Two concerts are scheduled this weekend at the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe.

Tonight, the lively music of Latin guitars will be heard when the passionate guitarists of Incendio take the stage. The concert starts at 8 o'clock.On Saturday, The McLovins do the music of Phish in a concert starting at 8 p.m.Over the last decade, Incendio, a Latin guitar world fusion group, has committed a unique alchemy of composition, technique and performance to seven critically acclaimed international CD releases.Seductive melodies are set next to explosive improvisatory journeys, as they perform over 130 shows nationally across the United States every year, and are renowned for their onstage energy and technical prowess.The veteran Los Angeles-based songwriter/musicians collectively known as Incendio knew the kind of inspired passion and energy they wanted to convey when they named their band in 1999.The Latin guitar world fusion created by guitarists Jim Stubblefield, Jean-Pierre Durand, and Liza Cabre' has received international acclaim, and their reputation as a live act has spread.The band creates a polyrhythmic swirl of multiple Latin American music forms (boleros, cumbias, salsa, tango, mambo) and combines them with Indian, Arabic and Celtic flavors. Then they add just the right touch of jazz improvisation and dynamics, and the sizzling result is what one Incendio fan calls "edge-of-your-seat music."Tickets are $23The McLovins guitarist Justin Berger and bassist Jason Ott were just teenagers when, in 2008, they blasted a video of themselves doing Phish's "You Enjoy Myself" onto YouTube, grabbing eyeballs and earning ink in Rolling Stone.The McLovins quickly gained a reputation as a must-see live act. They made the rounds on the festival circuit, opened for people like Buddy Guy and released three albums. Drummer Jake Huffman says the early media exposure sparked relationships with older artists that still smolder."We've made connections with a lot of people who've stayed with us as mentor-type figures," Huffman says. "[Phish lyricist] Tom Marshall, for example. I can still call him if I have any questions about life or music."They recently released "Beautiful Lights," their first studio album as a quartet before hitting the road on tours of the South and West. The 12 tracks on "Beautiful Lights" were recorded during long sessions at the Raritan, N.J. studio of Anthony Krizan, the former Spin Doctors guitarist, last spring.What's noteworthy is the absence of any sort of electronic sounds, which have become popular with young jam bands."We've been listening to a lot of the Band and the Allman Brothers, some Steely Dan," Huffman says. "We've pulled sounds from older music, and we really try to keep that old-school feel. … I've realized that we want to stay with what we're good at, what comes from the heart, and at this point in our songwriting, there isn't a computer involved."Tickets only $10 and two-for-one for Carbon County residents. They're available on the Opera House website,

www.mcohjt.com, by visiting SoundCheck Records in Jim Thorpe.The Opera House box office is open on show days from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available when doors open at 7 p.m.