24 Vancouver concerts this week, May 1 to 5

MONDAY: English rock band the 1975 plays the PNE Forum, touring in support of sophomore album I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it.

MONDAY: Oakland-based soul-R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani plays the Vogue Theatre.

WEDNESDAY: South African indie-folk singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov

WEDNESDAY: California punk-rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests Together Pangea.

THURSDAY: American punk-rock singer-songwriter CJ Ramone plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Big Eyes.

THURSDAY: New York jazz pianist Bill Charlap performs with his trio at West Van's Kay Meek Centre.

THURSDAY: Toronto pop singer-songwriter and producer Lydia Ainsworth plays the Fox Cabaret.

THURSDAY: Montreal singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk plays the Biltmore Cabaret, performing tunes from latest album Twin Solitude.

THURSDAY: South African indie-folk singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov plays the second of two nights at the Imperial.

THURSDAY: Voices for Africa benefit at Temple Sholom features songs from John Gray's musicals, with proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

THURSDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents blues music by Cécile Doo-Kingué (above), Rick Fines, Paul Pigat, and Suzie Vinnick at St. James Hall's Hornby Blues.

THURSDAY: Vancouver jazz vocalist Maya Rae performs with the Miles Black Quintet at White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

FRIDAY: British folk-pop singer-songwriter Barns Courtney plays the Biltmore, with guests Foxtrax.

FRIDAY: Redemption 2017 hip-hop dance festival at Douglas College features performances by DJ Firespin, Raw Robots, and Wreckage Fam.

FRIDAY: the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society presents British folk-blues singer-songwriter Martin Harley at the Fox Cabaret, with guests the Wild Romantics.

FRIDAY: Cover Your Friends at the Revue Stage features local roots acts Petunia, Paul Pigat, Kelly Haigh, the Lonesome Town Painters, the Staggers & Jaggs, the Bottom Shelf Bourbon Trio, the Crooked, and Brian O'Brien.

FRIDAY: Coastal Jazz presents the Helen Sung Quartet at Frankie's Jazz.

FRIDAY: Dutch and Swedish metal bands Delain and Hammerfall coheadline the Rickshaw, with guests West of Hell and Iron Kingdom.

FRIDAY: Juno-winning psychedelic-folk group Timber Timbre plays the Vogue Theatre.

FRIDAY: Canadian blues and jazz guitarist Jack de Keyzer performs two shows at White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

FRIDAY: California punk band Hate for State plays Pub 340, with guests AK-747s, Mooshy Face, and the Dead Hits.

FRIDAY: performances by tribute bands Gunz n FN Rosez (Guns N' Roses), Bonnie Scott (AC/DC) and See Alice (Alice Cooper) at Venue.

FRIDAY: American roots-rock singer-songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge plays Richmond's River Rock Show Theatre.

FRIDAY: New York City-based electronica musician Com Truise coheadlines the Imperial with Berlin-based electronica artist Clark.