From a cool double-bill of classic 1980s bands to one of the best classical quartets in the business, there are a lot of great shows and concerts to catch this weekend in the Bay Area.

Here’s a partial rundown.

Catch 2 classic ’80s rock acts

ABC, one of the best of the U.K. new wave acts of the ’80s, is hopping over the pond for a run of dates in the U.S. And fortunately for Bay Area fans, that concert tour kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight at San Francisco’s Masonic. It’s your chance to see ultra-charismatic front man Martin Fry and company perform such terrific tunes as “Poison Arrow,” “The Look of Love,” “How to be a Millionaire,” “Be Near Me” “Vanity Kills,” “When Smokey Sings” and, best of all, “All of My Heart.”

We’ve caught the band performing a few times in recent years, and each occasion has been terrific. Fry remains one of the best in the business, boasting a strong voice that still closely recalls what one heard on the classic ’80s outings “The Lexicon of Love” and “How to be a Zillionaire” — the twin highlights of a catalog that has amassed some 20 million in album sales over the decades. (He also recently released his autobiography — the wonderfully titled “A Lexicon of Life” — which chronicles his childhood in Manchester and continues through his chart-topping days with ABC.)

ABC is co-headlining this tour with fellow U.K. new wave icon Howard Jones, who is known for such ’80s hits as “Things Can Only Get Better,” “What Is Love?” and “No One Is to Blame.” SiriusXM “First Wave” DJ Richard Blade opens the show with a DJ set.

Details: Tickets start at $64; livenation.com.

— Jim Harrington, Staff

An artsy White Elephant

Does your home seem strangely uncluttered? Do you enjoy shopping for antiques, or planning your Halloween costume months beforehand? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you’ll enjoy visiting the White Elephant Sale, the oldest and largest rummage sale in all of Northern California.

Put on by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, the warehouse-spanning extravaganza — a 60-year tradition — has raised more than $30 million for the Oakland Museum of California’s exhibitions and educational programs. It’s managed by hundreds of volunteers who will happily talk your ear off about whatever bargain item you’ve unearthed, whether it be an old phonograph, a glitzy prom dress, estate furniture or porkpie hat of mysterious origin. Or maybe some delicate China, jewelry and faux fur, an acoustic guitar or a classic Schwinn bike in need of some TLC. That’s the beauty of the White Elephant Sale – you never know what treasure you’ll find.

The event involves 17 departments and more than 90,000 square feet of shopping space, so bring your comfiest shoes and a bottle of water. But don’t bring cash, as only major credit and debit cards and Apple Pay are accepted for entry and purchases.

Details: The sale runs 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday through Feb. 15, plus Feb. 17 (Presidents Day) and Feb. 20-22 at 333 Lancaster St. in Oakland. Clearance weekend (with free entry) runs 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 1-2. Make reservations and buy admission tickets ($7) at www.whiteelephantsale.org.

— John Metcalfe, Staff

Classical picks: Finckel & Han; Alexander Quartet

Chamber music takes center stage this week, with programs by two adventuresome quartets and an appearance by Music@Menlo founders and perennial performance favorites David Finckel and Wu Han. These performances bring such a delightful menu of works, music lovers will want to attend all three.

Alexander Quartet, times three: The San Francisco-based Alexander Quartet has performed on five continents, but Bay Area fans can hear them in three local venues this week. Presented by the Berkeley Chamber Performances, their program includes Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden,” Haydn’s Quartet Op. 77, No. 1 in G Major, and Kian Ravaei’s “The Little Things.” Details: 7 p.m. Feb. 7, Crowden School, Berkeley; 10 a.m. Feb. 8 at SF Performances’ Saturday Morning Series; and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Lafayette Library; $40 general, $20 students; ASQ4.com.

Euclid in Livermore: Formed in Ohio in 1999, the Euclid Quartet takes its name from Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue, home to many cultural institutions. Since then, the foursome has been awarded the esteemed “American Masterpieces” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This week, the Euclid players come to Livermore, with a program that includes Astor Piazzola’s “Four for Tango.” Details: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Bankhead Theater, Livermore; $35-$57 general, $16-$20 students; livermorearts.org.

Trio works in Berkeley: Chamber music masters pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel, founders and guiding lights of the annual Music at Menlo summer festival, come to Berkeley’s Cal Performances this weekend. Joined  by violinist Arnaud Sussmann in U.C. Berkeley’s intimate Hertz Hall, they’ll play a recital of piano trio masterworks by Haydn, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. Details: 3 p.m. Feb. 9, Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus; $81-$86; calperformances.org.

