The Working Arts Society presents the sixth annual music and arts celebration, featuring performances by Green TaRA, Unspoken, DJ Buzy B, Ms Divine, Rap Sure Rising, Desire Lim, Ivan Coyote, Tara Hardy, Maya Suess, the Impressions, East Van Porn Collective, DJ Betti Forde, Your Little Pony, Little Woo, Tra la la, the Hot Saucy Girls, the Screaming Chickens, the Sweet Soul Girls, Stilettos & Strap-ons, Cristina Orbe with Forgotten Sol, DJ Da Lux, and DJ Goddamn. To March 28 at various Vancouver venues. Info www.sistahoodcelebration.com/.

Stranglers vocalist performs an acoustic show, featuring tunes from latest solo CD, Beyond Elysian Fields. March 23, 6:30 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $20 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Scratch Records.

Alternative rockers from Antwerp, Belgium, play tunes from latest CD, Pocket Revolution, with guests Elias. March 23, 9 pm, Red Room (398 Richards). Tix $15 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu Records.

Grrrls With Guitars presents social-activist trio from Baltimore, with guests Ash Riot. March 23, 9 pm, Rime (1130 Commercial). Tix $10/5 at the door, info 604-915-5356.

Canadian bluegrass group, featuring mandolinist Reischman, performs as part of the Cap Folk ‘n’ Roots series. March 23, Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre (2055 Purcell Way, North Van.). Tix $25/22, info 604-990-7810.

Singer-songwriter and fiddle player performs tune from new CD, Even the Lost Creek. March 23, 7:30 pm, Gallery O (2060 Pine). Tix $15/10, info 604-731-5412, www.artcenter.ca/.

Scottish indie legends play tunes from latest CD, The Life Pursuit, with guest Rose Melberg. March 24, 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix $39.50 (plus service charges and fees). SOLD OUT.

Alt-pop singer-songwriter from Denmark performs tunes from latest CD, In the Red, with guest Kristin Hoffmann. March 24, 6:45 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $13 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Highlife Records.

Improvisational live-electronica hammered-dulcimer trance quartet from Boulder, Colorado, with guest DJ Hoola from Nelson, B.C., March 24, 11 pm, Richard’s on Richards (1036 Richards). Tix $20 (plus service charge) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Highlife Records. Info www.upstreamentertainment.com/.

Indie buzz band from the UK, with guest Serena Maneesh from Norway and Gil Mantera’s Party Dream. March 24, 7:30 pm, Richard’s on Richards (1036 Richards). Tix $13 (plus service charges and fees) at Zulu, Scratch, and Red Cat Records, info 604-687-6794.

Quebecois jazz vocalist performs with the Capilano College “A” Band and Nitecap. March 24, 8 pm, Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre (2055 Purcell Way, North Van.). Tix $28/24, info 604-990-7810.

Local hard-rockers (“Deny”) play tunes from latest CD, One Thing Remains. March 25 & April 15 (moved from original date of March 27), 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). March 25 SOLD OUT, tix for April 15 $24.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444.

Fundraiser to help keep Mark Bignell’s CFRO radio show on the air, featuring performances by the Orchid Highway, Star Collector, Dan Mangan, Matthew Presedente, Swank, the Feminists, the Willy Krueger Band, Mistress Jen and Her Bitches, and the Andy Collins Band. March 25, doors 8 pm, Lamplighter (210 Abbott). Tix $10 at the door, info 604-682-3269, www.bandcouver.com/.

Local country-rocker performs at a release party for new CD, Head Traffic, with guests Steve Elliott and Lucie Walker. March 25, 8 pm, Red Room (398 Richards). Tix $10 (plus service charge) at Red Cat and Scratch Records, info 604-306-0632.

Local quartet composed of guitarist Ron Samworth, trumpeter Bill Clark, cellist Peggy Lee, and drummer Dylan van der Schyff performs with Montreal sampler/laptop artist Diane Labrosse. March 25, 8 pm, Western Front (303 E. 8th). Tix $12/10, info 604-683-8240.

Cape Verdean vocalist performs her island’s most distinctive musical genre, morna. March 26, 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (Seymour & Smithe). Tix $55/50/45 (plus service charge), info 604-872-5200.

