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Grammy Award-winner and multiplatinum selling artist Rihanna has announced dates for her Anti World Tour, including a stop in Cincinnati at U.S. Bank Arena on March 19. Travis Scott will open. Tickets for the Cincinnati date go on sale to the public on Dec. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. at www.Ticketmaster.com, www.Livenation.com, the U.S. Bank Arena box office and all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.
Fraze Pavilion in Kettering will host rising country star Jake Owen at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24. Tickets ($45 and $30) go on sale at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. Buy tickets at Fraze FanFare Store (Town & Country Shopping Center, 300 E. Stroop Road, Kettering), online at etix.com or charge by phone by calling 800-514-3849.
Tickets for another Fraze show (announced previously), The Menus, doing a $5 Friday Concert at 8 p.m. July 15, go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28.
Journey and the Doobie Brothers will bring the San Francisco Fest 2016 tour to Riverbend Music Center, just east of Cincinnati, on Friday, July 29. The tour includes special guest Dave Mason. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at www.Ticketmaster.com, www.Riverbend.org and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at 800.745.3000.
Singer Josh Groban with Sarah McLachlan will be at Riverbend on Friday, Aug. 12. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11 (at www.Ticketmaster.com, www.Riverbend.org, all Ticketmaster outlets or call 800.745.3000).
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Tickets are on sale at the individual venues and all Ticketmaster outlets, except where noted.
Belterra Casino Resort and Spa
777 Belterra Drive, Florence, Ind.
www.belterracasino.com, 812-427-7777
Recently announced: Air Supply, Jan. 23; Montgomery Gentry, Feb. 13; Rodney Carrington, Feb. 27; Travis Tritt, March 12
Bogart’s
2621 Vine St., Cincinnati
www.bogarts.com, 513-872-8801
Recently announced: Ani DiFranco, April 5
Upcoming: Papadosio, Nov. 27; Relient K, Nov. 28; Sleater-Kinney, Dec. 6
Fraze Pavilion
695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
www.fraze.com, 800-514-3849
Recently announced: Jake Owen, June 24; The Menus, July 15
Hobart Arena
255 Adams St., Troy
www.hobartarena.com, 937-339-2911
Upcoming: Mike Albert and the ‘E’ Band, Dec. 4; A Celtic Tenor Christmas, Dec. 6
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati
1000 Broadway St., Cincinnati
www.horseshoecincinnati.com, 513-252-0777
Recently announced: Aaron Lewis, Feb. 6
Jerome Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena
555 Borror Drive, Columbus
www.schottensteincenter.com, 800-273-6201
Recently announced: Justin Bieber, April 28
Upcoming: Zac Brown Band, Dec. 12
Kuss Auditorium
Clark State Performing Arts Center
300 S. Fountain Ave., Springfield
http://pac.clarkstate.edu, 937-328-3874
Upcoming: All-4-One, Dec. 4; Celtic Woman, Dec. 12
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
405 Neil Ave., Columbus
www.promowestlive.com, 614-461-LIVE (5483), ext. 101
Recently announced: Wailers, Jan. 16
Upcoming: Panic! At the Disco, Dec. 2; The Arcs, Dec. 4; Silversun Pickups, Foals, Wolf Alice, Circa Waves, Dec. 5; The 1975, Dec. 7
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd., Columbus
www.nationwidearena.com, 614-246-3199
Recently announced: Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire, April 5; Belong Tour (authors, speakers and online personalities Patsy Clairmont, Jen Hatmaker, Shauna Niequist, Sarah Jakes Roberts and singer Nichole Nordeman), Aug. 19-20
Nutter Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Fairborn
www.nuttercenter.com, 937-775-4789
Upcoming: Newsboys, Dec. 3; Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dec. 5 (shows at 3 and 8 p.m.); Jeff Dunham, Dec. 6; K99.1FM Country Bands Together, benefiting Dayton Children’s Hospital, featuring Little Big Town, Big and Rich, Parmalee, Maddie & Tae and Brothers Osborne, Dec. 12
Palace Theater
34 W. Broad St., Columbus
www.capa.com, 614-569-0939
Upcoming: Newsboys, Dec. 5; Dave Koz, Dec. 9; Wanda Sykes, Dec. 12; Straight No Chaser, Dec. 18
Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati
www.riverbend.org, 513-232-6220
Recently announced: Journey and the Doobie Brothers with Dave Mason, July 29; Josh Groban with Sarah McLachlan, Aug. 12
Schuster Center
Second and Main streets, Dayton
www.ticketcenterstage.com, 937-228-3630
Recently announced: Bill Engvall, March 24; Celtic Woman, March 25
Upcoming: Mannheim Steamroller, Dec. 2
Taft Theatre
317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati
tafttheatre.org, 513-721-8883
Upcoming: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Nov. 28; Over the Rhine, Dec. 19
U.S. Bank Arena
100 Broadway, Cincinnati
www.usbankarena.com, 513-421-4111
Recently announced: Rihanna, March 19; Billy Joel, April 5
Upcoming: Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dec. 4 (shows at 4 and 8 p.m.)
Victoria Theatre
138 N. Main St., Dayton
www.victoriatheatre.com
Upcoming: Jim Brickman, Dec. 16
Wexner Center
1871 N. High St., Columbus
www.wexarts.org, 614-292-3535
Recently announced: Ya La Tengo, Jan. 30
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