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LETCHER COUNTY

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

THE TAMS; Fri., Aug. 26 at Jenkins City Park for Jenkins Homecoming Days.

KID LIBERTY with CITY LIGHTS; Fri., Aug. 26 in Whitesburg at Letcher County Tourism Building.

L.A. GUNS; Thu., Sept. 1 in Whitesburg at Summit City.

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS; Thu., Sept. 15 in Whitesburg at Letcher County Tourism Building.

VELVET TRUCKSTOP with REAGAN BOGGS & THE COAL MEN; Fri., Sept. 23 in Whitesburg at Summit City.

THE STEEPWATER BAND; Sat., Sept. 24 in Whitesburg at Summit City.

LAUDERDALE; Fri., Oct. 7 in Whitesburg at Summit City.

MARK KNIGHT & THE GREAT SOUTHERN; Sat., Nov. 19 in Whitesburg at Summit City.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

BLUE HIGHWAY; Thu., Nov. 17 in Whitesburg at Appalshop Theater for Bluegrass Express Live.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Appalshop, 633-0108; Summit City, 214 Main St., 633-2715)

ASHEVILLE, N.C.

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

SAVING ABEL; Sun., Aug. 21 at The Orange Peel.

THE BEACH BOYS; Sat., Aug. 27 at Biltmore Estate.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE; Tue., Aug. 30 at The Orange Peel.

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD; Sat., Sept. 3 at The Orange Peel.

STYX; Sat., Sept. 3 at Biltmore Estate.

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT; Sat., Sept. 3 at the Grey Eagle.

ERASURE; Sun., Sept. 4 at The Orange Peel.

DWEEZIL ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA; Wed., Sept. 7 at The Orange Peel.

SWANS; Fri., Sept. 9 at The Orange Peel.

SISTER HAZEL; Sun., Sept. 11 at The Orange Peel.

LOS LONELY BOYS; Tue., Sept. 13 at The Orange Peel.

GIRLS; Thu., Sept. 14 at The Orange Peel.

MELISSA FERRICK; Wed., Sept. 21 at the Grey Eagle.

MEAT PUPPETS; Thu., Sept. 22 at the Grey Eagle.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS; Wed., Sept. 28 at The Orange Peel.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY; Fri., Sept. 30 at The Orange Peel.

BRUCE COCKBURN; Sat., Oct. 1 at The Orange Peel.

FLEET FOXES; Tue., Oct. 4 at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

EDDIE MONEY; Fri., Oct. 7 at Biltmore Estate.

ADELE; Tue., Oct. 11 at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

DAWES with BLITZEN TRAPPER; Fri., Oct. 21 at The Orange Peel.

THE JAYHAWKS; Tue., Oct. 25 at The Orange Peel.

UNKNOWN HINSON; Fri., Oct. 28 at the Grey Eagle.

TRUTH & SALVAGE CO.; Sat., Oct. 29 at the Grey Eagle.

CHRIS KNIGHT; Wed., Nov. 2 at the Grey Eagle.

REVEREND HORTON HEAT with SUPERSUCKERS; Wed., Nov. 2 at The Orange Peel.

TAD LEO & THE PHARMACISTS; Thu., Nov. 10 at the Grey Eagle.

CHRIS HILLMAN & HERB PEDERSON; Sat., Nov. 12 at the Grey Eagle.

JORMA KAUKONEN (of Hot Tuna); Fri., Nov. 18 at the Grey Eagle.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA with JIM LAUDERDALE; Fri., Oct. 7 at The Orange Peel.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., 1-828-232-5800; Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood St., 1-800- 745-3000; Biltmore Estate, 1-800-411- 3812; Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St., 1-800-745-3000; Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., 1-828-232- 5800)

ASHLAND, Ky./ HUNTINGTON, W.Va.

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

CARNIVAL OF MADNESS tour featuring Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way and Emphatic; Sun., Sept. 11 at Harris Riverfront Park. Ticketmaster.com.

THE MONKEES; Fri., Sept. 2 at Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

OAK RIDGE BOYS; Fri., Aug. 26 at Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

REBA McENTIRE; Sat., Oct. 15 at Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Paramount Arts Center, 1300 Winchester Ave., Ashland, 1-606-324- 3175; Big Sandy Superstore Arena, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Huntington, 1-304- 696-5990; Harris Riverfront Park, 94 3rd Ave., Huntington. )

BRISTOL, TENN.

