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The Eatonic Music Festival will take over the Preble County Fairgrounds on Labor Day weekend this year with a day of blues on Sept. 4, a day of rock on Sept. 5 and a day of bluegrass on Sept. 6. Highlights include performances by blues legend Buddy Guy, Kelly Richey, The Almighty Get Down and the Rumpke Mountain Boys. Tickets and more information can be found at www.eatonicmusicfestival.com. Early bird pricing is available now featuring $80 for a three-day festival pass with tent camping rights and parking.
Tony Bennett is coming to PNC Pavilion, which is just east of Cincinnati, to perform on Sept. 5. Tickets prices are $99.50, $65 and $52.50. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, at www.PNCPavilion.com, the PNC Pavilion box office and all Ticketmaster outlets, including www.Ticketmaster.com.
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Tickets are on sale at the individual venues and all Ticketmaster outlets, except where noted.
Banker’s Life Fieldhouse
125 Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis
www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com, 317-917-2727
Upcoming: New Kids on the Block, May 31
Bogart’s
2621 Vine St., Cincinnati
www.bogarts.com, 513-872-8801
Upcoming: Marina and the Diamonds, May 29; Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake, June 11
Fraze Pavilion
695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
www.fraze.com, 800-514-3849
Upcoming: Kettering Block Party, June 3; Larry Lee and the Back in the Day Band, June 9; Chris Botti, June 10
J.D. Legends
85 Millard Drive, Franklin
www.jdlegends.com, 937-746-4950
Upcoming: Aaron Lewis, May 30
Legend Valley
7585 Kindle Road, Thornville
www.legendvalley.net, 740-323-1485
Upcoming: Dark Star Jubilee with Los Lobos, Railroad Earth, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and others, May 22-24
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
405 Neil Ave., Columbus
www.promowestlive.com, 614-461-LIVE (5483), ext. 101
Upcoming: Clutch and Mastodon, May 24; The Decemberists, May 31
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd., Columbus
www.nationwidearena.com, 614-246-3199
Recently announced: Shania Twain, Sept. 30
Upcoming: Rush, June 8
The Nelsonville Music Festival
3301 Hocking Parkway, Nelsonville
www.nelsonvillefest.org
Upcoming: The Flaming Lips, Merle Haggard, St. Vincent, May 28-31
Ohio Stadium
411 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus
www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/facilities/ohio-stadium.html, 937-292-6330
Upcoming: The Rolling Stones, May 30
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Anderson Twp., just east of Cincinnati
www.PNCPavilion.com, 513-232-6220
Recently announced: Tony Bennett, Sept. 5
Upcoming: Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional, May 31; Dwight Yoakam and Jason Isbell with Amanda Shires, June 4
Preble County Fairgrounds/Eatonic Music Festival
722 S Franklin St, Eaton, OH 45320
(937) 456-3748
www.eatonicmusicfestival.com
Recently announced: Bob Dellaposta, Noah Wotherspoon, Ira Stanley and Dixie Peach, Scotty Bratcher, Blue Lou and the Mafia, Buddy Guy, Nerak RothPatterson Band, Mike Milligan and Steam Shovel, Chris Yakopcic, Sept. 4; Adrienne Rose Music, Todd the Fox, No Pit Cherries, Emma Woodruff and the Ruffians, The Magic Lightnin’ Boys, Tony Godsey Band, Kumasi, Kelly Richey, The Lately, Baoku Moses and Band, Mars of the Moon, Eyeris Wide, To No End, Elementree Livity Project, The Almighty Get Down, Sept. 5; Brykalski, The Year of the Buffalo, Lawson Reunion Band, The Worley Boys, Rumpke Mountain Boys, Sugar Lime Blue, Sept. 6
Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Anderson Twp., just east of Cincinnati
www.riverbend.org, 513-232-6220
Upcoming: Zac Brown Band, May 22; Dave Matthews Band, June 5
Rose Music Center at The Heights
6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights
www.rosemusiccenter.com, 513-232-6220
Recently announced: Creedence Clearwater Revisited featuring Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, Aug. 18
Upcoming: Shawn Mendes, May 31; George Thorogood and The Destroyers with Brian Setzer, June 2
Sawyer Point
705 E. Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati
www.bunburyfestival.com
Upcoming: The Black Keys, The Avett Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Brand New, Tame Impala, The Decemberists, Old Crow Medicine Show, twenty one pilots, Walk the Moon, Matt and Kim, Bleachers, Royal Blood, Manchester Orchestra, Father John Misty, Atmosphere, Temples and others, June 5-7
U.S. Bank Arena
100 Broadway, Cincinnati
www.usbankarena.com, 513-421-4111
Upcoming: New Kids on the Block with TLC and Nelly, May 26
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