As the high holidays become visible on the horizon (they're closer than it seems), summer festival season continues in earnest in the city, with Jerusalemites trying to cram in as much freewheeling good times as possible before the rigor of days of rest and days of fasting. Weather aside, it's a good time to be out and about, because, as it so happens, there will be beer...

•  X chromosomes go wild at Zimrat Isha, a one-night women-only mini-festival of religiously-inclined music tonight way out in the wilds of Har Nof.

• If you want to sing in classic old-school Israeli fashion - that is, in a large group and in homage to greatness of the Land of Israel - head down to Mamilla tonight for the first session of Singing in Mamilla, a Municipality series of public singalong concerts.

• Try something different for a wholesome Friday family activity by renting a family-sized bike at the Haas Promenade and seeing if you and your kids can manage to get the thing moving.

• Friday also sees Dorot HaRishonim Street downtown taken over by Israeli pop-rockers as part of the ongoing Front Stage series of outdoor summer concerts.

• Witness the reunion of '80s-era Israeli rock gods and longtime collaborators Miki Shaviv and Dan Toren at Beit Avi Chai after Shabbat makes a timely exit.

• If you haven't been to Chutzot HaYotzer yet, Saturday night is your last chance 'til next year.

• Have a chetzi of a fine British brew Sunday at Stardust as you watch Manchester City take on West Ham United live as the Premier League season heats up.

• Sunday marks the beginning of four days of fun and low-cost children's activities at Liberty Bell Park. Petting zoo, yo. All we're saying.

• Help the children learn about the magic of puppets with Quick Goose, a sort of meta-puppet production at the always reliable Train Theater.

• Are you funny? Are you willing to be carefully inoffensive about it? Take your bad self down to the Off the Wall Comedy Club for English-language open mic night on Monday.

• Tuesday afternoon kicks off three days of multidisciplinary artistic celebration at the Jerusalem Theatre's end of summer bash. Movies, theater, music, dance, and what appears to be an Israeli knockoff of Stomp, all for your pleasure.

• Dig lady supergroup HaBanot Nechama Tuesday evening at the usually staid, but lately cool Mishkenot Sha'ananim.

• And all that was only a lead-up: the real fun this week begins Wednesday night when the Jerusalem Beer Festival opens its gates. Barrels of good beer, live music, fascinating demonstrations and, uh...barrels of good beer. More on that later this week. 

Not enough? Nonsense. But if you want to see more, here's everything that's going down in the city this week, courtesy of the Jerusalemite Events section. You best have fun out there.