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

BLUE OYSTER CULT; Sat., Nov. 5 at Viking Hall.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS; Tue., Aug. 23 at Paramount Center for the Arts.

BRISTOL RHYTHM & ROOTS REUNION featuring Mary Stuart, Jim Lauderdale, Dale Watson, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Seldom Scene, The Tony Rice Unit, Blue Highway and others; Fri.-Sun., Sept. 16-18 on State Street in downtown Bristol. 1-423- 573-4898.

GENE WATSON; Sun., Nov. 20 at Paramount Center for the Arts.

STAGE & COMEDY

BUDDY VALASTRO: CAKE BOSS; Thu., Dec. 1 at Viking Hall.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Paramount Center for the Arts, 518 State St., 1-423-274-8920; Viking Hall, 1-423-764-0188)

CHARLESTON, W.VA.

ROCK, POP, BLUES,

RAP, CHRISTIAN

BRUCE HORNSBY; Fri., Oct. 14 at Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences

CHRIS TOMLIN with LOUIE GIGLIO; Sat., Nov. 5 at Charleston Municipal Auditorium.

AIR SUPPLY; Fri., Nov. 18 at Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences.

STAGE & COMEDY

WANDA SYKES; Sun., Oct. 2 at Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Charleston Municipal Auditorium and Charleston Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, 1-304-345-7469; Clay Center for The Arts and Sciences, One Clay Square, 1-304-561-3570)

CINCINNATI/ NORTHERN KY. AREA

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

HIPPIEFEST 2011 FEATURING DAVE MASON (formerly of Traffic), MARK FARNER (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad), GARY WRIGHT, RICK DERRINGER and FELIX CAVALIERE’S RASCALS; Sat., Aug. 20 in Kettering, Ohio at Fraze Pavilion.

STEVIE NICKS; Sat., Aug. 20 at PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center.

BLINK 182 with MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE; Sun., Aug. 21 at Riverbend Music Center.

JIMMY BUFFET & THE CORAL REEFER BAND; Tue., Aug. 23 at Riverbend Music Center.

CHICAGO; Fri., Aug. 26 in Kettering, Ohio at Fraze Pavilion.

INCUBUS; Sat., Aug. 27 at Riverbend Music Center.

PETER FRAMPTON; Sun., Aug. 28 at PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center.

DOOBIE BROTHERS; Tue., Aug. 30 in Kettering, Ohio, near Cincinnati, at Fraze Pavilion.

LYNYRD SKYNYRD; Fri. Sept. 2 in Kettering, Ohio, near Cincinnati, at Fraze Pavilion.

MARC BROUSSARD; Sat., Sept. 17 in Covington, Ky., at Madison Theater.

JOHN HIATT & THE COMBO with BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS; Fri., Oct. 7 at Taft Theater.

WIDESPREAD PANIC; Sun., Oct. 16 at PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center.

CYNDI LAUPER & DR. JOHN; Sat., Oct. 29 at Taft Theater.

SONNY LANDRUTH; Thu., Nov. 10 in Newport, Ky., at the Historic Southgate House.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

ROBERT EARL KEEN; Fri., Sept. 9 in Covington, Ky., at Madison Theater.

TOBY KEITH with ERIC CHURCH; Thu., Sept. 29 at Riverbend Music Center.

DARIUS RUCKER; Sat., Oct. 22 at U.S. Bank Arena.

JAZZ, CLASSICAL, ETC.

AL JARREAU; Sat., Oct. 1 at Taft Theatre.

STAGE & COMEDY

DISNEY ON ICE: MICKEY & MINNIE’S MAGICAL JOURNEY; Fri., Oct. 28 at U.S. Bank Arena.

