*A reminder this week that 150 RPM, an acoustic/electric trio with an emphasis on strong vocal harmonies, will be playing Friday, December 8, from 8 to 11 pm, at Proud Mary’s, the lounge located at The Inn At Newtown, 19 Main Street in Newtown (telephone 270-1876). They will also appear at Proud Mary’s on December 29 and 30.

*Coming to the arena at Mohegan Sun in just over one month will be The Unpredictable Tour with Dreamgirls star and singer JAMIE FOXX and co-headliner FANTASIA, the winner of American Idol’s third season. Tickets for this show, which will be performing in Uncasville on Friday, January 19, will be on sale Friday, December 8, at 10 am.

Tickets have been set at $60 and $80 and will be available through TicketMaster vendors on Friday; remaining tickets will also be available through the Mohegan Sun Arena box office on Saturday.

*One year after their sold-out concert at the same venue, HALL & OATES will return to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 17, at 8 pm. Tickets for that show will be going on sale Saturday, December 9, at 10 am, through TicketMaster vendors. All seats are $35.

Remaining tickets will also be available at the arena’s box office beginning Sunday morning.

*Also going on sale this weekend – Friday morning at 10 – will be tickets for a country concert at The Chevrolet Theatre. SUGARLAND, who has been having a spectacular year, will be in Wallingford on Thursday, February 1, with Little Big Town.

Tickets for that concert are $38 and $48 each, and will be sold through TicketMaster outlets, LiveNation.com, and the box office at the theater.

*Mocha Coffee House in Sandy Hook will host two Christmas shows next weekend. First, on Friday, December 15, will be something currently being billed as simply “Christmas Show theater.” Stop in after 7 or so to find out what that’s all about.

Then on Saturday, Java Song will offer its third annual Christmas Night.

JENNY LEE & FREE THOUGHT will headline on Friday, December 22, and JS WINE returns the following evening. Mocha is at 3 Glen Road in Sandy Hook. Plenty of parking is available – don’t let the small number of spaces in front of the coffee house itself scare you. There’s a full, paved and fairly well lit free public parking lot one driveway down.

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 8 — John Sebastian at FTC’s StageOne, Fairfield; 150 RPM at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Fade To Blue at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 9 — The Beach Boys (Christmas show) at The (Waterbury) Palace Theater; Dark Star Orchestra at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages); Blue Steam Band at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 10 — Willie Nininger at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 12 — Overkill at The Webster Theater, Hartford;

December 13 — Georgetown Underground: local bands showcase at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 15 — Marshall Tucker Band at Toad’s Place; The Zambonis at FTC’s StageOne; Jay Stollman & The Black Rock All-Stars at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 16 — Java Song at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Marion Meadows jazz Christmas show at Toad’s Place; Old School Revue at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 17 — Do Diddley at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

December 20 — CKY at Toad’s Place (all ages); Georgetown Underground: local bands showcase at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 22 — Kelly Mittleman at The Georgetown Saloon; Jenny Lee & Free Thought at Mocha Coffee House; John Valby at Toad’s Place; Warrant at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

December 23 — JS Wine at Mocha Coffee House; Seth Shomes Band at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Roxy Perry at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 26 — Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Hartford Civic Center (shows at 3 and 8 pm);

December 27 — James Brown at The (Waterbury) Palace Theater; Georgetown Underground: local bands showcase at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 29 — 150 RPM at Proud Mary’s; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place; Uncle Mustache at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 30 — 150 RPM at Proud Mary’s; Hatebreed at Toad’s Place (all ages); Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon;

December 31 — Hatebreed New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at Toad’s Place; Roomful Of Blues at FTC’s StageOne (New Year’s Eve bash, call for info – reservations required); Doug Wahlberg Band at The Georgetown Saloon.