— Georgia Rowe, Correspondent

Worthy freebie at SFMOMA

Free First Thursday at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is always a good deal, but this week it’s also a great reminder that you are running out of time to catch the fun and family-friendly exhibit there titled “Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture.” Billed as a “collection of stories that show how sports impacts our culture and our psyches,” the exhibit features some 150 works and attractions that touch on everything from distance swimmer Diana Nyad, the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage; to Billie Jean King’s triumphant “Battles of the Sexes” match against Bobby Riggs; to the career and pop-culture legacy of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. Included in the collection are such interactive treats as Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s foosball table created for 22 players and Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco’s ping-pong table with a fishpond instead of a net.

You’ll also find an original pair of the iconic Air Jordans sneakers and works from Ernie Barnes, the pro football player who went on to become an acclaimed career as a painter known for his unique style depicting elongated figures and movement. Also included is Hank Willis Thomas’ “Guernica,” a re-creation of Picasso’s famed painting of the same name, created from recycled sports jerseys. You can catch all these fun and compelling attractions for free from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday. Otherwise, the exhibit runs through Feb. 18. You’ll find it on Floor 7 of the museum, which is on 3rd Street, between Mission and Howard streets.

Details: Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Thursday (closed Wednesday). Normal admission is $23-$30. Go to ww.sfmoma.org.

‘Great Gatsby’ en pointe

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” with its tragic tale of doomed love set among the flamboyance of the Jazz Age, would seem to lend itself well to ballet. The Bay Area is about to find out if that is so, as the newly created “The Great Gatsby Ballet” arrives in the Bay Area this weekend for two performances. The work, on a world-premiere-tour of the U.S., was choreographed by acclaimed Russian dance-maker Ilya Jivoy, who has been based in Los Angeles since he and Ukrainian wife fled Russia at the start of the Ukrainian war. The score is by Anna Drubich, who’s primarily a film/TV composer making her ballet debut with this work. “Gatsby” is being performed by the World Ballet Company, which is based in Los Angeles but seemingly lives up to its name with a relentless touring schedule that has brought the troupe to some 300 cities around the world, including areas in which ballet performances are few and far between. Expect an emotion-packed production – as is reportedly Jivoy’s calling card – with lavish scenery from the two-hour production, which plays at the Heritage Theater in Campbell at 7 p.m. Saturday ($50.50-$106) and 6 p.m. Sunday at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco ($67-$88).

Details: Tickets and more information are at worldballetcompany.com.

Sobelle’s ‘Food’ for thought

The last time theater-maker Geoff Sobelle brought a show to the Bay Area, we literally and figuratively got to watch a house get constructed onstage. That was in “Home,” a play presented at Berkeley Repertory Theatre that explored the concept of what a home is and why we define it in that fashion, while weaving in such larger issues as migration, gentrification and homelessness. That is kind of Sobelle’s strength and calling card — bringing together people for a meaty and meaningful look at issues that affect us all. And now he is back with a new work that has a similarly big reach, titled “Food.” Reportedly presented to an audience that joins Sobelle at a large banquet table, “Food” explores such issues as what we eat, how we consume it and who really pays for it all. Organizers describe it as absurdist and immersive theater that is “at once common and strange, human and surreal, universal and personal.” “Food” plays at Stanford University’s Memorial Auditorium this week, with performances scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Details: Tickets are $38-$75; go to live.stanford.edu.

SF Symphony is slithering into 2025

The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the Lunar New Year, as it has every year since 2001, with a preconcert party in Davies Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday with all manner of treats and festivities honoring the Year of the Snake. Then at 5 p.m., conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong picks up the baton to lead the orchestra through An-Lun Huang’s “Saibei Dance” from the “Saibei” Suite No. 2, Tian Zhou’s “Indigo” from the Grammy-nominated Concerto for Orchestra and the world premiere of an S.F. Symphony-commissioned piece from composer Shuying Li. Also on the program is assistant principal cellist Amos Yang serving as the soloist for selections from Chen Gang and He Zhanhao’s “The Butterfly Lovers,” inspired by an ancient tale about two lovers who had to transform into the winged creatures in order to stay together. Renowned pipa player Wu Man brings her plucked instrument to the stage to perform Zhao Jipng’s Pipa Concerto No. 2, and the concert concludes with Huan-Zhi Li’s “Spring Festival” Overture.

Details: Find tickets, $99-$199, at sfsymphony.org.