With its picturesque waterfront and abundance of quaint shops and tasty restaurants, visitors to seaside Beaufort, N.C. need little  entertainment other than a cool beverage and the ocean breeze. Still, some music couldn’t hurt, and this weekend there will be plenty. The 24th annual Beaufort Music Festival takes place Friday and Saturday and features 16 local and national acts. Most of the line-up is pleasant and tuneful, exemplified by Saturday headliner The Gourds, whose heartland rock sweeps along with wistful melodies and sturdy choruses. Durham show stoppers Shirlette & The Dynamite Brothers promise to be the weekend’s most energetic offering, the band’s sinewy funk adding sensual heft to rapper  Shirlette’s charismatic flow. Silky R&B songstress Carlitta Durand adds an additional highlight to the fest’s healthy slate of N.C. talent, and for those hoping for some truly local flavor, Saturday offers up a separate stage for local bands. The full schedule for the free festival is below. More information is available at beaufortmusicfestival.com. —Jordan Lawrence

Friday

Main Stage Area

5:30-6:30 p.m. Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls

6:30-7:30 p.m. Possum Creek

7:30-8:30 p.m. The Fritz

8:30-10:00 p.m. Old Man Markley

Saturday

Main Stage Area

12:30-1:30 p.m. Kudubai (2012 Battle of the Bands Winner)

1:30-2:30 p.m. Lizzy Ross Band

2:30-3:30 p.m. Carlitta Durand

3:30-4:45 p.m. The Golden Butter Band

4:45-6:00 p.m. Phantom Playboys

6:00-7:15 p.m. Blood Red River

7:15-8:30 p.m. Shirlette & The Dynamite Brothers

8:30-10:00 p.m. The Gourds

Locals Stage Area

1:00-1:45 p.m. Katrina Winters

2:00-2:45 p.m. Kali Staar

3:00-3:45 p.m. Cameron Cotham

4:00-4:45 p.m. Matt Phillips

5:00-6:15 p.m. Sand Dune Cowboys