Concerts

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Starship

July 23, McPhillips Street Station, 8 p.m. Mickey Thomas fronts the band who built this city on rock ’n’ roll. Tickets $30 at Ticketmaster.

 

The Abigails

July 23, St. James Anglican Church, 7:30 p.m. Folk duo of Jill Stafford and Brenda Poulsen. Admission $10.

 

Debra Lyn Neufeld DVD Release

July 23, Times Change(d), 10 p.m. Local blues rocker releases debut DVD, Sweet Pie Fruit. First 25 people at the show get a free apple pie. Admission $15

 

Sesame Street Live: Elmo’s Green Thumb

July 24 & 25, MTS Centre, various times. Elmo and his Sesame Street friends explore Big Bird’s garden. Tickets $16 & $23 at Ticketmaster.

 

The Big 10 Incher

July 24, Times Change(d), 7 & 10 p.m. Local roots-rocker Mayer Matt Allen and bluegrass mavericks the D. Rangers release a split 10-inch vinyl record. Admission $10.

 

Hank Night at the Honky Tonk

July 25, Times Change(d), 10 p.m. Tribute to Hank Williams. With Righteous Ike, Jaxon Haldane, the Honky Tonk Doughboys. Admission $10.

 

Janice Finlay

July 26, Assiniboine Park’s Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, 3 p.m. Free.

 

Glen and Debbie Campbell

July 27, McPhillips Street Station, 8 p.m. Country star teams up with his daughter. Tickets $60 at Ticketmaster.

 

Brent Parkin

July 28, Lyric Theatre, Assiniboine Park, 7 p.m. Blues veteran. Free.

 

Terri Clark

July 28 & 29, Club Regent, 8 p.m. Canadian country singer. Tickets $55 at Ticketmaster. July 29 sold out.

 

Social Distortion

July 29, Burton Cummings Theatre. Old-school punk band led by Mike Ness. With Civet and the Strangers. Tickets $39.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Kathy Kennedy & Blues Earth

July 29, Air Canada Park (rain site Portage Place), noon.

 

Nazareth

July 30, Silverado’s, 9:30 p.m. Scottish rock legends. With Barry G Player. Tickets $20 at 694-SHOW.

 

Papa Mambo

July 30, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m. 20-year anniversary show. Tickets $19, students/seniors $18 at Ticketmaster.

 

James van Norman

July 30, St. James Anglican Church, 7:30 p.m. Host of St. James’ coffee house, Scott MacPherson and Baltimore Road. Admission $10.

 

Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials

Aug. 1 & 2, Royal George and Times Change(d), 9 p.m. Pint-sized raucous Chicago bluesman. Saturday at Royal George, Sunday at the Times. Tickets $20 at Into the Music, 224-1882 & 957-0982.

 

Blink-182

Aug. 2, MTS Centre, 7 p.m. Reunited California pop-punk band. With Fall Out Boy and All American Rejects. Tickets $49.50, $59.50 & $69.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Clutch

Aug. 3, Garrick Centre, 8 p.m. If Frank Zappa fronted a metal band, the result would be Clutch. With Baroness and Lionize. Tickets $28 at Ticketmaster.

 

Moody Blues

Aug. 4, Centennial Concert Hall. Legendary British prog-rockers. Tickets $59, $79, $99 & $129 at Ticketmaster.

 

Marty Stuart

Aug. 4, McPhillips Street Station, 8 p.m. Country star who dabbles in honky-tonk. Tickets $35 at Ticketmaster.

 

Down

Aug. 5, Burton Cummings Theatre, 7 p.m. Southern sludge rockers featuring members of Pantera and C.O.C. With Voivod. Tickets $22.50 and $35 at Ticketmaster.

 

Les Voyous

Aug. 5, Air Canada Park (rain site Portage Place), noon. Free.

 

Great Woods Music Festival

Aug. 6-9, Great Woods Park, Beausejour. Blues, roots & rock fest. With Lee Rocker, Sherman Robertson, Big James & the Chicago Playboys and more. Four-day passes $85, single-day $18-$45 at Ticketmaster. Camping $22/ $25 a night.

 

Aerosmith & ZZ Top

Aug. 7, Canad Inns Stadium, 6 p.m. Boston hard-rock survivors tour with perennial Texas trio. Tickets $126, $172 & $218 at Ticketmaster.

