The Summer festival season is behind us, but there’s still plenty of unbelievable live music to see this month throughout the Phoenix area. We’ve selected five of the most exciting shows coming through town to help bring your concert itinerary to the next level.

9.10

Alicia Keys and Pink Sweat$
Originally scheduled for September of 2021, we’re sure you’ll walk away from this rescheduled performance agreeing that it was totally worth the wait. One of the most well-regarded and successful voices of modern R&B, Alicia Keys’ ALICIA tour finds the artist reflecting on her legacy, performing a career spanning set of hits, deep cuts, and surprising covers, joined by buzzed-about R&B newcomer Pink Sweat$. $89.50-$164.50; 8pm; 400 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ; livenation.com // @arizonafinancialtheatre

9.14

Kehlani, Rico Nasty, and Destin Conrad
Kehlani’s”It Was Good Until it Wasn’t” was a huge piece of work to drop right at the start of Summer 2020, a moody, evocative work that helped tons of people through a very strange COVID Summer and also rocketed them to another level of fame. They followed up that massive record with “Blue Water Road,” released earlier this year, a lighter affair that incorporates folk and chamber pop influences, praised for it’s unique sonic palate and unabashedly queer themes. Kehlani’s joined by the electrifying Rico Nasty and frequent Kehlani collaborator Destin Conrad for the tour, a stacked lineup that rewards folks who make a point to show up early. $49.50-$64.50; 8pm ; 400 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ; livenation.com // @arizonafinancialtheatre

9.18

Little Jesus, Divino Niño, and Marinero, at Crescent Ballroom
Mexico City’s Little Jesus and Chicago’s Divino Niño are a perfectly matched double bill, two artists who infuse dreamy indie pop with Latin influences to thrilling ends. Divino Niño are touring in support of their forthcoming LP Last Spa on Earth, while Little Jesus don’t have a new record out, they’re just getting back out on the road to share their self-described “tropipop” sound with as many folks as possible. Rounding the evening out is a perfect opener, San Francisco-based Latin indie pop artist Marinero whose 2021 album was a hidden gem. $23-$33; 7pm; 308 N. 2nd Avenue Phoenix AZ; crescentphx.com // @CrescentPHX

9.20

Kikagaku Moyo and Los Ésplifs, at Crescent Ballroom
After a decade spent as one of the best psych rock bands in the world, Kikagaku Mayo have decided to go on indefinite hiatus, saying goodbye to their fans with one last tour. They released their final LP, Kimono Island earlier this year, a critically acclaimed work of boundary-pushing psychedelia, incorporating elements of folk, tropicalia, and pop into a sprawling tapestry of sound. Their live shows are must-see ordeals, and you’ve only got one more chance to see them in the Phoenix area, so make it count! $25; 7pm; 308 N. 2nd Avenue Phoenix AZ; crescentphx.com // @CrescentPHX 

9.28

Bad Bunny and Deorro at Chase Field
Global superstar Bad Bunny’s World’s Hottest Tour stops through town this month, another well-deserved victory lap for this pop/reggaeton crossover icon. He’s had a very busy 2022, he released his fourth album in four years, the popular and critical smash Un Verano Sin Ti in May, shortly after a massive appearance at the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble and just before the release of the action comedy film Bullet Train, where he appeared as assassin known as The Wolf. His one-of-a-kind live show, opened by up-and-coming DJ Deorro, is totally one worth making time for. 7pm; 401 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ; mlb.com/dbacks/ballpark // @chasefield