The concert will take place outdoors on the lawn behind the Newtown library, and admission is free. Bring blankets or chairs for seating; picnics are welcome, but clean up after yourself. In the event of rain the concert will be moved indoors. C.H. Booth Library is at 25 Main Street, near the flagpole in Newtown, and can be reached by calling 426-4533.

*Monday morning, promoters announced a “major release” of production tickets for the JANET JACKSON show on Saturday, August 11, at Hartford Civic Center. Good seats are now available to purchase. Tickets are available for $79, $57.75 and $37.75. Civic Center tickets are available online, over the phone and over the counter from any TicketMaster agent.

*Also this week, radio 104 unveiled the details for its radio 104 Fest 2001, which will be Monday, September 3 (Labor Day) at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre. This year’s featured bands will include BLINK 182, ALIEN ANT FARM, SUM41, SCAPEGOAT WAX, NEWFOUND GLORY, PRIME S.T.H. and STEREOMUD, with more bands to be announced as the summer — the unending on-air promotions for this show — drag on. By September 3, there will be 25 bands. Tickets are $25 and are going on sale Saturday morning at 10 am through radio104.com, the Meadows box office, Strawberries, Coconuts and LaSalle Music stores, or tickets.com outlets.

*The JERRY CANTRELL show that had to be postponed from May at The Webster Theater in Hartford is coming up on July 14. Mirv and Swarm will now be opening the show, and tickets are still available.

A few nights later EVERCLEAR returns to the Hartford club, with American Hi-Fi and Mayfield 4 both presenting opening sets. Flip has apparently been dropped from that July 18 bill, according to the theatre’s Web site/calendar listing as of this week.

Also coming up quickly, later this month, are shows at The Webster by BUCKCHERRY on July 26, with Econoline Crush opening, OUR LADY PEACE the following night, with Sinomatic opening, and then COLLECTIVE SOUL on July 29 (no opener is being mentioned for that show). All of these Webster shows (as are most of the shows being presented up there lately) are open to fans of all ages. Tickets are on sale for these shows, and the Webster works with tickets.com for its sales. Call tickets.com at 860-422-0000 or go online to, obviously, www.tickets.com. If you get in a pinch, call the Webster’s box office directly at 860-525-5553.

*Tickets for the July 13 show by STAIND are also available through tickets.com. The band returns to Hartford, this time for a WCCC-sponsored show and this time at the Connecticut Expo Center (Staind played a radio 104 show at the Meadows in mid-May). Cold and Adema will both open, and all seats — with general admission seating — are $25.

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

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown 06470, or shannon@thebee.com; or call The Bee office at 426-3141.

Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

JULY 6 — The Go-Go’s at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard; Shakedown at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Silent Majority, Fountain Project and Rafter Bats opening (all ages); Hipnotic at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

July 7 — Journey at Meadows Music Centre, Hartford, with John Waite and Peter Frampton; Earth at The Webster Theater, Hartford, 30 Stones, Split Shift, Facing Sideways, Cyd Xmas, Shatterbox and Nme opening (all ages); FUBAR at Tuxedo Junction; The Bombsite Boys and The Parking Gift at Players, Danbury;

July 8 — The Go-Go’s at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; Saves The Day and The Anniversary at Toad’s Place, Dashboard Confessional and Hot Rod Circuit opening;

July 12 — Dexter Freebish at The Webster Theater, Missing Joe and Renata opening (all ages); Addison Groove Project at Toad’s Place, Smoke the Prophet opening (all ages);

July 13 — Mary Sippin & The Diamond Spurs at C.H. Booth Library, Newtown (Summer Concert Series, free, 7 pm); Stevie Nicks at ctnow.com Meadows Music Center (few duets with Sheryl Crow), Jeffrey Gaines opening; Staind at Connecticut Expo Center, Hartford, Cold and Adema opening; Larry Garner at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford; Kristin Hersh at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;

July 14 — Paul Simon with Brian Wilson at ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre; “Walk Down Abbey Road” featuring Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson, Alan Parsons and John Entwistle at Mohegan Sun; Jerry Cantrell at The Webster Theater (rescheduled from May), Mirv and Swarm opening (all ages); Joe Rockstar at Tuxedo Junction; Trigger Effect, Vicious Cirkill and Boomslang at Players;

July 17 — MTV’s TRL Tour featuring Destiny’s Child at ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre; The Wallflowers at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theater, Uncasville; Boy Hits Car at Toad’s Place;

July 18 — CSA Songwriters’ Showcase at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Everclear at The Webster Theater, American Hi-Fi and Mayfield 4 at The Webster Theater, Hartford; Dennis Quaid & The Sharks at Foxwoods’ Fox Theater;

July 19 — Kip Winger at Toad’s Place; The Bacon Brothers at Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

July 20 — The Barenaked Ladies and Vertical Horizon at Meadows Music Centre, Action Figure Party and Sarah Harmer opening; 68 Comeback Special at Mohegan Sun Casino (trio led by Brian Setzer); Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials and Tab Benoit at Black-Eyed Sally’s; After Dark V at The Webster Theater featuring Atavus, Clip, Sibil and Medicated Savage (all ages); The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction (7th anniversary band celebration);

July 21 — Phil Lesh & Friends and Ratdog with Bob Weir (co-headlining) at Meadows Music Centre; The Doobie Brothers at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; Screaming Broccoli at Tuxedo Junction; Robert Jackson and Odds & Sods (Who tribute band) at Players;

July 21-22 — 29th Annual Rock n’ Reggae Festival at Woodbury Ski Area featuring Wailing Souls, Nighty Diamonds, Benaiah, One World Tribe, Live For Today, The Robert Jackson Band, Dude of Life, Pete Schieps Band and Strictly Roots (contact park for performance schedule, 203-263-2203);

July 22 — “Walk Down Abbey Road” featuring Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson, Alan Parsons and John Entwistle at Oakdale Theatre; Tree and Nullset at The Webster Theater, Hyde, Clokseed and Powertripp opening (all ages).

July 24 — The Smithereens at Mohegan Sun Casino; Guided By Voices at Toad’s Place;

July 25 — Mystikal, Ginuwine, Jahem, Jagged Edge and Public Announcement at New Haven Coliseum (no ticket info yet);

July 26 — Buckcherry at The Webster Theater, Econoline Crush opening (all ages); Johnny Rawls at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Chicago at Foxwoods’ Fox Theater; Lawn Boy at Toad’s Place (Phish cover/tribute band);

July 27 — Our Lady Peace at The Webster Theater, Sinomatic opening (all ages); Chicago at the Oakdale Theatre; The Derek Trucks Band at Toad’s Place (all ages); Poppa Squat at Tuxedo Junction.

July 28 — Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Mohegan Sun Casino; John Sebastian & The J-Band at CityCenter Green, Danbury (free 7:30 show, rain location Danbury High School); Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction; Illface, Silencer and Dismay at Players;

July 29 — Collective Soul at The Webster Theater (all ages); James Cotton at Washington Park, Bridgeport (3 pm, free show).