Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, December 8 to 12

Vancouver blues-rock quartet Terminal Station, featuring singer-guitarist Scott Smith, plays White Rock's Blue Frog Studios on Friday.

Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts in November

British guitar-rock quartet the Darkness, featuring brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, plays the Commodore Ballroom on November 15.

Pink Floyd tribute band Brit Floyd plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday as part of its Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour.

American guitarist and political activist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine fame plays two nights at the Commodore Ballroom.

Screenings at the Cinematheque on Friday and Sunday of Ran, director Akira Kurosawa's epic reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear.

Author Robert Dayton hosts the Vancouver launch of his book Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam on Saturday at Neptoon Records.

South Korean all-female rock band Rolling Quartz plays the Rio Theatre on Friday as part of its Stand Up Tour.

Screenings at the VIFF Centre on Friday and Saturday of the new concert documentary One to One: John and Yoko.

Grammy-winning Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell, formerly of the Drive-By Truckers, plays the Orpheum on May 13.

Screenings at the Rio on Monday and Wednesday of a 4K remaster of director Adrian Maben's documentary Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.

Late-night screening at the Rio on Friday of the 1981 action epic Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, starring Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky.

Aussie hard-rock legends AC/DC, featuring guitarist Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson, play BC Place Stadium on Tuesday.

An alternate version of Thin Lizzy's 1976 Jailbreak album is among the special vinyl releases as part of Record Store Day Canada on Saturday.