*March at The Acoustic Café will open with a benefit next Friday for The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County.

“Women of Song,” to be offered at the Fairfield Avenue venue, will begin at 8 pm on Saturday, March 3. Tickets are $10, and proceeds will benefit the center dedicated to “strengthening women and families and to eliminating violence and abuse through education, intervention, advocacy and community collaboration.”

The show will feature performances by THE MELISSA MULLIGAN BAND, LIZ McNICHOLL, LARA HERSCOVITCH, ASULADO ROLLA and THE BENEFIT DIVAS (Ellen Lalicata, Suzanne Vick and Ellen Scakman).

*MARC COHN is making a return appearance to The Ridgefield Playhouse next month, and John Voket has a full preview of that concert elsewhere in this Enjoy section. The basics: Tickets are $50 and $55 for reserved seating, or $76 Gold Seating, which guarantees a seat within the first five rows within the center orchestra section as well as a ticket to the Meet & Greet following the performance. Call the box office (203-438-5795) or visit RidgefieldPlayhouse.org for ticket purchases or additional information.

*Fellow Grammy Award winner JOHN LEGEND will be at Mohegan Sun Arena on April 25. Tickets for that show, which will also feature a set by Grammy nominee Corinne Bailey Rae, went on sale Monday morning. Priced at $45 and $55, tickets are available through all TicketMaster outlets and the arena’s box office.

Until next week I’ll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141. Shows listed at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING SHOWS

FEBRUARY 23 — Patti Smith & Her Band at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages); Sevendust, Bloodsimple and Diecast at The Webster Theater, Hartford; The Dan Vaughan Band at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport (all ages);

February 24 — My Chemical Romance at Dodge Music Center, Hartford, Rise Against opening; Alexa Ray Joel at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville; Hat City Blues Band at Jimmy’s Seaside, Stamford; The Cosmic Jibaros at The Acoustic Café;

February 25 — B.B. King at The Palace Theater, Stamford, with special guests Johnny Duke and The Aces;

February 28 — The Lemonheads at Toad’s Place; Three Chicks Singing at The Acoustic Café (all ages).

MARCH 1 — Against Me at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages); 

March 2 — Hanson at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 3 — John Voket at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Women Of Song: A Benefit for The Center for Women & Families of Eastern Fairfield County at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, featuring The Melissa Mulligan Band, Liz McNicholl, Lara Herscovitch, Asulado Rolla, and The Benefit Divas (Ellen Lalicata, Suzanne Vick & Ellen Sackman);

March 4 — California Guitar Trio at The Acoustic Café;

March 7 — Nickelback at Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, with Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace opening; Buckcherry at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 9 — George Strait at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Ronnie Milsap and Taylor Swift opening (also March 10); The Machine at Toad’s Place (all ages); Gandalf Murphy at The Acoustic Café;

March 10 — George Strait at Mohegan Sun Arena, Ronnie Milsap and Taylor Swift opening (also March 9); Sparta at Toad’s Place, mewithoutyou opening (all ages); The Laura Delallo Band at The Acoustic Café;

March 11 — Catie Curtis at The Acoustic Café;

March 15 — Hit The Lights at Toad’s Place (all ages); Johnny Durkin’s Manchado at The Acoustic Café;

March 16 — Black 47 at Toad’s Place (all ages); Scarecrow Collection at The Acoustic Café, with special guests Clarias and Daniel Newman;

March 17 — Hall & Oates at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Cosmic Jibaros at The Acoustic Café;

March 18 — Steve Clarke open jazz jam at The Acoustic Café.

March 21 — Elton John at Hartford Civic Center; Jen Durkin’s Equinox at The Acoustic Café;

March 22 — Bomb Squad at Toad’s Place, with special guest Brenna Gethers (American Idol; all ages show); Manchado at The Acoustic Café;

March 23 — Donna Jean Godcheaux and The Zen Tricksters at The Acoustic Café, with Wendy Waldman and Mookie Siegel as Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Revue; The Nerds at Toad’s Place;

March 24 — Simple Jim at The Acoustic Café;

March 28 — Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 30 — Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place; Manchado at The Acoustic Café;

March 31 — Evanescence at Dodge Music Center, Chevelle and Finger Eleven opening; Rolla at The Acoustic Cafe.