*Creative Music Center’s Advanced Rock Band will perform a free show in the theater at Edmond Town Hall. The concert begins at 9 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Performers include Newtown residents Matthew Spencer, 15, on drums; Kira Reed, 16, on vocals; and Monroe residents Sean Conway, 17, on keyboards; Laura Ceriello, 14, on lead vocals; Kevin Pieper, 16, on guitar; and Brendan Conway, 12, on electric bass. The band will perform selections from the first and last albums released by the Beatles.

The band is coached by Creative Music guitar teacher Mike Chervansky, who has been running the advanced rock camp for the past five summers. Creative Music Center is a full-service music store located on Main Street (Route 25) in Monroe.

*Also tonight,  a reminder for anyone who missed the announcement last weekend that the 2010 AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! concert originally scheduled to take place at the Arena at Harbor Yard on Monday, September 13, has been rescheduled to this Friday, July 9. Tickets for the September 13 date will be honored tonight.

The July 13 show at Mohegan Sun Arena will not be effected by this date change. For further assistance, customers may call TicketMaster Customer Service at 800-653-8000.

*And still tonight (there is a pattern here, yes), fresh from its summer siesta, country band MIDNIGHT RODEO will be at The Cookhouse in New Milford for a New Country Barn Dance this weekend — on Friday, July 9, in fact.

Showtime is 9:30.

(BTW, rumor has it The One-Eyed Pig will be celebrating its recent renovations with an afternoon show this weekend. Midnight Rodeo will also be performing that one, set to start around 2 at 71 South Main Street in Newtown.)

*Speaking of The Pig, Jim Sheridan says, and I quote, “July will be a Pig-tastic month for THE ADULTS.”

Jim and the band were on the schedule to host an open mic this week (July 8) at The One-Eyed Pig. If you missed that, no worries – the band will be back at 71 South Main for another open mic night on Thursday, July 29, and then again for their own headlining show on Saturday, July 31.

In between those shows there’s also a gig scheduled for Thursday, July 22, at Redding Roadhouse. That one will offer guests one acoustic set followed by an electric set.

*STEWART, a pop-rock band out of Brooklyn, N.Y., headed by singer/songwriter Andrea Tarka (an acupuncturist by day), will be at Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury next week.

The band has a 9 pm show scheduled for Friday, July 16. Expect to hear some of the “infectiously enthusiastic music with a punk edge” (according to their publicist) that was included on the independently released album, Kicks, just last month.

*Quintessential American band THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, who have been performing and recording for more than 30 years, will headline at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne on Wednesday, July 28.

Tickets are $42 ($32 for FTC members), and available by contacting the theater’s box office at 203-259-1036.

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

JULY 9 — Creative Music Center’s Summer Advanced Rock Band at Edmond Town Hall Theater, Newtown; Jack Johnson at The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, with G Love and ALO opening; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at Fairfield Theatre Company; American Idol Live Tour 2010 at Mohegan Sun Arena (new date, change from original September date planned); Midnight Rodeo at The Cookhouse, New Milford;

July 10 — Lynyrd Skynyrd at The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, with Bret Michaels and .38 Special; Matt “Guitar” Murphy & The Shaboo All Stars at The Palace, Danbury, Lucy Bonilla opening (also, free screening of The Blues Brothers at 3);

July 11 — Midnight Rodeo at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown (2 pm start); Vans Warped Tour 2010 at The Comcast Theatre;

July 12 — Meat Loaf at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville;

July 13  — The Moody Blues at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; American Idol Live Tour 2010 at Mohegan Sun Arena;

July 15 — Cake at Ives Concert Park;

July 16 — American Mortar at The Blue Z Coffee House, Newtown (benefit for Newtown Park & Bark); Tim McGraw at the Comcast Theatre, Hartford, Lady Antebellum and Love and Theft opening; Stewart at Heirloom Arts Theatre, Danbury;

July 19 — Rush at Mohegan Sun Arena;

July 21 — Credence Clearwater Revisited at The Ridgefield Playhouse, The Way-Back Machine opening; Carlos Santana at Mohegan Sun Arena, Steve Winwood opening;

July 22 — The Adults at Redding Roadhouse;

July 23 — Hot Tuna with special guest Steve Earle at The Shubert Theater, New Haven; O.A.R. at the Comcast Theatre, with special guest Citizen Cope; Widespread Panic at Ives Concert Park;

July 24 — Rockstar Mayhem Festival at The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, with Korn, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Lamb Of God, et al; Modest Mouse at The Dome at Oakdale, Wallingford; Slightly Stoopid at Ives Concert Park, Cyprus Hill and Collie Buddz opening;

July 28 — Cyndi Lauper at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Goo Goo Dolls at Mohegan Sun Arena, Switchfoot and The Spill Canvas opening; The Fabulous Thunderbirds at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne;

July 29 — The Adults at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown (hosting an open mic night); Candlebox at The Webster, Hartford;

July 30 — Willie Nelson & Family at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods; Limp Bizkit and Avenged Sevenfold at the Oakdale Theatre, All That Remains and Hail The Villain opening;

July 31 — The Adults at The One-Eyed Pig; Heart at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods; Willie Nelson at Ives Concert Park; Rascal Flatts at the Comcast Theatre, Kellie Pickler and Chris Young opening; Social Distortion at The Webster, Dan Sartain and Action Design opening.