Juban’s Beer Dinner … Sunday Jazz Brunch at Zolia … Wine Tasting Experience at Circa

Not your average beer dinner: Juban’s hosts a beer dinner featuring drinks from Brash Brewery of Texas and Clown Shoes Brewery of Massachusetts. Each course from Juban’s signature menu—like pork tamales in pecan mole sauce or roasted bone marrow—will be paired with a tasty beer from one of these breweries. next Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning at 6:15 p.m. $75 per person. Call 346-8422 for reservations. jubans.com

Jazz up your Sunday: Zolia Bistro downtown kicks off its brunch menu with live jazz alongside rich entrees like blackened redfish over spinach Madeline and a European buffet. Begins this Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Call 490-2312 for reservations. zoliabistro.com

Experience Circa: The Mid City art complex at Circa 1857 hosts a wine tasting this Friday from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. $20 gets you an unlimited tasting glass as well as access to the delicious food. Proceeds from the night benefit Hospice of Baton Rouge. circa1857.com