This is the week that fall starts in earnest — until Labor Day, nothing really counts. Our panel of experts — writer Elizabeth Rosner, comedian/writer Bucky Sinister and dance crew TURF FEINZ (Chonkie F. Tutz, eNinga, NoNoize, Lil' Looney, Booka and others with Chonkie F., pictured here) — are taking full advantage, working the beach and Inverness into weekend plans.

So what are these guys up to this weekend? Scroll down to find out. And here are The Bay Citizen's picks for the week:

Friday 9/3: On Land Festival (Music)

Forget about Outside Lands — On Land music festival brings out the real surprises. This festival, in its third year, organized by Root Strata music label, focuses on the more obscure and out-there sounds — what would have been once referred to as avant or experimental, and now seems to go under catch-all "noise." The four-night affair kicks off yesterday, with Oneohtrix Point Never (Brooklyn-based Daniel Lopatin) headlining on Friday, and former S.F.-er Alexis Georgopoulos' Alps on Saturday. Sunday might well be the highlight, with the gorgeous one-woman Grouper (Portland's Liz Harris, pictured) and Daniel Higgs. Video provided by Nate Boyce and others. $10-$20 for individual shows, $45 for four-day pass.

Cafe du Nord, 2174 Market St., San Francisco

Friday 9/3: San Francisco Zine Fest (Conference)

This year’s ninth (FREE) annual San Francisco Zine Fest will feature over 100 small-press and DIY (Do it yourself) creators and an exciting two-day line-up of panels, art shows, hands-on workshops, off-site parties and readings. Along with a diverse group of writers, cartoonists, crafters, illustrators, printmakers, special guests this year will be Artnoos (Ker-Bloom!), Jesse Reklaw (Slow Wave) and V. Vale (Search & Destroy). The conference (Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) will be kicked off by a comics reading at the Cartoon Art Museum on Friday at 7 p.m. and a zine reading at Needles and Pens. And to top everything off, there’s going to be a party and mixer on Saturday at Mission: Comics and Art. Go here for a full schedule of events.

San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave San Francisco

Saturday 9/4: Teen Age: You Just Don't Understand (Visual Art)

A girl sits on her bed, the glare of her laptop illuminating her blank face; teenage musicians scramble to keep up with YouTube videos of classical conductors. The exhibition “Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand” at the Catharine Clark Gallery, co-curated by Ken Goldberg and Catharine Clark, features 10 collaborative projects in which at least one teenager and one adult explore the turbulent world of adolescence. But these 10 collaborations are not just about alienation and raging hormones—they’re also deep mediations on the role of technology and social media in the lives of today’s teens. Dedicated to the memory of J.D. Salinger, who passed away in January, teens from Israel to Virginia lead us into a world of cell phones and sofa cushions, tweeting and clueless parents. The opening reception is on September 4.

Catharine Clark Gallery, 150 Minna Street, San Francisco

Monday 9/6: Extreme Animals Sit Down (Performance)

In this performance, which will feature music, video, live theatrics, Saturday morning cartoons, live shredding, general chaos, viewers can expect some head-melting images. The duo of Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman (Extreme Animals, Paper Rad, You Can't Do That on Television) are touring with their show based on a new obsession: youth and tween culture. It's impossible to know exactly what will happen during the show, besides a culture mash-up of epic proportions. On Tuesday, they will appear in SF, at Southern Exposure gallery. $5.

LoBot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland

Thursday 9/9: William Gibson (Reading)

Author William Gibson has been channeling the future since the 1984 (coincidence?) publishing of his novel "Neuromancer," which gave the world that dubious gift of the term "cyberspace." In his latest novel, "Zero History," a character from previous works (the latest being "Pattern Recognition," about a trend spotter) comes back to take center stage. Hubertus Bigend, an economic genius, grows increasingly interested in the militarization of culture — a growth industry if there ever was one —and employs a motley crew (including a former rock star) to aid his advance. Don't be surprised if fellow audience members begin to look askance at the current fashion obsession with epaulets and brass buttons represented in the room. Gibson, per usual, is onto something. (Photo by Fred Armitage.)

The Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., San Francisco

So, what are you doing this weekend?