November’s concert calendar in Pittsburgh is stronger than normal.
Just look:
Paul McCartney gets back to where he once belonged — at the PPG Paints Arena — where he was the first performer 15 years ago.
Bryan Adams, Jonas Brothers, Billy Strings (on back-to-back nights) play the arena, too, while intriguing artists ranging from the reunited Bachman Turner Overdrive, to Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth to a band led by Bill Murray (yes the film star!) all have Western Pennsylvania concert dates.
To help you pick a good show or three, here’s the monthly concert guide:
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PPG PAINTS ARENA
Nov. 1: Playboi Carti
Nov. 2: Bryan Adams
Nov. 5: A Day to Remember & Yellowcard
Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings
Nov. 11: Paul McCartney
Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers
Nov. 14: Maroon Five
Dec. 20: Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Feb. 27: Rascal Flatts; March 20: Bert Kreischer; May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer.
PALACE THEATRE
Nov. 2: Bachman Turner Overdrive
Nov. 6: Bill Murray & The Blood Brothers
Nov. 16: Herman’s Hermits with Peter Noone
Nov. 22: The Outlaws
Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs
Feb. 21: Donnie Iris & The Cruisers
CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HALL OF HOMESTEAD
Nov. 4: Colin Hay
Nov. 12: Josh Ritter
Nov. 19: Macy Gray
Nov. 22: Jimmy Failla
Nov. 28: Gavin DeGraw
Dec. 2: Allman Betts Band; Dec. 6: Shaun Cassidy; March 7: Sheena Easton; May 5: Melissa Etheridge.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
Nov. 2: Freddy Jones Band
Nov. 14-15: The English Beat
Nov. 20-21: George Lopez
Nov. 23: Maia Sharp and Bill Deasy
March 9: California Guitar Trio
ROXIAN THEATRE
Nov. 11: Minus The Bear
Nov. 15: Mammoth
Nov. 20: Wednesday
Nov. 26: The Beths
Dec. 2: PVRIS; Dec. 6: Kip Moore; Dec. 9: JohnnySwim; Dec. 12: Pittsburgh Plays Ozzy; Dec. 17: Allen Stone.
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours
Jan. 30: Big Time Rush; Feb. 22: Dancing With The Stars Live; March 26: Toby MAC; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman
BENEDUM CENTER
Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson
Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short
Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser; Dec. 11: Mannheim Steamroller; March 3: Patti LuPone; March 7: Joe Bonamassa
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
Nov. 6: North Mississippi All Stars
Nov. 15: The Castellows
Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen
Nov. 25: Black Stone Cherry
Nov. 26: Buzz Poets
Nov. 28-29: The Clarks.
Jan. 9: Dead Milkmen
STAGE AE
Nov. 24: Sevendust
Dec. 9: Highly Suspect; Feb. 12: Dropkick Murphys; March 22: Zara Larsson; April 10: 49 Winchester; July 10: Louis Tomlinson.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE
Nov. 6: Kathleen Edwards
Dec. 4: The Heavy Heavy; Dec. 16: J.D. McPherson.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
Nov. 16: Rome
Nov. 21: Blondshell
Dec. 2: The Lemonheads
Dec. 13: Bumpin’ Uglies.
Jan. 21: Real Estate; Jan. 31: Donna The Buffalo; May 7: Pete Thorn.
HEINZ HALL
Dec. 18: Trisha Yearwood.
OAKS THEATER
March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.