*I don’t get too much information from Colorado Brewery, but every now and then a show presents itself on my desk that’s worth noticing. Coming up next week is one such show: ADIOS PANTALONES, on Wednesday, November 21. Kick off your Thanksgiving weekend with this funk band that has been ruling UConn/Storrs and winning Hartford Advocate Best Of/Grand Band Slam awards for three years running (Best Rock 1999, Readers’ Choice 2000, and Best Funk 2001). UConn’s newspaper The Daily Campus has also named Adios Pantalones Best Band for the last three years, and was also named the on-campus Best Party Band/Best Band in 1999 by UConn students.

Two of the members of this funk band — bass guitarist and vocalist Floyd Kellogg and drummer Jeff Metcalf — are both from Newtown, so this month’s show in Danbury will be something of a homecoming. The have been together for four years (the band includes, in addition to Floyd and Jeff, sax player and vocalist Chip, trombone player and vocalist Drawz, guitarist John TG Leonard, and sax player, flutist and valist Jonny B), and the guys continue to celebrate the April release of the band’s self-titled debut CD.

Colorado Brewery, which has a cavernous area for live music, is at 6 Delay Street in Danbury. That’s in the heart of the CityCenter district, across the street from the skating rink and diagonally across the street from Patriot Garage. For additional band information visit www.AdiosPantalones.com.

*The next meeting of CONNECTICUT SONGWRITERS’ ASSOCIATION at Acoustic Café, 2926 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, will be Wednesday, November 21, at 8:30 pm. CSA is a singer-songwriter’s group that holds its monthly meetings at the Bridgeport venue; the group also meets weekly in smaller collectives to practice, share and help each other develop their music. The monthly meetings differ in that the event offers an open mic and showcase and the opportunity to meet other artists, network, develop your art, or just enjoy the performances of new, original music. Open mic begins the night from 8:30 to 9, and then three featured artists perform. CSA requests a $3 donation. The café can be contacted by calling 203-335-3655 (FOLK).

For anyone interested in learning more about the club or its members, the group will be holding a regular meeting at Sheraton Inn in Waterbury on Tuesday, November 13. The program begins at 7:15 and the guest speaker will be professional voice instructor Penny Nichols. Ms Nichols’ program is called “Sing Me Your Melody.” She is additionally the head of Summer Songs and a folk performer. Visit CSA’s Web page at www.CTSongs.com or call 860-945-1272 (1CSA) for details.

*This weekend in Woodbury, THE CHASE SCENE, TWO DAYS and STOPWATCH will be the featured bands for Woodbury Ski & Racquet Area’s 4th Annual Skate/Ski/Snowboard/Music Jam.  For detals on ticket prices and time of music, along with when different classes will be competing in the sporting events, contact the ski area at 203-263-2203.

In January the ski area will present its 30th Annual Rock & Reggae Party.

*RATT returns to the state later this month, this time sans original frontman Stephen Pearcy. What’s left of the band will be at The Webster Theater in Hartford on November 30. Next month, BEN FOLDS headlines on December 11, with Clem Snide opening.

Until next week, I’ll be seeing you… on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown 06470, or shannon@thebee.com; or call The Bee office at 426-3141.

Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

NOVEMBER 9 — Paul Geremia at Next Stop Café, Bethel; Amy Fradon at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y., Marc Black & The Funky Sex Gods opening; Hieroglyph at Acoustic Café, Black Rock; Hipnotic at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

November 10 — Alien Ant Farm at Toad’s Place, New Haven, The Apex Theory, Pressure 4-5 and Grover Dill opening; Fifty Percent Blues Band at Next Stop Café; Jane Siberry at Acoustic Café; Joe Rockstar at Tuxedo Junction;

November 10-11 — 4th Annual Woodbury Ski & Racquet Area Skate-Ski-Snowboard Music Jam, Woodbury, featuring The Chase Scene, Two Days and Stopwatch;

November 11 — Lucy Kaplansky at Acoustic Café; The Derek Trucks Band at Towne Crier Café;

November 14 — The Cult at The Webster Theater (all ages), Hartford;

November 15 — The Wayne Keenan Quartet at Carl Anthony’s, Monroe; Stealin’ Back at Next Stop Café; Mudstone at Acoustic Café;

November 16 — The Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield (two shows, 7 and 9:30 pm); Wayne Keenan and Dave Dana at 707 On Main, Monroe; Rocky Lawrence at Next Stop Café; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction;

November 18 — George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic at The Webster Theater, Drugs featuring Jen Leigh opening; Erik Bagger at Next Stop Café; Derek Trucks Band at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville; The Clancy Tradition at Towne Crier Café; Poppa Squat at Tuxedo Junction;

November 19 — SOLD OUT: Aerosmith at Mohegan Sun Arena, The Cult opening;

November 20 — Phil Lesh & Friends at ctnow.com Oakdale Theater; Bob Dylan at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Barenaked Ladies at The Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, opening act TBA;

November 21 — Adios Pantalones at Colorado Brewery, Danbury; CSA Songwriters’ Showcase at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Gargantua Soul at The Webster Theater, Throne, Grey cell Green and Pleasurecrush all opening (all ages).

November 23 — WDRC’s Legends II featuring Blood, Sweat & Tears with David Clayton Thomas, The Association, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Lou Christie, and The Tymes at ctnow.com Oakdale Theater; Max Creek at The Webster Theater (all ages); Walter & David at Next Stop Café; Cherish The Ladies at Towne Crier Café; John Wesley Harding at Tune Inn, New Haven, David Lewis opening; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;

November 24 — Gilberto Santa Rosa at The Webster Theater; Roy Bookbinder at Next Stop Café; Duke Robillard Blues Band at Towne Crier Café; Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction;

November 25 — Too Old To Care at Next Stop Café;

November 27 — Cold at The Webster Theater, Dope and Lifer opening (all ages).

November 30 — Shrdlu Ashe at Next Stop Café; Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield (rescheduled from October 12, original tickets honored); Ratt at The Webster Theater; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction.

DECEMBER 1 — Screaming Broccoli at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

December 2 — Britney Spears at Hartford Civic Center, O-Town opening;

December 6 — Three Dog Night at The Warner Theatre, Torrington;

December 7 — Erik Bagger at Next Stop Café, Bethel;

December 8 — Cheryl Wheeler at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y., Kenny White opening;

December 9 — King Crimson with John Paul Jones at The Palace, New Haven; Lynyrd Skynyrd at Foxwoods, Ledyard;

December 11 — Ben Folds at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Clem Snide opening;

December 15 — Robbie O’Connell’s Celtic Christmas at Towne Crier Café;

December 19 — CSA Songwriters’ Showcase at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport;

December 22 — Aztec Two Step at Towne Crier Café;

December 30 — Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen at Towne Crier Café;

December 31 — Johnny Rawls at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford.

JANUARY 10 — B.B. King at the Palace Theater, Stamford.