*Need more proof that the return of the Eighties is still very much among us? THE FIXX will be performing at East Hartford Community Cultural Center on October 24. Tickets are $18.

  The cultural center is at 50 Chapman Place; call 860-528-1458 for details.

  *Upcoming show at Foxwoods Resort & Casino’s Fox Theatre include LOS LONELY BOYS on October 1 (tickets are $45 and $55), THE OUTLAWS on October 13 ($16.50 and $22), BILLY RAY CYRUS the following night ($33 and $38.50), OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN on October 15 ($66 and $82.50) and TRISHA YEARWOOD on November 4 ($44 and $55).

   Tonight’s B.B. KING BLUES FESTIVAL and The JETHRO TULL show on October 7 at the casino are both sold out.

  *Tickets will be going on sale in two stages this weekend for the ALAN JACKSON, SARA EVANS and THE WRIGHTS shows at Mohegan Sun Arena in November. Tickets will first be available on Saturday at 10 am through TicketMaster outlets only (walk-in, phone and online). They will be going on sale at Mohegan Sun’s box office on Sunday.

  The shows will be performed Thursday and Friday, November 10 and 11, at 7:30 each night. Tickets are $70 and $95 apiece.

  *A reminder that this weekend will be the third annual Jamie Hulley Fund for the Arts benefit. “An Evening for the Arts,” featuring music by the national recording artists AZTEC TWO-STEP and dance by The Lee Lund Teen Company, will take place on Saturday, September 10, at the Quick Center at Fairfield University.

  All proceeds will benefit scholarships and arts educational programs in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Reception and silent auction begins at 6 pm, and the performance begins at 7:30.

  Tickets are $35. Call 203-891-8869 or send email to JamieArt@snet.net for tickets. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.   For more information visit www.JamieHulleyArtsFund.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 club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING SHOWS

SEPTEMBER 9 — Green Day at Hartford Civic Center, Jimmy Eat World opening; B.B. King’s 80th Birthday Celebration Blues Festival Tour at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, Ledyard, featuring B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Bonamassa, et al; Kansas at Norwalk Oyster Festival, East Norwalk; Seth Tiven (formerly of Dump Truck) at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y., also Professor Louie & The Crowmatix opening;

September 10 — In Pieces at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Marigold opening (all ages, afternoon show); The Village People at Norwalk Oyster Festival; Aztec Two-Step at Fairfield University’s Quick Center, Fairfield (along with The Lee Lund Teen Company, for Third Annual Jamie Hulley Fund for the Arts Benefit);

September 11 — Mary Beth Sippin & Goldrush at Bethlehem Fair; Ted & Dean’s Excellent Adventure at The Georgetown Saloon; Little Feat at Norwalk Oyster Festival; Greg Brown with Bo Ramsey at Towne Crier Café, with special guest Pietra Brown;

September 13 — The Spin Doctors at Toad’s Place (all ages); Cold at The Webster Theater, Smile Empty Soul opening; Waking Ashland at The Webster Underground, Hartford, Jamison Parker, New Atlantic and An Angle opening (all ages);

September 15 — The Spin Doctors at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre; Atmosphere at Toad’s Place (all ages);

September 16 — Kansas at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also Sept 17); Joe Bonamassa at The Webster Theater; Steve Forbert at The Acoustic Café;

September 17 — Hat City Blues Band at The Spot, Bethel; Bluegrass Festival at Woodbury Ski Area (two-day event also runs September 18); Artie Lange at The Webster Theater, Hartford (one show only, original tickets honored), Bob Levy and Nick DiPaolo opening; Kansas at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also Sept 16);

September 18 — Bluegrass Festival at Woodbury Ski Area; Fat Wreck Chords Tour at Toad’s Place featuring Against Me, The Epoxies, Smoke or Fire and The Soviettes (all ages);

September 22 — Stryper at The Webster Theater; Slaid Cleaves at The Acoustic Café;

September 23 — Mary Beth Sippin & Goldrush at the Durham Fair; Reid Genauer at The Acoustic Café; Dead By Wednesday CD release party at Toad’s Place (all ages); Gregg Rolie (of Santana) at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

September 24 — Taylor Dayne at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Albert Cummings at The Acoustic Café;

September 29 — Capleton at Toad’s Place (all ages);

September 30 — Lemonheads with Evan Dando at The Webster Theater; Murphy’s Law at The Webster Underground; The Nerds at Toad’s Place, Ink opening.