A roundup of arts events taking place around the state, through Dec. 23:

POP/ROCK

• The final show in the HOPE Concert series will take place at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. As is customary for this series, the lineup is being billed as Bobby Bandiera & Friends, and the complete lineup has not been announced yet. Gary U.S. Bonds, The Weeklings and The Smithereens’ Jim Babjak have all announced independently, though, that they will be participating. Proceeds will go to the Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank and POAC Autism Services in Brick Township. The series, which began in 2003, has raised millions of dollars for various charities; past participants have included Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Jon Bon Jovi, Max Weinberg, Deborah Harry, Brian Fallon, John Cafferty and Nicole Atkins.

• Powerhouse vocalist Darlene Love will sing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and other classic material at shows billed as “Love for the Holiday,” Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University; and “Souled Out Christmas,” Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. The Red Bank show is part of the Little Steven’s Underground Garage at the Basie series, and will feature an opening set by Pat Guadagno.

• The Weeklings will present a holiday show, with “classic rock n’ roll Christmas songs as well as The Weeklings’ original songs + music of The Beatles adapted with Christmas themed & specially-styled lyrics,” Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dome Lounge at The Manor in West Orange.

• New Jersey ska-punk band Streetlight Manifesto will perform at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, Dec. 21-22, with doors opening at 7 p.m., and Mephiskapheles opening. The band will perform its debut 2003 album Everything Goes Numb in its entirety on Dec. 22, and its 2006 album Keasbey Nights in its entirety on Dec. 21. Keasbey Nights was originally released by Catch 22, which included several future Streetlight Manifesto members, in 1998, and re-recorded by Streetlight Manifesto in ’06.

• The Trans-Siberian Orchestra will bring its symphonic-rock Christmas songs and over-the-top stage show to the Prudential Center in Newark, Dec. 22 at 3 and 8 p.m.

• From Good Homes, the Jersey-based roots-rock band that broke up in 1999 but has performed occasional reunion shows since then, comes to the Newton Theatre, Dec. 21-22 at 8 p.m. The band recently released a new three-song EP, Time and the River.

Also, From Good Homes member Brady Rymer, a three-time Grammy-nominated children’s artist, will perform children’s music with his Little Band That Could at the Growing Stage in Netcong, Dec. 22 at 11 a.m.

JAZZ

• Trumpets in Montclair will present an “All-Star Jazz Nativity,” Dec. 21-22 at 8 p.m. This is a jazz interpretation of the Nativity story, featuring trumpeter Wallace Roney, saxophonists Mike Lee and Emilio Modeste, pianist Nat Adderley Jr., trombonist Steve Turre, drummer Lenny White, bassist Paul Cuffari and singer Dawn Jones.

DANCE

Here is this week’s presentations of “The Nutcracker” at various New Jersey venues:

• Dec. 21-23: “The Nutcracker,” presented by American Repertory Ballet at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

• Dec. 21-23: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Tricia Sloan Dance at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

• Dec. 21-24 and 26-27: “The Nutcracker,” presented by New Jersey Ballet with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

• Dec. 22: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Atlantic City Ballet with the Garden State Philharmonic, at Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood.

FILM

• Students in a Rock History class at Middletown High School South, in conjunction with Middletown native Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, have made a half-hour documentary, “Sonic Highways Middletown,” about the town’s rock history. It will premiere at the Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. The event will also include a panel discussion with original E Street Band drummer Vini Lopez, Chris Plunkett (of The Shadows and The Source), Russ Howard (of The Chlan) and other musicians who were interviewed for the film. Here is the trailer: