The Steeles
No one in town has more original material for the holidays than this family quintet. The soulful siblings have created many seasonal tunes over the years — and they like to mix in a few traditional carols, as well. J.D., Fred, Jearlyn, Jevetta and Billy Steele fill the stage with their passionate voices, joyous personalities and talented children, who add to the festive family atmosphere. (7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul, $26-$58, fitzgeraldtheater.org)
Jon Bream
Lil Skies
If you're having trouble keeping track of all the tattoo-faced, grill-toothed rappers who've gone viral, Skies has an unlikely background going from rural Pennsylvania to 10 million SoundCloud streams and an Atlantic Records deal and at age 19-20 with his chilled-out, nasally voiced singles "Red Roses" and "Nowadays." The real-life Kimetrius Foose's breakout mixtape, "Life of a Dark Rose," is immaturely misogynistic and actually just quite boring, but he's playing a 3,500-capacity club for his local debut, so he's doing something right. (8:30 p.m. Fri., Myth, 3090 Southlawn Dr., Maplewood, all ages, $40, eTix.com.)
Chris Riemenschneider
