Live music picks for WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 through TUESDAY JULY 5, 2011.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 / KATY PERRY / AIR CANADA CENTRE / 40 BAY ST / $29-$50 / ALL AGES
Grammy-nominated pop star Katy Perry may have already stamped her image all over Toronto with billboards that show off her signature chest-full of fireworks ... but maybe it's not appropriate to really get into that. The singer takes the stage at Air Canada Centre, ready to unleash her candy-coated pop songs from her enormo-LP Teenage Dream. Marina & the Diamonds opens.

THURSDAY JUNE 30 / FATBOY SLIM / KOOL HAUS / 132 QUEENS QUAY E / $55 / ALL AGES
An all-star supporting cast that includes Afrojack, Chus and Ceballos and Sidney Samson join English DJ and record producer Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim at Kool Haus. The Brighton-born mixer delivers thunder beats, fast tempo house bass lines, coupled with a visual display of neon lasers that transport audiences into intergalactic space raves.

FRIDAY JULY 1 / THE ROOTS / METRO SQUARE / 221 KING ST W / $50 / ALL AGES
Start off your long weekend by heading to Metro Square around 5pm to catch a free hip hop show by Shad (part of the Toronto Jazz Festival). And at 8:30pm, catch DJ John Kong who opens for one of hip-hop's most influential bands, The Roots. Led by multi-instrumentalist Questlove, The Roots perform experimental and improvisational funk and hip hop.

SATURDAY JULY 2 / MEAGHAN SMITH / THE RIVOLI / 332 QUEEN ST W / $12 / 19+
Juno Award winner (Best New Artist) Meaghan Smith comes from a musically-gifted family. Learning to cope with her fear of performing and accompanied by a low-key band, Smith performs stripped-down and modest versions of her songs from LP The Cricket's Orchestra. Montreal folk-pop musician Ian Kelly joins the line-up.

TUESDAY JUNE 5 / BEN HARPER / SOUND ACADEMY / 11 POLSON ST / $45-58 / ALL AGES
Vermont rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals opens for Ben Harper, playing their kick-dust, blue-collar rock before Harper and his band the Relentless 7 take the stage in support of the blues-rocker's tenth LP Give Till It's Gone. Expect an array of musical styles ranging from folk, soul, reggae to blues as the California-born artist demonstrates his prowess on the lap steel or his favoured acoustic.

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Lead photo of Meaghan Smith by Communitea Cafe.