Sabrina Carpenter, Nicki Minaj, Jeff Lynne’s ELO highlight fall music

There are many reasons why music fans are willing to pay the big price tag that goes with living in the Bay Area.

Indeed, we’re about to give you 10 of those reasons — in the form of our Fall Music Guide, which looks at the hottest shows set to take place in the Bay Area and beyond over the next few months.

And we certainly had no shortage of events to chose when it came time to compile this list.

There is just so much good music taking place around these parts between now and, let’s say, Thanksgiving, drawing from everything form country and metal to pop-punk and hip-hop.

Here are our picks for the top upcoming gigs (listed chronologically). Please keep in mind that dates, times and ticket prices are all subject to change.

1. Green Day (and friends)

The Rodeo rockers, who rank among the best-selling Bay Area bands of all time, are performing their two most beloved albums — 1994’s “Dookie” and 2004’s “American Idiot” — during the Saviors Tour.

And they’ve got some pretty impressive company on this road show, in the form of the Smashing Pumpkins, fellow East Bay act Rancid and the Linda Lindas.

Never heard of the latter? Well, trust us when we say that you should definitely arrive on time to the Sept. 20 show at Oracle Park in order to see this young L.A. act, which recently opened up a huge stadium show for the Rolling Stones. The Linda Lindas absolutely rock.

Details: 5:30 p.m.; $99 and up; ticketmaster.com

2. Jon Pardi

The homegrown country singer, who was born and raised just outside of Sacramento in Dixon, has seen his star steadily rise through the years and now ranks among the genre’s top artists. He’s scored multiple No. 1 hits, including “Head Over Boots,” “Dirt on My Boots” and “Last Night Lonely,” and achieved the extreme honor of being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2023. Pardi returns to NorCal for shows on Sept. 20 at Toyota Amphitheatre at Wheatland and Sept. 27 at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.

Details: 7 p.m. each show; $50 and up; livenation.com

3. Nicki Minaj

Having kicked off her Pink Friday 2 World Tour back in March in Oakland, Nicki Minaj brings the production back to the Bay Area for an encore performance at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 23.