125 Vancouver concerts in February

FEBRUARY 1: Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actor, author, and activist Sting, formerly of the Police, plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests Joe Sumner and the Last Bandoleros. SOLD OUT.

FEBRUARY 1: Hamilton-based rock band Arkells plays Thunderbird Arena, with guests Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls.

FEBRUARY 1: Atlanta garage-rock band Black Lips plays the Rickshaw, tours in support of latest album Underneath the Rainbow.

FEBRUARY 1: New York City rock band the Lemon Twigs plays the Cobalt, touring in support of debut release Do Hollywood.

FEBRUARY 2: Finnish heavy-metal band Lordi plays the Rickshaw Theatre.

FEBRUARY 2: the Georgia Straight presents Winnipeg folk-punk singer-songwriter John K. Samson and his band at the Commodore.

FEBRUARY 2: American singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless (above) plays the Biltmore Cabaret, touring in support of latest album Real.

FEBRUARY 2: Nanaimo alt-folk band Roberts Hall coheadlines the WISE Hall with Canadian folk singer-songwriter Dana Sipos.

FEBRUARY 2: Vancouver garage-punk band Dried Out plays an album-release show at the Cobalt, with guests the Prettys, Colby Morgan and the Catastrophes, and Ricky Ruth Band.

FEBRUARY 3: Juno-winning world-music artist Quique Escamilla fuses traditional Mexican styles with modern flavours of rock, reggae, ska, pop, and jazz at Guilt and Co.

FEBRUARY 3: legendary jazz pianist Harold Mabern joins the Cory Weeds Quartet at Frankie's Jazz.

FEBRUARY 3: B.C. folk act No Mothers plays LanaLou's Restaurant, with guests Red Haven and Chicken-Like Birds.

FEBRUARY 3: New York City electronica duo the Knocks plays Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of new album 55.

FEBRUARY 3: the Rogue Folk Club presents a folk-roots collaboration between Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth Laprelle at St. James Hall.

FEBRUARY 3: Toronto-born, Brooklyn-based jazz musician Harris Eisenstadt performs with bandmates Jeb Bishop and Jason Roebke at the Western Front.

FEBRUARY 3: Norwegian black-metal band Mayhem plays the Rickshaw, with guests Black Anvil and Inquisition.

FEBRUARY 3: Canadian hip-hop artist Son Real plays the Commodore, performing on his No Warm Up Tour.

FEBRUARY 4: local pop band Gun Control plays Red Gate Gallery, with guests the Plodes, Uptights, and Fall Fair Car.

FEBRUARY 4: French alt-metal band Alcest plays the Rickshaw, with guests the Body, Creepers, and Seven Nines and Tens.

FEBRUARY 4: English pop singer-songwriter Adam Ant plays the Vogue Theatre, touring in support of the 35th anniversary of his album Kings of the Wild Frontier.

FEBRUARY 4: the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society presents Canadian Caribbean band Kobo Town (above) at the Biltmore.

FEBRUARY 4: Louisiana rock band Seratones plays the Cobalt, touring in support of debut album Get Gone.

FEBRUARY 4: British indie-folk singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich plays the Imperial, touring in support of latest album After the Rain.

FEBRUARY 4: live electronica music at Open Studios by Computer Controlled, Daega Sound, Dark Arps, KAFKA, Kilmett, and noCure.

FEBRUARY 5: the Rogue Folk Club presents a David Bowie tribute night at St. James Hall featuring Doug Cox, Steve Dawson, Helen Austin, Sam Hurrie, Linda McRae, Robin Layne, and Rick May.

FEBRUARY 6: Vancouver roots-country band Petunia and the Vipers plays the WISE Hall.

FEBRUARY 7: Bluebird North features music by Sarah Jane Scouten, Jonas Shandel, Tom Taylor, and host Shari Ulrich at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.

FEBRUARY 7: French electronica DJ-producer Wax Tailor plays the Rickshaw, touring in support of new album By Any Beats Necessary.

FEBRUARY 7: Canadian rockers the Sam Roberts Band showcase tunes from latest album TerraForm, with guests Hollerado.

FEBRUARY 7: Los Angeles rock band Cherry Glazerr plays the Cobalt, touring in support of latest album Apocalipstick.

