Category Archives: Music

John Baldwin Gourley of Portugal. The Man performs at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. (David Bauman/Staff Photographer)

UC Riverside’s Heat Festival will return on Saturday, March 1 with a lineup topped by Childish Gambino.

In addition to the rapper, who you might recognize as actor Donald Glover from TV show “Community,” the lineup boasts a number of notable acts.

French house music producer Madeon, indie rockers The Neighbourhood and Portugal. The Man, singer Ciara, and Canadian electronic duo Dzeko and Torres will perform as well.

Childish Gambino, Madeon, The Neighbourhood and Portugal. The Man are all Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival veterans.

Tickets will be $28.50 each and go on sale Monday, Feb. 3 at noon at http://heat.ucr.edu.

However, you must be a UCR student, member of the staff, faculty or the UCR Alumni Association to purchase a ticket.

Passes are limited to two purchases per person.

The eighth annual festival has become a big event for the Riverside campus, often selling out before the concert.

Visit http://heat.ucr.edu for more information.

Big Papa and the TCB perform at The Press-Enterprise for PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Jump blues band Big Papa and the TCB are taking some swinging sounds up the mountain to The Cave in Big Bear this weekend.

A word of advice: bring dancing shoes.

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, The Cave, 40789 Village Drive, Big Bear Lake, $10-$30, all ages.

Visit www.thecavebigbear.com for more information.

Big Papa and the TCB stopped by PE Live last year.

Watch them perform “Drink Drank Drunk.”

An old Corona haunt will celebrate its opening under a new name this weekend.

Rockefellas Bar will hold its official grand opening on Friday, Jan. 31.

The spot, at the old (and supposedly haunted) Live Oak Inn, has been renovated and features an indoor and an outdoor stage.

Friday’s celebration includes local artists Castle Pines, Za and Spencer Sherman and the Thunderbirds.

Rockefellas is pledging its support to local music, with notable Inland bands such as Sayonara Tokyo, Black Bear and the Cheyenne Autumn Band, A Salient Truth, City of Thieves and Assuming We Survive already on the schedule for the coming weeks.

7 p.m. Friday, 21700 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, 951-256-4701, 21 and older only.

Visit www.rockefellasbar.com for more information.

Boyz II Men will perform at the Fox performing Arts Center on June 26. (AP Photo)

Motownphilly, meet downtown Riverside.

Boyz II Men, the Philadelphia-rooted vocal group that helped make New Jack Swing sing in the 1990s, will perform at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside on Thursday, June 26.

The band, proteges of the great Bell Biv Devoe, brought sweet harmonies together to churn out hit after hit in the 1990s, such as “End of the Road,” “I’ll Make Love to You”  and the classic “Motownphilly.”

Lest we forget about “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday,” the a cappella song that scored oh so many graduations and funerals and high school chorus concerts in 1993.

Although Boyz II Men has performed at Inland casinos over the years, the June performance marks the singers’ debut at the Fox. The group has had a successful show at The Mirage in Las Vegas, too.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, Feb. 1 at noon and are $31-$61, before fees.

You can purchase them via www.livenation.com or at the box office of the Fox Performing Arts Center at 3801 Mission Inn Ave. in Riverside . The box office is open Monday through Friday noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on show days until show time. You can also call the box office at 951-779-9800.

Cypress Hill will perform at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on April 19. (2011/File Photo)

Paging Dr. Greenthumb, you’re needed at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium because Cypress Hill is playing April 19.

The cannabis-loving rap group, which broke into the mainstream with “Insane in the Brain” in the early 1990s, will help usher live music back into the auditorium. The Muni will be operated by Live Nation once the Riverside Convention Center moves into its new home in March.

Cypress Hill are regulars in the Inland area, launching their Smokeout Festival in San Bernardino in the late 1990s and are frequent performers on annual hip-hop fest Rock the Bells in Devore.

Tickets for the Riverside show go on sale Friday, Jan. 31 at noon. They are priced at $30.50 and $40.50, before fees. You can pick them up via www.livenation.com or at the Fox Performing Arts Center box office at 3801 Mission Inn Ave. in Riverside. The box office’s phone number is 951-779-9800.

On the day of the show, you can pick them up at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium box office.

Cypress Hill is the second act Live Nation has announced for the venue. Julieta Venegas will perform there on April 18. 

The Blasters will perform at M15 in Corona on Friday, Jan. 31. (Contributed Image)

Southern California rock ‘n’ roll icons The Blasters will land at M15 in Corona on Friday, Jan. 31.

The band, which formed in Downey 35 years ago, takes the best elements of classic rock ‘n’ roll and the blues and puts a sun-soaked California spin on it.

Formed by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin (Phil is still in the group. Dave went on to be part of X and The Knitters), The Blasters helped define the sound of Southern California alongside acts such as Los Lobos and X in the early 1980s.

The Chop Tops will open the show.

7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, M15, 9022 Pulsar Ct. Suite H, Corona, 951-200-4465, $20, all ages.

Visit www.m15concerts.com for tickets and more details.

Murs will perform at It’s the Common Ground in Riverside on Feb. 2. (2008/Contributed Image)

It’s the Common Ground has been THE go-to place for Inland Empire hip-hop to thrive and flourish in recent years and now the night will feature its biggest star yet.

Los Angeles-based rapper Murs will headline the show on Sunday, Feb. 2 at The Vibe in Riverside.

Also performing will be 3D Beats, Fredo, Mod, Cash Lansky and Marley B and Loklas Taji and Gilly.

Cam Archer will host the night and Calligraphy is the resident DJ.

8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, The Vibe, 1805 University Ave., Riverside, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 18 and older only.

Visit www.bricktoyaface.com and http://murscommonground.eventbrite.com for more information.