The best concerts in L.A. this September

Mitski has a talent for swift transformation. Over the past several years, she’s rocketed from self-releasing her first two albums and playing DIY gigs to selling out major venues months in advance. Catch her in support of her latest album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We.

Treat your ears to a vibrant concert on a spring or summer night this year, by attending MUSE/IQUE’s annual program. This monthly series of performances, held venues (largely outdoors) across L.A., features a mix of performances inspired by landmark albums and public figures, including tributes to Ed Sullivan, Bob Dylan, Abraham Lincoln, Oklahoma! and more. In order to attend, you’ll need to become a MUSE/IQUE member; you could make a $75 donation for a single event, but if you’re interested in more than just one, it’s cheaper per event to become a full-fludged member.

Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival once again lands at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, and though we don’t yet know the lineup, there’s a pretty good chance the Pearl Jam frontman will once again be on it. Last year’s fest included the Killers, HAIM, the Chicks, Foo Fighters and Pretenders—we’ll have to wait and see who tops this year’s edition from September 27 to 29. The fest’s name comes from the Hawaiian concept of family, and as such the beachfront festival will give back to its own community by donating a portion of proceeds to the San Onofre Parks Foundation and the Doheny State Beach Foundation, among others.

The blues-y Ohio natives return for an arena tour of soulful, crunchy grooves. Hear Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney float through some nifty psych boogies at the Forum, with support from the Head and the Heart.

A multi-hyphenate performer who can drum, sing and dance (often in the span of a single track), Anderson .Paak is the kind of showman who makes pulling triple duty onstage look like a breeze. The Ventura County native brings his band, the Free Nationals, along to the Hollywood Bowl for a show backed by the Color of Noize Orchestra.

Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel’s slick, spacey compositions are best appreciated with a pair of headphones (or during sexy time), but that shouldn’t stop you from watching the French duo set the mood at the Orpheum. The pair is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its stellar debut, Moon Safari, by playing it in full.

If you got it bad—a bad case of nostalgia for Usher in the wake of his Super Bowl performance, that is—then you’re in luck as the R&B singer is coming to town this fall. Yeah! Usher will play a run of shows at the Intuit Dome, the new Clippers arena in Inglewood.

Masked outlaw-country crooner Orville Peck rides into town for a pair of shows at the Palladium.

The singer, songwriter and guitar player has been synonymous with quality music since he was a mod icon in the post-punk and new wave era when he was the frontman for the Jam and king of blue-eyed soul with the Style Council.

Pulp’s modern life-skewering, poignant and brilliantly crafted pop songs still hit their mark decades on, and sexagenarian Jarvis Cocker still twists the night away like an enthusiastic newbie half his age, while charming the pants off the adoring crowd with his wittily dry banter. Expect teary-eyed singalongs to the likes of “Lipgloss,” “Do You Remember the First Time,” “Disco 2000” and, of course, “Common People.”