Music

12 Concerts in the Area Coming Up!

As we get deeper into the summer, more awesome shows are coming to the area.  The Jonas Brothers traveling circus invades Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena on the 25th (don’t even ask about tickets, it’s been sold out for a while I’m sure), while Dave Matthews Band comes to Blossom Music Center on the 29th.  Classic Rock more your thing?  House of Blues Cleveland has Pink Floyd tribute band Wish You Were Here playing Saturday night, and Lifestyles Community Pavilion has The Doobie Brothers (personal favorite) next Thursday.  The Marietta connection of the day goes to the George Strait concert on the 25th, which has Julianne Hough (here, here, and here) as a supporting act.

As a side note, I added more concerts from House of Blues and Lifestyles Community Pavilion last night, so check out the Regional Concert Guide for concerts further out than what’s shown here.

Mellon Arena – Wednesday, July 22nd
Green Day

Post-Gazette Pavilion – Saturday, July 25th
George Strait w/ Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough

Mellon Arena – Saturday, July 25th
The Jonas Brothers

House of Blues Cleveland – Saturday, July 25th
Wish You Were Here – The Sight & Sound of Pink Floyd

Lifestyles Community Pavilion – Tuesday, July 28th
Incubus

House of Blues Cleveland – Tuesday, July 28th
Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Amanda Blank

Blossom Music Center – Wednesday, July 29th
Dave Matthews Band

Time Warner Cable Amphitheater – Wednesday, July 29th
Incubus with The Duke Spirit

House of Blues Cleveland – Wednesday, July 29th
Sugar Ray with Fastball

Post-Gazette Pavilion – Thursday, July 30th
Lil’ Wayne

Lifestyles Community Pavilion – Thursday, July 30th
The Doobie Brothers

Blossom Music Center – Friday, July 31st
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, Bullet for my Valentine, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Job for a Cowboy, GodForbid, Behemoth, All That Remains, WhiteChapel, and Mushroomhead)

Concerts for the Week Ahead

Kind of a slow week.  NOT.  Billy Joel and Elton John take over Columbus tonight, and some country singer by the name of Taylor Swift drops by the Burgh and give Columbus another great show.  If you’re into rock ‘n roll, Crue Fest comes to Blossom, and Nickelback invades Post-Gazette Pavilion.  Enjoy the list below, and look for House of Blues Cleveland to join the list of venues we track soon!

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Bored? Riverfront Roar is This Weekend!

If you’ve checked the Writing on the Mall Calendar page lately, you’d see a lot of upcoming Marietta events.  Including this weekend’s Riverfront Roar.

The Riverfront Roar is a series of high-speed boat races up and down the Ohio River, and takes place on the Levy just like Sternwheeler.  There are plans for plenty of music, food, drinks, and racing, so check out the website for the schedule of a events.  The event is free to attend and takes place all this weekend down at the Levy by the Lafayette Hotel.

Concert Update and Ticket Deal

Well, AT&T finally got the internet working again, and I’m a bit behind on some things.

Like Live Nation making today a No-Fee sale day.  $30 gets you a lawn seat, drink, and hot dog for any show this summer at Blossom Music Center, Nautica Pavilion, Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, and Post-Gazette Pavilion (Links will take you to the list of concerts without service fees at each venue).  It’s not every concert, but it’s a nice selection of cheap seats and “free” food, which is about a $10-$12 savings in itself.

But here are all the concerts hitting the area in the next week.  And always remember that if you want to see all of the area’s concerts on one page, head over to the Regional Concert Guide.

Post-Gazette Pavilion – Today — Wednesday, July 8th
Vans Warped Tour

Time Warner Cable Amphitheater – Thursday, July 9th
Vans Warped Tour

Post-Gazette Pavilion – Friday, July 10th
Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick

Blossom Music Center – Friday, July 10th
Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lifestyles Community Pavilion – Saturday, July 11th
Collective Soul with Gavin Degraw

Nationwide Arena – Tuesday, July 14th
Billy Joel and Elton John

Concert Series Begins On Campus

Apparently the college has decided to hold a concert series in the newly-christened Kremer Amphitheater this summer.  Here’s the scoop directly from college.

