COLORADO: BLUES & BREWS

Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Anders Osborne and many more will be taking part in the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Sept. 18-20, in Telluride Town Park, an outdoor venue with a backdrop of 13,000-foot mountain peaks. Late night shows will be held at local juke joints in town. The Brews part of the program promises more than 150 beers from more than 50 microbreweries.

Details: Tickets are $55 for Friday or Sunday passes, $60 for Saturday, and $155 for three-days. Tickets for the nighttime juke joints are $25. Festival camping is available for $40 per person. Info at www.tellurideblues.com.

-- ASSOCIATED PRESS

KENTUCKY: TOWN SPIRIT

Bardstown, which lays claim to being the ``Bourbon Capital of the World,'' rolls out the barrels Sept. 15-20 has host of the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Celebrate the history and making of Kentucky's finest product with distillery tours, displays, musical performances, southern food and contests. Some free events, some paid.

Details: www.kybourbonfestival.com or 800-638-4877.

ENGLAND: THE EVOLUTION CONTINUES

London's Natural History Museum continues its evolution this month with the opening of its Darwin Centre. Billed as ``the most significant development at the museum since it moved to South Kensington in 1881,'' the Darwin Centre's ``Cocoon'' is an eight-story structure housing some 20 million plants and insects, where visitors can watch museum scientists at work on cutting-edge research.

Details: Admission to the museum is free. More at www.nhm.ac.uk

CALIFORNIA: FRENCH TWIST

The OohLaLA Festival is bringing a bit of la France to L.A. this month in the first edition of what's hoped to become an annual three-day French music showcase. Taking over the Henry Fonda Theatre Sept. 23-25, the show opens with emerging talent from the indie pop/rock and folk scenes, including a performance from dance-pop provocateur Sébastien Tellier. Night No. 2 belongs to the radical, loungey reinterpretations of Nouvelle Vague, and the fest closes out with a serious collection of intercontinental, premiere party-starters manning the decks. Tickets are $25 a night, or $65 for a three-day pass. Additional facility fees apply.

Details: www.oohlalafestival.com.

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