Weekend's Best: Oyster Fest, Tasting Test,

The first weekend after Labor Day is always a busy one. Make your weekend plans, folks:

• The heavens appear to be smiling on this year's Norwalk Oyster Festival, this weekend, where the Village People are going to try again after being rained out at last year's Oyster Fest. In addition to bands, there are rides for the kids, food booths, other entertainment and general fun all around. (Hey, they've been doing this for 37 years, and they know how to give you a good time.) Always check out the pizza frites provided by St. Anne's Club, created on a patented device and with an organizational plan from Dominick Gurliacci, the late uncle of Darien Patch Editor David Gurliacci.

• "Viva Brazil! Saturday , Sept. 7 is Brazilian Independence Day! To celebrate this historic event, there will be [at Rodizio's Grill, 33 Broad St., Stamford] half price Caipirinhas and Limeades all day! Join us in our bar area for a $12 draft beer and our famous Slider plate, or dine in our restaurant and enjoy the “Full Rodizio” for $19.99 per person." -- from the event listing on Stamford Patch.

• SoNo Marketplace, 314 Wilson Ave., Norwalk, teams up with local craft beer brewers an Walrus+Carpenter or a 'Taste of the Beer Garden: Heat and Hops' event to benefit Norwalk firefighters from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

• Buy tickets to see cabaret duo Judy Carmichael and Steve Ross at the Stamford Center for the Arts' Palace Theater at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7. Check out these prix fixe menus for restaurants you can dine at before the show: Bar Rosso — Columbus Park — Emme of Capri — Napa — Siena Ristorante

• Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders can ring in the school year with free admission this weekend to Bruce Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and New England Air Museum.