"All the world’s a stage,” wrote William Shakespeare. I’ll add, “especially in Santa Barbara this weekend,” with the Lit Moon Shakespeare Festival. There’s also a lemon festival, classic car show and a German-inspired cabaret show.

World Shakespeare Festival

The Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival debuts three plays this weekend at Center Stage Theater, and more are to come through Oct. 26. Visit www.litmoon.com for the schedule. Tickets cost $25 adults, $19 students with multi-play passes available.

See provocative Bulgarian director Lilia Abadjieva’s melding of “Othello” with “Measure for Measure,” with an all-male cast (2 p.m. Sunday); Lit Moon Artistic Director John Blondell stages a complementary all-female “Julius Caesar” with Macedonian actresses (7 p.m. Saturday; 4 p.m. Sunday); and UCSB’s Department of Theater presents “The Winter’s Tale” (7 p.m. Friday; 9 p.m. Saturday). A “Big World Shakespeare Jam & Cabaret” (9 p.m. Sunday) showcases music from international guest artists.

A Gaelic Storm

The Lobero is transformed into a rollicking Irish pub at 8 p.m. Friday with a performance by Irish band Gaelic Storm.

You may not know it, but you have probably seen Gaelic Storm: They were the rowdy band “below decks” in the blockbuster film “Titanic,” and are one of the most popular Irish ensembles around. You’ll want to down a pint of Guinness or dance a jig after this show! Tickets cost $43 and $33; www.lobero.com.

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Kitschy Cabaret

It’s hard to argue with the musical credentials of Max Raabe — conservatory trained, amazing baritone voice and killer falsetto, recent Carnegie Hall debut — but he does seem to be giving us all a big wink.

Looking like he stepped out of an Art Deco poster, complete with tuxedo and slicked back hair, Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester revive the jazz sounds of Berlin in the 1920s and early 1930s. American and German standards are impeccably rendered, along with somewhat ironic modern offerings (“Oops, I Did It Again”). See them at 9 p.m. Friday at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. Tickets cost $36; www.arts andlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

Not that kind of lemon

It seems a bit risky to have a car show during the Lemon Festival, what with the association of “lemons” with dud cars; but this vintage car show is no bust and the festival is anything but sour. Both are free.

Saturday’s Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. features classic cars, hot rods and motorcycles on Santa Felicia Drive, between Girsh Park and Camino Real Marketplace (off Storke Road, behind Costco).

The Lemon Festival has new carnival-type rides this year, plus live music, and plenty of food — both with and without lemons. It’s from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Girsh Park.

Don’t miss Safety Street, where kids can climb in a fire truck, sit in a police car driver’s seat, see inside an ambulance and meet police dogs. Most local emergency response teams will be there.

Julia McHugh can be reached at southon101column@yahoo.com.