*Tickets for the BON JOVI concert I told you about a few weeks ago — the show will be at The Meadows in Hartford on Monday, August 4, with GOO GOO DOLLS opening — are going on sale this weekend. On-sale time is Saturday, April 19, at 10 am.

Prices are $85 for the reserved/pavilion area and $30 for the lawn. The wristband lottery for this on-sale will have distribution at 8 am, and the lottery drawing at 9:30.

 Tickets are available through the Oakdale box office in Wallingford (the Meadows has still not opened for the season), all Strawberries stores, and tickets.com.

*WAYNE KEENAN just returned from a two-month Mexico tour, and has set up a few shows now that he’s back in the area. Wayne will be at The Acoustic Café in Bridgeport on Saturdays, April 26, May 10 and June 14, and all shows start at 8 pm. Guest vocalist Vesta Williams will be joining Keenan and his jazz band.

The first two shows only have standing-room-only status left – tickets sold out within a few days, which led to the third show’s addition. Good seats are still available for that one, according to Wayne. Contact the café at 203-335-3655 for reservations.

*Earth Day 2003 will be next weekend, and Preservation Advocates for Terre Haute (PATH) has a week of activities scheduled to celebrate the occasion. One of the week’s highlights for the musically inclined will be “The Funky-Gia Earth*Nite Benefit” on Friday, April 25, at Colorado Brewery. Bands GIA and FUNKESTRA both have sets that night, with performances running from 8 pm until at least midnight.

Tickets are just $6 in advance, $7 at the door; call 791-1450 for reservations or details.

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 CONCERTS

APRIL 18 — Off The Hook at Rathskeller, Southbury; B.O.D. and Sideshow at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Peter Mulvey at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

April 18 & 19 — Todd Rundgren at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

April 19 — Third Annual WCC Rock Expo at CT Expo Center, Hartford, featuring Cold, Seether, From Zero, Double Drive, Splitshift and Gargantua Soul; Peter Obre and Alan Johnson at 707 On Main, Monroe; The Gyst at Tuxedo Junction; Raisin Hill at Acoustic Café; Everclear at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Authority Zero, Az-Iz, Fend, Mile Marker Zero, Offshoot and The Exies opening; 2 Skinnee Js at Toad’s Place (all ages, early start);

April 20 — Eventide at The Webster Theatre, 6Gig, In Itself and In Progress opening;

April 21 — Finch at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 22 — Yo La Tengo at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 23 — The Samples at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 24 — Home Grown at The Empress Ballroom, Danbury, The Reunion Show, Flashlight Brown, Red Chester and Doozer opening; Thursday at Toad’s Place, oneline drawing, Hot Cross and Cardia opening (all ages);

April 25 — Gia at Colorado Brewery, Danbury; Off The Hook at Carl Anthony’s, Monroe; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction; The Nields and Cadence Carroll at Acoustic Café; Johnny Winter featuring James Montgomery at Toad’s Place;

April 25 & 26 — Toto at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 26 — Good Charlotte and New Found Glory at Hartford Civic Center, Less Than Jake and Hot Rod Circuit opening; Wayne Keenan at The Acoustic Café, with guest vocalist Vesta Williams (limited seating left); Hipnotic at Tuxedo Junction; Fall Out Boy at The Empress Ballroom, Landis, Two Shots of Rye, A Chase Worthwhile and The Posterchild opening.

; Wayne Keenan at Acoustic Cafe; 7th Enemy, Gaiah, Hammerfist, Rucus and Tubesteak at The Webster Theatre;

April 27 — Tower of Power at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

April 28 — The Doors/Doors 21st Century (Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger & Ian Astbury) at Oakdale Theater;

April 29 — Dixie Dregs at Toad’s Place; The Used and Thrice at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

April 30 — Matt Nathenson at Acoustic Café; Jurassic 5 at Toad’s Place (all ages).