SCOTT TADY

There’s more than televised basketball to get excited about this March.

Get out of the house, to see one of the many cool concerts on the calendar here in western Pennsylvania.

From an album release show by Beaver Valley chart-toppers The Jaggerz, to the farewell Pittsburgh performance from Journey; and rising country star Cody Johnson to acclaimed tribute band Brit Floyd, you’ve got choices.

Here’s a list to help:

PPG PAINTS ARENA

March 2: Journey

March 3: Three Days Grace

March 6: Cody Johnson

March 20: Bert Kreischer

May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; May 19: Bruce Springsteen; May 23: Don Toliver; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer; June 16: Megan Moroney; June 23: Alex Warren; June 30: Lionel Richie with Earth, Wind & Fire; July 11: Meghan Trainor;  July 20: Zayn; July 30-31: Nate Bargatze; Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE

March 12: FireHouse

March 15: Jaggerz CD release party

March 19: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox

March 26: Slaughter

March 28: Steelheart

March 29: Struggle Jennings

April 2: A Flock of Seagulls; April 7: Lynch Mob; April 8: Throwing Muses; April 9: Kylie Morgan;  April 22: Uli Jon Roth; April 23: The Band Perry; April 28: Paul Gilbert; May 8: Crack The Sky; May 9: Buckethead; May 18: Buckcherry; May 19: Samantha Fish; May 21: Nazareth; June 22: Ana Popovic; July 5: Quiet Riot; July 12: Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town, LFO, BBMak and Ryan Cabrera; July 13: Robert Jon & The Wreck; Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends.

STAGE AE

March 13: Rise Against

March 19: Dark Star Orchestra

March 22: Zara Larsson

April 8: The Last Dinner Party; April 10: 49 Winchester; April 14: The Maine; May 12: Ashnikko; May 15: Black Veil Brides; May 22: Ryan Bingham; June 1: Taking Back Sunday; June 10: Mt. Joy; June 14: Dance Gavin Dance; June 23: Young The Giant; June 24: Trombone Shorty; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Aug. 2: Black Keys; Sept. 1: Sierra Ferrell; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise; Sept. 25: Caamp; Oct. 10: Sugar.

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER

March 20: Brit Floyd

March 26: Toby MAC

April 4: B2K, Bow Wow; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman; April 25: Jeezy; June 7: Teddy Swims; Aug. 21: Koe Wetzel; Sept. 17: Phil Wickham.

PALACE THEATRE

March 15: Steven Curtis Chapman

April 19: Kenny Wayne Shepherd; May 3: The Jaggerz, Chuck Blasko’s Vogues, The Skyliners, The Marcels and Pure Gold; May 19: ZZ Top; June 5: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer; July 22: Stewart Copeland; July 23: Air Supply; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz

ROXIAN THEATRE @ CITIZENS

March 14: Earnest

March 17: Gary Numan

March 28: Thievery Corporation

 April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe; April 7: Ally and AJ; April 14: Snarky Puppy; April 21: Band of Horses; April 24: Soulja Boy; April 26: Steel Panther; May 14: Sevendust; May 18: Altar Bridge; May 27: The Toadies; June 3: Corinne Bailey Rae; June 25: String Cheese Incident; July 16: Trampled by Turtles; Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett.

BENEDUM CENTER

March 2: Jason Isbell

March 3: Patti LuPone

March 7: Joe Bonamassa

April 8: CeCe Winans; April 10: Anne Wilson; April 11: The Temptations & The Four Tops.

CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD

April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood; April 30: Jim Breuer; May 5: Melissa Etheridge; May 8: Gino Vannelli;  May 28: Airplane! Live With Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays; June 7: Napoleon Dynamite – A Conversation with “Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, & Jon Gries; June 9: Ben Folds; June 19: Patton Oswalt; June 27: Christopher Cross.

CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH

March 9: California Guitar Trio

March 15: Dar Williams

March 20: Low Cut Connie

April 13: Soul Asylum acoustic; April 14: Rufus Wainwright; April 21: BBMak; April 22: Lloyd Cole; April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton; April 29: Melissa Manchester; May 10: Willie Nile.

MR. SMALLS THEATRE

March 20: Sebastian Bach

March 27: Hunter Hayes

March 28-29: Lotus

April 7: Madison Cunningham; May 2: Afghan Whigs; May 7: Pete Thorn; May 22: Donna The Buffalo; July 30: Cat Power; Sept. 26: Ben Harper.

OAKS THEATER

March 17: Jim Messina

March 26: Spyro Gyra

March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.

May 7:  Al Di Meola; Aug. 7: BoDeans.

CRAFTHOUSE GRILL

March 5: Sponge

March 26: The Fell.

May 18: Powerman 5000; May 31: Adelitas Way.

BYHAM THEATER

March 6: Kathleen Madigan

April 18: David Spade.

UPMC EVENTS CENTER

April 7: Bush; May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.

TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER

April 17: Gov’t Mule; May 28, Jo Dee Messina; May 29: Gary Allan; June 12: Niko Moon; June 19: Brantley Gilbert; July 17: Blackberry Smoke; July 31: Jeff Foxworthy.

HEINZ HALL

April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; June 2: St. Vincent with the PSO; July 3: Derek Hough.

ACRISURE STADIUM

June 5-6: Morgan Wallen; Aug. 29: Bruno Mars.

PNC PARK

July 3: Noah Kahan

THUNDERBIRD CAFE

March 8: Lights

March 24: The Travelin’ McCourys

March 25: Brent Cobb

March 26: The Vindys

April 11: Kashus Culpepper; April 16: Whitney; April 23: Walter Trout; May 2: Bahamas; May 12: Marc Broussard; May 22: Southern Culture on The Skids; June 23: S.G. Goodman.

PAVILION AT STAR LAKE

June 10: MGK; June 14: Mumford & Sons; June 17: Chris Stapleton;  June 20: Kid Rock; June 23: Godsmack; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; July 18: Tim McGraw; July 24: Dave Matthews Band; Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 2: Ne-Yo & Akon; Aug. 7: Five Finger Death Punch; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls; Aug. 29: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson; Sept. 3:  Rufus Du Sol; Sept. 15: Breaking Benjamin.

YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER

July 10: Jason Aldean; July 11: Eric Church; Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule.

Others

March 13: Skillet, Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh.

April 22: Rev. Horton Heat, Preserving Underground, New Kensington; June 27: Dustin Lynch, Beaver County Boom on The Bridge, Bridgewater.