*Boston-bred alt-rock band GODSMACK will headline at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, October 19. A regular opener for Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin will be opening the Connecticut show.

Tickets are $35 and will be going on sale this morning (Friday, Sept 15), through TicketMaster vendors. Remaining tickets will also be available at the arena’s box office beginning Saturday.

*Tickets will be on sale Saturday morning for what sounds like an incredible show coming to Connecticut.

THE WHO’s “uncut.unrepentant.uncensored” tour will be at Mohegan Sun on Friday, December 1. The Pretenders will open.

Tickets start at $87 and are also $127, $177 and $202, and will be available through TicketMaster vendors beginning at 10 am Saturday. Remaining tickets will also be available at the arena’s box office beginning Sunday morning.

*LISA FURMAN will perform Celtic bluegrass this weekend at Mocha Coffee House in Sandy Hook. Lisa’s is a Friday night show, running from 7 to 10 pm.

On Saturday, DAN LYONS returns to the coffee house, and September’s calendar continues as follows: September 22, MARCO LAVARBERA; September 23, JOHN VOKET; September 29, SHAWN TAYLOR; and September 30, JOHN FAZIO and AARON CERRICK.

*Minnesota-born JONATHAN EDWARDS, perhaps most famous for his hit gold record and Billboard hit Sunshine, the deceptively upbeat song that was a protest against the Vietnam War, will headline FTC Stage One in Fairfield on Sunday, September 24. Tickets for the 7:30 show, which will also feature Lisa McCormick, are $32 for FTC members, $42 for the rest of us.

Call 203-259-1036 or visit FairfieldTheatre.org for reservations and additional information.

This weekend the theater will host a concert called “Legends of The Blues: History in the Making,” with performances by ROCKY “JELLYROLL” LAWRENCE, DAVID “HONEYBOY” EDWARDS, ROBERT LOCKWOOD JR and STEVEN “BLINDLEMON” McLEAN. Tickets for that show, on Saturday night, at $72 ($62 for members).

Country singer, songwriter, composer and musician HAL KETCHUM will headline, with Cinnamon Sky opening, on Thursday, September 28 (tickets $52/$42).

THE ALTERNATE ROUTES, a Fairfield-based rock band, will headline the following night. The September 29 show will be recorded for a live album. Cinnamon Sky opens ($17/$12).

And then on the 30th, saxophone legend GREG PICCOLO, who spent 25 years with the Grammy-nominated, world renowned ROOMFUL OF BLUES (serving as bandleader, lead singer and tenor sax man, 1978-1994), will headline with his band Heavy Juice. Tickets are $37 for the public, $27 for non-members, and The Johnny Boots Band will open.

*ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS will pull into Connecticut on Friday, October 27, playing an indoor show at The Dodge Music Center in Hartford. Tickets go on sale Friday morning, all priced at $29, but be sure to specify if you want access to the pit when you purchase those tickets. Gym Class Heroes, The Format and The Starting Line will have opening sets.

*Singer-songwriter AIMEE MANN, who of course rose to pop fame in the 80s before evolving into one of America’s most evocative songwriters, will headline at Fairfield University later this month. Mann will by at the university’s Quick Center for the Arts on Saturday, September 30.

Acclaimed British singer-songwriter David Ford, who recently toured with Gomez, will open for Mann.

Tickets are $35 and $40 and can be reserved by calling the Quick Center’s box office at 203-254-4010.

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

SEPTEMBER 15 — Lisa Furman at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Jay Stollman & The Black Rock All-Stars at Georgetown Saloon; Bad Medicine at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

September 16 — Dan Lyons at Mocha Coffee House; David Lee Roth at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, Ledyard; “Legends of The Blues: History in the Making” at FTC Stage One, Fairfield, featuring Rocky “Jellyroll” Lawrence, David “HoneyBoy Edwards, Robert Lockwood Jr and Steven “Blindlemon” McLean;

September 17 — The Cast of Beatlemania at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; ALS/Punk Rock Mom Benefit featuring The Receiving End of Siren at The Webster Theater (all ages), Hartford;

September 19 — An Evening with Peter Frampton at Stamford’s Palace Theatre; Genitorturers at The Webster (18+ show);

September 20 — Santana at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, with the Salvador Santana Band and Los Lonely Boys; Skid Row at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre;

September 21 — RAQ at Toad’s Place, New Haven, (CD release party), Ryan Montbleau opening;

September 22 — Marco LaVarbera at Mocha Coffee House; Santana at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, with the Salvador Santana Band and Los Lonely Boys; The John Hickey Band at The Bitter End, Bridgeport; Nick Lachey at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre (SOLD OUT);

September 23 — John Voket at Mocha Coffee House; American Idols Live at The Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport; Widespread Panic at the Chevrolet Theatre;

September 24 — The Black Eyed Peas at Mohegan Sun Arena; Jonathan Edwards at FTC Stage One, Fairfield, featuring Lisa McCormick;

September 26 — The Family Stone at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre (also September 27, free shows); Buckethead at Toad’s Place, That 1 Guy opening (all ages);

September 27 — Blue Man Group at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Family Stone at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre (also Sept 26, free shows);

September 28 — Hal Ketchum at FTC Stage One, Cinnamon Sky opening;

September 29 — Shawn Taylor at Mocha Coffee House; Blue Man Group at The Chevrolet Theatre; The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Georgetown Saloon; Tower Of Power at Toad’s Place; The Alternate Routes at FTC Stage One, Sons of William opening;

September 30 — John Fazio & Aaron Cerrick at Mocha Coffee House; Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice at FTC Stage One, The Johnny Boots Band opening; Aimee Mann at Fairfield University’s Quick Center, David Ford opening.