FEBRUARY 8: American hip-hop duo Run the Jewels plays the PNE Forum, with guests the Gaslamp Killer, Gangsta Boo, Nick Hook, and Cuz.

FEBRUARY 9: L.A. electronica act Tokimonsta plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests CRi and MYNXY.

FEBRUARY 9: American country singer-songwriter Dierks Bentley plays Rogers Arena, with guests Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi.

FEBRUARY 9: traditional Scottish music by Elspeth McVeigh and Gabriel Dubreuil at Hycroft Manor.

FEBRUARY 9: Southern California ska-punk band Reel Big Fish coheadlines the Commodore with Pittsburgh punk-rock group, with guests Ballyhoo! and Pkew Pkew Pkew.

FEBRUARY 9: the Roedde House Jazz Series presents a blend of jazz and Korean folk songs with Sara Kim's Watermill Project at Roedde House Museum.

FEBRUARY 9: Vancouver queer-themed musician Matthew Presidente plays a release party for new album Every Single Sin at XY.

FEBRUARY 10: Vancouver singer-songwriter Louise Burns (above) performs a selection of songs inspired by the love of star gazing at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

FEBRUARY 10: Vancouver progressive-pop band Marianas Trench plays Abbotsford Centre, with guest Shawn Hook.

FEBRUARY 10: guitarist Dave Stryker, alto saxophonist Steve Slagle, organist Jared Gold, and drummer Jesse Cahill play Frankie's Jazz.

FEBRUARY 10: the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society presents Australian country-blues artist Henry Wagons at the Fox Cabaret, with guest Ryan Boldt.

FEBRUARY 10: annual, local independent-music awards ceremony, the Whammy Awards, takes place at the Rickshaw.

FEBRUARY 10: the Rogue Folk Club presents Americana-roots supergroup Cajun Country Revival at St. James Hall.

FEBRUARY 10: Canadian alt-dance duo USS plays the Commodore, with guests Repartee.

FEBRUARY 10: Vancouver psychedelic-country band Real Ponchos plays the WISE Hall, with guest James Green.

FEBRUARY 10: East Van Valentine's Concert at the Rio features roots, rock, and R&B music by Brickhouse, Roots Roundup, and the Grames Bros.

FEBRUARY 10: DJs Keith McCafferty and Dave Mac play soul-dance music to celebrate Valentine's Day at the Astoria Pub.

FEBRUARY 10: Tom Petty tribute band Runnin' Down a Dream plays the Backstage Lounge, with American Woman and Rippin' and Taron.

FEBRUARY 10: local band Nothingness plays a release party at Hidden City Records for new album Being, with guests Spruce Trap and Moondle.

FEBRUARY 11: London rock band White Lies (above) plays the Rickshaw, performing tunes from latest album Friends.

FEBRUARY 11: local jazz ensemble the Maria Ho Quintet presents a Valentine's Day concert presented as a live radio show at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre.

FEBRUARY 11: Vancouver outlaw-country band Ben Rogers and the Bloodred Yonder plays the WISE Hall.

FEBRUARY 11: American hip-hop artist Prof plays the Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of latest album Time Bomb.

FEBRUARY 11: Ween tribute band Japanese Cowboy plays the Backstage Lounge, with Crazy Diamonds and Iconix.

FEBRUARY 11: Bob Marley Birthday Bash at the Grandview Legion features performances by the East Van All Stars, Daveton Jones, Doron Bell, and MC/DJ George Barrett.

FEBRUARY 11: Vancouver country band the Washboard Union performs at the Commodore with guest host and DJ jaXon Hawks.

FEBRUARY 12: the Rogue Folk Club presents Scottish folk fiddler Alasdair Fraser (above) coheadlining St. James Hall with Canadian folk cellist Natalie Haas.

FEBRUARY 12: Black History Month celebration at Surrey's Northwood United Church features tributes to Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.

FEBRUARY 12: Project Joybomb Fundraiser at New Westminster's Columbia Theatre features music by the X Presidents, the People Northwest, Maverick, Buffalo Jones, Amanda Silvera, Simple Machines, Clean Freq, and DJ Hixz.

FEBRUARY 12: saxophonist Dylan Cramer and pianist Ron Johnston perform at Dunbar Heights United Church in support of new CD Blue Prelude.

