10 best concerts in Phoenix this weekend

Editor’s note: This story is updated and released on Thursdays 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.

Blind Boys of Alabama
Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Musical Instrument Museum
One doesn’t just listen to the music of The Blind Boys of Alabama. You savor it. The legendary gospel ensemble delivers rich harmonies steeped in grit and grace. For more than eight decades, they’ve fused church-rooted reverence with lived-in soul, earning armfuls of Grammys and a global following. Long regarded as standard-bearers of American gospel, they still breathe fresh life into spirituals and standards with conviction and warmth. Tickets to their sold-out MIM show are available through resellers.

Punk Rock Prom 2026
Saturday, Feb. 14
Rips Bar
The annual Punk Rock Prom crashes into Rips on Saturday with an all-local lineup starring Ass Wipe Junkies, Corky’s Leather Jacket, Skeleton Army, Snailmate, Critical Miss and other bands. Expect chaotic sets, thunderous riffs, tattoo artists and Polaroid photos. Formalwear is encouraged. Attitude is expected.

Sons of Serendip
Saturday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Center for the Arts
Four classically trained musicians. Zero bombast. Sons of Serendip offer chamber-pop takes on rock staples built on restraint and precision. The quartet, best known for its 2014 run on “America’s Got Talent,” trades flash for finesse, layering harp, piano, cello and vocals into finely tuned interpretations of songs like “Carry On Wayward Son.” Go for the musicianship, stay for a stunning take on “Bring Me to Life” that reframes Evanescence as high art.

Valentine’s Super Love Jam
Saturday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Mortgage Matchup Center
This annual package tour is one for old-school R&B lovers. Legacy hitmakers like Blackstreet, Zapp, Rose Royce and Jon B. pack decades of smooth vocals, slow jams and radio staples built to soundtrack every date night in the arena. Peaches & Herb, Frankie J, MC Magic, One Way and GQ round out the lineup. Its a three-hour reminder that R&B once ruled the radio and can still set a mood.

Lady Gaga
Saturday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m.
Desert Diamond Arena
Lady Gaga brings The Mayhem Ball Tour to Desert Diamond Arena for back-to-back shows over Valentine’s weekend, an arena-sized love letter to HER Phoenix fans. Subtlety isn’t part of the program. Towering visuals. Razor-sharp choreography. Pop anthems at full blast. Like the album it supports, the production runs darker and louder, pushing spectacle into shadowy territory.

Gabriel & Dresden
Sunday, Feb. 15, 3 p.m.
Sunbar
More than two decades deep, Gabriel & Dresden have earned icon status in the EDM world. First breaking through during the early-2000s trance surge, the duo pivoted from high-profile remixes to independent releases and marathon DJ sets that kept their momentum alive. Their 25th anniversary tour hits Sunbar this weekend with an open-to-close set spanning originals and remixes from across their catalog.

Celebrating David Bowie
Sunday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Celebrity Theatre
A decade after his death, David Bowie still casts a long, glitter-dusted shadow. The touring tribute Celebrating David Bowie Tour, launched by guitarist Angelo “Scrote” Bundini, keeps the icon’s legacy in motion with a rotating lineup and deep-cut setlists. This weekend’s Phoenix stop features Jesse Hughes, Angelo Moore and Alex Greenwald salute Bowie’s glam, verve and influential music.

Brother Ali
Sunday, Feb. 15, 5 p.m.
Trill
Brother Ali has built his rap career on plainspoken, razor-sharp lyricism that slices through beats and bravado alike. Since debuting in 1994, the Minneapolis-born MC and Rhymesayers members has favored dense storytelling over empty flexing, folding personal trials and pointed social commentary into verses that land with purpose. This weekend, he brings that unfiltered approach to Phoenix hip-hop shop Trill. DJ Red and Tricky T handle the ones and twos.

Cat Power
Sunday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m.
The Van Buren
Fragility needn’t always be timid. Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, has spent three decades shaping slow-burn indie rock, folk and smoky soul into something unmistakably her own. This year, she marks 20 years of her 2006 album “The Greatest” with the recent three-song EP “Redux” and a tour revisiting the landmark release. Expect restraint, ache and songs that feel both bruised and unbreakable at her Van Buren show.

Samm Henshaw
Sunday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Crescent Ballroom
British-born R&B singer Samm Henshaw plays his first-ever Phoenix concert Sunday at Crescent Ballroom, giving Valley listeners their first live taste of his gospel-tinged sound. Raised in church and shaped by American pop and London’s music scene, Henshaw has been infusing grooves, melody and warmth into songs that are heartfelt and hook-driven since his 2013 debut. Consider this week’s show a long-overdue introduction.