Spring Break
Performances To Thaw You Out
Tara Maroney
Issue date: 2/2/06 Section: Out of Focus
Winter is always the slowest concert season. Between that and the weather it is absolutely no surprise that people quickly become plagued with cabin fever. Luckily, Spring is a busy time for shows and venues are just beginning to fill out their schedules so the promise of Spring is only a web site away.
The Webster Theater is keeping its traditional mix of independent bands, heavy metal and an assortment of random shows. They have Copeland, The Academy Is, Senses Fail, Live and Opeth. For those of you that are slightly more adventurous there will be a "Girl's Gone Wild" presentation of Hinder. The Hinder show will include free admission for the women, and two wet T-shirt contests - cameras are allowed for this performance. In March they're bringing Scott Stapp, formerly of Creed, and in April Mushroomhead and Gizmachi. The Early November and Matchbook Romance will also fill out the bill for April, and they've scheduled another Saves The Day show for May 6 so graduating seniors can make it their last show of their undergraduate career.
Toad's Place is keeping their schedule pretty full for these winter months. The Wu-Tang Clan will be there in early February. Silverstein and Spitalfield will make join the stage together. Gregory Isaacs and Umphreys McGee will make appearances. March will provide a diverse assortment of shows starting with Shadows Fall, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, and later in that week Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Sunday, March 5. After that the schedule gets much sparser but will grow as the dates get nearer.
If you're not looking to travel but still see a concert, check out Jorgensen's schedule. They usually have an eclectic mixture of musical offerings for students, faculty and the community. They're having the seventh annual Gospel Fest in February. They have a capella group Rockapella which people who watched "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego" cannot forget. They have opera and piano concerts as well to round out the semester. If instrumental music is your preference there are often student and faculty shows on campus if you know where to look. Von der Mehden's web site has a monthly schedule.
The Webster Theater is keeping its traditional mix of independent bands, heavy metal and an assortment of random shows. They have Copeland, The Academy Is, Senses Fail, Live and Opeth. For those of you that are slightly more adventurous there will be a "Girl's Gone Wild" presentation of Hinder. The Hinder show will include free admission for the women, and two wet T-shirt contests - cameras are allowed for this performance. In March they're bringing Scott Stapp, formerly of Creed, and in April Mushroomhead and Gizmachi. The Early November and Matchbook Romance will also fill out the bill for April, and they've scheduled another Saves The Day show for May 6 so graduating seniors can make it their last show of their undergraduate career.
Toad's Place is keeping their schedule pretty full for these winter months. The Wu-Tang Clan will be there in early February. Silverstein and Spitalfield will make join the stage together. Gregory Isaacs and Umphreys McGee will make appearances. March will provide a diverse assortment of shows starting with Shadows Fall, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, and later in that week Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Sunday, March 5. After that the schedule gets much sparser but will grow as the dates get nearer.
If you're not looking to travel but still see a concert, check out Jorgensen's schedule. They usually have an eclectic mixture of musical offerings for students, faculty and the community. They're having the seventh annual Gospel Fest in February. They have a capella group Rockapella which people who watched "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego" cannot forget. They have opera and piano concerts as well to round out the semester. If instrumental music is your preference there are often student and faculty shows on campus if you know where to look. Von der Mehden's web site has a monthly schedule.