June 29, 2009 — Marietta College kicks off the Kremer Amphitheatre Concert Series on Wednesday with a two-hour concert by the talented rhythm and blues artist Dav “Fathead” Davis.

“We invite the students, staff, faculty, their families and the Marietta community to this free outdoor concert in our new amphitheatre,” said David Travis, Director of Student Activities & Greek Life at Marietta College. “We had Dav ’Fathead’ Davis perform for our Coffee House Series during the academic year and he was probably the best musician I’ve heard in years.”

The Offices of Residence Life and Student Activities & Greek Life sponsor the Kremer Amphitheatre Concert Series. 

Davis, who sings and plays the electric piano, will be accompanied by his band. The seasoned performer has been entertaining for more than three decades.

The concert will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Kremer Amphitheatre, which is located outside of the new Legacy Library. Travis said guests can bring blankets on which to sit and free sodas will be available to concert goers.
The second installment of the series features a performance by the Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Enchanted. That concert is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 29.

“We hope to draw enough of a crowd to these two concerts so we can expand the series next year to four performances,” Travis said.

Enchanted entertains throughout Ohio by playing a wide range of bands and singers from Evanescence to The Doobie Brothers and Pink to Journey. They are most known for their Fleetwood Mac tributes. 

“Enchanted is also a very talented group of musicians and they really capture the sound of Fleetwood Mac,” Travis said.

In case of inclement weather for either performance, the concert venue will be changed to the Gathering Place, which is located on Marietta College’s campus at the corner of Butler and Seventh streets.
–Brenda Puckett
College Relations

It looks interesting, but it remains to be seen if the community will come, since the student body isn’t really around right now.  But a good idea none-the-less.  I’d like to see more things like this in the early Fall and late Spring.

Area Concerts This Week

This week there are a couple concerts that are coming to the area.

For those of you in Columbus tonight, head over to Lifestyles Pavilion for Counting Crows and Augustana.

In the Cleveland/Akron/Canton locale?  No Doubt and Paramore are playing at Blossom tonight.

The Fray and Jack’s Mannequin will be playing with Richard Swift at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater on July 1st.

For information on these concerts and more, check out the Regional Concert Guide, which has listings for 69 concerts at 13 venues in Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Charleston.

Regional Concert Guide Now Live!

Check out our new Regional Concert Guide for information about all the big concerts within 3 hours of Marietta.  We have compiled a list that includes 69 concerts at 13 venues, so check it out!

Julianne Hough Discounted Tix On Sale Through May 22nd

If you are a student, staff, or faculty member of Marietta College, time is running out for you to pick up your discounted tickets. $19 tickets are available through May 22nd in the Auxiliary Services office (McDonough Room 204). Supposedly it will be a good show, but I’m not a big country fan, so I would not know. The concert is June 1st in the Dyson-Baudo Recreation Center.

Benefit Concert TONIGHT at Gathering Place

Lambda Chi Alpha and the Independent Music Club are co-sponsoring Lambdapalooza, a celebration of music and charity.  Doors open at 7 PM, and ticket prices are $3 with college ID, or $5 for all others.  All proceeds from the event go towards the Michael J. Conte Memorial Scholarship Fund.  Here are the bands that will be there at some point…

Reece Churilla
Nate Diruzza
Marbles for Eyes
Doomascus
Simply Ira (the jazz guy)
This Level Is Clouds!
Discussions Inside The Color Wheel
Stockdale

There’s a little bit of everything playing tonight at the Gathering Place, so come support the Michael J. Conte Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Justice Coming to Marietta

Justice, a music duo from France, is coming to Marietta.  I don’t know much about them, other than I do have one song from them, called “D.A.N.C.E.”  It’s pretty good.  They’re a club group, so be ready to dance if you go.

It’s Saturday night, starting at 8 PM.  The night is co-sponsored by CUB and Charles Sumner Harrison Organization.