FEBRUARY 13: Australian soft-rock duo Air Supply ("I'm All Out of Love", "Lost in Love") plays the Stadium Club at Edgewater Casino.

FEBRUARY 13: the Rogue Folk Club presents Gypsy-jazz band the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet at St. James Hall.

FEBRUARY 14: Swedish hip-hop/soul singer-songwriter Leon (above) plays the Biltmore, with guest Jacob Banks.

FEBRUARY 15: Washington, D.C. feminist punk band Priests plays 333, with guests Stef Chura & Lié.

FEBRUARY 16: local alt-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Matthew Good plays the first of three nights at the Commodore, with guest Craig Strickland.

FEBRUARY 16: American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen performs the first of two nights with his trio at Frankie's Jazz.

FEBRUARY 16: Ontario rockers Billy Talent play Abbotsford Centre, with guests Monster Truck and the Dirty Nil.

FEBRUARY 16: neo-glam artist Art d'Ecco plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Mu, Sex With Strangers, and Jason Corbett.

FEBRUARY 16: American rock band Cloud Nothings plays the Biltmore, touring in support of new album Life Without Sound.

FEBRUARY 17: American hip-hop artist Ugly God plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Wintertime and resident DJs Rico Uno and LeChance.

FEBRUARY 17: the Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian alt-country vocalist-banjoist Old Man Luedecke at St. James Hall.

FEBRUARY 17: acoustic-blues singer-songwriter Eric Bibb plays the ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge.

FEBRUARY 17: Alice Cooper tribute band See Alice plays the Fairview Pub, with Bonnie Scott, Alive N Kissin', and Life of Reilly.

FEBRUARY 17: American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen performs the second of two nights with his trio at Frankie's Jazz.

FEBRUARY 17: Vancouver funk-groove band Camaro 67 plays Performance Works as part of Winterruption, with guests Bigfate.

FEBRUARY 17: Vancouver blues-rock band the Mojo Stars plays the Fox Cabaret, with guests the Heels.

FEBRUARY 17: English acoustic folk-rock trio the Staves (above) plays Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of latest release Sleeping in a Car.

FEBRUARY 17: Los Angeles jazz-fusion bassist and vocalist Thundercat plays the Rickshaw.

FEBRUARY 17: local alt-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Matthew Good plays the second of three nights at the Commodore, with guest Craig Strickland.

FEBRUARY 18: Canadian electronica duo Tennyson plays Fortune Sound Club.

FEBRUARY 18: Canadian jazz-fusion ensemble the Robyn Layne Band plays Performance Works as part of Winterruption.

FEBRUARY 18: Vancouver acoustic-soul singer-songwriter Reid Jamieson plays White Rock's Bull Frog Studio, with Meghan Engel on fiddle.

FEBRUARY 18: James Danderfer's Hummingbird Brigade performs New Orleans- and Chicago-style jazz at Performance Works as part of Winterruption.

FEBRUARY 18: Vancouver vocalist Siobhan Walsh plays Frankie's Jazz with keyboardist Jason De Couto, guitarist-saxophonist Adam Rohrlick, drummer Jamie Fraser, and bassist Cameron Hood.

FEBRUARY 18: Canadian death-metal band Just Cause plays the Rickshaw, with guests Dead Asylum, Aggression, and Obsidian.

FEBRUARY 18: Canadian jazz-blues band Blue Moon Marquee plays Performance Works as part of Winterruption.

FEBRUARY 18: local alt-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Matthew Good plays the third of three nights at the Commodore, with guest Craig Strickland.

FEBRUARY 19: Coastal Jazz presents local New Orleans-style jazz band Rossi Gang at Performance Works as part of Winterruption.

FEBRUARY 19: gospel concert at Ryerson United Church features the Hallelujah Praise Mass Gospel Choir and the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir.

FEBRUARY 19: Vancouver avant-pop ensemble Only a Visitor plays Performance Works as part of Winterruption.

FEBRUARY 20: American experimental-rock band Pierce the Veil (above) plays the Vogue, with guests Falling in Reverse and Crown the Empire.

FEBRUARY 21: Welsh indie-pop band Los Campesinos plays the Imperial, with guests Crying.

