Get ready to get loud. Nothing cures the blues like singing your heart out at a show—or watching some sad guitar noodlers play indecipherable shoegaze. Whatever you’re into!

Here are the buzziest April Vancouver concerts coming up.

Sleater-Kinney: April 4 @ Vogue Theatre

The riot grrrl rockers bring 11 albums of power to town. 

SongBird North #127: April 4 @ Roundhouse Community Centre 

Jill Barber, Cara Luft, and Christina Martin show off their songwriting chops.

Hatsune Miku: April 4 @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 

Look, if you don’t know what a vocaloid is, explaining it won’t help.

Said The Whale: April 5 @ Hollywood Theatre

Celebrating 10 years of hawaii… which came out 11 years ago.

Mom Jeans.: April 6 @ Harbour Convention Centre 

This emo band has gotta sell jeans as merch, right? 

Kid Francescoli: April 6 @ Hollywood Theatre

Electro-pop from Marseille, France(scoli).

Loving: April 6 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Victoria’s finest psych folk export. Possibly the city’s only psych folk export. Prove me wrong, Victoria.

Laufey: April 8 @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre 

Grammy-winning jazz pop that’s breaking boundaries.

Dirty Loops: April 9 @ Commodore Ballroom

Swedish jazz fusion to “Run Away”—or, uh, towards.

The Last Dinner Party: April 10 @ Vogue Theatre

Buzzy baroque pop from all-girl indie hotshots. 

Sky Slinger Clearwater: April 11 @ The Painted Ship

Michaela Slinger, Zoe Sky Jordan, and Lucy Clearwater bring storytelling and strumming.

Comeback Kid: April 11 @ The Pearl

Canadian hardcore to break your face to.

Hyperspace Metal Festival V: April 11 to 13 @ WISE Hall and Rickshaw Theatre 

More scream, death, doom, sludge, and black metal than your speakers can survive. 

Lil Xan: April 12 @ The Pearl 

The only Soundcloud rapper famous enough to be on Wikipedia that I share a birthday with.

David Vertesi: April 12 @ WISE Hall 

The gravel-voiced Vancouverite and Hey Ocean! member plays his new album in full.

Foodstock Battle of the Bands: April 12 @ The Cobalt 

The second night of band-to-band combat vying to play at the fundraiser festival.

BoyWithUke: April 13 @ Commodore Ballroom

Prolific TikTok alt-pop offers big dreams.

Sampha: April 14 @ Vogue Theatre

Mercury-winning neo-soul from South London.

Set It Off: April 14 @ Commodore Ballroom 

The pop-punk tearaways left Fearless Records to forge their own path.

Jacob Collier: April 14 @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

The YouTube sensation makes jazz piano cool.

The Black Crowes: April 16 @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Southern rock’n’rollers come to challenge Canuck for the corvid title.

Aidan Bissett: April 17 @ Fortune Sound Club

An indie upstart from the weird streets of Portland.

Kasador: April 17 @ The Pearl 

The Kingston four-piece plays weighty indie rock.

Chastity Belt: April 17 @ Fox Cabaret 

The feminist Washington rockers embrace a name you shouldn’t Google at work. 

Coast City Country Festival 2024: April 18 to 20 @ BC Place and Commodore Ballroom

Get your yee-haws and yahoos ready for a rootin’ tootin’ weekend. Also, Nickelback’s there!

Strung Out & The Casualties: April 19 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Punk rock legends on a co-headlining tour ready to rip up the pit. 

Katie Pruitt: April 19 @ Hollywood Theatre

Queer Americana from a clear-eyed Nashville songbird.

Dopethrone: April 20 @ Green Auto Music 

Stoner rock and doom metal for your 4/20 musical munchies. 

I Don’t Know How But They Found Me: April 20 @ Fortune Sound Club

I’d probably start by not publicizing my tour dates.

José González: April 23 @ Orpheum Theatre

A heartfelt indie folk singer, still somehow best known for his “Heartbeats” cover.

Korpiklaani: April 23 @ Rickshaw Theatre 

Finnish folk metal one member described as “old people’s music with heavy metal guitars.”

The Beatnuts: April 25 @ Hollywood Theatre

The hip-hop and production duo made waves in the ’90s.

Our Last Night: April 25 @ Vogue Theatre

Post-hardcore pop covers and heavy originals from brother-fronted Granite Staters.

Steve Aoki: April 26 @ Harbour Convention Centre 

An iconic DJ and producer who’s worked with everyone from BTS to Blink-182.

Hollow Twin: April 26 @ Green Auto Music

The album release show for a local dark-folk outfit with a vintage vibe.

Meltt: April 26 @ The Pearl 

Mind-bending rock from trippy local lads.

Amon Amarth: April 27 @ PNE Forum 

My girlfriend made us cut our vacation short so she could catch the Viking metal show. 

Diljit Dosanjh: April 27 @ BC Place 

Historic: it’s the biggest-ever concert by a Punjabi artist outside of India.

Jordan Hart: April 28 @ The Pearl 

An accomplished producer and chameleonic songsmith.

Justin Timberlake: April 29 @ Rogers Arena

JT’s latest number-one hit was in 2016—about a decade more recent than I thought. 

The Mary Wallopers: April 30 @ Vogue Theatre

Rip-roaring Irish folk punk from County Louth. 

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening: April 30 @ Orpheum Theatre

John Bonham’s son pays tribute to the legendary drummer.