20 things to do this weekend

Friday

Good Design Expo 2011
It's one of the largest design events in Asia, and also one of the least discriminating. Tickets are valid for all three days of Good Design Expo 2011, and you might need that long just to see everything. Read more

Ranaei Family
Following on from their appearance at last weekend's Earth Celebration festival, Iran's Ranaei Family are introducing Tokyo audiences to traditional and contemporary Kurdish and Persian music. Read more

Dry & Heavy/The Heavymanners
Peerless dub reggae bassist Takeshi Akimoto performs with two of his groups, featuring guest vocals by pint-sized MC Rumi and with psychedelic dub act Arakajime Kimerareta Koibitotachi e in support. Read more

Play, Japan!
Electronic duo Africa Hitech, whose dizzyingly eclectic 93 Million Miles ranks as one of the year's finest albums, are giving a lecture and then playing a live show at the behest of Red Bull Music Academy. Read more

Blackout Event
Model-slash-DJ Elli Rose plays alongside French electro band Minitel Rose, who've distinguished themselves from the legions of French electro bands by being even more retro than their rivals. Read more

ADD Vol. 1
Who'd have thought that Sanrio's most famous feline moonlighted as an electro DJ? Hello Kitty is making her Club Asia debut tonight, where she'll be spinning with Harajuku photographer Yasumasa Yonehara. Read more

Lite
As they prepare to embark on yet another European tour, the proggy math-rock quartet are celebrating their latest album release in a 'solo' show that nevertheless drafts in a number of special guests. Read more