No matter your taste in music, you’re sure to find something you’ll like in the Capital region this week.
To get the most variety all in one place, stop by the Hatbox Theatre in the Steeplegate Mall on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Hatbox is launching a new concert series – Music Out of the Box – with a showcase of most of the performers to grace its stage in the next year. The series will continue monthly at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays (except November) through August next year.
The line up is:
Oct. 26: Johnathan Lorentz with original, contemporary jazz
Nov. 24: Frank Wallace as Guitar Triptych I with classical guitar and vocals
Dec. 28: Mark and Neil Shilansky with a blend of jazz, bluegrass, Celtic and classical music
Jan. 1: David William Ross as Guitar Triptych II with classical and contemporary acoustic guitar
Feb. 22: Trade with original soul and R&B
March 22: Adam Levin as Guitar Triptych III with Spanish and classical acoustic guitar
April 19: Danika & Jeb, a Nashville-based acoustic pop and soul group
May 17: Decatur Creek and the Bradford Bog People with folk and Americana music
June 7: Randy Armstrong with world fusion
July 19: Ryan Ordway with his self-described “Ameri-kinda” ’60s-style rock
Aug. 9: Santa Croce with pop and country music
All the acts, except Randy Armstrong and Danika & Jeb, will perform tonight at the showcase event, said Kevin Barrett, who is in charge of programming at the Hatbox. Most of the acts are new to the theater.
Barrett said he’s wanted concerts at the Hatbox since the beginning, but its one-off shows haven’t got the traction he’d hoped for. So, he thought a series might help get larger audiences and introduce people to different styles of music than they may be used to.
“The showcase is a good chance to see things you might not have known you wanted to see,” he said.
Tickets to the showcase and subsequent concerts will be $17 for adults, $14 for students, seniors or members, and $12 for senior members.
Also this week at the Hatbox, husband-wife duo Ross Malcolm Boyd and Jamie Feinberg perform in concert with original music on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for students, seniors or members, which includes a free EP.
On the weekend, “Jocelyn’s ABC: Adult Broadway Cabaret” will be Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for students, seniors or members.
For more information, visit hatboxnh.com.
Piano soloist Richard Dowling will perform a set of Scott Joplin selections for a Concord Community Concert Association show Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium.
Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist famous for his ragtime compositions: his career includes 44 original pieces, one ballet and two operas.
Dowling is a regular featured performer at the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival and was the first pianist to perform the complete cycle of Joplin’s 53 rags, marches, waltzes and cakewalks in public.
This year, he will perform 70 all-Joplin recitals in honor of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death on April 1, 1917.
The program in Concord includes two sets separated by an intermission and a chance for the audience to choose some pieces. Tickets are $20 for adults and free for students.
The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth has three concerts in the next week.
Thursday night, British hard rockers UFO and Saxon will dazzle the audience at 7:30.
UFO – comprised of vocalist Phil Mogg, drummer Andy Parker, guitarist Mick Bolton and bassist Pete Way – was formed in 1969 with their unmistakable style. They were later joined by German guitarist Michael Schenker.
Saxon – with vocalist Biff Byford, guitarist Paul Quinn, drummer Nigel Glocker, guitarist Doug Scarrett and bassist Tim Carter – are touring with their latest release Battering Ram.
UFO and Saxon toured together before in the ’80s.
Tickets are $49 to $59.
Cowboy Junkies take the stage the following night on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Canadian alternative-rock group is comprised of guitarist Michael Timmins; his sister, Margo, on vocals; his brother, Peter, on drums; and Alan Anton on bass.
The band is deliberate and meticulous in their music-making and will release their newest batch of music in February since Notes Falling Slow in 2015.
Tickets are $39.50 to $49.50.
On Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m., Keller Williams will jam in Plymouth. The legendary one-man band uses looping technology to perform multiple parts of a single song. He’s also worked as a member of bands – Keller and the Keels and More Than a Little – and worked on an acoustic album Raw.
So, you could hear a variety forms from his show.
Tickets to see Williams are $25 to $35.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit flyingmonkeynh.com.
New Hampshire native Mary Gatchell will celebrate the release of her single “You’ve Been on My Mind” at her mother’s theater this week.
The show will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Leddy Center in Epping.
The singer-songwriter’s next album features R&B grooves and ballads with some soul contemporary hip-hop mixed in.
Her next album, Camino Real, will be released on Nov. 10.
Joining Gatchell are Leo Traversa on bass, Etiene Stadwijk on keys and Chris Eddleton on drums.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and children; they are available at leddycenter.org.
Grammy-award winning American rock band, Chicago, will perform Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford.
This is the band’s 50th consecutive year of touring, and the group was ranked in Billboard Magazine’s Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists list.
Tickets range from $39.75 to $99.75 and are available at BankNHPavilion.com.
You can hear Seth Gelier with songs from his new album, Birds, on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts. Tickets: $22. Info: ccanh.com.
On Saturday, Henniker will hold its annual Music on Main Street event. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., you can listen to live music from The Complete Unknowns, 2nd Time Around and Beechwood. Info: Find Spirit of Henniker Organizational Team on Facebook.
St. Paul’s School’s Keiser Concert Series will feature “A Perfect End: Compline and Organ Music” with the school’s Madrigal Singers on Thursday at 8 p.m. and “Choral Evensong” with the school’s Chapel Choir on Sunday at 4 p.m. Both are in the chapel. Info: sps.edu/keiser.