1960s Wall of Sound production, leads the pack of entertainment hitting local and regional venues over the next few weeks.

Love, a 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, brings “Love Songs” to Lehigh University’s Zoellner Arts Center. She sang backup on numerous 1960s classics, with her 1963 track “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” becoming a holiday staple.

Other entertainment highlights include blues artist Christone ”Kingfish” Ingram at Penn’s Peak, and Steve Martin and Martin Short at Wind Creek Event Center.

PENN’S PEAK

325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe

866-605-7325, pennspeak.com

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 8 p.m. May 17. Formed in 1989 in California, the contemporary swing-revival band released ninth studio album “Louie Louie Louie” in 2017.

• Matinee Shows. Schedule: Still Surfin’, Beach Boys tribute band, 1 p.m. May 21; Bill Haley Jr. and the Comets, 1950s and 1960s music, 1 p.m. May 22.

• Christone ”Kingfish” Ingram, 8 p.m. May 24. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the blues guitarist/singer released his third album, “Live in London,” in 2023.

• Summer Deck Parties. Schedule: Time Whys, 1960s and 1970s music, 6:30 p.m. May 30; South Penn Dixie, country-rock, 6:30 p.m. June 6.

MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE

14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe

570-325-0249, mcohjt.com

• The Steepwater Band, 7:30 p.m. May 23. Formed in Chicago in 1998, the blues-rock band released its eighth studio album “Re-Turn of the Wheel” in 2022.

• The Guess Who Alumni, 8 p.m. May 24. The act, featuring former Guess Who members such as Carl Dixon and Bill Wallace, pays tribute to the Canadian rock band.

• Burlesque Through the Ages, 8 p.m. June 1. Calamity Chang and others will perform.

VIC’S JAZZ LOFT

AT THE STABIN MUSEUM

268 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe

570-325-5588, vicsjazzloft.com

• Josh Lawrence Quartet, 7 p.m. May 25. Lawrence, a trumpeter, has released six albums as a leader, including his latest “Measured Response.”

TAMAQUA COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER

125 Pine St., Tamaqua

570-668-1192, tamaquaarts.org

• Jason Stewart Gallery Reception, 6 p.m. June 6. Stewart, who grew up on a Packer Township farm, started photographing nature while recovering from a horseback riding accident 11 years ago. Stewart’s exhibit will remain on display through June 27.

THE MAHONING DRIVE-IN

635 Seneca Road, Lehighton

484-613-1314, mahoningdit.com

• Muppets Take Mahoning 2, 6 p.m. May 17-18. Screenings will include 1980s “The Great Muppet Caper” and 2014’s “Muppets Most Wanted,” among others. The event will also include music, food, vendors, raffles, costume contests, a sing-along and a variety show.

• Halfway to Halloween, 5 p.m. May 19. The event includes a horror vendor market and a screening of 1932 shocker “Freaks.”

• Zombiefest X, 6 p.m. May 23-26. The theater, in partnership with Exhumed Films, will screen George A. Romero’s six living-dead films and other titles. Actor Ken Foree, star of 1978’s “Dawn of the Dead,” will attend May 24 and 25.

• 75th Anniversary Celebration, 6 p.m. June 6. The event will feature screenings of musical “April Showers,” shown at the drive-in’s April 1949 opening, and 1993’s “Jurassic Park,” which launched the theater’s all-retro/-35-mm era in 2015. The Salty Sea Circus will perform.

COUNTRY JUNCTION

6565 Interchange Road, Lehighton

610-377-5050, countryjunction.com

• Summerfest, 11 a.m. May 25 and 26. Summerfest, held weekends through the summer and at times alongside other events, includes a petting zoo, dog park and carnival rides.

BECKY’S DRIVE-IN

4548 Lehigh Drive, Walnutport

610-767-2249, beckysdi.com

• “The Garfield Movie” Event, 6 p.m. May 25. The film-premiere event will include a roaming Garfield, plus a Garfield and Odie dress-up contest. The theater requests patrons bring kitten supplies, plus cat and dog food.

WIND CREEK EVENT CENTER

77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem

610-297-7414, windcreekeventcenter.com

• Steve Martin and Martin Short, 8 p.m. May 17. The comedians/actors, who met on the set of 1986 film “Three Amigos,” have toured together since 2015.

• From Ashes to New, 6 p.m. May 19. Formed in 2013 in Lancaster, the metal/hip-hop band has released four studio albums to date, with its latest, “Blackout,“ out in 2023.

• Parliament-Funkadelic/George Clinton, 8 p.m. May 24. Clinton’s group includes members of Parliament and Funkadelic, both formed in the 1960s in New Jersey. Hits include “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)” and “One Nation Under a Groove.”

• In This Moment, 6:30 p.m. May 25. Formed in 2005 in Los Angeles, the metal band released its eighth studio album “Godmode” in 2023.

ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER

AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

420 E. Packer Ave, Bethlehem

610-758-2787, zoellner.cas.lehigh.edu

• Darlene Love, 7:30 p.m. May 17, Baker Hall. Born in Los Angeles, the singer started recording with producer Phil Spector in 1962. Love, former lead singer of The Blossoms, sang backup on many 1960s hits and lead on the Crystals-credited “He’s a Rebel” and “He’s Sure the Boy I Love.”

STATE THEATRE

453 Northampton St., Easton

800-999-7828, statetheatre.org

• Paul Anka, 7 p.m. June 5. The Canadian singer-songwriter/actor, marking seven decades as an entertainer, scored hit singles such as “Diana,” “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” and “Puppy Love.”

SHERMAN THEATER

524 Main St., Stroudsburg

570-420-2808, shermantheater.com

• Saliva and Drowning Pool, 8 p.m. May 17. Between them, the rock bands - formed in 1996 - have released 19 studio albums, scoring hits such as “Rest in Pieces” and “Bodies.”

• “Magic in You”: 13th Fusia DanceFest, five shows, various times, May 18 and 19.

• Battle of the Bands, 7 p.m. May 24. Eight bands of various genres compete for prizes.

• Symphony X, 8 p.m. May 31. The metal band, formed in 1994 in Middletown, New Jersey, released its ninth, and most recent, studio album “Underworld” in 2015.

• Michael Carbonaro, 8 p.m. June 1. Born in Oakdale, New York, the magician, actor and improv artist stars in the truTV series “The Carbonaro Effect,” which premiered in 2014.