*Newtown musician JOE PROC returns to Stone River Grille this weekend. Joe has a two-part show scheduled at the recently opened restaurant at 1 Glen Road in Sandy Hook on Friday, September 23. An acoustic performance will run from 8 to 9 pm, and then the remainder of the night will be filled with bongo and DJ work.

*ROOMFUL OF BLUES will celebrate their new release with a show in Danbury next month. The horn-fueled, jumping, swinging, award-winning band, touring in support of their new Alligator CD, Hook, Line & Sinker, will perform live at The Palace Danbury on Saturday, October 22.

Tickets will be $30 at the door, or you can buy them in advance for $25 by calling the box office at 203-794-9944 or online at www.ThePalaceDanbury.com.

*Fairfield Theatre Company has announced two new shows it is sponsoring at The Klein in Bridgeport, and tickets are already on sale.

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, with SCRAPOMATIC opening, will be headlining on Saturday, October 29. Those tickets are $35 go $85, with FTC members receiving $5 discounts on each ticket. Also Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame legend ALICE COOPER will return to Connecticut on Saturday, December 3. Those tickets are $40 to $75, with FTC members being offered a $10 discount for the floor seating and $5 discounts on balcony seats.

In addition to these two shows, FTC will host a performance of BILLY GENUARIO on Wednesday, November 2, in its StageOne theater. This show, “Rockers and Crooners,” will serve as a benefit for the state chapter of The Alzheimer’s Association. Tickets are $25 ($20 FTC members).

Visit www.FairfieldTheatre.org for details and tickets about all of these shows. To order tickets over the phone, call the Klein at 203-259-1036 for Tedeschi Trucks Band and Alice Cooper, and StageOne’s box office, 203-259-1036, for the Billy Genuario show.

*Still touring to support his May release of Man In Motion, WARREN HAYNES has been added for a November 18 show at The Warner Theatre in Torrington.

Tickets for that show will be on sale Friday, September 23, priced at $32 to $49, and can be purchased through the theater’s website (www.WarnerTheatre.org) or by calling the box office at 860-489-7180.

*Also on sale Friday morning will be tickets for a November 19 indoor show by GUNS N’ ROSES at the Comcast Theatre in Hartford. This will be an indoor

Tickets are $49 and $69, and will be available beginning at 10 am through www.LiveNation.com.

STING will bring his Back To Bass Tour 2011 to Connecticut this fall, and those tickets will be available Monday morning. That show is scheduled for Monday, October 24, at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford. Tickets are $55 to $131, and also available through the Live Nation website.

*Mohegan Sun Arena will put tickets for a November 18 stop on JAY-Z and KANYE WEST’s Watch The Throne Tour on sale Friday morning as well. Priced from $145 to $250, those tickets will be on sale at 10 am through TicketMaster vendors. The arena’s box office will begin offering tickets on Saturday.

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

SEPTEMBER 23 — Vince Gill at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket; The Zombies (50th anniversary tour) at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk, with special guests Acoustic Strawbs; The Mighty Ploughboys and The Highland Rovers at Ives Concert Park, Danbury (part of Greater Danbury Irish Music Festival, which continues Saturday and Sunday); Kicking Daisies at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Joe Proc at The Stone River Grille, Sandy Hook; Gandalf Murphy at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne, Fairfield;

September 24 — An Evening with Lindsey Buckingham at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Commander Cody at Infinity Music Hall; Fiona Malloy, The Tipperary Knights, Keltic Kick, Barleyjuice, et al at Ives Concert Park (part of Greater Danbury Irish Festival, which continues on Sunday); Gomez&Sadlon at The Twisted Vine, Derby; John Hiatt & The Combo and Big Head Todd & The Monsters at The Klein, Bridgeport;

September 25 — Crystal Pyramid at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown (early afternoon show, part of Hook & Ladder Firehouse Ride 2011); Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul at Ives Concert Park (part of Greater Danbury Irish Festival)

September 29 — John Hammond at Infinity Music Hall; Marc Broussard at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guests Scars on 45 and Chic Gamine;

September 30 — Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Cheryl Wheeler at Infinity Music Hall; MADD About Dancing at Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theatre, Uncasville, with special musical guest Chuck Wicks; Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts (UConn), Storrs.

OCTOBER 5 — George Thorogood and The Destroyers at The Klein, Bridgeport;

October 6 — Psychedelic Furs and The Tom Tom Club at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

October 8 — Jackson Browne at The Palace Theatre, Waterbury; 3 Guitar Heroes: Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth & Leslie West at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Young Dubliners at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

October 12 — Montrose (featuring Ronnie Montrose) at The Ridgefield Playhouse.

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October 14 — Sugarland at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, with special guest Sara Bareilles (also October 15);

October 15 — Sugarland at Mohegan Sun Arena, with special guest Sara Bareilles;

October 19 — Carl Palmer Band at Infinity Music Hall;

October 20 — The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

October 21 — Indigo Girls at The Warner Theatre, Torrington; Peter Wolf at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Stephen Stills at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Josh Hisle opening;

October 22 — Spin Doctors at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guest James Maddock; Jennifer Lopez at Mohegan Sun Arena; Dierks Bentley at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Roomful of Blue at The Palace Danbury;

October 24 — Sting at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

October 26 — Insane Clown Posse at The Webster, Hartford, with Twiztid and Blaze Ya Dead Homie;

October 27 — The Southern Gentlemen (Ed Roland and Kevin Griffin) at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

October 29 — The Pixies at The Palace Theater, Waterbury; Willie Nelson & Friends at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket; Tedeschi Trucks Band at The Klein, Bridgeport, Scrapomatic opening;

October 30 — Chris Brown at Mohegan Sun Arena, with Tyga and special guests.