Things to do for the week ahead: Motocross, plant sale, music, cats and more

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt blends blues, R&B, rock and pop to create her sound that has won multiple Grammy Awards. With the release of her 20th album, “Dig In Deep,” she is touring the country with special guests The California Honeydrops. Come out to see her in an 8 p.m. concert Wednesday at the Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle. Tickets are $40.25-$95.25, and are available at 877-784-4849 and stgpresents.org.

As the official feeder system for Monster Energy Supercross, AMSOIL Arenacross brings some of the best up-and-coming riders together for fast-paced competition. The course at the Tacoma Dome for this weekend’s event is filled with difficult challenges, airtime, speed and close-contact racing. Come out for two days of motorcycle racing. Professional racing starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, and Amateur Day starts at noon Sunday. Tickets are $10-$40 and are available through Ticketmaster.

Get a start on your flower baskets at the Tahoma Fuchsia Society’s annual plant sale starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. There will be a variety of hanging and perennial hardy fuchsias in four-inch pots and an assortment of other plants to browse. It’s at the Disabled Veterans Hall, 1110 N. Stevens St., Tacoma.

Bringing their mountain gospel sound, Loose Canon invites the public to a family-friendly community singalong starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Come out to Bethany Presbyterian Church, 4420 N. 41st St., Tacoma, for a free night of music followed by a cobbler-pie social. Nonperishable food or cash donations are requested for the North Tacoma FISH food bank. For more information, call 253-752-1123.

As part of Third Thursday, the Tacoma Art Museum is hosting its annual Used Book Sale from 5-7 p.m. Thursday. Books are a wide range of artistic subjects including exhibition catalogues, art history, biographies, art instruction and more. Funds raised from the sale benefit education programming at the museum. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/jl277w5.

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Season is all about beautiful, sexy and fun humor when it comes to the Showbox Sodo, 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle. It features cast members of divas attempting to outshine their rivals in a fun competition. It is 9 p.m. Tuesday with tickets starting at $37.50. Go to showboxpresents.com to order yours.

Renowned for his live performances as well as his songwriting, Paul McCartney is on the road with his “One on One Tour.” His stop at KeyArena on Sunday is one of his first concerts of the tour. Come out for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets start at $39.50 and are available through Ticketmaster.

You don’t have to be a “cat lady” to enjoy the ACFA Championship Cat Show, “Tip Toe Through the Tulips,” taking place this weekend at the Thurston County Fairgrounds, 3054 Carpenter Road, Lacey. There will be cats of all kinds, sizes and breeds competing along with everything to do with cats. Lunch will be available for purchase. The activities begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/z38w4bh.

If you missed the Daffodil parades last weekend, don’t despair. You can catch the Junior Daffodil Parade Saturday at 10 a.m. as it winds through the Proctor District, or the Daffodil Marine Parade at 11:30 a.m. Sunday from Point Defiance along the Ruston Way waterfront area to the Thea Foss Waterway. Learn more at jrdaffodil.com and bit.ly/1SARxLq.

This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Things to do for the week ahead: Motocross, plant sale, music, cats and more."