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What’s going on musically in the Berks-Mont Newspapers coverage area? A lot, and we want to help keep everyone in the know.
Local Bands and Venues
6 Sept. – Pat Garrett Band Dover Carnival, Dover Delaware
6 Sept. – Pangea Acoustic at Union Jacks on the Manatawny, Oley Twp. (7:00 start)
7 Sept. - Egdon Heath at The Sandtrap, Limerick (9:00 start)
7 Sept. – One Alternative at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)
7 Sept. – Flower Power Band at The State Theater, Boyertown (9:30 start)
7 Sept. – Triple Shot at Blind Hartmans Tavern, Temple (9:30 start)
7 Sept. – Led Zeppelin 2, Scary Monster at Reverb, Reading (8:00 start)
7 Sept. – Ara at Mohnton VFW, Mohnton (9:00 start)
8 Sept. – Black Hat Boris at Blind Hartmans Tavern, Temple (9:30 start)
8 Sept. – Second Helping at The Sandtrap, Limerick (9:00 start)
8 Sept. – Phil Brown at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)
8 Sept. – Never Gone at Shoey Fire Co, Shoemakersville (10:00 start)
8 Sept. – Triple Shot at Village Tavern, Leesport (10:00 start)
8 Sept. – Middle Class Madness at Toms Bar, Royersford (9:00 start)
8 Sept. – Dennis Grabowski at The Bridge Inn, Pleasentville (7:30 start)
9 Sept. – Open Mic Talent Show at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)
9 Sept. – Good Lovin Jam Band, Raucous Brothers at Union Jacks on the Manatawny, Oley Twp (6:00 start)
14 Sept. – Brian and Deb at The Sandtrap, Limerick (7:30 start)
14 Sept. – Vintage Cool at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)
14 Sept. – House of Levi, Marley Kropp at The State Theater, Boyertown (9:30 start)
14 Sept. – Open Mic w/DJ Redd at Mohnton VFW, Mohnton (7:00 start)
15 Sept. – Hillbilly Shakespeare at Canal Street Pub, Reading (9:00 start)
15 Sept. – Jim Meck at Panevino Restaurant, Reading (7:30 start)
15 Sept. – Hopwood at The Sandtrap, Limerick (9:00 start)
15 Sept. – Sunnybrook Blues Festival featuring Dave Mell Blues Band at 1p.m., Mississippi Pig Farmers at 2p.m., Randy Lippincott at 3p.m., Mike Dugan at 4p.m., BC Combo at 5p.m., Roger Girke at 6p.m., Pork Roll Project at 7p.m. and The Dukes of Destiny at 8p.m. all at Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown.
15 Sept. – Hat Trixx at Shoey Fire Co., Shoemakersville (10:00 start)
15 Sept. – Holy Smoke Village Tavern, Leesport (10:00 start)
15 Sept. – The Shillingtones at Mohnton VFW, Mohnton (9:00 start)
15 Sept. – Joe Keys and Bill Bower at The Bridge Inn, Pleasentville (7:30 start)
16 Sept. – Frog Holler at Union Jacks on the Manatawny, Oley Twp (6:00 start)
Yep, the summer just flew by and hopefully we’ll be digging out the denim jackets and cool hats and escorting in the cooler Fall air. Most of our local venues are back to their fall schedules adding more to do to our busy agenda. WTIM friends Pat Garret, Black Hat Boris, Hillbilly Shakespeare and Jim Meck are all bringing their unique brands of high quality local entertainment to the table, making this week another feast of local music.
The big stages run the genre gamut and are sure to please even the most discriminating concert goer. My local pick goes back to my love of the blues and there won’t be a better place to see it played than the Sunnybrook Blues Festival. I have seen most of the bands listed and wouldn’t even think twice about paying the price of a ticket. On the big stages Kansas at the Sands gets my nod with The Offspring show coming in a close second.
Speaking of offspring, the daughter of local guitar legend Richie Kotzen, August, is in a band called The Suits and they have released a song penned by August called “In Your Keeping.” I HIGHLY recommend googling The Suits in general and “In Your Keeping” in particular to check them out. I wouldn’t be surprised that this effort hits the charts in the very near future. Thanks again to Donald from Boyertown for another great lead!
Do you want to see your band or venue listed here at WTIM? Send an email to redneck@berksmontnews.com with the particulars (at least two weeks in advance) and we’ll get it out there.
Concerts of Note
6 Sept. – Barry Manilow at The Sovereign Center
7 Sept. – Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang at The Sands Bethlehem
8 Sept. – The Offspring, Neon Trees at The Sands Bethlehem
9 Sept. – Bob Dylan, Bob Weir at the Star Pavilion, Hershey Park
10 Sept. – Bob Weir at the Tower Theater
13 Sept. – Gabriel Iglesias at The Sands Bethlehem
14 Sept. – Kansas at The Sands Bethlehem
14 Sept. – The Fresh Beat Band at The Susquehanna Bank Center
14 Sept. – Art Garfunkel at the Borgata
15 Sept. – Madonna at Boardwalk Hall
15 Sept. – Kansas, Kings X at the Borgata
15 Sept. – The J Geils Band at the Tropicana AC
16 Sept. – Alan Jackson at the Sovereign Center
Tim Dietterick is the Circulation Manager for Berks-Mont Newspapers