(Venue locations and telephone numbers: 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Rd., 1-513-731-8000; Aronoff Center’s Proctor and Gamble Hall, 650 Walnut St., 1-513-621-2787; Bank of Kentucky Center, 1-859-442-2652; Belterra Casino Resort, 777 Belterra Dr., 1-812-427-7777; Bogart’s, 2621 Vine St., 1-513-872-8801; Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering, Ohio, 1-937-296-3300; Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., 1-859-491-2444; PNC Pavilion & Riverbend Music Center, 6925 Kellogg Ave., 1-513-232-6220; Historic Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., 1-859-431- 2202; Taft Theatre, 317 East 5th St., 1-513-721-8883; U.S. Bank Arena, 1-513-421-4111)

JOHNSON CITY, TENN.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

LUKE BRYAN with LEE BRICE, JOSH THOMPSON and MATT MASON; Thu., Oct. 13 at Freedom Hall Civic Center (1320 Pactolas Rd.). 1-423- 461-4884.

LORRIE MORGAN; Sun., Dec. 4 at Freedom Hall Civic Center (1320 Pactolas Rd.). 1-423-461-4884.

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

LOS LONELY BOYS; Wed., Sept. 13 at the Bijou Theatre.

ATTACK ATTACK!; Mon., Sept. 26 at The Valarium.

WIDESPREAD PANIC; Mon.- Wed., Sept. 26-28 at Tennessee Theatre.

BONNIE PRINCE BILLIE; Tue., Oct. 4 at the Bijou Theatre.

B.B. KING; Fri., Oct. 14 at Tennessee Theatre.

BRETT DENNEN; Fri., Oct. 21 at the Bijou Theatre.

THE JAYHAWKS; Wed., Oct. 26 at the Bijou Theatre.

LOTUS; Mon., Oct. 31 at The Valarium.

PIXIES; Thu., Nov. 10 at Tennessee Theatre.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS; Wed., Aug. 24 at Tennessee Theatre.

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION featuring Jerry Douglas Sat.- Sun., Sept. 24-25 at the Tennessee Theatre.

SUGARLAND with SARA BAREILES; Thu., Oct. 16 at Thompson- Boling Arena.

TONY RICE & PETER ROWAN; Wed., Oct. 26 at Bijou Theatre.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St., 1-865-522-0832; Knoxville Auditorium & Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave., 1-865-656- 4444; Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St., 1-865-656-4444; Thompson-Boling Arena, 1600 Phillip Fulmer Way, 1-877- 995-9961; Valarium, 1213 Western Ave., 1-865-522-2820; World’s Fair Park, 1-865-656-4444)

LEXINGTON AREA

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

DEERHUNTER; Fri., Aug. 19 at Cosmic Charlie’s.

NONPOINT; Wed., Aug. 24 at Buster’s.

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT; Fri., Sept. 2 at Buster’s.

MARC BROUSSARD; Thu., Sept. 8 at Buster’s.

ROBERT CRAY BAND; Fri., Sept. 9 in Danville, Ky., at Norton Center at Centre College.

PSYCHEDELIC FURS with TOM TOM CLUB; Sun., Sept. 25 at Buster’s.

PETER FRAMPTON; Tue., Oct. 4 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

UNKNOWN HINSON; Fri., Oct. 21 at Cosmic Charlie’s.

TRUTH & SALVAGE CO.; Thu., Oct. 27 at Cosmic Charlie’s.

AVETT BROTHERS; Thu., Oct. 27 at Rupp Arena. Ticket sales begin Fri., Aug. 26.

JUDY COLLINS; Fri., Dec. 2 in Danville, Ky., at Norton Center at Centre College.

JIM BRICKMAN; Mon., Dec. 26 at Lexington Opera House.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

WYNONNA; Sat., Sept. 24 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY COUNTRY FESTIVAL featuring John Michael Montgomery, Troy Gentry, Jake Owen, Exile, Colt Ford, George Molton, and others; Fri.-Sat., Sept. 23-24 at Lykins Park in Winchester. 1-859-771-9612.

TAYLOR SWIFT; Sat., Oct. 29 at Rupp Arena.

DAILEY & VINCENT; Fri., Nov. 4 in Danville, Ky., at Norton Center at Centre College.

STAGE & COMEDY

PETER PAN; Sun., Sept. 25 at Lexington Opera House. Ticket sales begin Fri., Aug. 19.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN; Sat., Nov. 5 at Lexington Opera House. Ticket sales begin Fri., Aug. 19.

