Gin Blossoms, Sighs to play benefit concert for homeless

Nightclubs

THURSDAY

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264

Granby Road, Chicopee

Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band. 479 College Highway, Southwick

The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance. 287 Elm St., Westfield

FRIDAY

Delaney House: Made Men. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

East Mountain Country Club: Foolish U. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield

Fort Hill Brewery: Tom Savoy. 30 Fort Hill Road, Easthampton

MGM Springfield: MGM Free

Music Fridays: Alex Shilo. 1

MGM Way, Springfield

THE GIN BLOSSOMS will headline a benefit show at the Pines Theater in Northampton’s Look Park on June 17.

The event, a One Rooftop Concert for the Homeless, will also feature Holyoke’s The Sighs and local favorites The Glad Machine and Eavesdrop. Other nationally acclaimed groups include Toad The Wet Sprocket , Juliana Hatfield, Kay Hanley (of Letters To Cleo) and Amy Rigby.

The Gin Blossoms are best known for their string of hits in the 1990s, including “Found Out About You,” “Hey Jealousy” and “Allison Road.”

The show will start at 1 p.m.

Liner notes

• Diana Krall will play the Pines Theater in Look Park in Northampton on Aug. 8 at 7 p.m.

Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two Grammys, 10 Juno Awards and have earned nine Gold, three Platinum, and seven multi-Platinum albums.

Her 1999 release of “When I Look in Your Eyes” spent 52 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz chart and won two Grammy Awards.

“The Dark Side of the Moon” just got a little darker.

The Drake: Local Mojo: Upstairs District, Daniel Blair, My Friend

Tony, DJ Number 7. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

The Meeting House: Dave Brinnel. 827 Williams St., Longmeadow

Theodores’: Brass Attack of Springfield. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills

SATURDAY

Delaney House: Buddy McEarns. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

The Drake: Mike Dawes & Gareth Pearson. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Mardi Gras Get Down Featuring Zydeco Connection & The Bourbon St. Blasters. 289 Main St., Greenfield

Theodores’: Professor Harp. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

SEE NIGHTCLUBS, PAGE E5

Hibernian IRISH NIGHT in HOLYOKE is Back at The Log Cabin for 2023!

Featuring the Four piece Band of KEOHANNE AND KENNEALLYA TOUR DE FORCE OF MUSICAL TALENT (Irish Folk Music, Classical Rock,, and Country).

Also featured, is a TRADITIONAL CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE DINNER AND RIBS prepared by the Log Cabin.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2023 doors open at 5 p, dinner at 6:30p. Tickets are $40.00 per person. Reservations required by February 20, 2023 by calling Joe O’Connor @413-627-7148 or Fran Hennessey @ 413-785-5687 or by going online at Eventbrite.com. Additional entertainment will be by THE CASSIN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE AND PIPER MATT O’CONNOR of the Springfield Kiltie Band. Be sure not to miss the Giant Raffle of Baskets! The event will benefit the Maurice A. Donahue Memorial Scholarship and is in honor of the late Hibernian Daniel P. Curran.