Caliente

Pop genres abound for all music lovers

It took rocker Melissa Etheridge a dozen years to point her tour bus toward Tucson. But on Oct. 30, she'll finally play an encore to her memorable 1992 concert at the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall. This time, she's playing the nearly 5,000-capacity Casino del Sol AVA, an outdoor venue perfectly suited for Etheridge's high-energy, emotive and spunky pop-rock. Etheridge's Halloween Eve concert is among a full slate of pop, rock, country and jazz concerts heading our way this fall. Another highlight in the coming months is Tohono Chul Park's Fab Fall outdoor evening concert series. The series is Americana-themed and features the cream of Tucson's musical crop. The offerings dip into the city's diverse culture and musical landscape, from Mariachi America presenting its blend of Latin classics to the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regimental Band of Fort Lowell pounding out flag-waving patriotic marches. All of the shows listed below are subject to change. Other shows will be added in coming weeks and months. We'll keep you posted weekly in Caliente. Rock Credence Clearwater Revisited - Sept. 9, Desert Diamond Casino.

Head Automatica - Sept. 15, Club Congress. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - Sept. 17, City Limits.

The High Strung - Sept. 17, Plush. Man Show with Manifold and Mankind, Sept. 17, Club Congress.

Max Cady - Sept. 19, Vaudeville Cabaret.

Circle Jerks - Sept. 20, City Limits. Devotchka and Jim White - Sept. 22, Club Congress.

Styx - Sept. 26, Desert Diamond Casino. Fly Pan Am with Mono - Sept. 28, Plush. KFMA Fall Ball with Social Distortion - Oct. 2, Tucson Electric Park.

Voodoo Glow Skulls with Pistol Grip - Oct. 5, Club Congress. Gogol Bordello - Oct. 8, Club Congress. Mest with Bayside - Oct. 16, The Rock. Mush Records Tour - Oct. 16, Solar Culture. Fiery Furnaces - Oct. 19, Club Congress. Matchbook Romance, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday - Oct. 19, Coconuts. Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Misery Signals, Red Sparrows - Oct. 20, The Rock. Dope, Adema - Oct. 22, The Rock. Rilo Kiley - Oct. 26, Solar Culture. Melissa Etheridge - Oct. 30, Casino del Sol's AVA.

Nightmare on Congress Street - Oct. 30, Club Congress. The Blood Brothers with Chinese Stars and White Rabbits, Nov. 9, Club Congress. Pop Big AZ Music Festival - Sept. 25, Fourth Avenue and Main Gate Square near the University of Arizona. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Sept. 28, Solar Culture.

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, Sept. 30, Vaudeville Cabaret.

Mason Jennings with Haley Bonar - Oct. 13, City Limits.

The Rhythm Gang - Oct. 14, Tohono Chul Park. Vicki Lawrence - Oct. 26, Desert Diamond Casino. Engelbert Humperdinck - Nov. 16, Desert Diamond Casino.

Tucson Desert Harmony (a cappella) - Dec. 11, Sahuarita High School, 350 W. Sahuarita Road. Jazz, Blues Bobby McFerrin - Sept. 10, Centennial Hall. Tony Furtado Band with Peter Case - Sept. 10, Tucson Museum of Art. Jazzberry Jam with Jeff Haskell - Sept. 19, St. Philip's Plaza. Greg Armstrong and Friends - Sept. 26, St. Philip's Plaza. John Ronstadt and 'Round Midnight - Oct. 3, St. Philip's Plaza. Battle of the Bands - Oct. 10, St. Philip's Plaza. Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang - Oct. 16, Casino del Sol's AVA.

11th annual Oro Valley-Wells Fargo Jazz Festival - Oct. 23-24, CDO Riverfront Park in Oro Valley. Jeff Haskell and Chris Beatty - Oct. 25, UA Crowder Hall. Lisa Otey - Oct. 28, Tohono Chul Park. North Mississippi Allstars - Nov. 7, City Limits. Joe Bourne and the Gary Moran Trio - Nov. 19, Berger Center .

B.B. King - Nov. 19, Casino del Sol's AVA.

Pima Community College Jazz Improv - Nov. 22, PCC Proscenium Theatre Pima Community College Jazz Ensemble - Nov. 30, PCC Proscenium Theatre Folk, Americana Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum, Hot Club of Tucson - Sept. 11, Berger Center.

Shadz Band - Sept. 19, Tucson Estates, 5900 W. Western Way Circle. Lucy Kaplansky with John Coinman - Oct. 1, St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. The Incredible String Band - Oct. 5, Solar Culture. Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - Oct. 8, Plush. The Strawbs - Nov. 5, Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Ave., Downtown. The 4th U.S. Cavalry Regimental Band of Fort Lowell - Nov. 11, Tohono Chul Park. John Gorka - Dec. 11, St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. Greg Brown with Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey - Jan. 13, 2005, Berger Center. Country, Western, Bluegrass Troy Olsen - Sept. 10, City Limits.

KIIM Country Music Festival with Clay Walker - Sept. 11, Pima County Fairgrounds.

Nancy McCallion Band - Sept. 24, All Angels Episcopal Church Courtyard, 602 N. Wilmot Road. Willie Nelson - Sept. 29, TCC Music Hall. Lee Roy Parnell and David Lee Murphy - Oct. 1, TCC. Trick Pony - Oct. 16, Desert Diamond Casino. Little Texas - Oct. 22, Coconuts.

Fifth Annual Tucson Bluegrass Music Festival - Oct. 23-24, Pima County Fairgrounds. Béla Fleck - Nov. 1, TCC. Tucson Cowboy Music Roundup - Nov. 11-14, Pueblo Inn, 350 S. Freeway, Downtown. World, Latin Keola Beamer with Hula Dancer - Sept. 17, Berger Center. Juan Gabriel - Sept. 17, Casino del Sol's AVA. Will and Cantrell - Sept. 18, Namaste, 3400 E. Speedway, No. 210. Los Temerarios - Sept. 26, Casino del Sol's AVA. Old Blind Dogs - Sept. 30, Berger Center. Mariachi America - Sept. 30, Tohono Chul Park. Lila Downs - Oct. 1, Centennial Hall. El Vez - Oct. 3, Club Congress. Cherish the Ladies - Oct. 9, Temple of Music and Art. Rasa - Oct. 17, Solar Culture.

The Bouncing Czechs - Oct. 17, Tucson Estates, 5900 W. Western Way Circle. Master Drummers of New Guinea - Oct. 19-20, Centennial Hall. Christian Castro and Jennifer Peña - Nov. 6, Casino del Sol's AVA. Putumayo Presents: Latinas - Nov. 13, Centennial Hall. Alejandro Fernandez - Nov. 23, Casino Del Sol's AVA. Tania Libertad - Nov. 28, Centennial Hall. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Jan. 23, 2005, Centennial Hall. Hip-Hop, R&B Mac Lethal - Sept. 15, Solar Culture. Tower of Power - Sept. 17, Desert Diamond Casino . Cali Comm 2004 hip-hop extravaganza - Oct. 20, Club Congress. Around the region The Alan Riding Septet - Oct. 17, Rancho Resort, Green Valley. Annual Tombstone Western Music Festival - Nov. 5-7, Allen Street, Tombstone. The High Note Dixie Flute Quartet - Nov. 21, Rancho Resort, Green Valley. The Dixie Cats, Dec. 19, Rancho Resort, Green Valley.