Peter Gabriel

It's been a minute since the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and human-rights champion has released an album or toured. He's doing both this year, presenting an evening of new and old music accompanied by cutting-edge visuals and a large band including his longtime mates bassist Tony Levin, guitarist David Rhodes and drummer Manu Katché. Reports indicate half of the two-set concert is devoted to songs from the forthcoming "i/o," Gabriel's first album of new material since 2002. Meanwhile, the "Sledgehammer" hitmaker has been dropping new songs on every full moon this year. (8 p.m. Tue., Xcel Energy Center, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $55-$750, ticketmaster.com)

JON BREAM

Radio K's 30th Birthday

Still one of the liveliest and most innovative outlets on the Twin Cities FM dial, the University of Minnesota's student-run station is celebrating its 30^th anniversary with a lineup of local acts as eclectic, cool and communal as its on-air brand. The globally flavored hip-hop/R&B collective Ozone Creations with producer/rapper Obi Original heads up the party, also featuring funky young jazz star L.A. Buckner and his band Big Homie, Low singer Alan Sparhawk's new funk group Derecho Rhythm Section, bluegrassy pickers Buffalo Galaxy and fuzz-rock blasters Bugsy. (7:30 p.m. Thu.., First Avenue, 701 1^st Av. N., Mpls., $15, axs.com)

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Ringo Starr

J.B.

Chappell Roan

Tapped to open the first leg of Olivia Rodrigo's upcoming arena tour, this flaming-redheaded, fiery-voiced Missouri synth-pop singer is already on the verge of breakout status with her debut album, "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess." Songs like "Hot to Go!" and "Red Wine Supernova" have gone viral with her Benatar-meets-Blondie rocker voice, ultra-catchy choruses and the sharp blend of snarky and tender lyrics that will make her a perfect Rodrigo opener. (6 p.m. Sun., First Avenue, all ages, $31, axs.com)

C.R.

'Dark Sisters'

ROB HUBBARD

The Ariel Quartet with Orion Weiss

The Schubert Club opens its Music in the Park Series season with this renowned Israeli string quartet, which formed while the musicians were in middle school, has now been together 20 years and has received the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. After a collection of movements by various composers that they call "American Dream," they'll be joined by pianist Orion Weiss for Dmitri Shostakovich's powerful Piano Quintet in G minor. (4 p.m. Sun., St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ, 2129 Commonwealth Av., St. Paul, $23-$33, 651-292-3268 or schubert.org)

R.H.

'The Great Gatsby'

SHEILA REGAN

Young, Gifted and Black

The MCAD Black Artist Collective takes inspiration for its exhibition title from Nina Simone's 1969 song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," which became an anthem of the 1970s Black Pride Movement. The exhibition at MCAD's Concourse Gallery celebrates Blackness as it manifests through art and design. (Ends Nov. 4, 2501 Stevens Av. S., Mpls., free. Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., 612-874-3700 or mcad.edu)

ALICIA ELER

Jim Denomie's 'Painting-a-Day'

A.E.

Discovery Days

The Bakken Museum's Innovation Fair explores new ways to understand, do and make something. Local creators, scientists and artists lead hands-on activities. Witness how ultrasound technology works and how aquaponic systems can grow a variety of foods. Strap on a headband to learn how the brain perceives visual triggers and lower your carbon footprint with a lesson on clean energy. (10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., $7-$13, 3537 Zenith Av. S., Mpls., thebakken.org)