28 Vancouver concerts this weekend, April 7 to 9

FRIDAY: American blues-funk band Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests Dams of the West.

FRIDAY: English rockers Wire perform tunes from new album Silver/Lead at the Imperial.

FRIDAY: Alberta country-rock band River Jacks plays LanaLou's, with guests Jesse LeBourdais Band and Josh Wood.

FRIDAY: New York City-based indie-rock singer-songwriter Mitski plays the Biltmore, with guests Kadhja Bonet and Mal Devisa.

FRIDAY: World Rhythms for Youth Society and Cubbyhole Artists present performances by H'Sao,  Locarno, and Breaking Boundaries at the Rickshaw.

FRIDAY: Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green performs a solo concert at Surrey's Bell Performing Arts Centre.

FRIDAY: Coastal Jazz presents New York pianist and Hammond B3 organist Mike LeDonne with Vancouver alto saxophonist Cory Weeds at Frankie's Jazz.

FRIDAY: Nashville-based pop-rock singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton (above) plays the Rio Theatre.

FRIDAY: Galician musician and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Nunez plays the Vogue Theatre, with guests Maria Berasarte, Itsaso Elizagoien, and Carmen Gallego.

FRIDAY: Victoria-based fiddler and roots musician Daniel Lapp leads his quartet in a tribute to Chet Baker with the first of two shows at Kay Meek Centre.

FRIDAY: the three-day Vancouver World Music Festival continues, featuring artists from Mexico, Colombia, Iran, Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba, Spain, London, Africa, and B.C. at various Vancouver venues.

SATURDAY: Canadian jazz-world guitarist and oud player Gord Grdina plays the Western Front, with saxophonist Oscar Noriega, drummer Satoshi Takeishi, and pianist Russ Lossing.

SATURDAY: U.K. punk band Menace plays Pat's Pub & Brewhouse, with guests Streetlight Saints, Last Kaste, and Upper Ranks.

SATURDAY: American Christian rapper NF performs at the Vogue Theatre on his Therapy Sessions Tour 2017.

SATURDAY: Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant (above) performs songs from her new album Paradise at the Biltmore Cabaret.

SATURDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents American folk-rock duo Karen Savoca and Pete Heintzman at St. James Hall, with guest Shari Ulrich.

SATURDAY: Motown Meltdown at the Commodore features music by Karen Lee Batten, Dalannah Gail Bowen, Joani Bye, Leora Cashe, Candus Churchill, Oliver Conway, Krystle Dos Santos, Olivia Steele Falconer, Angela Kelman, Linda Kidder, Jane Mortifee, Tom Pickett, Will Sanders, Kendra Sprinkling, Catherine St. Germain, Stephanie Standerwick, David Steele, Don Stewart, David Wills, and Garfield Wilson.

SATURDAY: Victoria-based fiddler and roots musician Daniel Lapp leads his quartet in a tribute to Chet Baker with the second of two shows at Kay Meek Centre.

SATURDAY: Coastal Jazz presents New York pianist and Hammond B3 organist Mike LeDonne with Vancouver alto saxophonist Cory Weeds at Frankie's Jazz.

SATURDAY: Paris-based electronica musician FKJ plays the Fox Cabaret, with guests Cézaire and Dabeull.

SATURDAY: British-born, Vienna-based electronic-music singer-songwriter and producer Sohn plays the Rickshaw, with guest William Doyle.

SATURDAY: the three-day Vancouver World Music Festival continues, featuring artists from Mexico, Colombia, Iran, Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba, Spain, London, Africa, and B.C. at various Vancouver venues.

SUNDAY: rock bands Hinds (above) and Twin Peaks coheadline the Rickshaw, with guests White Mystery.

SUNDAY: Canadian folk-jazz vocalist Cari Burdett performs at Frankie's Jazz on her Spring Fling Tour.

SUNDAY: German big-band vocalist Max Raabe and his ensemble Palast Orchester plays the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

SUNDAY: the Cap Global Roots Series and Rogue Folk Club present English blues-folk singer-songwriter Jack Broadbent at St. James Hall.

SUNDAY: beatboxer, musician, and comedian Reggie Watts plays the Vogue Theatre, touring in support of his new Netflix comedy special Spatial.

SUNDAY: Coastal Jazz presents a solo show at Pyatt Hall with American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger Bill Frisell.