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David J will perform at Romano’s. (Contributed Image)
David J, known for his work with Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and his own solo work, will perform at Romano’s Concert Lounge in Riverside on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Expect to hear songs from across his career and be ready to get gothy.
9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, Romano’s Concert Lounge, 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 21 and older only.
City Mouse is playing Riverside on Friday, Dec. 27. (Denise Borders/Contributed Image)
Corona horror punk band Graveyard Henchmen will release a new album with a show at Morgan’s Tavern on Friday, Dec. 27.
The Riverside show will also feature City Mouse (pictured), Standard & Poor, C.A.Y.P., Buried in Pieces and Whiskey in the Well.
9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, Morgan’s Tavern, 4850 Tyler St., Riverside, free, 21 and older only.
in the grave yard from Graveyard Henchmen on Myspace.
Dream Theater will perform at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside in April 2014. (Contributed Image)
Progressive metal band Dream Theater is embarking on a new tour and one of the stops will be the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside in April 2014.
The band, which just earned a Grammy nod for “The Enemy Inside” in the Best Metal Performance category, last appeared in the Inland Empire when they opened for Iron Maiden at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore in 2010.
Dream Theater released a new self-titled record in 2013 and will be playing material from that record, as well as songs the group hasn’t played live before and the band’s classic material on the tour.
The Riverside show will be on Friday, April 18.
Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, Jan. 3, according to the Live Nation event page, and will be prices at $31-$61 before fees.
The phone number for the box office is 951-779-9800 and it is located at the theater at 3801 Mission Inn Ave. in Riverside. You can get more information online at www.foxriversidelive.com.
The box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is also open on all show days until show time.
40 DAYS OF HOLIDAY CHEER | DECEMBER 21
Knock-Out is saying goodbye with one final Home for the Holidays show. (Judd Irish Bradley/Contributed Imag3
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The Mighty Mighty BossTones have the Hometown Throwdown in Boston. The Bouncing Souls always play a string of dates in New Jersey. And Riverside’s Knock-Out has been holding “Home For the Holidays” for a decade.
However, this year’s celebration is bittersweet. It’s the punk and ska-inspired band’s farewell show. They’re promising a slate full of special guests for one more party at The Vibe. Read more about Knock-Out’s farewell.
7 p.m. Dec. 21, The Vibe, 1805 University Ave., Riverside, $10, 18 and older only.
Visit www.facebook.com/knockoutrock for more information.
Other events today:
1 p.m. and 7 p.m., “The Nutcracker,” Lewis Family Playhouse, Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, Rancho Cucamonga
2 p.m. and 8 p.m., “A Christmas Carol,” California Theatre of the Performing Arts, San Bernardino
2:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., “Scrooge!,” LifeHouse Theater, Redlands
3 p.m. and 7 p.m., “The Nutcracker,” Old Town Temecula Community Theater, Temecula
5 p.m. A Jazzy Christmas with J. Boykin, Corona Civic Center Auditorium, Corona
7 p.m., Christmas with Elvis and Friends, Europa Village Winery, Temecula
Visit events.pe.com for more events and holiday happenings.
Micah Justice will perform in Riverside this weekend. (Contributed Image)
Three local artists will perform at the Packinghouse Brewery in Riverside on Saturday, Dec. 21.
Micah Justice, Matt Wyckoff, who is working on his new solo record, and Geoff Harlow will perform Saturday afternoon.
Expect original music and maybe a few holiday tunes, too.
3-5 p.m. Saturday, Packinghouse Brewery, 6421 Central Ave., Riverside, free, 21 and older only.
Visit www.pbbeer.com for more information.
Here’s a blast from the past, when Micah and her band came in for the Audio File Sessions, which was formerly known as PE Live and is now known as PE Live once again.
Science Fiction Theater (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
You have two chances to catch shows at The Wire in Upland this weekend before the venue closes at the end of the month.
On Friday, Dec. 20, Science Fiction Theater, Chasing Legacy and Picket Fence Cartel will perform at the all-ages club.
Science Fiction Theater recently released a new album, “The Happy Sadness.”
Here’s one of the songs from the band that we filmed for PE Live, called “Dark Clouds.”
Then, Scatterbrain, Tomber Lever, Good San Juan and The Enwoods will perform on Saturday, Dec. 21.
7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21, The Wire, 247 N. 2nd Ave., Upland $10, all ages.
Visit www.thewire247.com for more information.
Islands will perform at The Barn at UCR in January 2014. (Contributed Image)
The Barn at the University of California, Riverside has announced its schedule of shows for the winter series and the lineup includes some big names.
The shows kick off Jan. 22, 2014 with Of Montreal, an indie pop band that has played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and Wild Moccasins. The latter will have a new album, “88 92,” out on Feb. 4. General admission tickets are $17.
On Jan. 29, Islands will headline a show at The Barn with openers Haunted Summer. Tickets are $12.
Black Uhuru and and Indubious head to the venue on Feb. 5. Tickets are $15.
