Fleet Foxes will perform Thursday at the Benedum Center in the critically hailed indie-folk band's biggest Pittsburgh show.
Known for their soaring harmonies, Fleet Foxes last year released their third album, "Crack-Up," sold out such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl and Red Rocks Amphitheater, and appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Pittsburgh tickets are $38.75 to $83.75.
The music starts at 8 p.m. with Amen Dunes, the stage name for Damon McMahon, whose current album earned a glowing 8.6 out of 10 review from Pitchfork, describing it as an "euphoric breakthrough" where "everything feels silvery and romantic, like a hallucination of the classic-rock songbook."
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Rick Springfield performs Friday at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, and, yes, that means western Pennsylvania fans will hear his timeless tale of jealousy, "Jessie's Girl," plus other hits including "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "I've Done Everything for You."
Expect to hear some dustier, grittier blues-rock numbers, too, as heard on Springfield's new album "The Snake King," including his new music video release, "Voodoo House," where he's wailing on slide guitar.
Tickets cost $45 to $125, and showtime is 8 p.m.
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David Allan Coe plays a sold-out Jergel's Rhythm Grille on Friday and Saturday.
Clearly, there's ample local interest in the outlaw country star known for Confederate flag-emblazoned guitars and Top-20 songs "Longhaired Redneck," "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" and a couple of chart-toppers he wrote for others, Tanya Tucker's "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" and Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It."
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Local concertgoers have three ghostly options Friday: Ghost at the Benedum Center, Jukebox the Ghost at Mr. Smalls Theatre or Handsome Ghost at the upstairs Funhouse at Mr. Smalls.
The biggest turnout will be the Ghost show, where the Grammy-winning metal band will perform one of its theatrical, irreverent shows. The Swedish band's most recent album, 2016's "Popestar," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard. Tickets range from $45.25 to $295, and showtime is 8 p.m. with no opening act.
Washington, D.C., power-pop trio Jukebox the Ghost has a new song, "Everybody's Lonely," on the alternative chart. Tickets cost $20 for the 8 p.m. show, which starts with the Greeting Committee. While Jukebox the Ghost is on stage in Millvale, the concert room upstairs will feature Boston duo Handsome Ghost, which has an ethereal, acoustic-based sound that's amassed more than 35 million streams on Spotify. Beta Radio will open that 8 p.m. show, for which tickets cost $13 today, $15 on Friday.
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Monday marks the fifth anniversary of Vance Joy releasing his super catchy pop ditty "Riptide," which helped made ukuleles at least briefly fashionable again.
The Australian indie-folk/pop artist headlines Stage AE outdoors on Friday, having last filled the North Side venue's smaller indoor stage in March 2016.
The former Taylor Swift stadium opening act, who also cracked the Top-40 with "Mess Is Mine," takes his stage name from a Peter Carey novel, "Bliss."
You could probably win a $35 bet — the cost of a ticket to his show — that someone wouldn't know Joy's birth name (James Keogh.)
Opening the 8 p.m. show is Alice Merton, who gave a lively performance of her new hit "No Roots" last week on "The Late Late Show with James Corden."
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Punk in Drublic, a craft beer and punk music festival, makes its Pittsburgh debut Sunday at Highmark Stadium at Station Square.
The festival takes its name from an album by vintage punk band NOFX, which co-headlines the musical component along with peers Bad Religion
More than 100 craft beers will be available, with festival hours running from 1 to 9 p.m. (VIP entry is at noon.) Complimentary tastings last until 4 p.m., after which a more limited number of beers, cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks are for sale.
General admission tickets are $39.50, and the music starts at 3:15 with a roster that also includes the Interrupters, Mad Caddies and Bad Cop Bad Cop.