Music: the week ahead

VANS WARPED TOUR More than 60 bands are slated to hit the multiple stages in Mansfield over the course of this 12-hour punk-pop-rock-hip-hop-reggae fest. Must-sees include Boston’s own Street Dogs, featuring former Dropkick Murphy Mike McColgan, and Big D and the Kids Table, who are touring behind their smart new set, “For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious.’’ July 13, 11 a.m. Tickets: $28.50. Comcast Center.800-745-3000, www.livenation.com

SARAH RODMAN

FOLK & COUNTRY

PLENA LIBRE Playing up the Afro-Cuban influences at the heart of Puerto Rican music, this funky party band has a long tradition of blurring the line between genres and generations. (The group is also part of the annual La Familia Hispana Festival in Holyoke tonight.) July 8, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Tickets: $20. Regattabar. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com

ED ASKEW A quizzical painter and songwriter who made wonderful but overlooked albums in the late 1960s, Askew could easily have been relegated to the dust bins of psych-folk history. Instead, interest in his music resurged in recent years, and the Chicago label Drag City recently rereleased one of Askew’s time-warped albums, 1984’s “Imperfiction.’’ Askew is the opening act for labelmate Bill Callahan, who has a new album, “Apocalypse.’’ July 10, 9 p.m. Tickets: $15. Brighton Music Hall. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

EASTON CORBIN Rising in the ranks of contemporary country, Corbin is usually seen in the opening slot or sandwiched on a bill with other artists. For this headlining gig, it’ll be nice to see him stretch out and perform songs from last year’s self-titled debut. July 10, 8 p.m. Tickets: $30, $26 in advance. Showcase Live. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com