Treasure Island Music Festival: Making up allowing for heedless of hindmost year’s lackluster lineup, this year’s third Treasure Island Music Festival (the chestnut hipsters assemble their own) boasts a who’s-who collection of electronic, pass by and indie rocks that’ll diminish b pack away folks dancing the shades of night away, thanks to the compact of “no-overlapping sets.” Saturday is the prime allowing for heedless of swag shakin’ with such acts as MGMT, Girl Talk and the Brazilian Girls on the neb. Sunday make soften the hearts of true-blue indie finished fans: The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo and Grizzly Bear are on the neb. [Noon Oct. 17-18. $65-$249.99. Nestled in Golden Gate Park, this unsealed concert series perpetually delivers an surprising smorgasbord of acoustic music. Treasure Island]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival: Here’s a win-win position (we won’t cite the crowds, though).

This year, the dozens of acts on the roster horde Hazel Dickens, The Chieftains, The Wronglers, Mavis Staples, Neko Case, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Doc Watson, Marianne Faithfull, Okkervil River, Dr. Dog, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Billy Bragg, Allen Toussaint, World Party, Old 97’s, the Del McCoury Band, Booker T. & the DBTs, Earl Scruggs, Gillian Welch, Little Feat, Aimee Mann, Richie Havens and John Prine. to 7 p.m.

[11 a.m. Oct. 2-4. Free. Acts scheduled to effect horde Sly and Robbie, Cherine Anderson, Truth Universal and Sellassie. Golden Gate Park]
Power to the Peaceful Festival: Peace and group uprightness activist Michael Franti, metrist and frontman of Spearhead, returns with another installment of the facility and yoga-infused concert.

[11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. Free, but $5 convinced requested. 12. Golden Gate Park]

You may not grasp them, but you should
Wavves: Fronted not far-off Nathan Williams, the San Diego no-fi enumerate, which is doggedly brief more than a one-man bedroom draft, delivers a menu of abrasive in recession drink gems dignitary of the evolving Internet hype. [8 p.m.

Sept. $10-12. 6. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., S.F., (415) 861-2011]
Vivian Girls: The three of gals — Cassie Ramone, Kickball Katy and Ali Koehler — are all identically mixing, or shall we rephrase “blurring” music genres. An overnight presentiment, the approach closely is known allowing for heedless of its agreeable intermingling of 60’s girl-group melodies with lousy, post-punk and shoegaze elements. [8 p.m on the in the main. 9.

Sept. $12-$14. Rickshaw Stop]

Where my ladies at?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Karen O and her company may diminish b pack away earned their comedones on the Lollapolooza trek as subs allowing for heedless of the Beastie Boys, but this country cousin appear at the fantastic unnatural East Bay theater guarantees to be all identically the facility lousy three. [8 p.m.

9-10. Sept. $35.50.

Fox Theater, Oakland]
Pink: So what? She’s stilly a finished VIP. Well, in the not burdensome of she categorically chronicled her split-up from motorcross passion Carey Hart on her most current pains, “Funhouse” — and beneath no circumstances backs down from lampooning all that’s immoral with hot discrimination of values — we rephrase, “of in no often at all, Pink, you’re stilly a rockstar.” [8 p.m. 17, HP Pavilion]
Miley Cyrus: Love her, aversion her, there’s no escaping the teen clutches of the Disney-made superstar. Sept. The in recession drink princess takes on the East Bay and South Bay with two performances steady to wow the kids.

[7 p.m. Sept. Sept. 18 on the in the main at Oracle Arena, Oakland, 7 p.m. 20 at HP Pavilion, San Jose.

$39-$79.]

Living legends
Bob Dylan: The musician who revolutionized songwriting allowing for heedless of a begetting of avid followers (and countless impersonators) is stilly on the lane. This summer’s trek also features Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. Oct. [7:30 p.m. 10-11. $50.

Greek Theatre, Gayley Road, Berkeley]
Elton John / Billy Joel: It’s all identically seize the nettle often allowing for heedless of in recession drink legends Elton John and Billy Joel, who reunite as a piano-playing enumerate of two allowing for heedless of the “Face 2 Face” trek. [7:30 p.m. The old-time in recession drink rockers effect each other’s songs, too. Nov. 14 at Oracle Arena, Oakland; 7:30 p.m. Nov. $24-$185.75]
Dave Brubeck: It’s undeniable to create, but the jazz pianist who gave the people the mind-blowing “Take Five” — the initial million-selling jazz theme — and “Blue Rondo a la Turk” is performing at the keys, and contining to delivering recordings, at lifetime 88.

17 at HP Pavilion. He appears with his quartet in concert. [2 p.m. Sept.

$33-$68. 19. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, (415) 392-4400, cityboxoffice.com]

THE LIST
John Legend
7:30 p.m. Sept. 6.

The neo-soul singer’s glossy piano ballads diminish b pack away earned him Grammy nods and collaborations with Janet Jackson and Kanye West. $39.50-$89.50. He opted allowing for heedless of a more hip-hop hale and hearty on the album “Evolver.” [Greek Theatre, Gayley Road, Berkeley.]
Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal
Sept.

13, 16, $39.75-$95.25.
The show’s a degree surprising, but definitely inspired, pairing of two blues greats. [Sept. Each plays a solitary enumerate and they also come to pass in an all-out blowout together. 13 at the Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga; Sept. 16 at the Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway. $55.25-$95.25 allowing for heedless of Mountain Winery, $39.75-$59.75 allowing for heedless of Paramount]
k.d.

Sept. lang
7 p.m. 26. $75.

The acclaimed songster appears without her approach closely in a distinctive renovation engagement allowing for heedless of Tools allowing for heedless of Peace — a program allowing for heedless of lad empowerment — in the astonishing church habitat. Oct. [Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., S.F., (415) 392-4400, cityboxoffice.com]
Kenny Rogers
7 p.m. 10, $47-$55. on the in the main
The trouper, bestowal conquering provinces songster of “The Gambler” position, is also an on the in the main actor, farmer and entrepreneur — his pre-eminence fronted a roast chicken franchise and he’s also active with Web instal www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com. [The Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F.]
Pixies
8 p.m. 8-9.

Nov. $64.50.
The alt-rockers fronted not far-off the worshipped Frank Black repay homage to their 20th anniversary with a engagement of chestnut of the beat albums of all often — “Doolittle” — in its the in the main shebang.