 

Woodstock 40th Anniversary

Aug. 7 & 8, Times Change(d), 8:30 p.m. Celebration of famous festival featuring tributes to CCR, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, the Band, the Who, Janis Joplin and more by a cast of many. Admission $15.

 

Fred Eaglesmith

Aug. 11, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Roots-rocker known for marathon shows. Tickets $20 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

Richard Marx

Aug. 11, Club Regent Casino, 8 p.m. Sentimental singer-songwriter. Tickets $45 at Ticketmaster.

 

Silversun Pickups

Aug. 12, Garrick Theatre, 7:30 p.m. California noise-loving shoegaze popsters. With Manchester Orchestra, Cage the Elephant. Tickets $28.25 at Ticketmaster.

 

Prairie Jewel

Aug. 13, St. James Anglican Church, 7:30 p.m. Folk band. Admission $10.

 

Trooper

Aug. 14, McPhillips Street Station, 8 p.m. Pull out your headbands and raise a little hell with Can-rock legends. Tickets $31.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Progressive Nation 2009

Aug. 16, Burton Cummings Theatre, 7 p.m. Prog-metal wizards Dream Theatre and Zappa Plays Zappa team up for major guitar wankery. Tickets $62.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Busta Rhymes

Aug. 17, Blush Ultraclub, 9 p.m. New York rapper. Tickets $42 and $55 at Ticketmaster.

 

Rod Stewart

Aug. 17, MTS Centre, 8 p.m. Raspy-voiced rocker. Tickets $59.50, $99.50, 149.50 & $199.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Davy Jones

Aug. 19, Club Regent Casino, 8 p.m. Former Monkees lead singer is too busy singing to put anybody down. Tickets $31.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

AC/DC

Aug. 22, Canad Inns Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Australian rock legends on Black Ice world tour. Sold out.

 

Daniel O’Donnell

Aug. 24, MTS Centre, 7 p.m. Irish crooner known for his PBS specials. Tickets $45, $65 and $85 at Ticketmaster.

 

The Special Consensus

Aug. 29, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Bluegrass band celebrating 34th year. Tickets $20 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

Franz Ferdinand

Sept. 2, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. Scottish post-punk group. Tickets $35 at Ticketmaster.

 

The Tragically Hip

Sept. 7, 9, 10 & 11, Centennial Concert Hall, 8 p.m. Canadian icons on concert hall tour. Tickets $69.50 & $89.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Tennessee Three

Sept. 8, Club Regent Casino, 8 p.m. Remnants of Johnny Cash’s backing band. Tickets $31.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Trampled by Turtles

Sept. 10, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Speedgrass quintet from Duluth, Minn. Tickets $12 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

April Wine

Sept. 10, McPhillips Street Station, 8 p.m. Oowatanite, everything will be alright with this classic Canuck rock group. Tickets $36.50 at Ticketmaster. On sale July 9.

 

Killswitch Engage

Sept. 12, Winnipeg Convention Centre, 6:30 p.m. American metalcore band. With In Flames, Protest the Hero. Tickets $39.50 and $44.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Sirens of Song

Sept. 12, Garrick Centre, 8 p.m. Female singer-songwriter showcase. With Lynn Miles, Melanie Doane, Catherine MacLellan, Annabelle Chvostek. Tickets $28.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Keane

Sept. 16, Burton Cummings Theatre, 7:30 p.m. British piano-rock trio. With Lights. Tickets $39.50 & $27.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Edguy

Sept. 16, Royal Albert, 10 p.m. German power-metal practitioners. With Epicurean, Luna Mortis. Tickets $25 at ticketworkshop.com.

 

Cuff The Duke

Sept. 17, Royal Albert, 10 p.m. Indie-roots. Tickets $12 at Into the Music, Music Trader and ticketworkshop.com.

 

Ani DiFranco

Sept. 19, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. Acclaimed singer-songwriter with a sharp political edge. Tickets $40 at Ticketmaster.

 

White Cowbell Oklahoma

Sept. 19, Royal Albert, 10 p.m. Toronto southern-rock rowdies. Tickets $13 at Into the Music, Music Trader and ticketworkshop.com.

 

Obituary

Sept. 20, Royal Albert, 7 p.m. Pioneering Florida death metal band. With Goatwhore, Krisiun, Berzerker, Warbringer. Tickets $32.50 at ticketworkshop.com.

