The fall will be filled with leather, face paint, pyrotechnics and iconic anthems when KISS brings its “Freedom To Rock” tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Oct 29. No word on ticket sales yet. mohegansun.com.
Even more legendary than KISS, if that’s possible, country giant Loretta Lynn ($110-$155) plays Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield on Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. ridgefieldplayhouse.com.
Julien Baker has gone from playing coffee houses to playing concert halls, all while she was still in college. The singer writes emotionally raw and candid songs about faith, identity, empathy and doubt. Baker was just added to the bill opening for Peter Bjorn and John ($20-$22) at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. Wry, bespectacled piano man from North Carolina, Ben Folds ($39 – $49), plays College Street Music Hall on Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. Foals, Bear Hands and Kiev ($25) all play College Street Music Hall on Nov. 5. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday, July 15, at 10 a.m. Though the cover of Chase Rice‘s new album shows him sitting on the back of a pickup, the country singer has said he aims to transcend the trucks-and-brews themes of the genre. Rice ($21.99-$31.99) kicks off his “Everybody We Know Does” tour at College Street Music Hall on Sept. 8. Tickets go on sale July 15 at 10 a.m. collegestreetmusichall.com.
Evoking Jerry Garcia and Van Morrison in their ability to fuse psychedelic explorations, jazzy rhythms and folk forms, Ryley Walker plays a free show at BAR New Haven on Nov. 2 at 9:30 p.m. barnightclub.com.
The Marshall Tucker Band ($65, $80) play Infinity Hall Norfolk Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. and then Infinity Hall Hartford on Sept. 23 at 8:30 p.m. Prog-classical innovators Renaissance ($49-$74) play Infinity Hall Hartford on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Rosemary Gill performs a free show, “When Summer Stock Came to Town,” at Infinity Hall Norfolk on Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. infinityhall.com.
Mobb Deep ($35-$40) will play Toad’s Place in New Haven on July 28 at 9 p.m. Tickets from the June 9 show will be honored. toadsplace.com.
Mike Dillon, a vibe/percussionist who’s played with Primus and Les Claypool, brings his band to BYRAC in Bridgeport on July 22. Bryac.biz.
Forever Grateful ($45), a Grateful Dead and jam band-themed festival with more than 10 bands and two stages, will pay tribute to the Dead, the Allman Brothers, Bob Marley and more at Ives Concert Park in Danbury on Aug 20. Gates open at 1 p.m. ivesconcertpark.com.
On the other side of the aggressiveness spectrum, heavy-hitting Ohio metalcore band Beartooth ($19.50-$23) plays the Webster Theater in Hartford on Nov. 3. webstertheater.com.
Fixtures of the L.A. punk scene in the ’70s, the Blasters ($20) play Cafe Nine in New Haven on Oct. 30 at 8:30. Cafenine.com.
