*On Friday, April 6, between 10 am and 6 pm, lawn tickets (plus applicable service fees) for LYNYRD SKYNYRD, who will headline at The Dodge Music Center in Hartford on Saturday, June 23, will be available for just $10 each.

All tickets for that concert will be going on sale this morning, in fact. Reserved seating in the pavilion will run $35 and $59.50 each, and regular lawn seating will be $22.50 per person after 6 pm Friday. The Doobie Brothers will be opening the show.

Tickets are available through the Chevrolet Theatre box office in Wallingford, and through any LiveNation.com or TicketMaster vendor.

*Also going on sale Friday morning will be tickets for the Grammy Award-winning blues-rock band BLUES TRAVELER, who will be at The Palace Theater in Waterbury on Friday, June 3. Tickets will be on sale this morning at 10 am, priced at $27.75, $37.25, $47.25 and $57.25.

Tickets can be purchased at the Palace’s box office (100 Main Street in Waterbury), over the phone at 203-755-4770, or online at PalaceTheaterCT.org. Group discounts are available for ten or more people; call 203-755-8483 extension 134 for details about that option.

*STEVIE NICKS, who of course has experienced great popularity as both a solo artist and as a member of legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac, will bring her solo tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, July 1, for a 7:30 pm show. The multi-Grammy Award winner will no doubt be performing plenty of songs from her new greatest hits album, Crystal Vision.

Tickets for that show have been priced at $55 and $75, and will be going on sale Saturday morning at 10 am through TicketMaster vendors. Any remaining tickets will also be available at Mohegan Sun’s box office beginning Sunday morning.

*ELIZA GILKYSON will be playing at the Warner Theatre, 68 Main Street in Torrington, on Saturday, April 14.  Tickets are still available for the show, which will start at 8 pm. The show is a triple bill of legendary stature, with Richie Havens and Susan Werner joining Gilkyson for this tour, which has been in support of her latest Red House Records album, Paradise Hotel.

Tickets are $39.50, $45.50 and $52.50, and available by calling 860-489-7180 or visiting WarnerTheatre.org.

*MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER headlines the same theater next weekend, performing on April 13. Tickets are $38.50, $48.50 and $65. THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND will be there on May 17 (tickets $25, $35 and $45),

*New on the Warner’s schedule is the addition of WILLIE NELSON, who will hit the Torrington stage on Monday, June 11. Tickets are on sale, and already “very limited,” according to the theater’s website. Gold Circle seats are $100 each, while other seats are available for $58.50 and $68.50.

*Five time Grammy Award winner BUDDY GUY will headline at The Ridgefield Playhouse on April 17. Tickets are $75 and $80, and they’re also “going fast,” says the Playhouse’s press rep. For tickets and further information about this show call the box office, 203-438-5795 or visit RidgefieldPlayhouse.org.

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

APRIL 6 — Bone Dry at The Georgetown Saloon, Georgetown (Redding); The Nelsons at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

April 7 —  The All Stars at Georgetown Saloon;

April 8 — Buddy Guy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 10 — Meat Loaf at the Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; The Smithereens at Foxwoods Casino’s Club BB, Ledyard (also April 11); Norma Jean at Toad’s Place, New Haven, The Chariot, A Life Once Lost and The Handshake Murders opening (all ages);

April 11 — The Smithereens at Foxwoods Casino’s Club BB; Melissa Mulligan & Bill Blue at The Georgetown Saloon;

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; Mary Chapin Carpenter at The Warner Theatre, Torrington; DNR at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 14 — The Music of Led Zeppelin by Hartford Symphony Orchestra at The Chevrolet Theatre; Muddy Waters, “Pinetop” Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Bob Margolin at Fairfield Theatre Company (two shows, 7:30 and 9:30 pm); Richie Havens & Friends at The Warner Theatre, Torrington, featuring Eliza Gilkyson and Susan Warner; Our Names at Mocha Coffee House; Hat City Blues Band at 59 Bank, New Milford; Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 15 — Kevin Gianni at Mocha Coffee House; VNV Nation at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 17 — Buddy Guy at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

April 18 — The All-Grass Blue Stars at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 20 — John Voket at Proud Mary’s, Newtown (Relay For Life fundraiser); Martina McBride at Mohegan Sun Arena, Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins opening; Doug Wahlberg Band at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 21 — Jenilee and Freethought at Mocha Coffee House; Old School Revue at The Georgetown Saloon.

April 22 — Infrasonic at Mocha Coffee House (night of Pink Floyd); Skid Row at Foxwoods Casino’s Club BB (also April 25); Edwin McCain at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Willie Nininger at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 25 — John Legend at Mohegan Sun Arena, Corinne Bailey Rae opening; Skid Row at Foxwoods Casino’s Club BB;

April 27 — Harry Connick Jr at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; Christina Aguilera at Hartford Civic Center, The Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane opening; Tower of Power at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also April 28); Jay Stollman & The Black Rock All-Stars at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 28 — Tower of Power at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Roxy Perry at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 29 — J.S. Wine at Mocha Coffee House.