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In other words, our kind of weekend.

Get it started early with four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter/world musician at the , 318 E. Congress St., on Thursday, April 7. Kidjo, who has recorded 13 albums in a career that just marked its 40th year, blends everything from tropical rhythms and jazz to Latin-spiced and pop and R&B.

She takes the Rialto stage at 8 p.m. in a show that is co-presented by the Rialto and ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Arts Live. Tickets are $40-$77 through

On Friday, April 8, a pair of local country singers — ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s own Drew Cooper and Shane Britt from the hot Safford country rock band — will open for the Oregon country rock band Eli Howard & the Greater Good at Club Congress. The 10-year-old band is criss-crossing the country promoting its months-old debut album “End of the Line.â€�

The tour was in Mesa and New River late last year and makes a pair of stops on this leg — at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., at 8 p.m. Friday; and back to New River’s Roadrunner Saloon on Saturday, April 9. Admission for the Congress 21-and-over show is $10 through .

End your weekend with a bang, and by bang we mean head-banging rock, with Megadeth and Lamb of God at the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Arena, 260 S. Church Ave., on Sunday, April 10.

The pairing is called “The Metal Tour of the Year,� and it fits, especially when you add in the guest artists Trivium out of Orlando, Florida, and the Swedish heavy metal band In Flames.

The show starts at 6 p.m. Sunday, and are $27-$97 through .