*After rocking the house at Café 127 in Shelton last Friday, SOL DOG is in our immediate area this weekend. The band has a show Saturday night (Nov 27) at Classic Rock Brew Pub in Danbury. It’s the band’s debut gig over there, so let’s get out there and show them some support. The Brew Pub is at the end of Wibling Road, which runs right behind the Bed, Bath & Beyond and Sports Authority building; use the airport ramp off I-84 Exit 4.

*Also back in the area this weekend is NRBQ, for its annual Thanksgiving show at Toad’s Place in New Haven. The band is at the club on November 26 and will be onstage after opening sets by Paradise Vendors and Steel Rodeo.

Christmas shows are beginning to dominate the Toad’s Place calendar, beginning with a ROOMFUL OF BLUES Christmas show on December 2, with Eight To The Bar and The Providers both playing opening sets. ROSE COPPOLA is the featured performer at the New Haven club for a “Band Together For Kids” event planned for Saturday, December 11. That show is going to be a benefit for Connecticut Children’s Hospital.

Next month will also play host to the club’s 2nd Annual Toad’s Place Christmas Party (details TBA); the annual jazz Christmas show by MARION MEADOWS & FRIENDS, December 16; and JOHN VALBY’s Christmas show, the following night. GIRLS RULE THE YULE, an all-ages event on December 19, will feature SWEETER THAN WINE and SWIVEL HIPS; and MIGHTY PURPLE’s Christmas show, also open to all ages, will be on December 23. Mollycoddle opens the Mighty Purple show.

*MAX CREEK will play its Thanksgiving show this weekend. The band is at The Webster Theatre in Hartford on Saturday, November 27.

A few tickets remain for both GODSMACK shows, November 30 and December 1 at The Webster. The tickets are available for cash only, however, and must be purchased at the club’s box office.

DE LA SOUL will be at the club on December 4, with Biz Markie and Pharoah Monch. The following Saturday (Dec 11), SEVENDUST headlines, with sets by Static X, Dope and Chevelle. The Sevendust show is open to all ages.

*ROCKARAZZI has been added as another opener for the SEBASTIAN BACH concert at Tuxedo Junction. The Danbury club will be hosting the former SKID ROW frontman on December 8. CHANNELING JIM returns when the club re-opens its doors Christmas night, and another teen night (age 18 & under, high school students only) will be presented at Tuxedo Junction on Sunday, December 26.

*And finally this week, just a reminder that tickets are going on sale Monday morning for THE MOODY BLUES at the SNET Oakdale in Wallingford on February 10. Contact the Oakdale’s box office, 203/265-1501, for ticket price details.

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. Include a phone number for confirmation, please. If you don’t have a stamp or a piece of paper or a writing utensil that works, give me a call! The phone number at the office is 426-3141. Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

 

UPCOMING CONCERTS

NOVEMBER 26 —The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; NRBQ at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Deep Banana Blackout at The Webster Theatre (all ages), Hartford;

November 27 —Sol Dog at Classic Rock Brew Pub, Danbury; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction; Max Creek at The Webster Theatre (annual Thanksgiving show); Yes at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard;

November 28 —Yes at The Oakdale, Wallingford; Lucy Kaplansky at Towne Crier Café, The Wiggins Sisters opening;

November 30 —Godsmack at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Jim Rose Circus and Reveille opening;

 

DECEMBER 1 —Godsmack at The Webster Theatre Hartford, Jim Rose Circus and Reveille opening;

December 2 —Roomful of Blues Christmas Show at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Eight To The Bar and The Providers opening;

December 4 —Queensryche at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; Steve Whiteman (formerly of Kixx) at City Limits, Waterbury, Funny Money opening (all ages); De La Soul at The Webster Theatre, with Biz Markie and Pharoah Monch;

December 5 —Rage Against The Machine at New Haven Coliseum, Gang Starr opening; Sgt Scagnetti at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury, Mephiskapheles and Sifters opening (all ages);

December 7 —Jars Of Clay at Toad’s Place (all ages); Sebastian Bach at The Webster Theatre, Grey Cell Green and Groove Fiction Sex Ceremony opening;

December 8 —Sebastian Bach at Tuxedo Junction, Livesay and Rockarazzi opening;

December 9 —Rick Springfield at the Oakdale Theatre; Leaf Jumpers at Toad’s Place (all ages), Dirty Sanchez and T. Moody Band opening;

December 10 —Peat Moss & The Fertilizers at Tuxedo Junction; Fantomas at Toad’s Place (all ages), Kid 606 opening;

December 11 —Future Tense at Tuxedo Junction; Rose Coppola at Toad’s Place (featured performer for club’s “Band Together For Kids” fundraiser for CT Children’s Hospital; call club for details, 203/624-8623); Sevendust at The Webster Theatre, Static X, Dope and Chevelle opening;

December 12 —Phish at Hartford Civic Center.

December 14 —2nd Annual Toad’s Place Christmas Party (call for details, 203/624-8623);

December 15 —Gregg Allman & Friends at The Palace, New Haven (no tickets yet); John Valby at Tuxedo Junction; Clutch at The Webster Theatre, Bakerton Group and Pleasure Crush opening;

December 16 —Marion Meadows’ Jazz Christmas Show at Toad’s Place;

December 17 —Gregg Allman & Friends at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard; Harvey & The Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction;

December 18 —The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction; Leon Redbone at The Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y.;

December 19 —Girls Rule The Yule at Toad’s Place (all ages), Sweeter Than Wine and Swivel Hips opening.

December 21 —Deep Banana Blackout at Toad’s Place (all ages);

December 23 —Mighty Purple’s Christmas Show at Toad’s Place (all ages), Mollycoddle opening;

December 25 —Channeling Jim at Tuxedo Junction;

December 26 —Hubinger Street at Toad’s Place (all ages), Cubistic Jack opening.

JANUARY 1 —Post Y2K Party at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

January 7 —Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

January 14 —Gargantua Soul at Toad’s Place;

January 21 —Shakedown at Toad’s Place (all ages);

January 28 — Simple Jim at Toad’s Place.

FEBRUARY 10 —The Moody Blues at the Oakdale, Wallingford.

APRIL 12 —Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Hartford Civic Center.

JULY 24 —The Slackers at The Webster Theatre, Hartford.