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SUMMARY:Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown at Foxwoods
DESCRIPTION:Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown at Foxwoods puts rock’s most enduring argument onstage Saturday\, September 5\, when two nationally touring tribute bands face off at the Great Cedar Showroom. \nOn one side is Abbey Road\, recreating the music and changing looks of The Beatles. On the other is Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show\, taking on Mick Jagger\, Keith Richards and the Stones. \nThis isn’t a conventional double bill. The bands alternate sets throughout the night\, answering one Beatles run with a Stones run before eventually putting the rivalry aside and joining together for the finale. \nThe question hanging over all of it has survived for more than 60 years. \nBeatles or Stones? \nLiverpool vs. London\nThe rivalry was almost irresistible from the beginning. \nThe Beatles arrived as four young men from Liverpool in matching suits\, with carefully arranged harmonies\, enormous pop hooks and the kind of screaming audience reaction that quickly became known as Beatlemania. \nThe Rolling Stones offered something different. \nThey were bluesier. Rougher around the edges. Mick Jagger prowled across the stage. Keith Richards looked considerably less interested in behaving himself. \nIf The Beatles could be presented as the boys parents might reluctantly allow their daughters to meet\, the Stones were marketed as the alternative. \nThat contrast helped create one of popular music’s great dividing lines. \nWere you a Beatles person or a Stones person? \nBeatles vs. Stones builds an entire show around making you choose again. \nAbbey Road Takes the Beatles Side\nRepresenting the Fab Four is Abbey Road\, a Beatles tribute band that doesn’t limit itself to one period of the group’s career. \nThat matters because The Beatles changed dramatically in a remarkably short amount of time. \nThe band that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964\, dressed in matching suits and singing “All My Loving” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand\,” looked and sounded very different from the group that created Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band just three years later. \nAbbey Road uses costumes\, instruments and staging to follow that evolution. \nThe early Beatles give way to the increasingly experimental music and imagery of the later 1960s\, allowing the show to move through different chapters of a career that lasted only about a decade but changed popular music. \nSatisfaction Answers for the Stones\nThen it’s the Rolling Stones’ turn. \nSatisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show has been touring its tribute to the band for years\, with Chris LeGrand taking on the role of Mick Jagger. \nThat’s a formidable assignment. \nJagger isn’t simply a singer whose songs need to be performed accurately. His movement\, mannerisms and stage presence became part of the identity of the Rolling Stones. \nAnd the Stones catalog provides plenty of ammunition for a musical showdown. \n“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” \n“Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” \n“Paint It Black.” \n“Sympathy for the Devil.” \n“Gimme Shelter.” \n“Start Me Up.” \nThe songs span decades because the Rolling Stones did something their supposed rivals never had the opportunity to do. \nThey kept going. \nThe Beatles Had Seven Years. The Stones Had Decades.\nThis is where comparing the two bands becomes almost unfair. \nThe Beatles released their first UK single\, “Love Me Do\,” in 1962. By 1970\, the band was over. \nTheir period as international superstars was even shorter. \nYet during that compressed stretch\, John Lennon\, Paul McCartney\, George Harrison and Ringo Starr moved from Beatlemania through increasingly sophisticated studio albums including Rubber Soul\, Revolver\, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band\, The Beatles and Abbey Road. \nThe Rolling Stones took another route. \nFormed in London in 1962\, they built their early identity around American blues and R&B before Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed into one of rock’s defining songwriting partnerships. \nThen they survived. \nPersonnel changed. Musical fashions changed. Punk arrived. Disco arrived. MTV arrived. Grunge arrived. \nThe Stones remained. \nThat longevity became part of their argument in the great Beatles-versus-Stones debate. \nThe Beatles changed music extraordinarily quickly. \nThe Stones became one of rock’s ultimate survivors. \nThe Rivalry Wasn’t Quite What We Remember\nThere’s one problem with the great Beatles-Stones feud. \nThe actual musicians didn’t behave much like mortal enemies. \nThe bands certainly competed\, and comparisons between them were unavoidable\, but their relationship was considerably friendlier than the mythology suggests. \nJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney even gave the Stones a song. \n“I Wanna Be Your Man\,” written by Lennon and McCartney\, became an early Rolling Stones single in 1963. The Beatles subsequently released their own version with Ringo Starr singing lead. \nMembers of the two groups socialized and followed each other’s work as both bands helped transform British popular music. \nThe public rivalry was simply too good to resist. \nThe clean-cut Beatles versus the dangerous Stones. \nPop versus blues. \nLiverpool versus London. \nLennon and McCartney versus Jagger and Richards. \nMore than six decades later\, that argument is still selling tickets. \nThey Never Gave Us the Concert This Show Imagines\nHere’s what makes the premise particularly fun. \nThe Beatles and Rolling Stones never gave audiences the great head-to-head concert that rock history seems to demand. \nThe Beatles stopped touring in 1966\, years before the stadium-rock era fully developed. \nBeatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown was created decades later to imagine what might have happened if the two catalogs had actually shared a stage. \nThe touring production launched in 2011 and has since played across the United States and internationally\, including extended casino showroom residencies. \nInstead of placing one tribute band before the other\, the production turns the competition into the structure of the show. \nAbbey Road plays. \nSatisfaction responds. \nThen it’s back to The Beatles. \nThen back to the Stones. \nThe two sides trade sets\, songs and a little trash talk along the way. \nSo Who Wins?