*JOHN VOKET, who gives us not one but two inside looks at live music in Connecticut in this week’s Enjoy section, returns to Proud Mary’s for his latest live show on Saturday night. John will be joined by guitarist Brendan Walsh for at least part of that show, which starts at 8:30 and will run for about three hours.

*Reggae singer-toaster MYSTIC BOWIE will liven up the last weekend in March with two shows in southern Connecticut. Mystic Bowie and Friends will perform at Baxter’s at The Bitter End on Friday the 30th and then at Martini’s Café on Saturday the 31st. Showtime both evenings is 9:30 pm. Baxter’s is at 2770 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport telephone 203-335-2395) and Martini’s is at 350 Boston Post Road in Orange (203-795-0561). Bowie was recently signed to the Tuff Gong label and is touring in support of his new single, “Mama.”

*Following a sold-out show last fall, GODSMACK will return to rock Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, May 20, at 7 pm. Tickets for that show will be $35 each and are going on sale Saturday morning at 10 through TicketMaster vendors. Anyone who’s in the neighborhood can also visit the box office at the casino beginning Sunday, subject to availability.

Also at Mohegan Sun on Saturday at 10, tickets will be going on sale for BRAD PAISLEY, who will be joined by special guests Taylor Swift, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler, who will play the arena on Friday, August 3. Those tickets will be selling for $35 and $50.

*ROGER WATERS will bring his Dark Side of The Moon Tour to Dodge Music Center on Tuesday, July 10, and those tickets are also going on sale this weekend. Priced at $29.50 for open lawn seats, and $85 and $150 for the reserved pavilion seats, these tickets will be available as of 10 am Friday morning through LiveNation.com, TicketMaster outlets, and the box office at the Chevy Theatre in Wallingford. The Dodge Music Center’s box office has not yet opened for the season.

Also going on sale this weekend — Saturday morning at 10 — will be tickets for the next homecoming of Grammy-winner (again) JOHN MAYER, who will play Dodge Music Center on Saturday, July 14. Special guests will be Ben Folds and Brett Dennen. Tickets are $29.0 for the lawn and $53.50 for reserved, and will also be available through the venues outlined above.

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

MARCH 23 — Donna Jean Godcheaux and The Zen Tricksters at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, with Wendy Waldman and Mookie Siegel as Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Revue; The Nerds at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Hat City Blues Band at Greenwoods, Bethel; Penfield Reefers at Georgetown Saloon, Georgetown (Redding);

March 24 — John Voket at Proud Mary’s, Newtown, with guitarist Brendan Walsh; Simple Jim at The Acoustic Café; Roxy Perry at Georgetown Saloon;

March 25 — Willie Nininger at Georgetown Saloon; Beausoleil at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville (shows at 4 and 7 pm);

March 27 — The Haunted and Dark Tranquility at Toad’s Place, Into Eternity and Scar Symmetry opening (all ages);

March 28 — Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Toad’s Place (all ages); Georgetown Underground (local bands showcase) at Georgetown Saloon;

March 30 — Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, Explicit, The Radio Cats and Wired opening; Manchado at The Acoustic Café; Shoo Fly Blues at Georgetown Saloon; Mystic Bowie & Friends at The Bitter End, Bridgeport;

March 31 — Evanescence at Dodge Music Center, Chevelle and Finger Eleven opening; Rolla at The Acoustic Café; The SugarBees at Georgetown Saloon; Mystic Bowie & Friends at Martini’s Café, Orange; The Fixx at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.

APRIL 1 — Clipse at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages);

April 2 — Immortal Technique at Toad’s Place, Diabolic, Akir, The Circle and DJ GI Joe opening (all ages);

April 3 — Stone Sour at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, Shadows Fall and Lacuna Coil opening;  

April 6 — The Breakfast at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 7 — Hat City Blues Band at The Georgetown Saloon; Dead President Society at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook;

April 8 — John Voket at Mocha Coffee House; Buddy Guy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

April 10 — Meat Loaf at the Chevrolet Theatre; Norma Jean at Toad’s Place, The Chariot, A Life Once Lost and The Handshake Murders opening (all ages);

April 12 — The Early November at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 13  — Norah Jones at The Chevrolet Theatre; Delbert McClinton at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 14 — The Music of Led Zeppelin by Hartford Symphony Orchestra at The Chevrolet Theatre; Our Names at Mocha Coffee House; Hat City Blues Band at 59 Bank, New Milford.