FRIDAY: Vancouver folk-rock band Echo Nebraska plays the Railway Stage & Beer Café, with guests Marsalis and Kellen Saip Music.

FRIDAY: American blues-rock singer and guitar wizard Joe Bonamassa plays the second of three nights at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

FRIDAY: vocalist-arranger Sara Kim blends traditional South Korean music and jazz at the Museum of Vancouver.

FRIDAY: Canadian country singer-songwriter Tim Hicks performs at Abbotsford Centre on his Get Loud tour.

FRIDAY: Welsh folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Novo Amor plays St. James Hall.

FRIDAY: Nirvana cover band Nearvana performs Nirvana Unplugged at the WISE Hall.

FRIDAY: Jana Seale perform vintage acoustic pop and folk at North Van's Coach House Lounge.

FRIDAY: Idaho electronic trio Magic Sword plays the Fox Cabaret.

FRIDAY: Illinois rapper Kweku Collins plays the Biltmore Cabaret, with guest Joseph Chilliams.

SATURDAY: British indie-pop band Pale Waves plays Venue, with guests Kailee Morgue & the Candescents.

SATURDAY: Oklahoma City alt-rockers Skating Polly play Lanalou's, with guests Potty Mouth and the Furniture.

SATURDAY: L.A. psychedelic-soul band the Marias coheadlines the Rickshaw Theatre with New York soul-pop trio Triathalon, with guest Kevin Krauter.

SATURDAY: Tribute to Jacques Brel at CBC Studio 700 as part of the Coup de coeur francophone de Vancouver.

SATURDAY: Vancouver world-music group Delhi 2 Dublin plays the Fox Cabaret.

SATURDAY: holiday swing dance at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre features the New Orleans Ale Stars.

SATURDAY: Nashville grunge-pop band Dirty Issues plays Pat's Pub and Brewhouse, with guests CLONE and the New Black.

SATURDAY: the Mint Records Mandatory Holiday Function and Awards Show at the Astoria Pub features DUMB, lié, woolworm, Faith Healer, NEEDLES//PINS, Energy Slime, Kellarissa, and Necking.

SATURDAY: American blues-rock singer and guitar wizard Joe Bonamassa plays the third of three nights at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

SATURDAY: Brian Tate and the City Soul Choir perform songs by Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, and Sharon Jones at Canadian Memorial United Church.

SUNDAY: Brisbane-based pop singer Wafia performs tunes from latest release VIII at the WISE Hall.

SUNDAY: trumpeter Jens Lindemann and friends perform at an All Star Brass show at West Van's Kay Meek Arts Centre.

SUNDAY: Toronto-based alt-rock band Birds of Bellwood play the Railway Stage and Beer Café, with guests Daysormay from Vernon.

SUNDAY: Christmas Jazz Concert at the Sanctuary at Brentwood features local artists Miles Black, Glenda Rae, and Brett Wade.

SUNDAY: Americana singer-songwriter John Craigie plays the Imperial, with guest Ben Morrison.

SUNDAY: the Mighty Fraser Big Band plays a Christmas special with guest soloists Steve Maddock and Amanda Wood at Surrey's Northwood United Church.