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Where to see music acts in the area.
Here’s a look at concerts currently scheduled in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.
DAYTON OUTDOOR
CONCERT VENUES
Fraze Pavilion
695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
www.fraze.com, 800-514-3849 Upcoming: Foreigner with special guests Stranger and Eleventh Hour,
Aug. 17; Get the Led Out, Aug. 18; Uncle Kracker, Aug. 20; Gladys Knight, Aug. 22; Boyz II Men, Aug. 25; Tusk (Fleetwood Mac Tribute), Aug. 29; Disco Inferno, Aug. 30; Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band with special guest Larkin Poe, Aug. 31
J.D. Legends
85 Millard Drive, Franklin
www.jdlegends.com, 937-746-4950 Upcoming: The Prince Experience, Aug. 13; The Steel Woods, Aug. 14; Panama Van Halen Tribute, Aug. 20; Jerrod Niemann with Rayne Johnson, Aug. 21; Magic Mike Tribute Thrill show, Aug. 25; Simply Queen, Sept. 3; Ronnie Milsap, Sept. 11; Brand New Day - A Tribute to Sting and the Police, Sept. 17; Wreking Crue - Motley Crue Tribute, Sept. 18; Cadillac Three, Sept. 24; Sammy Kershaw, Collin Raye, Aaron Tippin Roots and Boots Tour, Sept. 25; Metallica Tribute, Oct. 1; Tantric, Oct. 8; Straight On: A Tribute to the Music of Heart, Oct. 9
Levitt Pavilion
134 S. Main St., Dayton
www.levittdayton.org, 937-333-8400 Upcoming: The Katawicks / Neo-american Pioneers, Aug. 13; Dayton Funk All-stars, Aug. 14; Alvin Youngblood Hart, Aug. 19; Shayna Steele, Aug. 20; C Baccus & Co, Aug. 21; John King, Aug. 26; Nicky Kay’s Trio / Cherry Lee & The Hot Rod Hounds, Aug. 27; Southern Avenue, Aug. 28; John Mceuen and the String Wizards Present: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Sept. 2; Dayton Salsa Project, Sept. 4; K Carter / Mariah J, Sept. 9; The Repeating Arms, Sept. 10; Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers, Sept. 11; Wright State Arts Live! A Celebration of Fine and Performing Arts, Sept. 16; Puzzle of Light / The Elements, Sept. 17; Ohio Players, Sept. 18; Matt Maher, Sept. 26
Rose Music Center at The Heights 6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights
www.rosemusiccenter.com, 513-2326220
Upcoming: Lee Brice, Aug. 13; Old Crow Medicine Show, Aug. 14; Train with Vertical Horizon, Aug. 26; Buddy Guy with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Aug. 27; Indigo Girls, Sept. 1; King Crimson with The Zappa Band, Sept. 2; John Legend with The War and Treaty, Sept. 4; Incubus, Sept. 5; Gary Allan, Sept. 10; Collective Soul and Better than Ezra, Sept. 11; ZZ Top, Sept. 14; Tower of Power and Lettuce, Sept. 21; Brett Eldredge, Sept. 25; Alice Cooper, Sept. 28; Air Supply, July 16, 2022; Tedeschi Trucks Band with Los Lobos and Gabs Dixon, July 24, 2022; Ted Nugent, Aug. 11, 2022 Canceled: Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, Sept. 8
DAYTON INDOOR
CONCERT VENUES
BMI Indoor Speedway
791 E. Main St., Versailles
www.bmikarts.com, 937-526-9544 Upcoming: Slaughter with special guest Vixen, Sept. 11; Steven Adler of Guns N’ Roses and Liliac, Oct. 2; Winger with special guest Firehouse, Oct. 16; The Guess Who and Orleans, Dec. 18
Hobart Arena
255 Adams St., Troy
www.hobartarena.com, 937-3392911
Upcoming: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Sept. 12; Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Sept.
