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What’s happening the next few weeks:

* In Russell Lees’ comedy “Nixon’s Nixon,” opening Saturday at the Old Globe Theatre’s Cassius Carter Centre Stage, Keith Jochim as Richard Nixon, above right, and Tim Donoghue as Henry Kissinger spar in a fictional prizefight on the eve of Nixon’s resignation from office. Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts, Balboa Park. Ends Aug. 29. (619) 239-2255.

* Also opening Saturday: “Raul Guerrero: Problemas y Secretos Maravillosos de las Indias/Problems and Marvelous Secrets of the Indies,” an exhibition of 35 paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints and drawings from the 1970s to the present by the San Diego painter. Ends Oct. 25. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego/Downtown, 1001 Kettner Blvd. (619) 454-3541.

* This weekend’s Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival in Balboa Park will feature a country-western village with dance floor and saloon, beer garden, a technology showcase, children’s garden, entertainment and more. Saturday, 2-10 p.m.; Sunday, noon-10 p.m. Marston Point. (619) 297-7683.

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* La Jolla’s SummerFest, now in its 13th season, offers 10 chamber music concerts, workshops, discussions and two family concerts Aug. 5-22. Guest artists include Ivan Chan, Cho-Liang Lin, Julie Rosenfeld, Wu Han, David Finckel and others. Sherwood Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. (619) 459-3728 or https://www.ljcms.org

* Street Scene, Sept. 11-13, is San Diego’s annual music festival in the Gaslamp Quarter with concerts, beer gardens, food and more. Tickets on sale Aug. 6. (619) 557-8487.

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