The Philadelphia marching band that has made itself ubiquitous in the city, from halftime at a Sixers game to WXPN-FM’s Free at Noon, releases its debut album, Street Sounds: Live. The seven-member core ensemble and friends will celebrate at the Brooklyn Bowl in Philadelphia, with openers Max Swan, Tyler Kelly and DJ Xtina. $25-$20, 8 p.m., July 15, Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, 1009 Canal St., brooklynbowl.com/philadelphia.
When Elton John performed at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in 2018, he was at the start of what was to be a three-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. Instead, the global journey has been extended to five years, thanks to COVID-19 and hip surgery. Now, it’s set to wrap up in Copenhagen next July, and this Citizens Bank Park show is set to be the pop legend’s last in the birthplace of “Philadelphia Freedom.” $188-$736, 8 p.m., July 15, One Citizens Bank Way, ticketmaster.com.
The first-generation hard-core punk band from Southern California, still fronted by founder Keith Morris, are on their first full-scale tour in 15 years. They will be joined by their compatriots from 7 Seconds, the Reno, Nevada, punks led by Kevin Seconds and his brother Steve Youth. Negative Approach are also playing. $38-$60, 8 p.m., July 15, Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St, tlaphilly.com.
The king of Virginia’s jazz-tinged soft-rock jam bands are back on their full schedule of two amphitheater shows a summer, returning to Camden’s waterfront amphitheater for the first time since 2019. 49 $-$135, 8 p.m., July 15-16, Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, 1 Harbor Blvd, Camden, livenation.com
Former frontman of Conan O’Brien and member of famous Beatles cover band Fab Faux, Jimmy Vivino is a seasoned studio musician and impeccable live guitarist. The North Jersey native has a new blues record due out later this year and plays Bryn Mawr’s outdoor concert series Twilight on Saturday. $15, 7 p.m., July 16, 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, brynmawrtwlightconcerts.com.
Sailing the seas of soft-rock, this cover band simultaneously camps and plays musically straight into a genre where Christopher Cross is the Beatles and Michael McDonald is the Rolling Stones. $18-$23, 8 p.m., July 16, Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St., fillmorephilly.com
Jackson Browne’s 1970s singer-songwriter seriousness and politically conscious 1980s protest music are back in vogue. Young artists like Dawes and Phoebe Bridgers are fans of the septuagenarian who wrote the classic ‘These Days’ when he was 16, and Ronald Brownstein named Rock me on the water, his cultural history of Los Angeles in 1974, based on one of Browne’s songs. It spins behind last year Descent from everywhere, his first album in six years. $35 to $149.50, 8 p.m., July 17, Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., manncenter.org.
The 1950s doo-wop hitmaker, known for ‘Teenager in Love’ and ‘The Wanderer’, also made underrated blues, gospel and country recordings. A musical based on his life, also called The Vagabond, opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in March. $55-$145, 7:30 p.m., July 17, Keswick Theatre, keswicktheatre.com.
New York singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins wrote the songs for her 2021 debut album, A Glimpse of Phenomenal Nature, after the death by suicide of David Berman, whose group Purple Mountains she was supposed to go on tour. The clever story songs that grew out of this soul-searching experience blend spoken storytelling with ambient folk and jazz. Favorite line, from “Michelangelo”: “I’m a three-legged dog, working with what I’ve got / And part of me will always seek what I’ve lost.” $20, 8 p.m., July 18, Johnny Brendas, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., johnnybrendas.com
Texas bluesman and former Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist Jimmie Vaughan has chronicled his career in a five-CD set called The story of Jimmie Vaughan, which came out last year. Stevie Ray’s big brother is on the road on a career-spanning tour. $65-$79.50, 8 p.m., July 19, Sellersville Theater, 18 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville, st94.com.
The daughter of the late Donny Hathaway is a seasoned artist with five Grammy Awards. The soul-jazz-R&B singer whose 2015 album Lalah Hathaway Live was recorded at Troubadour in Hollywood where his father recorded his own 1972 live album, plays two shows for two consecutive nights at City Winery. $55 to $78, 6 and 9:30 p.m., July 19-20, 990 Filbert St., citywinery.com/philadelphia.
Trey Anastasio and his crew are playing the first two of a total of five area shows with two midweek dates at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park. They’ll be back on the beach in Atlantic City for three more, August 7-9.
The quartet of Asian and Latina punk rock girls, ages 11 to 17, caused a stir last year when a video of their song “Racist, Sexist Boy” at the Los Angeles Public Library went viral. The band’s first album, Growing up, keeps that promise. $20-$22, 8 p.m., July 21, Foundry at the Fillmore, 29 E. Allen St., fillmorephilly.com.