By Scott Tady
June is loaded with cool concerts in Western Pennsylvania.
Phish will be jumping at the Petersen Events Center, a Smashing Pumpkins-less Billy Corgan will entertain in McKees Rocks, Avril Lavigne will sing her hits at Star Lake while Vampire Weekend packs Stage AE outdoors.
A new outdoor venue, The Iron City Stage, debuts in Creighton.
And you better believe Tommy Tutone will get Pittsburgh area fans singing along to “*867-5309.”
Highlights:
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
June 13: Thomas Rhett
June 14: Halsey
June 26: Avril Lavigne
July 9: The Lumineers; July 15: Pantera; July 19: Wiz Khalifa; July 24: Toto, Christopher Cross and Men at Work; July 26: Kesha; July 31: Kidz Bop; Aug. 2: Luke Bryan; Aug. 6: Doobie Brothers; Aug. 9: Jason Aldean; Aug. 10: Styx, Kevin Cronin and Donnie Iris; Aug. 29: Dierks Bentley; Sept. 5: Hardy; Sept. 18: Falling in Reverse; Sept. 20: $uicide Boy$; Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.
STAGE AE
June 3: Vampire Weekend
June 7: Mt. Joy
June 12: Slightly Stoopid
June 13: Jack’s Mannequin (sold out)
June 14: Less Than Jake
June 20: Megan Moroney (sold out)
June 21: Khruangbin
June 23: Whiskey Myers
June 25: Brand New
June 27: Disco Biscuits
June 28: The Clarks
July 1: 311; July 11: Sam Barber; July 12: Teddy Swims; July 16: Hatebreed; Aug. 1: Blackberry Smoke; Aug. 2: Rock, Reggae & Relief with Stephen & Damian Marley; Aug. 3: The Head & The Heart; Aug. 7: Lord Huron; Aug. 9: Flaming Lips/Modest Mouse;Aug. 19: Jessie Murph; Aug. 21: Chevelle and Asking Alexandria; Aug. 26: Gary Clark Jr.; Sept. 3: Men I Trust; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson; Sept. 8: PUP; Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes; Sept. 10: Vance Joy; Sept. 12: Pixies; Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson; Sept. 22: Dylan Gossett; Sept. 23: Garbage; Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock; Sept. 27: Russell Dickerson.
June 6: Jon Pardi
June 24: Phish
Sept. 15: Hans Zimmer; Oct. 3: Lorde; Oct. 9: Crowder; Oct. 23: John Mulaney; Nov. 1: Katt Williams; Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours.
ROXIAN THEATRE
June 8: The Menzingers
June 14: Santigold
June 15: Band of Horses
June 23: Billy Corgan
July 16: Yelawolf; July 23: Jojo Siwa; Aug. 18: Silversun Pickups; Aug. 19: The Struts; Sept. 6: Jerry Cantrell; Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly; Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson; Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand; Oct. 28: Andy Bell of Erasure; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 26: The Beths.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
June 6: Los Lonely Boys
June 16: Big Country, Tommy Tutone
June 26: Mark Farner
June 27: Slaughter
July 3: Samantha Fish; July 17: Kenny Neal; July 18: Ace Frehley; Aug. 16: Montrose; Aug. 17: Stryper; Aug. 27: Sister Hazel; Sept. 10: Michael Schenker; Sept. 24: Lita Ford; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 26: Tab Benoit; Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen and John 5.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
June 7: Jorma Kaukonen
June 8: Napoleon Dynamite Live
June 14: Bob Schneider
June 25-26: Robert Glasper
July 6: Kasey Chambers; July 10: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; July 14: Mekons; July 26: Joe Grushecky; Sept. 13: Charles Esten; Oct. 27: Joshua Radin.
HOLLYWOOD CASINO AT THE MEADOWS
June 13: Night Ranger
June 27: Bret Michaels
June 28: Stone Temple Pilots
Aug. 22: Aaron Lewis.
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL
June 20: Allman Betts
Sept. 12: Tower of Power; Oct. 1: Toad The Wet Sprocket; Oct.6: Pat Metheny; Oct. 8: Gary Newman; Oct. 24: Neko Case.
PALACE THEATRE
June 29: Frankie Avalon
July 3: Robin Trower; July 10: The Wallflowers; July 11: Little River Band; Aug. 3: Graham Nash; Sept. 14: Vicki Lawrence & Mama; Oct. 1: Don Gatlin & the original Kenny Rogers Band; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
June 21-22: TNA Wrestling
Oct. 3: Dylan Scott.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE & MUSIC HALL
June 2: American Aquarium
Aug. 19; John Moreland; Sept. 16: Superchunk; Sept. 17: James McMurtry; Nov. 8: Keller Williams.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
June 9: The Lemon Twigs
June 26: Kelsey Waldon
July 13: Murder by Death (sold out); July 15: Ezra Furman; Aug. 14: Los Lobos; Sept. 20: The Baseball Project; Sept. 23: Soccer Mommy; Oct. 11: Craig Finn.
RIVERS CASINO
June 8: Theresa Caputo
July 18: Comedy Jam with Steve Byrne; July 25: +Live+.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
June 1: Coheed & Cambria-Mastodon
June 28: Rick Springfield, Wang Chung, John Waite
Aug. 12: Train and Edwin McCain; Aug. 17: Alice Cooper; Sept. 18: Lee Brice; Sept. 20: Cody Jinks.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER
June 5: Trace Adkins
June 6: Warrant, Lita Ford
July 5: Jon Anderson; July 10: Lee Brice; July 18: Old Crow Medicine Show; Aug. 8: Billy Currington; Aug. 23: Kansas; Sept. 6: Gabby Barrett.
IRON CITY STAGE
June 7: Rockin’ Regatta.
June 14: Alabama & Jamey Johnson
July 13: Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors; Aug. 8: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
PPG PAINTS ARENA
July 17: Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake; July 18: Ghost; July 22: Shinedown; Aug. 19: Linkin Park; Sept. 12: Eric Church; Oct. 4: Jo Koy; Oct. 15: Tate McRae; Oct. 18: Cody Johnson; Oct. 19: Mumford & Sons; Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter; Nov. 2: Bryan Adams; Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings; Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers.
HEINZ HALL
July 2: Diana Krall; July 12: Vince Gill; July 20: Frankie Valli; July 26: Nas with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Aug. 6: Wilco; Aug. 23: Louis C.K.; Oct. 28: Jon Batiste; Dec. 18: Trish Yearwood with the PSO.
BENEDUM CENTER
Sept. 18: Dream Theater; Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus; Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser.
BYHAM THEATER
Aug. 23: Chris DiStefano; Sept. 12: Chris D’Elia; Oct. 14: Il Divo.
Others
June 26: Ryan Adams, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh
June 27: Buckcherry, Westmoreland County Fairgrounds
June 28: Brian Kelley and Ghost Hounds at Beaver County’s Boom on The Bridge.
July 10: Umphrey’s McGee, Mountain View Amphitheater; Hampton Township; Aug. 9: Wheatus, Cascade Park Dance Pavilion, New Castle; Sept. 10: Oaks Theater, Oakmont; Sept. 13-14: Four Chord Music Festival, EQT Park, Washington, Pa.; Sept. 28: Shonen Knife, Preserving Underground, New Kensington.