22 Vancouver concerts this weekend, January 15 to 17

FRIDAY: Coastal Jazz presents American jazz group the Steve Davis Sextet at Frankie's.

FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Danish folk musicians Sonnich Lydom, Kristian Bugge, and Morten Alfred Høirup at St. James Hall.

FRIDAY: Vancouver electro-folk band Old Man Canyon plays the Fox Cabaret.

FRIDAY: American jazz bassist Mark Dresser performs at the Western Front with Vancouver improvisers JP Carter, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, Chris Gestrin, Ron Samworth, Aram Bajakian, and John Paton.

FRIDAY: Winnipeg folk-roots band the Bros. Landreth play New Westminster's Massey Theatre, touring in support of Juno-winning album Let It Lie.

FRIDAY: #SingItFwdFinale benefit for the Saint James Music Academy at the Vogue Theatre features performances by Mother Mother, Hey Ocean, Said The Whale, Humans, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party, the Pack AD, Chin Injeti, and Jocelyn Alice.

FRIDAY: Local punk rocker Joe Keithley of D.O.A. fame is featured at a Punk Gone Green fundraiser at the Pete Fry Green Party Campaign Office.

FRIDAY: Vancouver metal-country band the Circus in Flames plays LanaLou's, with guests Stab 'em in the Abdomen and Sinéad Sanders.

FRIDAY: DJ Tay James, Justin Bieber's official DJ, plays Alexander Gastown.

FRIDAY: French psychedelic DJ Talamasca plays the Waldorf, with guests GOA Pete and Murilo M.

SATURDAY: Coastal Jazz presents American jazz group the Steve Davis Sextet at Frankie's.

SATURDAY: English black-metal band Venom Inc. plays Venue, with guests Necrophagia, Chapel, and Holocaust Lord.

SATURDAY: Vancouver and Texas metal bands Baptists and Power Trip coheadline the Rickshaw, with guests Long Knife, WTCHDR, and M16.

SATURDAY: Celtic band Blackthorn and fiddler Rosie Carver are featured in a musical celebration of Scottish poet Robbie Burns at Coquitlam's Place des Arts.

SATURDAY: American jazz bassist Mark Dresser performs at the Western Front with Vancouver improvisers JP Carter, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, Chris Gestrin, Ron Samworth, Aram Bajakian, and John Paton.

SATURDAY: Vancouver heavy-pop band Dead Soft plays the Rickshaw, with guests War Baby and Malk.

SATURDAY: Vancouver electronica duo I M U R plays the Biltmore, with guests SO LOKI, Raiel, and Tee Krispil.

SATURDAY: International Guitar Night at the Maple Ridge ACT features acoustic guitarists Brian Gore, Lulo Reinhardt, Mike Dawes, and André Krengel. 

SUNDAY: the Canadian Pacific Blues Society presents Louisiana blues-roots slide-guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth at the Imperial, with local guest Wailin' Al Walker.

SUNDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian folk singer-songwriter J.P. Cormier at St. James Hall, touring in support of latest album The Chance.

SUNDAY: Coastal Jazz presents American jazz group the Steve Davis Sextet at Frankie's.

SUNDAY: Tonye Aganaba hosts a live performance by American jazz-fusion group Alexander Anderson Trio at Guilt & Co.