Note to readers: Concerts may be canceled because of coronavirus concerns — as was the case with Friday's concert at Xcel Energy Center by the Lumineers with J.S. Ondara, which was postponed and rescheduled for Sept. 24. Check with venues online to make sure.
Joe Bonamassa: The blues guitarist delivered a winner in 2018 with "Redemption," a thematic album with tastes of Zeppelin and Delta blues and assists from Jamey Johnson and Dion. The flashy, shades-wearing upstate New Yorker travels with a top-notch band including keyboardist Reese Wynans (Double Trouble), drummer Anton Figg (David Letterman house band) and bassist Michael Rhodes, a first-call Nashville session player. (8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Orpheum Theatre, Mpls., $73-$203)
Wynonna Judd & Cactus Moser: The voice of the Judds is temporarily back in a duo format, doing stripped-down songs and stories with her husband on drums, guitar and mandolin. The garrulous Wynonna is a terrific storyteller in conversation and song. (7 p.m. Fri., Dakota, Mpls., $55-$75)
REO Speedwagon: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the blockbuster "Hi Infidelity," the veteran rockers from Champaign, Ill., keep on lovin' touring. The group still features three heyday members — frontman Kevin Cronin, bassist Bruce Hall and keyboardist Neal Doughty, who cofounded the band in 1967 as a student at the University of Illinois. (8 p.m. Fri., Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, $45 and up)
Belfast Cowboys: Since their offshoot St. Dominic's Trio has the weekly Tuesday fundraiser gig at the Driftwood on the big Irish holiday, Terry Walsh and his Van Morrison-attuned big band are playing their Sham Rockin' St. Patrick's Dance Party a few days earlier in a new west-suburb location. (8 p.m. Fri., Birch's on the Lake, 1310 W. Wayzata Blvd, Long Lake)
Shellac: Legendary Nirvana and Pixies producer Steve Albini has only sporadically kept up appearances with his influential Chicago-based power trio since the release of their viscerally rocking 2014 album, "Dude Incredible," but he thankfully seems to favor the Twin Cities when he does take it out of the garage. Sister duo Loki's Folly open. (9 p.m. Sat., First Avenue, Mpls., $18)
Steve Aoki: With his latest album titled "Neon Future VI," we can surely expect a bright visual production to match the latest go-round by one of electronic dance music's biggest stars. (9 p.m. Sat., Armory, Mpls., $44)
Gliteratti: After years of kicking around the Duluth scene with such side groups as Two Many Banjos and the Velvets, Marc Gartman is finally putting out a record by his main rock vehicle and has a couple of well-known band members for support, Tim Saxhaug and Dave Carroll of Trampled by Turtles, the latter plugged in on electric guitar. Lydia Liza opens. (7:30 p.m. Sat., 7th St. Entry, Mpls., $10)