Thursday, Oct. 2: John Ford Coley and Terry Sylvester, lead singer of the Hollies, in concert at Kowloon. Yes, the giant Chinese restaurant in Saugus. $25. 781-233-0077 for tickets and the time the concert starts.

Saturday, Oct. 3: Harvest Fest, which will "bring together some of the finest artistic, culinary and musical talents from in and around the city of Somerville. Samples and demonstrations from local microbreweries will be presented throughout the day." Plus music/multimedia by, among others, Zebbler (better known as one of the Lite-Brite guys). 1-8 p.m., wristbands are $12. More info.

Sunday, Oct. 4: This must be snack-food month in Union Square in Somerville. The weekend after the annual What the Fluff festival comes Going Nutty, in which several local bakeries and restaurants show off their skills in making foods with, well, nuts. $5 donation goes to a high-school music scholarship fund. 2-4 p.m. More info.

Sunday, Oct. 4: Rozzie rats and political junkies will line Belgrade Avenue in Roslindale for the Roslindale Day parade, which kicks off at 1 p.m. at Adams Park in the Square, wends its way through Roslindale, takes a detour through West Roxbury by Holy Name and then ends up at Fallon Field. More info.

Union Square in Somerville hosted its annual What the Fluff festival today in honor of Archibald Query's invention of peanut butter's BFF.

Kathy Weller, one of the sellers at yesterday's Boston Handmade Somerville Marketplace in Union Square, chronicles how she got ready for the market.

Rob Bellinger reports an actual townie sighting in Union Square.

Rob V posts a photo of a sign mounted on a light pole pointing you to the Dunkin' Donuts all of ten feet away in Union Square.

Allison Stevens watches a fire inspector at the Fluff festival.

Sushiesque posts photos from yesterday's Fluff festival in Somerville.

Image used under Creative Commons.

The annual What the Fluff is now scheduled for tomorrow, 4-7 p.m. in Somerville's Union Square.

Why were three helicopters buzzing Davis and Union squares around 6 this morning?

DrinkBoston hoists a brew in honor of the Independent:

... The Independent in Somerville's Union Square is kind of like that middle sister who, after an awkward adolescence in which she was often overshadowed by her older and younger siblings, grew up to be the attractive, smart girl who's really easy to hang out with. ...