Hellfyre Club, which features notable hip-hop artists Busdriver, Nocando, Open Mike Eagle and Milo, will be having its debut show at The Barn on Feb. 12. Tickets are $12.
As always, the series ends with the popular KUCR Comedy Apocalypse. Now in its 10th editio,n the series nets performers from Comedy Central and the Def Comedy Jam. The comedians have yet to be announced for the Feb. 19 show, but tickets are $12.
General admission tickets can be purchased at both Ticketmaster and the UCR Fine Arts Theater box office. Students/staff/faculty can get discounted presale tickets for $5 per show. They can only be purchased through the UCR Theater Fine Arts Ticket Office and will not be available at the event.
Backpacks and cameras aren’t allowed into the shows and the doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the events, which are open to all ages.
The box office’s hours are Monday- Friday 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. The number is 951-827-4331. Parking for the show is an additional $5, payable on site in cash, at Lot 6. Visit www.fineartsticketoffice.ucr.edu for tickets and more information.
Now it’s time to dance along with Of Montreal’s “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games.”
A tour featuring groups from NBC’s reality show “The Sing-Off” will come to Riverside in March 2014. (NBC/Contributed Image)
If you love a cappella and reality television competitions, the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside has a show for you.
The winning a cappella group from NBC’s “The Sing-Off” will lead the show’s first ever live tour and it hits the Fox on March 28, 2014.
The tour will also include other finalists from the competition, with individual sets from each act with hits from the show, group numbers, sing-offs and more.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 20 at 10 a.m. at www.singofftour.com, but prices have not yet been announced.
The Fox has also added two other shows to the 2014 calendar.
Mexican TV host and comedian Adal Ramones will perform on Saturday, March 8. Those tickets are on sale now and are priced at $21-$61, before fees at www.livenation.com.
Also, multimedia Pink Floyd tribute act The Pink Floyd Experience will bring its flying pig to the Fox on Sunday, March 16. Those tickets are also on sale and are $21 before fees.
The phone number for the box office is 951-779-9800 and it is located at the theater at 3801 Mission Inn Ave. in Riverside. You can get more information online at www.foxriversidelive.com.
The box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is also open on all show days until show time.
These are among the first shows entertainment company Live Nation has announced since taking over the operations at the city of Riverside-owned venue Dec. 1.
Other shows the live entertainment producer announced for the Fox in 2014 include comedians Bill Engvall and Wayne Brady.
Sick Sense is playing Mission Tobacco Lounge on Friday, Dec. 13. (Contributed Image)
Mission Tobacco Lounge has two punk-themed events happening this weekend in Riverside.
The music kicks off Friday, Dec. 13 with performances from Sick Sense, The Logs, Grand Scovell and Pocketfull of Noize.
The venue also has a special punk and poetry night planned for Sunday, Dec. 15.
The Penetrators and D.F.D. will provide the music and the poets include Ken Stansbury, Buzzavich, Jeff Green and the winners of Slamalamadingdong, the greatest name for a slam poetry competition that ever existed.
9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, 951-682-4427, $5, 21 and older only.
7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, free, 21 and older only.
Rod and Honey Piazza will perform with The Mighty Flyers at Rod Piazza’s annual birthday bash in Riverside on Sunday, Dec. 15. (Contributed Image)
As much as Rod Piazza’s fans love his annual birthday blues bash, they have demanded more of the blues legend.
Piazza and the Mighty Flyers will give the people what they want on Saturday, Dec. 15 in Riverside.
He said this year the band will perform an extended set for the hometown party at the American Legion Hall in Fairmount Park.
However, when you have dozens of albums in your catalog, like Piazza and the Mighty Flyers do, choosing a set list can be arduous. In fact, it’s not even a matter of choosing an album for Piazza.
“What era do I draw from?” he said.
In an area with strong blues roots, the harmonica player and singer is the face of the Inland Empire’s blues heritage.
Piazza’s most recent album, “Almighty Dollar,” was released in 2011. He recently inked a deal with Blind Pig Records, which has put out releases by iconic bluesmen including Buddy Guy and Charlie Musselwhite for an album due out next year.
“They’re a really strong blues label,” Piazza said.
For Piazza, writing music usually stems from a conversation, “a catchy phrase that sounds like it could be a good title for a tune and I could write a story about it.”
A lot of the magic happens in his Riverside garage, where the songs take shape.
Throughout the year, Piazza and the Mighty Flyers have played blues festivals around the world (and already have plans to perform in Belgium, Norway and Canada in 2014) as well as a few shows in Southern California. Some of the bands the group has shared bills with will join the birthday bash.
The lineup also includes the Igor Prado Band from Brazil, Lynwood Slim, The 44’s, Billy Watson, Little Barry G and some special guests.
2-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, American Legion Hall Post 79, 2979 Dexter Drive, Riverside, 951-788-8635, $20 at the door.
Visit www.themightyflyers.com for more information.