16 Vancouver concerts this week, May 16 to 20

MONDAY: Swedish metal band Amon Amarth plays the Commodore, with guests Entombed A.D. and Exmortus.

TUESDAY: American alt-rock band Nada Surf plays Venue, touring in support of new album You Know Who You Are.

TUESDAY: American R&B vocalist Bettye LaVette plays West Vancouver's Kay Meek Centre, performing songs from her 50-year musical career.

THURSDAY: Los Angeles electropop musician Big Black Delta plays the Biltmore, tours in support of new album Trágame Tierra.

THURSDAY: Russian rock band Diana Arbenina & The Night Snipers plays the Rickshaw.

THURSDAY: Vancouver jazz-funk ensemble Bazooka Picnic plays Studio Records.

THURSDAY: An Evening With Vancouver singer-songwriters Tonye Aganaba, Khari Wendell McClelland, and Emily Chambers at the Waldorf.

THURSDAY: Canadian rock band Young Empires plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Blajk.

FRIDAY: Canadian rock band No Sinner celebrates the release of its new album Old Habits Die Hard at the Cobalt, with guests Shelter and Old Soul Rebel.

FRIDAY: Vancouver punk-rock legend Art Bergmann plays the Fox Cabaret, with guests Gerry Hannah and the New Questioning Coyote Brigade and Mac Pontiac.

FRIDAY: Canadian pop-rock group Hedley plays Rogers Arena, with guests Carly Rae Jepsen and Francesco Yates.

FRIDAY: Canadian country singer-songwriter Shiloh Lindsey plays LanaLou's, with guest Rodney DeCroo + the Wise Blood.

FRIDAY: Vancouver groove band Return of the Stern plays an album-release party at the Backstage Lounge, with guests Ghost Body, Year of the Wolf, and the Upside.

FRIDAY: fundraiser for the Metalocalypstick Festival features performances at the Rickshaw by Elysium Echoes, American Space Monkey, Anarcheon, and Monarch Sky.

FRIDAY: Chicago electronica duo Louis the Child plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Yurie and LeChance.

FRIDAY: American soul singer-songwriter Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires play the Commodore. SOLD OUT.