*Stamford Center for the Arts will present the Palace Theatre debut of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers – INDIGO GIRLS – with special guest Girlyman, on Friday, November 5, at 8 pm.

Tickets are still available and are priced at $27 and $40, with $2 of each ticket purchase going towards the theater’s restoration project. Tickets may be purchased by phone with major credit cards by visiting TeleCharge at 800-233-3123, online at www.telecharge.com, or from SCA’s website, www.OnlyAtSCA.com.

Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Palace Theatre box office, 61 Atlantic Street in downtown Stamford. The box office is open weekdays from noon to 5 pm, and on performance Saturdays and Sundays from two hours prior to curtain.

*Speaking of next week, THE HOT BUTTERED RUM STRING BAND will be pulling into Bridgeport in their vegetable oil-powered bus on Thursday for a show at The Acoustic Café. Tickets are just $8 for the 8 pm show; call 203-335-3655 for last-minute reservations.

*Tickets are going on sale this weekend for a December 10 stop by CLAY AIKEN’s Joyful Noise Tour. Aiken and his orchestra will be performing at the careerbuilder.com Oakdale in Wallingford.

Tickets will be priced at $38, $48 and $58, and will be available Saturday beginning at 10 am through the Oakdale’s box office and any tickets.com vendor.

*Coinciding with the release of his first studio album in five years, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD will be on the road this fall, and the tour includes a stop at The Webster Theater in Hartford on November 23. Tickets for the all-ages show are $25.

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

OCTOBER 29 — Big Shot at Toad’s Place, New Haven; The 6th Annual Fonghoulish Freakout at The Webster Theater, Hartford, featuring The Breakfast, Otherwise, Mathieu and Kudzu; WKSS-FM Boo Bash at CT Expo Center, Hartford, featuring Ryan Cabrera, Christina Milian and Tone Loc; The Twinkies at The Georgetown Saloon; Sister Funk at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, Robert Urbon opening; Jeffrey Gaines at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y.;

October 30 — The Deftones and Dredge at The Webster Theater; Twista at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, Ledyard; SideShow at The Brickyard, Hartford; The International Brunch Mummies at Tuxedo Junction’s Monkey Bar, Danbury; Bone Dry at The Georgetown Saloon (also Halloween party – call for details); Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford; Sloan Wainwright at The Acoustic Café; Bill Miller at Towne Crier Café, Steve Kirkman opening;

October 31 — Annual Kooks & Spooks Convention at Toad’s Place; The Stoneband at The Georgetown Saloon; Raisin Hill at The Acoustic Café (costume party); Joe Bonamassa at The Webster Theater; Ellis Paul at Towne Crier Café.

NOVEMBER 1 — Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville;

November 3 — The Tiger Lillies at Fairfield University’s Quick Center; Cradle of Filth at Toad’s Place (all ages);

November 4 — The Hot Buttered Rum String Band at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Skinny Puppy at The Webster Theater (all ages);

November 5 — R.E.M. at Mohegan Sun Arena; Mest at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Bayside, Hawthorne Heights and Punchline opening (all ages); Roxy Perry at The Georgetown Saloon, Georgetown; Marc Douglas Berardo at The Acoustic Café; California Guitar Trio at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y.;

November 6 — Everclear at The Webster Theater (all ages); Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon; Housewives On Prozac at The Acoustic Café, Mother Lode opening; David Lindley and Laurence Juber at Towne Crier Café;

November 7 — Tom Shulz & Chance Brown at The Georgetown Saloon; Eric Andersen at The Acoustic Café; Simple Plan at The Webster Theater (all ages); Maura O’Connell at Towne Crier Café, Dan Bonis opening.