Sweet concerts set for February in Pittsburgh area

By SCOTT TADY

February brings fun concerts to the Pittsburgh region.

The Wallflowers, Rascal Flatts, Dropkick Murphys and Donnie Iris’ annual birthday bash are among the musical events ready to get you on your feet and dancing.

Here’s the concert calendar to help you pick a few good shows.

PPG PAINTS ARENA

Feb. 27: Rascal Flatts

March 2: Journey; March 3: Three Days Grace; March 6: Cody Johnson; March 20: Bert Kreischer; May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; 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 30-31: Nate Bargatze; Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.

Rascal Flatts headlines PPG Paints Arena.

STAGE AE

Feb. 12: Dropkick Murphys

Feb. 19: Ole 60

March 13: Rise Against; March 19: Dark Star Orchestra; March 22: Zara Larsson; April 8: Last Dinner Party; April 10: 49 Winchester; April 14: The Maine; May 12: Ashnikko; June 10: Mt. Joy; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER

Feb. 22: Dancing With The Stars Live

March 20: Brit Floyd; March 26: Toby MAC; April 4: B2K, Bow Wow; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman; June 7: Teddy Swims.

PALACE THEATRE

Feb. 21: Donnie Iris & The Cruisers

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; July 23: Air Supply; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz

Donnie Iris & The Cruisers. (Photo provided by Live Nation Pittsburgh)

CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD

Feb. 7: Serendipity: A Night of Film with John Cusack

March 7: Sheena Easton; April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood; April 30: Jim Breuer; May 5: Melissa Etheridge; 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.

CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH

Feb. 22: Steel Wheels

March 9: California Guitar Trio; March 20: Low Cut Connie; April 13: Soul Asylum acoustic; April 21: BBMak; April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton; April 29: Melissa Manchester; May 10: Willie Nile.

ROXIAN THEATRE

Feb. 14: Chase Matthews

Feb. 15: Badflower

Feb. 17: Descendants and Frank Turner

Feb. 20: The Wallflowers

March 17: Gary Numan; March 28: Thievery Corporation; May 14: Sevendust; May 18: Alter Bridge; April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe; April 7: Ally and AJ; April 14: Snarky Puppy; April 21: Band of Horses; Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett.

MR. SMALLS THEATRE

Feb. 6-7: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

March 12: Punchline; March 20: Sebastian Bach; March 27: Hunter Hayes; March 28-29: Lotus; April 7: Madison Cunningham; May 2: Afghan Whigs; May 7: Pete Thorn.

BYHAM THEATER

Feb. 7: Ghost Hounds

March 6: Kathleen Madigan; April 18: David Spade.

Ghost Hounds will play the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE

Feb. 18: Scott Blasey

Feb. 21: Tyler Braden

March 12: FireHouse; March 15: Jaggerz CD release party; March 19: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox; March 26: Slaughter; 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 16: Everclear; July 5: Quiet Riot; Sept. 6: Throwing Muses; Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends.

BENEDUM CENTER

March 2: Jason Isbell; 3: Patti LuPone; March 7: Joe Bonamassa; April 8: CeCe Winans; 10: Anne Wilson; April 11: The Temptations & The Four Tops.

UPMC EVENTS CENTER

March 10: Sabaton; April 7: Bush; May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.

HEINZ HALL

April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; July 3: Derek Hough.

OAKS THEATER

March 17: Jim Messina; March 26: Spyro Gyra; March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.

CRAFTHOUSE GRILL

March 5: Sponge; March 26: The Fell.

ACRISURE STADIUM

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

RIVERS CASINO

Feb. 21: Colin Jost

March 13: Skillet

THUNDERBIRD CAFE

Feb. 17: The Lone Bellow

Feb. 23: Langhorne Slim

April 16: Whitney; May 2: Bahamas; May 12: Marc Broussard; May 22: Southern Culture on The Skids.

PAVILION AT STAR LAKE

June 10: MGK; June 17: Chris Stapleton; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; 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.

YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER

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

Others

 April 22: Rev. Horton Heat, Preserving Underground, New Kensington; May 28, Jo Dee Messina, Timber Rock Amphitheater, Farmington; June 27: Dustin Lynch, Beaver County Boom on The Bridge, Bridgewater.