*Mocha Coffeehouse will welcome a return by INFRASONIC, with his acoustic rock and sides of folk, new wave, blues and psychedelic sounds, on Friday, March 27. Saturday’s headliner will be the pianist-guitarist-singer-songwriter MIKEY WAX.

Both shows will run 8 to 10 pm at 3 Glen Road, and admission is free.

*Local group HAT CITY BLUES BAND will also be performing this weekend. The guys will be returning to 59 Bank in New Milford on Saturday for a 9:45 show.

Upcoming shows for Ron, Gary, Ed and Bill also include stops at Redding Road House on May 9 as well as LumberYard Pub in West Redding on May 23.

*Tickets for two shows coming to the Chevrolet Theater and another one for the summer at The Meadows will all be going on sale this weekend.

First this morning at 10 am will be the onsale for KORN, playing in Wallingford on Friday, May 22. Tickets are $39.50 for all seats, with general admission pit tickets also available. Shadows Fall and Dark Day Sunday will be opening.

An hour later tickets for a June 20 headliner by THE FRAY, with Jack’s Mannequin and Richard Swift opening, will go on sale. These tickets are available for $38.50 and $48.50.

Then at noon on Saturday the tickets for an August 14 PHISH show at the Meadows Music Theater will be going on sale. For some reason these tickets are all $49.50 whether you want lawn or reserved seating.

For all of these shows call 877-598-8689 or visit LiveNation.com.

*I swear I was the first person to wear legwarmers when I was in eighth grade at Rochambeau Middle School. They were dark blue, and were knitted, and oh so comfortable. I was teased when I wore mine (David McClintock very snidely said “Nice socks” when we were walking out of one of our classes), but the very next week another girl wore a pair and everyone thought she was a rock star. I don’t get it.

If anyone still has their legwarmers from the 80s, grab ‘em and join me for an Ultimate 80s Happy Hour Pre-Show at The Palace Theater next week. The Waterbury theater will be hosting the event prior to the RICK SPRINGFIELD show at 8 on Saturday, April 4. Tickets for the show are $39 to $79 and can still be reserved by calling 203-755-4700.

The preshow party will run from 6 to 7 and will include catered Tex-Mex goodies and music by the decade’s bigshots. Admission for that is $10. A cash bar will also be running. Me and my legwarmers will be too.

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 clubs are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

MARCH 27 — The Adults at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Infrasonic at Mocha Coffeehouse, Sandy Hook; Tower of Power at Klein Memorial Auditorium, Bridgeport, David Sanborn opening; Kim Wilson’s Blues Revue at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Scratch the Band at Georgetown Saloon, Redding;

March 28 — Smith Bros at Proud Mary’s; Mikey Wax at Mocha Coffeehouse; Ben Folds at The Shubert, New Haven; Artie Tobia Band at Georgetown Saloon; Hat City Blues Band at 59 Bank, New Milford.

 

APRIL 3 — Average White Band at Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, Norfolk (two shows);

April 4 — Joan Osborne at Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University, Fairfield; Rick Springfield at The Palace, Waterbury;

April 5 — An Evening with Umphrey’s McGee at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Bryan Adams at The Warner Theater, Torrington;

April 6 — Bryan Adams at The Shubert Theater, New Haven; Black Label Society at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Sevendust opening.