20; Dwight Yoakam, Oct. 7; Travis Tritt, Oct. 21
Nutter Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Fairborn
www.nuttercenter.com, 937-7754789
Upcoming: KISS, Sept. 2; Alabama’s 50th Anniversary Tour with special guest Sara Evans, Sept. 24; Jeff Dunham, Nov. 18
Schuster Center
Second and Main streets, Dayton www.daytonlive.org, 937-2283630
Upcoming: Johnny Mathis, Aug. 26; Heart to Heart featuring Amy Grant, Sept. 21; Dave Hollister,
Carl Thomas and Troop, Sept. 25; Dayton Funk: A Tribute to Dayton’s Funk Legacy, Nov. 6; Straight No Chaser, Dec. 22
SPRINGFIELD
CONCERT VENUES
Kuss Auditorium Clark State Performing Arts Center
300 S. Fountain Ave., Springfield
pac.clarkstate.edu, 937-328-3874 Upcoming: Diamond Rio, Oct. 7; Mannheim Steamroller, Dec. 20; Anais Mitchell and the Bonny Light Horseman, Feb. 10, 2022; Trey Mclaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar, Feb. 26; The TEN tenors, March 26, 2022
CINCINNATI
CONCERT VENUES
Heritage Bank Center, formerly U.S. Bank Arena
100 Broadway, Cincinnati
heritagebankcenter.com, 513421-4111 Upcoming: Lil Baby with Lil Durk, Rylo Rodriguez and Bankroll Freddie, Oct. 4; Michael Buble, Oct. 22 (rescheduled); Ashanti, Lloyd, Pretty Ricky, Soulja Boy and Sammie, Oct. 31; Mercyme, Nov. 13; Justin Bieber, April 19, 2022
ICON Music Center
25 Race St., Cincinnati
iconmusiccenter.com, 513-2325882
Upcoming: Dropkick Murphys and Rancid, Aug. 18; Brad Paisley with Jimmie Allen and Kameron Marlowe, Aug. 22; Trippie Redd, Aug. 27; The Roots, Sept. 3; St. Vincent, Sept. 7; Brothers Osborne, Sept. 9; All Time Low, Sept, 12; Coheed and Cambria and The Used, Sept. 14; Brett Eldredge, Sept. 17; Theo Von, Sept. 18; 311, Sept. 19; Machine Gun Kelly, Sept. 22; Mt. Joy and Trampled by Turtles, Sept. 25; Needtobreathe, Sept. 28; Earth, Wind and Fire, Oct. 1; Modest Mouse, Oct. 5; Andrew Schulz, Oct. 9; Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats with special guest Margo Price, Oct. 12; Lucero, Oct. 21; Andrew Mcmahon with Zac Clark, Oct.
22; Midland, Oct. 27; Brett Young, Oct. 29; Todd Rundgren, Oct. 30; Chris Lane, Nov. 5; Dream Theater, Dec. 3; Clutch, Dec. 31; Dillon Francis and Yung Gravy, Jan. 8, 2022; Erasure, Jan. 29, 2022; Foxy Shazam, Feb. 12, 2022; Colin Hay, March 29, 2022; The Flaming Lips, April 5, 2022; Brian Regan, April 30; AJR, May 10, 2022
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati
www.pncpavilion.com, 513-2326220
Upcoming: Old Crow Medicine Show, Aug. 13; Counting Crows, Aug. 14; Alicia Keys, Aug. 20; Buddy Guy, Aug. 26; Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick, Aug. 27; Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Sept. 9; ZZ Top, Sept. 12;
Primus Sept. 18
Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati
www.riverbend.org, 513-232-6220 Upcoming: Daryl Hall and John Oates with Squeeze and KT Tunstall, Aug. 23; Maroon 5; Aug. 28; Zac Brown Band, Aug. 29; Kings of Leon, Aug. 31; Brooks & Dunn, Sept. 4; The Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary Tour, Sept. 8; Dead & Company and Cold War Kids, Sept. 11; Alanis Morissette with Garbage and Liz Phair, Sept. 15; Jonas Brothers, Sept. 21; Thomas Rhett, Sept. 23; NF, Sept. 25; Dave Matthews Band, Sept. 28; Florida Georgia Line, Sept. 30; Dierks Bentley, Oct. 8; Lynyrd Synyrd, Oct. 9; Chris Stapleton’s All-american Road Show with Marcus King
Band and Yola, Oct. 21; Steely Dan with Steve Winwood, June 16, 2022; Matchbox Twenty, June 17, 2022; Santana, July 9, 2022
COLUMBUS
CONCERT VENUES
Jerome Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena
555 Borror Drive, Columbus
www.schottensteincenter.com, 800-273-6201
Upcoming: Guns N’ Roses, Sept. 23; Dude Perfect, Oct. 14; Lauren Daigle Nov. 11; For King and Country, Dec. 17; Tyler, The Creator, Feb. 27, 2022; Elton John April 12, 2022; Chris Stapleton, April 21, 2022
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd., Columbus
www.nationwidearena.com, 614246-3199
Upcoming: Eric Church, Sept. 18; Twenty One Pilots, Oct. 27, 29,
30; Jim Gaffigan, Nov. 14; Dave Matthews Band, Nov. 5; Mercyme, Nov. 7; Jim Gaffigan, Nov. 14; Genesis, Dec. 8
Newport Music Hall
1722 N. High St., Columbus
www.promowestlive.com, 614246-2000
Upcoming: Ani Difranco, Aug. 26