Crowded House

After a surprise stint touring with Fleetwood Mac, Crowded House frontman Neil Finn is back with co-founder Nick Seymour, and they're augmented by keyboardist Mitchell Froom, their producer extraordinaire, and Finn's kin Liam and Elroy. Known for the mid-'80s hits "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong," the Aussie group returned to form in 2021 on their first album of new material in 11 years, "Dreamers Are Waiting," showcasing Finn's gift for melody, with the minor-key "Deeper Down" standing out. (8 p.m. Sun., State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., $49.50-$160, ticketmaster.com)

JON BREAM

Yves Tumor

This Tennessee-reared, Italy-based artist is an experimentalist and provocateur who mixes poetry, noise and performance art. Influenced by David Bowie, Sun Ra, Prince and so many other musical geniuses, Tumor contemplates life, death and spirituality with screams, incantations, melodies and you name it. Fresh from Coachella 2023 (a "wonderland of violent delights," Rolling Stone said of Tumor), they are celebrating their dizzyingly eclectic, overstuffed fifth album, "Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)." Pretty Sick and Nation open. (9 p.m. Sat., First Avenue, 701 1st Av. N., Mpls., $30, axs.com)

J.B.

Minnesota Orchestra

ROB HUBBARD

Off!

One of the greatest punk rock bands of the 21st century features alumni from some of the 20th century's best. Los Angeles howler Keith Morris, of Circle Jerks and early Black Flag fame, fronts a newly re-formed lineup of the hard-throttling, age-defying Off!, now with Burning Brides' Dimitri Coats on guitar and a funkier rhythm section including Thundercat drummer Justin Brown. They dropped a wild new EP on Record Store Day, cheekily titled "Free LSD." (8 p.m. Fri., Fine Line, 318 1^st Av. N., Mpls., $20-$35, axs.com)

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Iris DeMent

C.R.

Palmer's Twang Fest

Patio season begins at one of Minneapolis' oldest and most-celebrated dive bars with a roundup of some of the Twin Cities' best Americana/alt-country players. Roots music maven Molly Maher and her all-star Disbelievers top off the six-band lineup, which also includes stylish song man Doug Collins and his Receptionists, torchy twang-rocker Becky Kapell, the Good Time Gals, Union Suits and John Magnuson. (4-10 p.m. Sat., Palmer's Bar, 500 Cedar Av. S., Mpls., $25, palmers-bar.com)

C.R.

Samantha Bee

NEAL JUSTIN

'Three Decembers'

Composer Jake Heggie's 2008 chamber opera orbits a famous theater actor and her two adult children as family secrets come to light over three decades of the AIDS crisis. Gene Scheer crafted the libretto based on Terrence McNally's unpublished play "Some Christmas Letters." Norah Long headlines this regional premiere by director Gary Briggle for Skylark Opera Theatre. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. May 12-21. Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls. $55, 612-440-0911, skylarkopera.org)

ROHAN PRESTON

Leslie Parker

SHEILA REGAN

'The 3-Women Project'

St. Paul's TU Dance is featuring three Black women choreographers to work in this project. Minnesota-based Alanna Morris' work taps into joy and pleasure with upbeat music and infectious energy. Stefanie Batten Bland has created a theatrical piece using the 1967 Sidney Poitier film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," as inspiration. And Yusha-Marie Sorzano, born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, has created a dance with calypso music and werewolves in an investigation of colonization's impact. (7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat., O'Shaughnessy, 2004 Randolph Av., St. Paul, $35, 651-690-6700, oshag.stkate.edu)

S.R.

St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour

ALICIA ELER

Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival

Warmer weather is here so it's time to relieve fuzzy animals of mounds of heavy fleece. The fest includes the largest fleece competition, sheep shearing, fleece skirting demonstrations and family activities. Cuddle with sheep and goats and watch a stock dog trial. Fiber vendors also will sell their wares. (9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. $5, ages 8 and under free. 12300 N. 40th St., Lake Elmo. shepherdsharvestfestival.org.)