The Weekend: 5.6-5.8

Friday, May 6

Red Hook: The Big Easy comes to Brooklyn with the Bayou 'n' Brooklyn festival. Also Sunday.

Coney Island: Burlesque at the Beach is back!

Bay Ridge: You'll laugh, and you'll cry from laughing, with the Strivelli Players's production of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

Saturday, May 7

Borough-wide: Brooklyn's caught Kentucky Derby fever. Here's our guide to the parties, though our money's on the Bell House's. They'll be a bugle player!

Sunday, May 8

Fort Greene: The Fulton Flea is here again, just in time for spring.

Gowanus: The Guactacualar is back at the Bell House, and this time with more chips.