Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• Weather forced the postponement of the return of outdoor events for First Fridays Youngstown.

Organizers bumped everything to this Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. with most activities happening on Phelps Street downtown, including live music by Razed by Robots and a vendor market.

When things wrap up downtown, attendees can head to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre for the year’s first Party on the Lawn at 8 p.m. Friday with music by RDNA.

JAC Management, which operates the amphitheater and Wean Foundation Park, also released the Premier Bank Is Becoming WesBanco Community Event Series or, I guess, PBIBWBCES for short.

Parties on the Lawn also are planned June 6 with Idora and the Wildcats (a group challenging The Vindys for the most Youngstown-centric band name ever) and September 5 with the Ward-Beck Project, led by Rick Ward and Billy Beck, Mahoning Valley natives who also are integral members of the Ohio Players.

Instead of a Party on the Lawn for July, Wean Park will host the city’s Food Trucks and Fireworks celebration on July 4, which also will include a Youngstown Walk of Fame induction ceremony.

Jazz/pop/R&B vocalist Lindsey Webster will perform at this year’s annual Wine & Jazz event at the amp on July 12. Webster has had a half-dozen top five hits on Billboard’s smooth jazz chart, including “Fool Me Once” and “Where Do You Want to Go.”

The 2024 movie hit “Wicked” will be shown for free at the amphitheater on July 11, and seven other films will be shown at Wean Park as part of the Youngstown Summer Movie Series: “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” (2024) on June 23; “Iron Man” (2008) on June 30; “Goosebumps” (2015) on July 14; “Happy Gilmore” (1996) on July 28; “The Wild Robot” (2024) on Aug. 4; “Monsters Inc.” (2013) on Aug. 11, and “Crazy Stupid Love” (2011) on Aug. 15.

• AXS announced its $25 all-in deal for shows at the venues it operates, which includes the Agora Theatre, Jacobs Pavilion and the new Globe Iron in Cleveland and Stage AE in Pittsburgh.

In some cases, concertgoers can save 50% or more over the original ticket price.

Not everything is included. It will still cost more than $100 to find a ticket for Caamp on June 12 at Jacobs Pavilion. But tickets are available for 40 shows at the three different Cleveland venues, including Wallows, Dropkick Murphys, The Head and the Heart, Alabama Shakes, Gregory Alan Isakov, Santigold, Vance Joy, Buddy Guy and 311.

The $25 tickets are available from noon Friday until 11:59 p.m. May 16 while supplies last, and based on past experience, tickets will go fast for many shows.

Live Nation has done a similar promotion at its venues for years, and this is the time of year it normally is announced. At least as of midday Wednesday, the promoter that operates Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pa., and other area venues hasn’t announced when or if they are doing it again this year.

• I wanted to take a few paragraphs to thank everyone involved and everyone who attended the event Sunday at Medici Museum of Art in Howland with Modern Props’ creative force John Zabrucky and Devo founder Gerald V. Casale.

I have a new understanding of everything that goes into planning and preparing an event like this, how expensive it can be (even when the guests are donating their time) and the anxiety that comes with, “Is anybody going to come? Are we going to sell enough tickets? Is the weather going to affect plane flights” and a massive list of other concerns.

Most of the concerns were unfounded, and few jobs were easier than “moderating” the conversation between these two friends of nearly 60 years. I mostly got to sit back and listen to the two men regale the audience with stories both tragic and hilarious.

Zabrucky’s reunion with Jim Minard, his friend at Warren G. Harding High School and Kent State University, created a perfect finale that couldn’t have been scripted.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com