FRIDAY: Toronto alt-rockers Sloan play the Imperial, touring in support of latest studio album Sloan 12.

FRIDAY: chart-topping DJ and producer Dillon Francis plays the Harbour Events Centre, with guest Dzeko.

FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Welsh Celtic-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist Martyn Joseph at St. James Hall.

FRIDAY: Peggy Lee's Echo Painting album launch party at the WISE Hall features a new large ensemble of Vancouver improvisers.

FRIDAY: Vancouver-based funk band Five Alarm Funk plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guest DJ Shub.

FRIDAY: Montreal electronic band Life's Strange Dream plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Das Mortal, FM Attack, and Galactic Hobos.

FRIDAY: blues singer-keyboardist Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne plays White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

SATURDAY: Australian hip-hop artist Manu Crooks plays Fortune Sound Club, with guests So Loki, Illyminiachi, and Manila Grey.

SATURDAY: Vancouver rock 'n' roller Jeremy Allingham performs tunes from new album Run Wild at the Fox Cabaret, with guests Lady Mystics and Old Soul Rebel.

SATURDAY: Motown Meltdown fundraiser for Seva Canada’s international eye-care work features Motown music by over 30 artists, including Marcus Mosely, Dawn Pemberton, Jane Mortifee, and Warren Dean Flandez.

SUNDAY: legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter and First Nations activist Buffy Sainte-Marie plays the WISE Hall as part of the Verses Festival of Words.

SUNDAY: pianist Kristian Alexandrov performs with vocalist Shannon Gaye, bassist Ben Harries, and drummer Joel Fountain at Surrey's Northwood United Church.

SUNDAY: eleven-piece R&B/funk group Top City performs a tribute to legendary horn band Tower of Power at the Fairview Pub.

SUNDAY: the Poster Squad presents performances by Focused, Fusionstein, Gonzulu, and the Eastside Ramblers a LanaLou's Restaurant.

SUNDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents local Celtic fiddle player Kiérah at St. James Hall.

SUNDAY: American country singer-songwriter Granger Smith plays the Commodore Ballroom.

SUNDAY: folk-music collective HAYA Band combines Mongolian singing and world music with traditional and modern instruments at Kay Meek Centre.

SUNDAY: the Sacred Sexual Music Festival at Venables Hall features performances by Matthew Kocel, Kamile Kapel, Eric Bowers, Alchemana, Shanikar, and Andrew Kim.