*Live music will help honor the75th anniversary of the building of Edmond Town Hall.

  THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND will be in Newtown on Thursday, October 6. Don’t wait to buy tickets – this show is just three weeks away.

  Tickets are $30 and on sale now at the town hall’s box office and the Board of Manager’s office, as well as at C.H. Booth Library and Newtown Savings Bank. Want more information? Call the ETH Board of Manager’s office, 270-4285.

  *Hot Hot Heat will be opening for FOO FIGHTERS and WEEZER when those bands co-headline next month at The Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. The show has been set for Tuesday, October 11.

Tickets will be on sale Saturday morning at 11 am (note that’s 11, not the normal 10 am on-sale time) and have been set at $42.50 for all seats. Sales will be handled at the arena’s box office as well as TicketMaster locations. General admission floor and reserved arena seating will be available.

  *Mohegan Sun has added shows to its schedule, starting with DEF LEPPARD and BRYAN ADAMS on Monday, October 17. Tickets, are $40 and $60, will be on sale Saturday morning.

  CHICAGO will be in Uncasville on Sunday, November 13. That show is already on sale, with tickets are $35.25 and $45.25.

  An AEROSMITH-LENNY KRAVITZ bill will also be coming to Mohegan Sun Arena. The arena hasn’t yet announced the date of the show, although it’s listed between the Terri Clark and Trace Adkins concert on October 27 and the AKC dog show the weekend of November 5-6. Expect the show, therefore, any time between October 28 and November 4, and for tickets to be on sale any time now.

  *Tickets for the MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE show at Connecticut Expo Center next month are going on sale this weekend. The show will be on Sunday, October 16, at 6 pm, and tickets will be available as of 10 am on Saturday, September 17, at 10 am.

  All tickets are $19.99 and will be available through TicketMaster online and call-in centers as well as at www.JimKolikPresents.com.

  Alkaline Trio, Reggie and The Full Effect will all have opening sets. Doors will open at 6 pm.

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

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; Nashville Pussy at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Zeke, The Aka’s and Southern Bastard Church opening (all ages); 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, All Systems Go and Planeside opening (all ages); Murphy’s Law at The Webster Underground; The Nerds at Toad’s Place, Ink opening.