10 best concerts in Phoenix this weekend

Editor’s note: This story is updated and released each Thursday featuring concert listings that run through the following Sunday.

Every day, there are numerous opportunities to check out local and touring bands performing live around the Valley. Dive bars, midsize concert halls and arenas are among the spots where you can catch a concert. To help you make plans, here are some top-notch shows around town this weekend.

Courtney Marie Andrews
Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
Valley Bar
Before she earned national buzz and a couple of Grammy nods, indie folk/Americana singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews cut her teeth in Phoenix’s mid-2000s music scene. Back then, the Valley native’s sound was described as “simple yet powerful” and filled rooms across town. Now a critically acclaimed indie folk/Americana artist, Andrews returns home this weekend behind her new album “Valentine.” Nashville’s Taylor Zachry opens.

Reik
Friday, April 3, 8 p.m.
Celebrity Theatre
Mexican pop act Reik spent the early 2000s turning ballads into radio staples before leveling up into Latin pop heavyweights, chart regulars and streaming giants. The trio of Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas, Julio Ramírez Eguía, and Gilberto Marín Espinoza specializes in silky hooks and glossy, heartbreak-laced songs that pack plenty of polish and punch.

MVRDA
Friday, April 3, 9 p.m.
Varsity Tavern
MVRDA deals in unrelenting audio that lands like a freight train. Think guttural bass, epic drops and zero letup from start to finish. The U.K.-born dubstep DJ/producer engineers his tracks to rattle walls and eardrums, turning clubs like Tempe’s Varsity Tavern into a pressure cooker of low-end thunder and nonstop movement.

Shane Smith and the Saints
Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m.
Gila River Resorts & Casinos — Wild Horse Pass
Shane Smith and the Saints play country music with more grit and muscle than anything riding the radio dial these days. Shane Smith and the Saints mix red dirt, roots rock and roadhouse swagger into hard-scrabble songs that feel both world-weary and road-tested. No surprise they’ve appeared on an episode of “Yellowstone,” the melodrama du jour for modern-day cowboys.

Calum Scott
Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m.
The Van Buren
Calum Scott’s piano-powered pop ballads tend to hit you right in the feels. Emotion-filled tunes like “You Are the Reason” and his viral take on “Dancing on My Own” illustrate how the British-born singer-songwriter has become a heartbreak specialist who can transform raw vulnerability into streaming and chart-topping success.

Phoenix Blues Women’s Showcase
Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m.
The Rhythm Room
This afternoon-long showcase stacks the Rhythm Room stage with local heavy hitters like Elizabeth Greene, Kati Indigo, Renee Rice, Barbara Swanberg and Jacque Duhame, each bringing their own take on raw, hard-earned blues. With vets like Mansaray Blue-Pony and Uvon Brooks in the mix, it’s less a lineup than a deep-dive into Phoenix blues history fueled by grit, soul and serious chops.

Super Saturday Concert feat. Kehlani
Saturday, April 4, 6 p.m.
Margaret T. Hance Park
Grammy-winning R&B singer Kehlani will be the featured performer at this free concert connected with this weekend’s NCAA Women’s Final Four in downtown Phoenix. Expect crowd-pleasers like “Honey” and “After Hours” delivered with her signature cool. DJ Javin, the Phoenix Mercury’s official selector, opens the evening with a party-starting set.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Sunday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
St. Paul and the Broken Bones have soul to spare. The eight-member ensemble leans into a brassy, gospel-charged funk and powerhouse sound during high-energy sets that feel like equal parts revival and riot. Since breaking out in the 2010s, the Alabama-born group has made its name blurring soul, rock and R&B into a cathartic, sweat-soaked sound.

Lamb of God
Sunday, April 5, 7 p.m.
Arizona Financial Theatre
Brace yourselves, sinners. Lamb of God bring their Into Oblivion tour to Phoenix this weekend to celebrate Easter Sunday in the most sacrilegious way possible. The stage at Arizona Financial Theatre turns into a pulpit as the metal lifers deliver a pit-churning sermon of groove-heavy chaos that hits loud, hard and without mercy. Kublai Khan TX, Fit for An Autopsy and Sanguisugabogg open.

The Casualties
Sunday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
Valley Bar
New York hardcore icons The Casualties unleash snarling street punk and anthems built for chaos. Formed in the early ’90s, they’ve spent three decades flying the flag for gutter-level punk, touring relentlessly and influencing generations of mohawked misfits while keeping their sound loud, fast and unapologetically raw. Bullshit Detector and Bite the Hand open.