FRIDAY: English synth-pop singer-songwriter Dua Lipa plays the Vogue Theatre, performing on her Self-Titled Tour.

FRIDAY: Vancouver indie-rock trio the Segues plays the Railway Stage and Beer Café , with guests the Escapes, Gabe and the Oh Yeahs, and the Stephen Ford Group.

FRIDAY: local electronica musician and multi-instrumentalist Noble Oak plays the Fox Cabaret, performing tunes from new album Collapsing Together.

FRIDAY: pianist-composer Tigran Hamasyan fuses jazz improvisation with the folkloric music of his native Armenia at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

FRIDAY: Vancouver metal band Black Wizard plays the Rickshaw, with guests Mean Jeans, Waingro, and Killer Deal.

FRIDAY: Saskatoon-based rock band the Sheepdogs plays the second of two nights at the Commodore, touring in support of its new album Changing Colours.

FRIDAY: American indie singer-songwriters Jay Som and Japanese Breakfast coheadline the Biltmore Cabaret, with guests Hand Habits.

FRIDAY: local acoustic-guitar virtuoso Don Alder performs songs from his two latest albums at North Van's Lynn Valley United Church.

FRIDAY: British alt-rock band Enter Shikari plays the Imperial, with guests Milk Teeth.

SATURDAY: the Chutzpah! Festival and Cap Jazz presents Mexico’s Troker, known for blurring jazz, rock, mariachi, metal, funk, and hip-hop, at the Rickshaw Theatre.

SATURDAY: American heavy-metal band Avenged Sevenfold plays the Pacific Coliseum, with guests Breaking Benjamin and Bullet for My Valentine.

SATURDAY: the 21st annual Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival at Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Langley campus features acoustic-guitar music by duos David Sinclair & Keith Bennett and John Gilliat & Rossi Tzonkov.

SATURDAY: American pop singer-songwriter Jacob Sartorius plays the Vogue Theatre, performing on his Left Me Hangin' Tour.

SATURDAY: Kelowna rock band the Fallaways plays the Railway Stage and Beer Café, with guests Mitigo, Harbourside, and Bear King.

SATURDAY: London singer-songwriter Bruno Major plays the Fox Cabaret, touring in support of his latest release A Song for Every Moon.

SATURDAY: Nashville alt-folk band Judah and the Lion plays the Commodore, performing on its Going to Mars tour.

SATURDAY: American electronica trio Autograf plays the Imperial, with guests Ramzoid and Cofresi.

SATURDAY: Caravan World Rhythms and Vashaan Music Society present an evening of Persian and Turkish music at the Vancouver Playhouse.

SUNDAY: American Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello plays the Commodore Ballroom, touring in support of latest album Seekers and Finders.

SUNDAY: the Canadian Pacific Blues Society presents Atlanta-based blues-rock guitar hero Tinsley Ellis at the Rio Theatre, with guests Rocky Milino Jr. and the 4CD Band.

SUNDAY: American hip-hop artist, beatboxer, and alt rocker Matisyahu plays the Rickshaw, with guests Eminence Ensemble.

SUNDAY: Canadian contemporary-roots band Wil plays the Railway Stage and Beer Café.

SUNDAY: Coastal Jazz presents the Dave King Trio at Frankie's Jazz.

SUNDAY: legendary keyboardist Abdullah Ibrahim and New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard offer a rare tribute performance to the Jazz Epistles at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.