*Celebrating the release of her fourth studio album, KELLY CLARKSON will bring her fall tour to Connecticut on Friday, October 2. Tickets for the Mohegan Sun Arena show, which will include opening support from the Australian sister duo The Veronicas, will go on sale August 15.

Tickets are $55 and $75 and will be available on Saturday through TicketMaster; remaining tickets will also be available beginning Sunday through the casino’s box office.

*Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts released its 2009-10 schedule late last week and among the myriad offerings are some concerts that may be of interest to regular readers of this column.

Among those are three-time Grammy winning band LOS LOBOS on Friday, September 18 (tickets are $40-$50); fellow Grammy winner MARC COHN on February 4 ($30-$40); LUCY KAPLANSKY and RICHARD SHINDELL on Friday, February 19 ($30-$40); and LEON REDBONE on Saturday, March 13 (also $30-$40).

Full season details and tickets (individual shows and subscriptions) are available by visiting QuickCenter.com or calling 203-254-4010 or 877-278-7396.

*Local band THE SCREW-UPS will open the weekend at The Blue-Z Coffee House here in Newtown. The show is expected to run from 7 until about 9 pm.

THE SCHNEIDER BROTHERS, performing favorites from the 1960s-70s, will be in the house on Saturday from 7:30 until 9:30, and then DENNIS CHASE will have the Sunday afternoon slot, starting around 1 o’clock.

Next weekend’s music will be thanks to the talents of PABLO on August 21, THE FUNDLES on Saturday night, and JEN & BRIANNE on Sunday afternoon.

*Meanwhile across town at Mocha, LAURA SUMNER will continue the celebration of her first solo album, Dreamology, which came out in the spring, with a return to the Sandy Hook coffee shop Friday night. TOWERING DAYS will then bring its indie rock to Glen Road on Saturday.

*Fellow local musicians THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND will be at Bobby Q’s Main Street, under the sky on their rooftop patio, Saturday night. The venue is at 42 Main Street; call 203-454-7800 for specifics.

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

AUGUST 14 — Laura Sumner at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; The Screw-Ups at The Blue-Z Coffee House, Newtown; Off The Hook at Redding Roadhouse; Phish at The Comcast Theatre, Hartford; Robert Cray at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, Bridgeport; Heroes of Woodstock at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Ledyard, featuring Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Co., Ten Years After, Ton Constanten and Country Joe McDonald; String Fingers at Georgetown Saloon, Redding; The Radiators at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

August 15 — Towering Days at Mocha Coffee House; The Schneider Brothers at The Blue Z; The Doug Wahlberg Band at Bobby Q’s, Westport; Popa Chubby at The Ridgefield Playhouse; The Rebirth Brass Band at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues, Hartford; The Moody Blues at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; Joe Roberto with Poverty Hash & The Hat City Ramblers at Georgetown Saloon; Roomful of Blues at Infinity Music Hall;

August 16 — Dennis Chase at The Blue Z (afternoon show); The Wallflowers at The Ridgefield Playhouse; The Moody Blues at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville;

August 17 — Collective Soul at Ives Concert Park, Danbury;

August 19 — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at The Comcast Theatre;

August 20 — Creed at the Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford;

August 21 — Pablo at The Blue Z; Mambo Sons at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Rhythm Authority at Georgetown Saloon;

August 22 — The Fundles at The Blue Z; Lynyrd Skynyrd with The Doobie Brothers at the Chevrolet Theatre; Steve Miller at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods; River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs at Black-Eyed Sally’s; The Napkins at Georgetown Saloon;

August 23 — Jen & Brianne at The Blue Z (afternoon show); B.B. King at Ives Concert Park, with Marcia Ball, John Lee Hooker Jr, The Christopher Robin Band and Eran Troy Danner.