Sean Spillane On Music

Here’s the lineup for the 2011 Newport Folk Festival, which takes place July 30-31 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
The Decemberists
Gillian Welch
Earl Scruggs
Gogol Bordello
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Tegan & Sara
Mavis Staples
The Felice Brothers
Delta Spirit
Freelance Whales
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three
What Cheer? Brigade
The Devil Makes Three
Song Circle with Dar Williams, Ellis Paul, John Gorka & Liz Queler
The Wailin’ Jennys
Typhoon
The Ebony Hillbillies
River City Extension
PS22 Chorus

SUNDAY, JULY 31 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Emmylou Harris
Elvis Costello (Solo Acoustic)
Amos Lee
M. Ward
Wanda Jackson
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Middle Brother
Justin Townes Earle
The Secret Sisters
Trampled by Turtles
The Civil Wars
The Head and The Heart
The Cave Singers
David Wax Museum
Mountain Man
The Seeger Clogging All-Stars
BrownBird

For more information, go to www.newportfolkfest.net.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience has gotten great reviews and will be coming back to Connecticut on May 4. If you’re not invited to my huge Birthday/Quatro de Mayo celebration on that day, you can console yourself at the Dome at Oakdale in Wallingford watching this show. Tickets are $35.50 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through www.LiveNation.com or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Michael Buble will perform at the Mohegan Sun Arena on June 14 and 15 with tickets ($85-$100) on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
Country star Tim McGraw will bring his Emotional Traffic Tour there on July 23 with opening acts Luke Bryan and The Band Perry. Tickets ($75.50-$95.50) also go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.
Sade and John Legend play the casino on July 3 with tickets ($49.50-$149.50) on sale April 2 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.

Paul Simon is touring in support of his new album, “So Beautiful or So What,” and he will be at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on May 29.
Tickets are $90-$125 and go on sale Friday at 9 a.m. through the casino at 866-646-0609 or www.foxwoods.com or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Earth, Wind and Fire will return to the Mohegan Sun Arena on May 13. All tickets are $40 and on sale now through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Steely Dan will be back on the road this summer with a stop planned for July 29 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Acclaimed jazz artist Sam Yahel will be the opening act.
Tickets are $55-$75 and go on sale April 8 at 10 a.m. through the casino at 866-646-0609 or www.foxwoods.com or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Journey will release its new album, “Eclipse,” on May 24 and has a summer tour in the works.
The group will be joined by Foreigner (still without singer Lou Gramm) and Night Ranger and the tour will come to the Comcast Theatre in Hartford on Aug. 16. No on-sale date has been given yet for tickets.

Jason Aldean will play the Comcast Theatre on Sunday, May 20, with opening acts Eric Church and The JaneDear Girls.
Tickets are $39.75-$49.75 reserved, $24.75 lawn, and go on sale Friday, March 11, at 10 a.m. through www.LiveNation.com or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
For a limited time, a four-pack of lawn tickets is available for $75.