 

Crystal Gale

Sept. 21, Club Regent Casino, 8 p.m. Long-haired songstress guaranteed to make your brown eyes blue. Tickets $47.25 at Ticketmaster.

 

Eric Bogle

Sept. 23, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter who made it onto the Australian version of Trivial Pursuit. Tickets $22 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

The Hold Steady

Sept. 24, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. America’s greatest bar band. Sold out.

 

Winnipeg Rock Reunion

Sept. 26, Convention Centre, 7 p.m. Members of Gettysbyrg Address, the Fifth, Sugar ’N Spice and more reunite. Tickets $26.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Dragonforce

Sept. 26, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. British power metal monsters with a positive vibe. With Sonata Arctica. Tickets $39.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Keith Urban

Sept. 26 & 27, MTS Centre, 7:30 p.m. Australian country star on Escape Together tour. With Lady Antebellum. Sept. 26 show sold out. Tickets $84.50, $69.50 & $20 at Ticketmaster.

 

Stratovarius

Sept. 27, Garrick Centre, 7 p.m. Veteran Finnish power metal band. Tickets $28.50 at ticketworkshop.com.

 

Dougie MacLean

Sept. 29, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Scottish singer-songwriter. Tickets $22 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

Youth Brigade

Sept. 30, Pyramid Cabaret, 10 p.m. Aging California punk pioneers. With Bouncing Souls, Off With Their Heads, Saint Alvia Cartel. Ticket info TBA.

 

Elliott Brood

Sept. 30, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Acclaimed Toronto alt-country trio. Tickets $17 at Ticketmaster, Music Trader, WECC.

 

The Gaslight Anthem

Oct. 1, Garrick Centre, 8 p.m. Bruce Springsteen lovers from his home state of New Jersey. With Murder By Death, Loved Ones, Frank Turner. Tickets $22 at Ticketmaster.

 

Final Fantasy

Oct. 2, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Polaris Prize-winning violinist/singer-songwriter. Tickets $17 at Ticketmaster, Music Trader, WECC.

 

George Jones

Oct. 5, Centennial Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Country legend known as the “possum.” Tickets $50, $55 and $60 at Ticketmaster.

 

Doc Walker

Oct. 9, Pantages Playhouse Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Manitoba’s biggest country band. Tickets $29.50 and $37.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Metallica

Oct. 12, MTS Centre. Thrash metal pioneers riding high on the strength of latest album, Death Magnetic. Sold out.

 

Tony Bennett

Oct. 13, Centennial Concert Hall, 8 p.m. The American icon himself. Tickets $83, $125 and $146 at Ticketmaster.

 

Mark Berube & the Patriotic Few

Oct. 14, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. One of the highlights of this year’s folk festival. Tickets $12 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

Blue Man Group

Oct. 16, MTS Centre. Mute, blue-skinned trio that plays quirky, homemade instruments, backed by an eight-piece band. With performance artist David Garibaldi. Tickets $55.50 & $85.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Amy Millan

Oct. 18, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Stars co-frontwoman on solo tour. Tickets $15 at Ticketmaster.

 

Lee Harvey Osmond

Oct. 21, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Roots-rock supergroup with members of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, the Cowboy Junkies and Skydiggers. With Jon Amor. Tickets $20 at Ticketmaster, WECC.

 

John Prine

Oct. 23, Pantages Playhouse Theatre. One of America’s greatest singer-songwriters. Tickets $62 at Ticketmaster.

 

Flogging Molly

Oct. 24, Burton Cummings Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Traditional Irish music meets punk rock. With Inward Eye. Tickets $21.50 and $31 at Ticketmaster.

 

Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars

Nov. 1, Pantages Playhouse Theatre, 8 p.m. Former member of Buena Vista Social Club. Tickets $39.50 at Ticketmaster, Folk Fest Music Store.

 

Kenny Shields & Streetheart

Nov. 10, Cowboys, 9:30 p.m. With Velocity. Tickets, $20 at 694-SHOW.

 

Dinosaur Jr.

Nov. 17, Pyramid Cabaret, 10 p.m. Reunited indie-rock pioneers. Tickets $30 at Ticketmaster.

 

Cat Empire

Nov. 24, Garrick Centre, 8 p.m. Australian funk band. Tickets $29.50 at Ticketmaster.

 

Billy Bragg

Nov. 28, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. One of the world’s greatest folksingers. Tickets $35 at Ticketmaster and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store.