FRIDAY: Seattle rapper Grieves plays Fortune Sound Club, with guest Mouse Powell.

FRIDAY: Canadian folk-rock/reggae band Jon and Roy plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests Old Man Canyon.

FRIDAY: experimental L.A. pop band Sure Sure plays the Fox Cabaret.

FRIDAY: Grammy-winning a capella group Take 6 plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

FRIDAY: Beats without Borders presents electronic producer SaQi at the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests AppleCat.

FRIDAY: Coastal Jazz presents Grammy-winning saxophonist Gary Smulyan at Pyatt Hall.

FRIDAY: Canadian Afro-roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Cécile Doo-Kingué performs the second of two nights at the Kay Meek Centre.

SATURDAY: the Invisible Orange presents Finnish metal band Nightwish at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

SATURDAY: Vancouver indie-rock band Said the Whale plays the Railway Stage and Beer Café.

SATURDAY: Philadelphia indie-folk band Mt. Joy plays the Fox Cabaret.

SATURDAY: former Headpins vocalist Darby Mills launches her new live CD at the Fairview Pub, with guests Greedy Gretchen.

SATURDAY: performances at the Backstage Lounge by tribute bands Everything's Ruined (Faith No More tribute), Bonnie Scott (female-fronted AC/DC tribute) and Maiden British Columbia (Iron Maiden tribute).

SATURDAY: folk singer-songwriters SwampWolf and Hannah Hall perform at the Heatley.

SATURDAY: monthly concert series at the Deer Lake Art Gallery features local artists John Gonzalez and SHOCKK.

SUNDAY: Arizona alt-rock band the Maine plays the Rio Theatre, with guests the Wrecks and the Technicolors.

SUNDAY: experimental electronica artist the Soft Moon plays the Biltmore Cabaret, with guests Boy Harsher.

SUNDAY: Maple Blues Award-winners the Steve Kozak Band plays the Blue Martini Jazz Cafe.

SUNDAY: the Cory Weeds Quartet performs tunes by Benny Golson, Hank Mobley, and Tina Brooks at Surrey's Northwood United Church.