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The Menus offer a wild, side-splitting hilarious show combined with musical content profoundly orchestrated. This concert is a crowd pleaser extraordinaire and features adult humor that may be unsuitable for younger audiences.
Concerts are held at the Stubbs Park Amphitheater, 255 W. Spring Valley Road. Concerts begin at 7 p.m., except where otherwise noted. The amphitheater offers lawn seating only, so bring your blanket or chairs.
All concerts are free and open to the public.
On June 3rd the mask mandate lifts in Ohio, and that means it’s a lot easier to get back to the fun things we’ve been missing since the pandemic shutdown. One of the types of gatherings people have been missing the most is seeing live music. Local venues, like The Brightside, are excited to be hosting concerts again.
The Brightside started hosting music in 2019, and just as they approached their one-year anniversary, the COVID shutdown went into effect. The independent venue located on East 3rd St, near the corner of Keowee, pivoted to weddings, sold merchandise, and hosted virtual events over the past year.
“We’re grateful to the community for their support during this challenging time,” music booker Libby Ballengee, told us. “Our biggest goal was to keep improving the venue and when it’s safe, get back to hosting music events. Those events are so joyful!”
The improvements have included adding UV filters to the ductwork in order to clean the circulating indoor air. The venue was also able to add a patio, where they can host outdoor concerts.
The venue’s first show back since the mask mandate has been lifted features three up-and-coming local musicians who perform an eclectic mix of Soul, R&B, Pop & Electronic music: Mariah J, Gabe Maas & The Bruins, and Isicle. These artists are pushing boundaries in their respective genres, and are thrilled to be performing for Dayton audiences again. This show is planned to be outdoors on patio unless inclement weather.
Learn more about The Brightside’s upcoming shows at: TheBrightsideDayton.com
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Where: The Brightside at 905 E 3rd St, Dayton, OH 45402
When: Thursday June 3, 2021 from 7-10pm
Cost: $10
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music-with-mariah-j-gabe-maas-the-bruins-isicle-the-brightside-tickets-156363237653
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TICKETS for all shows go on sale Saturday, June 5th at 10:00 AM. BUY TICKETS at Fraze FanFare Store, Fraze Pavilion Ticket Office (6/5 only), Online at fraze.com and etix.com or Charge By Phone 1-800-514-3849.
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Family Fun… a cross between “Name that Tune” and Bingo. Its FREE and every Tuesday at Steve & Tammy’s Tavern on Beyers!
Multi-Grammy Award winning blues icon Buddy Guy and Grammy-nominated blues/soul/funk group Robert Randolph & The Family Band will hit the road together this year. The duo will stop in Huber Heights, OH at Rose Music Center on Friday, August 27.
The title of Buddy Guy’s latest album says it all: The Blues Is Alive and Well. The legendary blues artist’s eighteenth solo LP and follow-up to 2015’s Born to Play Guitar showcases his raw and unadulterated sound, its fifteen tracks a true pleasure for aficionados and genre newcomers alike. Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 7 GRAMMY Awards, a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 37 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. At 83 years young, Guy proves that it gets greater later as he continues to record and tour around the world.
Many musicians claim that they “grew up in the church,” but for Robert Randolph that is literally the case. The renowned pedal steel guitarist, vocalist and songwriter led such a cloistered childhood and adolescence that he heard no secular music while growing up. If it wasn’t being played inside of the House of God Church in Orange, New Jersey — quite often by Robert and members of his own family, who upheld a long but little known gospel music tradition called sacred steel — Randolph simply didn’t know it existed. Which makes it all the more remarkable that the leader of Robert Randolph and the Family Band — whose label debut for Sony Masterworks, Got Soul — is today an inspiration to the likes of Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Derek Trucks, all of whom have played with him and studied his technique. It wasn’t until he was out of his teens that Randolph broke away from the confines of his social and musical conditioning and discovered rock, funk, soul, jazz and the jam band scene, soon forging his own sound by fusing elements of those genres.
By the early 2000s, Randolph had begun applying his dazzling steel guitar technique to secular music, and from that grew the Family Band. The group’s sound was so different than anything else around that they were soon packing New York City clubs. Their first album, 2002’s Live at the Wetlands, was recorded at the now defunct jam band haven, and was followed by four studio albums and another live set, each widening the band’s audience—they’ve long been regulars on the festival circuit—and broadening their stylistic range as well.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 11am on Friday, May 28th at Ticketmaster.comand RoseMusicCenter.com.
Encore Drive-In Nights featuring the one and only Bon Jovi will air at here at the Dixie on Saturday, May 22! 
TICKET INFORMATION :ALL TICKETS available at – www.encorenights.com/bonjovi
Hidden Gem Music Club, anew live music venue at the Normandy Square Shopping Center, has been in the works for a while, originally filing for their liquor permit in August of 2019. Co-founder Tony Scmidt says the plan is for them to host local bands and musicians while brining in some outside acts every now and then. The line up will include rock, blues, funk, jazz and hip hop, with the hopes to appeal to a broad audience.