( Venue locations and telephone numbers: Buster’s, 899 Manchester St., 1-859-368-8871; Cosmic Charlie’s, 388 Woodland Dr., 1-859-309-9499; Rupp Arena & Lexington Opera House, 1-859-233-3535)

LOUISVILLE AREA

ROCK, POP, BLUES

RAP, CHRISTIAN

DEF LEPPARD; Fri., Aug. 19 at Freedom Hall.

MAROON 5 with TRAIN; Sun., Aug. 28 at Freedom Hall.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS; Tue., Aug. 30 in Louisville at Brown Theatre.

JACK’S MANNEQUIN; Fri., Sept. 2 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

OF MONTREAL; Mon., Sept. 5 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

SADE; Fri., Sept. 9 at KFC Yum Center.

KATY PERRY; Sat., Sept. 10 at KFC Yum Center.

RICK SPRINGFIELD; Fri., Sept. 23 in Elizabeth, Ind., near Louisville at Horseshoe Casino.

FLEET FOXES; Wed.-Fri., Oct. 5-7 at Louisville Palace.

JONNY LANG; Sat., Oct. 8 in Elizabeth, Ind., near Louisville at Horseshoe Casino.

PRIMUS; Mon., Oct. 10 at Louisville Palace.

B.B. KING; Thu., Oct. 13 at Louisville Palace.

THE JAYHAWKS with JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD; Fri., Oct. 14 in Louisville at Brown Theatre.

DAWES with BLITZEN TRAPPER; Thu., Oct. 20 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

THE BLACK ANGELS; Fri., Oct. 21 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

LOTUS; Wed., Nov. 2 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

THE PIXIES with SURFER BLOOD; Wed., Nov. 9 at Louisville Palace.

JOHN MELLENCAMP; Sun., Nov. 13 at Louisville Palace.

RACHEL YAMAGATA; Sat., Dec. 17 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

JASON ALDEAN with CHRIS YOUNG and THOMPSON SQUARE; Sat., Aug. 20 at Freedom Hall.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE; Tue., Aug. 30 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

DWIGHT YOAKAM; Fri., Sep. 2 in Elizabeth, Ind., near Louisville at Horseshoe Casino.

JAMEY JOHNSON; Fri., Sept. 16 in Elizabeth, Ind., near Louisville at Horseshoe Casino.

BUDDY MILLER with PATTY GRIFFIN; Wed., Oct. 5 at Headliner’s Music Hall.

TAYLOR SWIFT; Tue., Oct. 11 at KFC Yum Center. Rescheduled show.

AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL; Thu.., Dec. 15 at Louisville Palace.

(Venue locations and telephone numbers: Brown Theater, 315 W. Broadway, 1-800-775-7777; Freedom Hall, 937 Phillips Lane, 1-800-231- 8085; Headliners Music Hall, 1386 Lexington Rd., 1-502-484-8088; Horseshoe Casino, 11999 Casino Center Dr. SE, 1-888-ROMAN-4-U; KFC Yum Center, 1 Arena Plaza, 1-800-745-3000; Louisville Palace, 625 Fourth St., 1-502-583- 4555, ext. 221)

PIKEVILLE, KY.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

BILLY CURRINGTON with BRANTLEY GILBERT; Fri., Sept. 30 at Eastern Kentucky Expo Center (126 Main St.). 1-606-444-5500.

DARIUS RUCKER; Sun., Oct. 23 at Eastern Kentucky Expo Center (126 Main St.). Ticket sales begin Sat., Oct. 20. 1-606-444-5500.

STAGE & COMEDY

DISNEY ON ICE: 100 YEAR OF MAGIC; Sat., Oct. 15 at Eastern Kentucky Expo Center (126 Main St.). Ticket sales begin Fri., Aug. 19. 1-606-444-5500.

PRESTONSBURG, KY.

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS,

TRADITIONAL, ETC.

GENE WATSON; Fri., Sept. 9 at Mountain Arts Center.

RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MTN. BOYS; Sat., Sept. 10 at Mountain Arts Center.

(Venue locations and telephone numbers: Mountain Arts Center, 50 Hal Rogers Drive, 1-606-889-9125)

About this guide

This guide is published by The Mountain Eagle as a public service to help keep readers informed about entertainment events within driving distance of Letcher County. All dates are subject to change. Always check with the venues listed before traveling long distances.



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