*If you are a fan of any members of the BRUBECK family, then you’re in for a treat. THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET, featuring patriarch Dave on the piano along with Bobby Melitello on sax and flute, Michel Moore on bass and Randy Jones on drums, will be playing at WCSU’s Ives Concert Hall in Danbury in two weeks. The quartet is being brought into the area by Command Performance, a non-profit organization founded just a few years ago that is dedicated to bringing high-level performing artists into the greater Danbury area.

Tickets are $30 and $35 for adults, or $25 for students and those ages 18 and under. Contact Command Performance at 825-3131 or visit www.CPerformance.com for additional information. Showtime is 8 pm.

Then in September, Weir Farm National Historic Site will host its 9th Annual Jazz in the Garden concert… featuring THE BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET. The acclaimed brothers Chris (bass, trombone and piano) and Dan Brubeck (drums and percussion) regularly perform with their longtime friend and jazz guitarist Mike DeMicco. The quartet is, according to Chris’ website, rounded out with various musician friends.

The concert at Weir Farm in Wilton is scheduled for Sunday, September 12, at 4 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults, payable at the gate. There is no charge for ages 12 and under. This will be an outdoor show, so bring blankets or chairs for seating. Picnics are welcome. For tickets and additional info on this one contact Weir Farm Trust at 203-761-9945.

*A reminder about the FAMILY  PICNIC TOUR – a spin-off of the Family Values Tour – which will be in Hartford next weekend. Tickets are still available for $10 (although some ads are saying all females will get in free on the day of the show). The lineup features SOIL, STATIC-X, TRUST COMPANT, LO-PRO and ARITHMETIC OF WAR. Area bands selected by WCCC-FM (the local sponsor of the festival) will round out the bill.

*FISHBONE will return to Toad’s Place in New Haven next weekend, playing an all-ages show on Saturday, August 21. Tickets are $13.50 in advance or $15 at the door; call 203-562-5589.

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 CONCERTS

AUGUST 13 — River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs at The Pleasance, Newtown; Saliva and Earshot at The Webster Theatre, Same Mistake opening; Ellis Paul at Acoustic Café; Walter Trout & The Free Radicals at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford; The Mob at Georgetown Saloon;

August 14 — B.B. King Blues Festival at the Oakdale Theatre featuring King, also Dr John, Shemekia Copeland, Elvin Bishop, Magic Dick & J. Geils; Screaming Broccoli at Tuxedo Junction; John Waite at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (shows at 8 and 10 pm); Smokehouse at Georgetown Saloon;

August 15 — John Mayer at Meadows Music Theatre, Maroon 5 opening;

August 16 — Alanis Morissette at Foxwoods’ Fox Theatre; Kip Winger at The Webster Theater, Liquid Moon, Mob, The Given, Primal Glow and Oryon opening;

August 17 — Hanson at the Oakdale Theatre; Killswitch Engage at Toad’s Place, From Autumn to Ashes, et al opening (all ages);

August 18 — Blues Traveler and Edwin McCain at Toad’s Place (all ages; rescheduled from June 9);

August 19 — The Beach Boys at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre; Sick Of It All at Toad’s Place, Terror, Time In Malta and Champion opening (all ages); Delbert McClinton at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Chris D’Amato Band (formerly Spokin’ Opie) at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

August 20 —Huey Lewis & The News at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, with special guest G.B. Leighton; Marshall Crenshaw at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Rufio at Toad’s Place, Over It, Say Anything and Halifax opening (all ages); Sister Funk at Georgetown Saloon;

August 21 — Renata at The Webster Theatre (CD release party); Phillip The Meatbox at Tuxedo Junction; Teeny Tucker Blues Band at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Bone Dry at Georgetown Saloon; Fishbone at Toad’s Place (all ages), The AV Club, Pencilgrass and  Livintrust opening;

August 22 — Yes at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Dream Theater opening.