No doubt: Great beer compliments great music. Unfortunately, too many sound-and-suds fests forget good taste when it comes to the tunes. Not the case with Blues and Brews a street fair held on tree-lined South Pearl Street. The all-day concert features finely selected blues acts, including John Lee Hooker Jr. and Henry Butler, and beer from home-state favorites, like Left Hand, Great Divide, and New Belgium breweries. Sat, July 11. Noon-10 p.m. 1200 Block of S. Pearl St., 303-734-0718 $5, all ages More like it: The Informants, Louisville Downtown Street Faire, Fri, Jul 10 | Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Quixote's, Sat, Jul 11 | Bon Iver at The Fox Theatre, Sun, Jul 12