*The final gig for the year for THE ADULTS will be at Proud Mary’s, the lounge at The Inn at Newtown, tonight (Friday, December 18), starting at 8.

*SPEAKERCAB will be headlining tonight at The Blue Z Coffee House over on South Main Street, and then RIVERHILL SAXOPHONE QUARTET will be providing the music tomorrow night. Tonight’s show starts at 7, and tomorrow will be 7:30.

*Over at Mocha in Sandy Hook, longtime customer KRISTIN RYAN will make her first musical appearance at the Glen Road coffee shop.

The singer-songwriter offers “sweet and contemplative” music, and will start her set tonight at 8.

Tomorrow night will feature the music of FREE THOUGHT, acoustic dui Ken and Kate Moncuse, who play folk-rock original songs (think Springsteen, Ray Davies, Carole King, et al) and are promoting their new CD, In Her Eyes. That show is also scheduled for 8 to 10 pm.

*Georgetown Saloon dropped a note my way last week with an update of their upcoming schedule. As mentioned in last week’s column, it’ll be THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND opening the new year with a show on January 1 starting around 9:15.

Additional shows in January include JOHNNY BOOTS on the 2nd, PINK BABY on Friday, January 8; SOUL CIRCUS the following night; THE WALTER LEWIS TRIO on Friday, January 15; SISTER FUNK, “the nation’s hottest all-female band,” they claim, on the 16th; THE BERNADETTES on Friday, January 22; OLD SCHOOL REVUE on January 23; BLUES PATROL on January 29; and SMOKEHOUSE on Saturday the 30th.

*Sounds — understandably! — like the booking agent at Toad’s Place was less than pleased on Tuesday to learn that TREY SONGZ had to cancel again, and this time it was for a show about 36 hours away.

“We’re sorry to inform you that Trey Songz canceled again on us. His agent informed us that he doesn’t want to interfere with his 30 city tour coming this March. Please get a refund at point of purchase,” said an email from The Toad that came in Tuesday afternoon.

So if you were one of the (un)lucky few to still be holding on to Trey Songz tickets at this point and haven’t already heard, Toad’s Place is not only offering full refunds on those tickets but is also offering a complimentary ticket to the January 17 RAKIM show, which itself was rescheduled from November 17. Tickets from that show will also be honored that night.

*A series of concerts has been announced for The Dome at Oakdale, the original wooden dome that was built in 1972 as the Oakdale stage in Wallingford. Live Nation Connecticut announced the series on December 11.

The Dome at Oakdale will be a series of intimate concerts under the dome that replaced the canvas tent that formed the roof of the original “theatre in the round” Oakdale back in 1955. Further renovations in 1996 created the 4,600 seat theatre with the proscenium stage, which turned the dome into a large multi purpose room for conventions, as well as the concessions area for the main event space. This new series of shows would be the first concerts held in the legendary structure in nearly a decade.

Most shows will be general admission, including the first to be offered: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, with The Devil Wears Prada opening, on Sunday, March 21. Tickets are $29.50 and will be on sale at 10 am this morning though LiveNation.com or by calling the Oakdale’s box office at 877-598-8689.

More dates in The Dome series will be announced after the first of the year.

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

DECEMBER 18 — The Adults at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Kristin Ryan at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Speakercab at The Blue Z Coffee House, Newtown; John Valby XXXmas Show at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville (also December 19);

December 19 — Free Thought at Mocha Coffee House; Riverhill Saxophone Quartet at The Blue Z; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

December 20 — Mystic Bowie CD release party at Fairfield Theatre Company;

December 26 — Bassix at Mocha Coffee House; Eight to the Bar at Infinity Music Hall;

December 30 — Hatebreed at The Webster, Hartford; Apache Stone with Michael Lombardi at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; The Ryan Montbleau Band at Fairfield Theatre Company (also December 31); Badfish at Toad’s Place (also December 31, two-day passes available);

December 31 — The J. Geils Band at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Ryan Montbleau Band at Fairfield Theatre Company; Sublime at Toad’s Place (also December 30, two-day passes available).

JANUARY 1 — The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Georgetown Saloon, Redding; New Riders of The Purple Sage at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

January 2 — Johnny Boots at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 8 — Brooks William at Redding Community Center (Lyrics Coffeehouse series), Redding; Pink Baby at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 9 — Soul Circus at The Georgetown Saloon; Johnny Winter at Toad’s Place, New Haven (CD release party);

January 12 — Gregg Allman at The Ridgefield Playhouse (also January 13);

January 13 — Gregg Allman at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

January 15 — Rascal Flatts at Mohegan Sun Arena, Darius Rucker opening; The Walter Lewis Trio at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 16 — Bo Bice at Infinity Music Hall; Rascal Flatts at Mohegan Sun Arena, Darius Rucker opening; Sister Funk at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 17 — Rakim at Toad’s Place, Rhymefest, They Walk on Water and Phenomeno opening (tickets from original November date will be honored);

January 18 — Lady Gaga at Mohegan Sun Arena, Kid Cudi and Jason Derulo opening;

January 22 — The Bernadettes at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 23 — The Marshall Tucker Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Old School Revue at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 29 — Blues Patrol at The Georgetown Saloon;

January 30 — Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon.

FEBRUARY 4 — Marc Cohn at Quick Center/Fairfield University; David Sanborn at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

February 5 — Aaron Lewis at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Bob Franke at Redding Community Center (Lyrics Coffeehouse series), Redding;

February 9 — Slayer and Megadeth at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Testament opening;

February 11 — Buckwheat Zydeco at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

February 12 — Phil Vassar at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Greg Brown at Infinity Music Hall;

February 13 — Kid Rock at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs at Infinity Music Hall;

February 14 — The Neville Brothers at The Ridgefield Playhouse with Dr John and Lower 911;

February 18 — George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

February 19 — Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell at Quick Center/Fairfield University; John Mayer at Mohegan Sun Arena, Michael Franti and Spearhead opening;

February 20 — Hot 8 Brass Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

February 25 — Flogging Molly at The Webster, Hartford;

February 26 — Phil Lesh and Bob Weir at Mohegan Sun Arena; Bobby McFerrin at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

February 27 — The Black Eyed Peas at Mohegan Sun Arena.

MARCH 4 — George Winston at Fairfield Theatre Company, Fairfield;

March 6 — Alice in Chains at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket;

March 7 — Dave Mason at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

March 13 — Leon Redbone at Quick Center/Fairfield University; Martina McBride and Trace Adkins at Mohegan Sun Arena;

March 21 — Killswitch Engage at The Oakdale, Wallingford, The Devil Wears Prada opening;

March 26 — Norah Jones at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket.

APRIL 1 — James Cotton at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

April 9 — Kevin Briody at Redding Community Center (Lyrics Coffeehouse series), Redding;

April 10 — Average White Band at Infinity Music Hall.