MUSIC
Travis Scott
Last seen in town five years ago with an amusement-park-themed mega-production, the Texas rapper of "Goosebumps" megahit status and Kylie Jenner co-parenting fame has faced a roller-coaster career in the interim. He bounced back from 2021's tragic crowd crush at his Astroworld Festival that killed 10 people in his native Houston. He rolled on to land one of the biggest albums of 2023 with "Utopia," with hits including the Drake collaboration "Meltdown." Scott's Circus Maximus-themed tour for the album is purportedly another huge spectacle onstage, but with stricter safety measures in place offstage. (8 p.m. Sat., Xcel Energy Center, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $45-$247, ticketmaster.com)
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
Vijay Iyer
He is one of the most celebrated and esteemed jazz pianists of this century. He has won a MacArthur "genius" grant and a Doris Duke Artist Award. He's been named artist of the year four times by DownBeat, the jazz bible. His resume includes a faculty position at Harvard, a discography of two dozen albums under his own name and three Grammy nominations this year for his "Love in Exile" project with Arooj Aftab and Shahzad Ismaily. An acclaimed composer and master of improvisation, Iyer will be joined by bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Jeremy Dutton. (7 p.m. Fri., the Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., $30-$40, dakotacooks.com)
JON BREAM
Tribute to Dolly Parton
Featuring the same solid house band and rotating-singer concept as the popular Shania Twain tribute shows at the Turf Club, this salute to one of American music's greatest living icons falls on Dolly's 78th birthday and is doubling as a benefit for the Women's March Minnesota. It's tripling as a cohesive showcase of some of the Twin Cities' most gifted young female rock, alt-twang and soul singers. The cast includes Haley, Leslie Vincent, Jaedyn James, Faith Boblett, Turn Turn Turn's Savannah Smith, Barbaro's Rachel Calvert, Sarah Morris and Laura Hugo. (8 p.m. Fri., Fine Line, 318 1st Av. N., Mpls., $15-$39, axs.com)
C.R.
Keb' Mo'
The happiest of bluesmen, the five-time Grammy winner has over the years expanded his palette that puts him in the Americana realm. His latest, 2022's "Good to Be...," which was nominated for best Americana album at last year's Grammys, features such upbeat tunes as "Sunny and Warm" and "Like Love" and optimistic numbers like "Louder" and "Marvelous to Me." The album includes collabs with Darius Rucker, Kristin Chenoweth and Old Crow Medicine Show but it'll just be Mo' and his guitars in Minneapolis. (7 p.m. Sun. and Mon., the Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., $105-$135, dakotacooks.com)
J.B.