FEBRUARY 22: Quebec indie-rock band Wolf Parade plays the first of three nights at the Imperial.

FEBRUARY 22: American jazz-R&B vocalist Dianne Reeves performs at Chan Shun Concert Hall.

FEBRUARY 22: Los Angeles experimental hip-hop band clipping. plays the Biltmore, with guest Baseck.

FEBRUARY 22: Australian pop-R&B singer-songwriter and producer William Singe plays the Vogue, with guest Alex Aiono.

FEBRUARY 23: Vancouver jazz vocalist Maya Rae performs material from debut album Sapphire Birds at Frankie's Jazz.

FEBRUARY 23: American rock band Hippo Campus plays the Cobalt, touring in support of debut full-length album landmark.

FEBRUARY 23: New York City-based klezmer band the Klezmatics plays Norman Rothstein Theatre as part of the Chutzpah Festival.

FEBRUARY 23: Massachusetts folk band Parsonsfield (above) plays the Fox Cabaret, touring in support of latest album Blooming Through the Black.

FEBRUARY 23: Quebec indie-rock band Wolf Parade plays the second of three nights at the Imperial. SOLD OUT.

FEBRUARY 24: London-based producer/vocalist Palmistry plays the Biltmore.

FEBRUARY 24: Vancouver bluegrass band the High Bar Gang plays North Van's Centennial Theatre.

FEBRUARY 24: Vancouver post-punk band Actors plays the Rickshaw, with guests Douse, Frankie, Tulip, and Lucia.

FEBRUARY 24: celebrate East Van Mardi Gras at the WISE Hall with music by the Big Easy Funk Ensemble and Party MANIA.

FEBRUARY 24: Canadian Pink Floyd tribute band Pigs plays Maple Ridge's ACT Arts Centre.

FEBRUARY 24: Quebec indie-rock band Wolf Parade plays the third of three nights at the Imperial. SOLD OUT.

FEBRUARY 25: the Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival at Langley's Kwantlen Polytechnic University features performances by Michael Chapdelaine, Itamar Erez, and Kris Schulz.

FEBRUARY 25: American garage-rock band Meatbodies plays the Fortune Sound Club.

FEBRUARY 25: Beatles tribute band the Day Trippers celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Centennial Theatre.

FEBRUARY 25: German hard-rock guitarist and former Scorpions member Uli Jon Roth performs the group's Toyko Tapes album at the Red Room Ultrabar.

FEBRUARY 25: Canadian folk-rock band the Rural Alberta Advantage plays the Fox Cabaret.

FEBRUARY 25: the Quannum MCs Tour at the Vogue Theatre features music by Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Lateef the Truthspeaker.

FEBRUARY 25: Canadian world-fusion singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia delivers a mix of Indian and Pakistani grooves, Western jazz, and Saharan blues at Maple Ridge's ACT Arts Centre.

FEBRUARY 25: English alt-rock singer-songwriter Banners plays the Imperial.

FEBRUARY 25: Seattle Afro-beat octet Polyrhythmics plays the Rickshaw.

FEBRUARY 26: trip-hop band Boy Breaking Glass plays the Fairview Pub, with Mouthful of Daisy, Puppycat, and the Unified.

FEBRUARY 26: L.A.-based hip-hop artist Kevin Abstract plays the Biltmore, with guest Bearface.

FEBRUARY 26: the Desert Daze Tour at the Rickshaw features performances by Temples, Night Beats, Deap Vally, Froth, and Jjuujjuu.

FEBRUARY 27: American rapper and former Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah (above) plays the Rickshaw.

FEBRUARY 27: local multi-instrumentalist Alex Maher plays the Fox Cabaret, with guests Small Town Artillery and Best Night Ever.

FEBRUARY 28: American rock singer-songwriter and Black Veil Brides vocalist Andy Black plays the Rickshaw, with guests William Control and Palaye Royale.

FEBRUARY 28: Austin-based experimental indie-pop band the Octopus Project plays the Biltmore, with guests Sound of Ceres from Colorado.

FEBRUARY 28: American rapper Vince Staples plays the Vogue Theatre, with guest Kilo Kish.

FEBRUARY 28: Swedish pop band the Radio Dept. plays the Biltmore, touring in support of new album Running Out of Love.