21 Vancouver concerts this week, November 28 to December 2

MONDAY: Finnish power-metal band Sonata Arctica plays Venue, with guests Leave's Eyes and Omnium Gatherum.

MONDAY: Vancouver-born bassist-vocalist Brandi Disterheft performs an evening of jazz at Tom Lee Music Hall.

TUESDAY: American country-music duo Brothers Osborne plays the first of two nights at the Commodore.

TUESDAY: death-metal bands Revocation and Aborted coheadline the Rickshaw, with guests Black Crown Initiate, Rivers of Nihil, and Revenger.

WEDNESDAY: Los Angeles–based rock band CRX plays the Biltmore, touring in support of its debut album New Skin.

WEDNESDAY: American country-music duo Brothers Osborne plays the second of two nights at the Commodore.

THURSDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents American roots group the Revelers at St. James Hall.

THURSDAY: Toronto-based alt-pop group the Balconies (above) plays the Rickshaw, with guests the Living and the Benton Roark Band.

THURSDAY: London singer-songwriter the Japanese House plays the Cobalt, touring in support of latest release Clean.

THURSDAY: Dutch Grammy-winning jazz musicians Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt perform with bassist André Lachance and drummer Jesse Cahill at Frankie's.

FRIDAY: the Georgia Straight presents Seattle indie-rock quartet the Cave Singers at the Biltmore Cabaret, with guest Ashley Shadow.

FRIDAY: Florida-based shoegaze trio Merchandise plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Gun Outfit.

FRIDAY: celebrate the 2016 Nimbus grads at the Vogue Theatre with music by missheavious, Phenix Warren, Eros Taylor, Celebrities DJs, and Nimbus students.

FRIDAY: Vancouver chamber-rock band the Ruffled Feathers plays the Biltmore Cabaret, with guests Red Haven and Cozy.

FRIDAY: Food Bank Fundraiser at the Fairview Pub features music by the Modelos, Daniel Wesley, Rodney DeCroo (above), Buckman Coe, Slip Ons, Terminal Station, Ana Bon-Bon and Taylor Little, Steve Kozak, Sandy Bone, and the Boomchix.

FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Oregon roots band the Foghorn Stringband at St. James Hall.

FRIDAY: traditional blues Christmas tunes by Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, BB King, Eric Clapton, Charles Brown, and Etta James at the Columbia Theatre.

FRIDAY: Cleveland rock group Pere Ubu plays the Cobalt, performing songs from recent box-set releases Architecture of Language 1979-1982 and Elitism for the People 1975-1978.

FRIDAY: jazz pianist Spike Wilner leads his trio, including bassist Tyler Mitchell and drummer Anthony Pincotti, at Frankie's.

FRIDAY: local post-rock band Spruce Trap plays an album-release show at Christ Church Cathedral, with guests Holy Hum and Ian William Craig.

FRIDAY: Vancouver heavy-metal band Anciients coheadlines the Rickshaw with Vancouver death-metal group Auroch, with guests Ahna, Wormwitch, and Graveolence.