Located behind The Submarine House at 507 Miamisburg- Centerville Road, this spot has a long history in Dayton nightlife, formerly housing the Normandy Banquet Center, Intrigue, The Liquid Room and so many more.
The music line up for opening week is as follows:
507 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Centerville, OH 45459
For booking please email: [email protected]
Alice Cooper will make his long-awaited return to the road on a headline tour this Fall. The tour kicks off September 17 in Atlantic City and includes a stop in Huber Heights, OH at Rose Music Center on Tuesday, September 28. Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will appear as special guest.
Cooper, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, usually spends up to six months a year on the road, bringing his iconic brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie. Alice Cooper concerts remain a “not-to-be-missed” attraction!
Cooper’s universally acclaimed new album Detroit Stories is out now via earMUSIC. The record is a celebration of the sound and spirit of the Golden Era of Detroit rock, and debuted on the Billboard Album sales chart at #1 upon release in February.
The Associated Press called Detroit Stories “a masterpiece of classic rock, soul and R&B in homage to the city that produced him,” while Entertainment Weekly proclaimed the release “a love letter from Cooper to his city, and one that encourages a deep dive into his own back catalog and that of his peers.” Variety deemed the album “a delicious tip of the hat to ’70s classics such as ‘Killer’ and ‘School’s Out’ without sounding like a throwback.” Rolling Stone enthused, “That spirit of rock & roll abandon still exists in Cooper’s music half a century later, and his inherent showmanship is why people still fill theaters to see his guillotine act. It’s also why his records are still fun to listen to: You never know where he’s headed.” Get it here.
“We’ve always had fun touring together and it should be a heavy rock show with Ace and a great way to get everyone back to live concerts again,” says Cooper. “It should be a great night of virtuoso guitars!”
Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues his reflections on a lifetime in music with Origins, Vol. 2. No stranger to cover versions throughout his musical history — having recorded, rebranded and repossessed such notable nuggets as “New York Groove,” “Do Ya” and “I Wanna Go Back” over the course of his eight previous studio efforts — this new collection presents a thoughtful and exciting selection of songs that inspired and helped shape the legendary guitarist. Foremost of importance to the original Spaceman is delivering an album his fans will enjoy, but one where every song also has a place in his life’s jukebox.
“I’ve known Alice for over 30 years,” says Frehley. “We’re good friends, and we’ve toured together numerous times and always had a blast. Our musical roots are very similar, and the combination of our two bands make for a great event that nobody is gonna want to miss. Being off the road for more than a year because of the pandemic has been tough on everyone in the music industry, and I’m really looking forward to seeing all of the fans happy, healthy, and ready to rock.”
Tickets for the Huber Heights show will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, May 21st at www.Ticketmaster.com and the Rose Music Center box office.
Over 11 years ago, six long time seasoned musicians who love to rock it out, joined forces to bring some amazing music to Southwest Ohio. Fronted by the amazing lead vocals of Pam Grote, Pandora Effect quickly established itself as a great live band that features expert musicianship, killer lead and backing vocals and splendid reproductions of some of the greatest songs ever recorded. From Led Zeppelin to Heart and Janis to Pink, Pandora Effect creates fun and excitement that will keep you rocking and on your feet all night long!
Rick plays a variety of acoustic classic rock, country, and everything in between. Show starts at 8pm. As always, this a family friendly, FREE event for all ages.
Many music fans in recent years have complained that modern music has lost something. Some indefinable quality, common in the musical landscape of decades past, is now missing in the mainstream.
Scott Houchens, songwriter and pianoman of Dayton, Ohio’s “The Pullouts”, wants to give listeners what they lost. The Pullouts’ 2014 album, The Thought of You Waiting on Me, is full of what Houchens describes as “weary songs laced with hope and happy songs with a sad message” that sound like they’d be more at home in your dad’s record collection than on your iPhone.
Join vocalist, Kelli Campbell, bassist, Eddie Brookshire, pianist, Keigo Hirakawa and drummer, Lee McKinney on stage or sit back, relax and listen to live jazz at its best. Musicians and vocalists welcomed.
Featuring the following artists and many more with great musical surprises in store!
-Fred Gillespie and the Swamp Bees, with special guests Ashley Baumgarten, Chuck Evans, and Randy Smith present a lively, take-no-prisoners mix of powerful musicianship, strong original material, blues, R&B and classic rock in a tight three-piece format featuring blazing lead guitar and strong vocals.
-Jimmy D. Rogers and I Dig Pig: Jimmy is a long-time regional favorite known for his keyboard mastery and extraordinary songwriting. He specializes in old-time boogie piano, and puts on a lively, engaging performance every time he takes a stage!
-Sister Salem, featuring James Clark and Ferris Gillespie, is an up-and-coming new band which has quickly become a fan favorite in Middletown and the surrounding area. Featuring the sultry vocals of Gabrielle Anais Sears, the smooth vocals of James Clark, and the stellar guitar playing tandem of Ferris Gillespie and James Clark, this band presents an eclectic and entertaining mix of rock, blues, and Americana.
Free parking behind the building off of Broad Street and off of First Street
Saturday 5/22