*BILLY JOEL will be at Hartford Civic Center on Tuesday, March 28, and tickets for that show will be on sale Saturday morning at 10.

  The civic center’s box office will not be open for first-day sales, so go through the TicketMaster vendor of your choice on Saturday. Tickets are very reasonable, priced at just $41.50 and $77 for this show. Anything remaining on Monday will then be available at the civic center in addition to the TicketMaster outlets.

  *The Webster Theater will host a show by the original line-up of ANTHRAX on Sunday, January 8. Tickets are $25 in advance, and the show will open with sets by God Forbid, Sworn Enemy and Manntis.

  LESS THAN JAKE will return to the Hartford club on January 27. Tickets for that all-ages show are $17.50. Opening will be A Whilhemlscream, Damone and Rock & Roll Soldiers.

  FULL BLOWN CHAOS will be in The Webster Underground on Friday, January 13. Tickets for that show are $10.

  *Southern CT State University has two public events, both Christmas shows, within the next week or so.

  Soul jazz vocalists WILL DOWNING and REGINA BELLE will perform at the New Haven university’s Lyman Hall on Friday, December 9. Showtime is 8 pm and tickets are $30.

  Then on Sunday, December 11, jazz saxophonist and composer DAVE KOZ will headline his ninth annual “Dave Koz and Friends Smooth Jazz Christmas Tour,” which this year features vocalist Patti Austin, pianist David Benoit, and guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Butler.

  Showtime for this event is 7:30, and tickets are $30.

  Contact the Lyman Center’s box office, 203-392-6154, for additional information.

  *Music at Mocha continues this weekend. Jim Allen has confirmed that an open mic will be held on Sundays, December 4 and 11. Musicians are invited to sign up any time after 4:30 at the coffee house at 3 Glen Road in Sandy Hook. The music begins at 5.

  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

DECEMBER 2 — Barenaked Ladies Holiday Show at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Yngwie Malmsteen at Premier Music Hall, Danbury; Lucy Kaplansky at University of Hartford’s Wilde Auditorium, David Roth opening; Badfish at Toad’s Place, This Defect Sequence and Fistful of Steel opening (all ages);

December 3 — Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors at Mohegan Sun Arena, Hot Apple Pie opening (also December 4); The Australian Pink Floyd Show at The Dodge Music Center (formerly The Meadows), Hartford; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

December 4 — Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors at Mohegan Sun Arena, Hot Apple Pie opening (also December 3); Rusted Root at The Webster Theater, Hartford; Halifax at Toad’s Place, Punchline, I Am The Avalanche and Fully Down opening (all ages);

December 6 — Phil Lesh & Friends at The Chevrolet Theatre (formerly the Oakdale), Wallingford; George Lynch and Jaded at The Webster Theater, Vicious Disorder, Stolen Cherry, C4 and XfactorX opening;

December 8 — Beach Boys Christmas at The Chevrolet Theatre;

December 9 — Static X at Premier Music Hall, Ill Nino and Opiate for The Masses opening; Three Dog Night at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also December 10); Sol Dog at Café 127, Shelton; Ellis Paul at University of Hartford’s Wilde Auditorium, West Hartford, Antje Duvekot opening;

December 10 — Clay Aiken at The Chevrolet Theatre; Three Dog Night at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also December 9); Hat City Blues Band at 59 Bank, New Milford; Bitter X at Tuxedo Junction;

December 11 — Morris Day & The Time at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.