The Steeles: If you thought Jearlyn Steele was spirited with the New Standards at their holiday show two weeks ago, wait until she joins her siblings for their annual yule performances. The Steeles are celebrating their new holiday disc, "The Best Christmas," a compilation of their three previous yule recordings with two new songs. One new tune, the sincere and soulful "Grateful," will fill you with Christmas joy. Janice, the Steele sibling who lives in California, will be a special guest on Friday. Jearlyn, JD, Fred, Jevetta and Billy will be on their own Saturday. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, $25-$58, etix.com
Darlene Love: For 28 years, Darlene Love sang "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman's final show before the big holiday. For the second consecutive year, she will sing her yule classic live in St. Paul. At 76, Love, a backup singer extraordinaire since the 1960s who landed in the Rock Hall of Fame, is a true belter, interpreting her signatures ("He's a Rebel") and probably some tunes from her Steve Van Zandt-produced 2015 comeback album, "Introducing Darlene Love."( 7:30 p.m. Fri. Ordway, St. Paul, $47-$111.50, ordway.org)
The Honeydogs: While he's been gigging out with yet another new band of late, craftsmen songwriter and versatile bandleader Adam Levy is ending the year with his old gang after dropping a hopeful, Stones-y new single, "Gaslight Face." Picked to Click winner Thomas Abban and Levy's daughters' band Saphhire open. (8 p.m. Fri., Turf Club, $10-$15.)
Semisonic: I guess Dan Wilson can't stay away from his hometown. No, he, John Munson and Jake Slichter promised to play 1998's "Feeling Strangely Fine" — the outstanding album with "Closing Time," "Secret Smile" and "Singing in My Sleep" — in its entirety. They did the album Wednesday at the Turf Club and now they move to First Ave. (8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. First Avenue, $35)
Dosh & Friends: Drummer and master-looper Martin Dosh has been hosting a home-for-the-holidays instrumentalist party with many of his other touring friends for 10 years now and has a special lineup this year, with drummer Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin & Wood coming to join local pals Dave King, Mike Lewis, Jeremy Ylvisaker, JT Bates and more. (8 p.m. Fri., Cedar Cultural Center, all ages, $12-$15.)
Kinda Kinky Christmas: What started as a noble little food drive six years ago has turned into a marathon of music with a cavalcade of local singers, all celebrating one of the greatest troves of rock songs in British music history. Local scene fixtures Curtiss A, Chris Perricelli, Alison LaBonne, Brian Tighe, Billy Batson and dozens more are listed to join the cheeky but tight full-time tribute band Kinda Kinky, who play nothing but Kinks tunes, from "You Really Got Me" and "Lola" on down to loads of deeper cuts. Benefits the Food Group. (7:30 p.m. Sat., Minneapolis Eagles Club #34, 2507 E. 25th St., Mpls., $10 or $5 with nonperishable food item.)
Cornbread Harris: The locally beloved jazz/R&B piano man celebrated his 90th birthday over the summer by recording a live album in the historic firehouse-turned-performance-space to where he's returning for a holiday concert with Joyann Parker. (7 p.m. Sat., Hook & Ladder Theater, $12.)
Jewel: Her Handmade Holiday Tour features the usual Christmas fare, much of which was heard on either of her yule discs, 1999's "Joy: A Holiday Collection" and 2013's "Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection." But also expect her to insert her own hits, including "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games," in mid-set. (8 p.m. Sat. Mystic Lake Casino, $40-$65)
The Petersons: Minnesota's first family of jazz continues its annual Twas the Jam Before Christmas with three shows featuring Linda, Billy, Patty, Ricky and Paul Peterson plus next-gen musicians and singers including Jason and Jeanne. (6 & 8 p.m. Sun. & 7 p.m. Mon. Dakota, $25.)
Lil Pump: Perhaps the oddest and most quizzically popular rap star since Riff Raff, this 17-year-old wiz kid sports braces in his publicity photos — gives new meaning to "grills" — and has earned championship numbers via SoundCloud and YouTube with the cartoony single "Gucci Gang." (7:30 p.m. Mon., First Avenue, sold out.)
The Bad Plus: It's the last homestand for the original incarnation of this adventurous, Twin Cities-launched jazz trio. Pianist Ethan Iverson is leaving next year to pursue a solo career and his jazz criticism for the New Yorker and other outlets. Bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King already have a new pianist lined up. This will be a capper on their Christmas-week tradition that has carried on for nearly 20 years at the Dakota. (7 & 9 p.m. Wed.-Dec. 23, Dakota, $40-$45.)
All Tomorrow's Petty: The Oct. 2 death of Tom Petty still feels raw at year's end along with maybe a whole lot of other things in the 2017 news cycle, which makes it all the more beautiful that this collective of busy Twin Cities musicians is able to get together for one last all-Petty party. MVP sidemen like JT Bates, Rob Skoro, Jeremy Ylvisaker and Jacob Hanson anchor the group behind a rotating cast of singers that has included Haley, Janey Winterbauer, James Diers, Linnea Mohn and Frankie Lee. The George Harrison tribute group Dark Horse and the all-Crüe crew 2F4D also perform. (8 p.m. Thu., Turf Club, 1601 University Av. W., St. Paul, $12-$15, eTix.com.)
Nelly and T.I.: With the October charges of sexual assault against him dropped, "Hot in Herre" hitmaker Nelly is free to head out on the road again, and this time out he's in a much more sensible pairing than his summer gig with Backstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line at Target Field. Fellow '00s rapper T.I. — whose 2006 hit "What You Know" has long been Joe Mauer's walk-up song at Twins games — might be able to coach his co-headliner on staying out of trouble after overcoming a string of imprisonment and legal trouble on weapons and drug charges. (8 p.m. Thu., Myth, 3090 Southlawn Dr., Maplewood, $60-$85, MythLive.com.)