Rockers from Leeds, England (“This Corrosion”), with guest Rob Dickinson (originally scheduled guests the Warlocks will not appear). March 26, 9:15 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix $35 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Scratch Records.

The Marty Franklin Jazz Quartet performs at a dialogue between the music of jazz and the Christian story, with Rev. Gary Paterson presiding. March 26, 4 pm, St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church (Burrard & Nelson). Admission by donation, info 604-683-4575.

All-ages performance by Alexisonfire singer-guitarist Dallas Green, with guests the Februarys and Machete Avenue. March 26, 7 pm, Mesa Luna (1926 W. Broadway). Tix $17.50 (plus service charges and fees). SOLD OUT.

Don Fraser (drums), Russ Botten (bass), and Ron Johnston (piano) perform at a concert in memory of the late Linton Garner, with proceeds to the Linton Garner Scholarship Fund at Capilano College. March 26, 7 pm, Rossini’s Kits Beach (1525 Yew) Tix $12, info 604-737-8080.

The CBC Radio Orchestra and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin premiere jazz trombonist Hugh Fraser’s new triple concerto, Primary Colours. March 26, 3 pm, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (UBC). Tix $20/15 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-3311.

Broken Social Scene member performs tunes from latest solo CD, Idols of Exile, with guests Paso Mino. March 27, 9 pm, Richard’s on Richards (1036 Richards). Tix $12.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444.

The Douglas College Jazz Bands perform updated arrangements of familiar jazz standards. March 27, 8 pm, Douglas College Performing Arts Theatre (700 Royal Ave., New Westminster). Tix $10/5 (Douglas College students free), info 604-527-5495.

Grammy Award–winning reggae artists from Jamaica (“Pressure Drop”), featuring vocalist Toots Hibbert, with guests the Southland. March 28, 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix $29.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Highlife Records.

Featuring performances by San Francisco’s Vetiver and Vermont’s Michael Hurley, with guests Currituck County from New York. March 28, doors 9:30 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $15 (plus service charge) at Zulu, Scratch, and Red Cat Records, info 604-608-2871.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist from Texas performs songs from latest CD, Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, with guests Johnny Wakeham and Daniel & Emma. March 28, 8 pm, Pat’s Pub (403 E. Hastings). Tix $10 (plus service charge) at Scratch, Zulu, Red Cat, and Highlife Records, info 604-874-7906.

Youthful London, England-based rockers play tunes from debut CD, Young for Eternity, with guests the Gun Shys from L.A. March 29, 9 pm, Richard’s on Richards (1036 Richards). Tix $12.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu Records.

British singer-songwriter performs tunes from latest CD, Comfort of Strangers, with guest Willy Mason. March 29, 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix $28 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu, Scratch, Highlife, Red Cat, and Noize! Records.

Indie rockers from Scotland. March 29, doors 8 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $16 (plus service charge) at Zulu, Scratch, and Red Cat Records, info 604-608-2871.

Pop-punk trio from Brooklyn plays tunes from latest CD, Love and Squalor, with guests the Grates and Foreign Born. March 29, 9 pm, Red Room (398 Richards). Tix $15 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444. Tix also at Zulu and Scratch Records.

Alt-country from Ontario, with guests the Fembots (Weakerthans side project). March 30, doors 8 pm, Red Room (398 Richards). Tix $13 (plus service charge) at Zulu, Scratch, and Red Cat Records, info 604-608-2871.

Featuring performances by Sonz of Sunz, Inkspill, Santo Angelo and Jerm, and Firearms Quartet. March 30, 9 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $5 at the door, info 604-781-0446, www.hiphopbc.com/.

Drum ‘n’ bass producers from England and Brazil, with MC Armanni. March 30, 9:30 pm, Atlantis (1320 Richards). Tix $30 (plus service charge) at Boomtown and Zulu Records, info www.clubzone.com/.

Breakbeat, garage, and IDM producers from the UK, with guest Wood. March 30 (9:30 pm) & April 1 (10:30 pm), Richard’s on Richards (1036 Richards). Tix $20 (plus service charge) at Boomtown, Beatstreet, and Zulu Records, info www.ph1.ca/.

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