*A reminder to start this week’s column that THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND will be at Molly Darcy’s this weekend. Doug and crew will be playing at the Danbury eatery and Irish pub on Saturday, July 14, and plan to start 9:30 pm.

*Meanwhile, fellow local guys THE ADULTS will open the weekend with a show at Proud Mary’s, at 19 Main Street in Newtown, and my friend, musician, and fellow Associate Editor, JOHN VOKET will be doing a two-set acoustic happy hour show just down the road at The One-Eyed Pig, 71 South Main Street (within Ricky’s Plaza). Showtime for John is 5-8 pm.

*Tickets for BOB DYLAN’s September 8 show at Mohegan Sun Arena will be going on sale this weekend. Tickets are $49.50 for this one ($64.45 with taxes and fees), and will be available through TicketMaster beginning at 10 am Friday, July 13.

They will also be available at the casino’s box office beginning at 10 am Saturday if they haven’t sold out by then.

*Singer-songwriter GOTYE (“Somebody That I Used To Know”) will perform live at Mohegan Sun Arena with special guests Missy Higgins & Jonti on Wednesday, September 26.

Tickets are $25 and $35 and go on sale Friday, July 20, at 10 am, through TicketMaster online, through the vendor’s national Charge By Phone line at 800-745-3000, and at any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, July 21, subject to availability.

*The Webster in Hartford is hosting a benefit event next month for The VH-1 Save The Music Foundation.

LIFE ON THE SIDELINE, RAVEN DOWN, MEET EMILY, GABRIEL BG, WHITE ROSE CONFESSION, REVOLUTION ARCADE and at least six additional bands will be performing in the theater’s Underground stage on Saturday, August 25, beginning by late afternoon (doors open at 3).

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show, and proceeds will continue the non-profit organizations efforts to restore instrumental music education programs in America’s public schools, as well as to raise awareness about the importance of music (yea!!!) “as part of each child’s complete education,” according to Save The Music’s mission statement. Visit www.webstertheater.com for additional show details, and visit www.tickets.com or call 800-477-6849 to purchase tickets for this show.

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

JULY 13 —Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Shawn Mullins at Infinity Music Hall; Old School at Proud Mary’s; John Voket at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown; (SOLD OUT:Jason Aldean at The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, Luke Bryan and Rachel Farley opening)

July 14 — The Doug Wahlberg Band at Molly Darcy’s, Danbury; Phoenix Band at McGuire’s Ale House, Newtown; Alternate Universe at Proud Mary’s; Siren at The One-Eyed Pig; Joe Proc at The Lakehouse, Seymour; Morris Day & The Time at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

July 15 — Dave Mason at Infinity Music Hall; America at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Little River Band at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

July 17 — Young The Giant at The Dome at Oakdale, Wallingford; The Dirty Heads at Toad’s Place;

July 18 — WAR at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guest David Morgan; Joe Proc (hosting open mic) at Two Boots;

July 19 — MacTalla Mor at Dickinson Park; Peter White at Infinity Music Hall; Ed Kowalczyk at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; DJ Bongo Joe at Whiskey’s;

July 20 — Boston at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods; The Adults at Proud Mary’s;

July 21 — Scratch at The One-Eyed Pig; Emily Colt at Proud Mary’s; Joe Proc at The Lakehouse; Hoobastank at The Webster, Hartford; Candlebox at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; An Evening with The Malone Brothers at Infinity Music Hall; The Regulators at Fast Eddie’s Billiards Café, New Milford;

July 22 — John Ford Coley at Infinity Music Hall; Chris Botti at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

July 25 — Joshua Radin at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guest Tristan Prettyman and Scars on 45;

July 26 — Enrique Iglesias & Jennifer Lopez at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Impromptu Trio at Dickinson Park; Off The Hook at My Place Restaurant; Steve Azar at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Marc Cohn at Infinity Music Hall; Ingrid Michaelson at Toad’s Place, Greg Laswell opening;

July 27 — An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Midnight Rodeo Band at John J. Sullivan’s, Ansonia; David Cassidy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Brubeck Brothers Quartet at Infinity Music Hall; Citizen Jane at McGuire’s Ale House; DJ Bongo Joe at Oyster River Grille;

July 28 — The Allman Brothers Band and Santana at The Comcast Theatre; Otis & The Hurricanes at The One-Eyed Pig; The Doug Wahlberg Band at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, Westport; Tired On Sunday at Proud Mary’s; Dennis DeYong: The Music of Styx at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Pure Prairie League at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne; The Oak Ridge Boys at Infinity Music Hall (two shows, 2 and 8 pm);

July 29 — Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit and Marcy Playground at Mohegan Sun Arena; Tom Rush at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne.