FRIDAY: Day One of the three-day Winter Jazz at Performance Works features performances by Lydia Hol and Dawn Pemberton.

FRIDAY: Dutch pianist and composer Joep Beving plays the WISE Hall.

FRIDAY: Brooklyn-based Afrobeat collective, Antibalas, plays the Rickshaw Theatre.

FRIDAY: benefit for The West Moberly First Nations at the Russian Hall features performances by Combine the Victorious, Eddy D and the Sex Bombs, the Reluctants, Sparky Spurr, and Stacy Gallagher.

FRIDAY: Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues play the first of two nights at White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

FRIDAY: postdisco recording artist from Australia, Donny Benét, plays the Fox Cabaret.

FRIDAY: local singer-songwriter Roy Forbes performs tunes from new album Edge of Blue at St. James Hall.

FRIDAY: the 17-piece South Van Big Band performs big-band jazz at the Hood 29.

FRIDAY: Canadian pop-rockers from the '80s, Platinum Blonde, play the Commodore Ballroom.

FRIDAY: a night of hard-bop jazz featuring pianist Charlie Austin at Seven Tyrant Studios.

SATURDAY: Rich Hope, Vicious Cycles, and the Wild North play the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Johnny Wakeham and DJ Penny.

SATURDAY: Australian indie-rock quartet the Jungle Giants plays the Imperial Vancouver.

SATURDAY: local band the Brass Action plays its farewell show at the Astoria Pub, with guests You Big Idiot, Actionesse, and Mooshy Face.

SATURDAY: outsider-music legend Eugene Chadbourne plays Pat's Pub & Brewhouse, with guests Theremin Man and Ford Pier.

SATURDAY: Soulsha performs a blend of Scottish, West African, and funk music at the Surrey Arts Centre.

SATURDAY: Brian "Elvis" Simpson, "Major Al" Allen Fraser, and Robert Miller perform their tributes to Elvis Presley, David Bowie, and Buddy Holly at Burnaby's Maplewood Taphouse & Eatery.

SATURDAY: local rock band Mother Trucker plays the Wolf Bar in Maple Ridge, with guests Of Lesser Evil, Lou Danger and the Thrills, Quasicosm, and Psychtron.

SATURDAY: Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues play the second of two nights at White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

SATURDAY: Day Two of the three-day Winter Jazz at Performance Works features performances by the David Sikula Quartet, the Watermill Project, SICK BOSS, and Jaimie Branch Fly or Die II.

SUNDAY: final day of the three-day Winter Jazz at Performance Works features free performances by the Bonnie Northgraves Quartet and the Itamar Erez Quartet.

SUNDAY: Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests the Lioness, Nikki Jean, and DJ Keezy.

SUNDAY: Boston electro-folk duo Tall Heights plays the Biltmore Cabaret.

SUNDAY: American flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny leads his quintet at Surrey's Northwood United Church.