\nThat’s up to the audience. \nMaybe it’s The Beatles\, with the extraordinary progression from “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “A Day in the Life” in the space of just a few years. \nMaybe it’s the Stones\, with the opening riff of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction\,” the menace of “Gimme Shelter” and a catalog built across decades. \nOr maybe the premise eventually collapses for the same reason the original rivalry did. \nYou don’t actually have to choose. \nFoxwoods says Abbey Road and Satisfaction will come together onstage for the show’s encore\, turning the musical shootout into something the real Beatles and Rolling Stones never gave audiences. \nBoth bands. \nOne stage. \nAnd after more than 60 years of arguing about it\, probably no definitive winner. \nEvent Details\nEvent: Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown\nDate: Saturday\, September 5\, 2026\nTime: 8 p.m.\nLocation: Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino\nAddress: 350 Trolley Line Boulevard\, Mashantucket\, CT 06338\nBeatles Tribute: Abbey Road\nRolling Stones Tribute: Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show\nFormat: Alternating sets followed by a joint encore\nGenre: Classic Rock\nBest Parking: Grand Pequot Tower\nBag Policy: No shopping bags or backpacks permitted; all bags are subject to search \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n\nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown. \n 
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SUMMARY:Grand Funk Railroad at Foxwoods
DESCRIPTION:Grand Funk Railroad at Foxwoods brings one of the defining American rock bands of the 1970s to the Great Cedar Showroom on Friday\, September 4\, as the band rolls into Mashantucket on its Still Shinin’ On Tour 2026. \nMore than 55 years after Grand Funk Railroad emerged from Flint\, Michigan\, founding members Don Brewer and Mel Schacher are still carrying the band onto stages around the country. The current tour arrives at Foxwoods with a catalog that includes “We’re an American Band\,” “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)\,” “The Loco-Motion\,” “Some Kind of Wonderful\,” “Walk Like a Man” and “Bad Time.” \nThe concert begins at 8 p.m. \nThree Musicians From Flint\nGrand Funk Railroad began in 1969 with guitarist and singer Mark Farner\, drummer and singer Don Brewer and bassist Mel Schacher. \nThey came from Flint\, Michigan\, an industrial city that provided an appropriate birthplace for a band built around volume\, heavy rhythm and a stripped-down power-trio sound. \nTheir ascent was remarkably fast. \nA performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival in 1969 helped introduce the new band to a much larger audience. Grand Funk soon developed a reputation as a formidable live act\, touring relentlessly while building an audience that didn’t necessarily wait for rock critics to tell them what to like. \nThe records followed. \nBy the early 1970s\, Grand Funk had become one of America’s biggest rock bands. \nWhen Grand Funk Filled Shea Stadium\nOne concert became part of Grand Funk Railroad lore. \nIn 1971\, the band played New York’s Shea Stadium\, the ballpark where The Beatles had staged their famous 1965 concert. \nGrand Funk’s show demonstrated just how enormous the band’s audience had become. \nIt also captured something essential about Grand Funk Railroad’s success. This was a band built for the era when rock music was moving from theaters and ballrooms into arenas and stadiums. \nThe music had to fill those spaces. \nGrand Funk could. \nHeavy bass\, pounding drums\, loud guitars and songs constructed around riffs and choruses translated particularly well to huge crowds. \nThat live reputation remains a central part of the band’s identity more than half a century later. \n“I’m Your Captain” Became an FM Radio Landmark\nBefore Grand Funk became “An American Band\,” it produced one of the great extended rock songs of its era. \n“I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)” appeared on the band’s 1970 album Closer to Home. \nThe recording moves through two distinct sections\, beginning with the story of a captain pleading with his crew before transitioning into the repeated “I’m getting closer to my home” finale. \nAt roughly 10 minutes\, the album version was made for the emerging world of FM rock radio\, where stations were increasingly willing to play songs that didn’t fit neatly into the traditional three-minute single. \nDecades later\, “I’m Your Captain” remains one of the songs most closely associated with Grand Funk Railroad. \nThen came the record that changed the band’s identity altogether. \nGrand Funk Becomes “An American Band”\nIn 1973\, Grand Funk Railroad released We’re an American Band. \nThe title track was written and sung by Don Brewer\, who also played drums on the recording. \nIt went to No. 1. \nThe song turned life on the road into a rock anthem\, complete with hotel rooms\, late nights\, concerts and the declaration that gave Grand Funk a nickname it still uses today: \nThe American Band. \nThe album also represented an important shift for Grand Funk. Todd Rundgren produced the record\, helping refine the band’s massive live sound into something that worked particularly well on radio. \nThe result became Grand Funk’s first No. 1 single. \nIt wouldn’t be the last. \nA 1960s Pop Song Becomes a Grand Funk No. 1\nOne year later\, Grand Funk Railroad did something that shouldn’t necessarily have worked. \nThey recorded “The Loco-Motion.” \nThe song had already been a No. 1 hit for Little Eva in 1962\, a bright piece of early-’60s pop about a dance craze. \nGrand Funk turned it into a muscular 1970s rock record. \nTheir version also went to No. 1. \nThat made “The Loco-Motion” one of the relatively rare songs to reach the top of the American charts in versions by two different artists. \nGrand Funk followed with another enormously successful remake\, “Some Kind of Wonderful\,” originally recorded by Soul Brothers Six. \nThe Grand Funk version reached the Top 10 and became another enduring part of the band’s live repertoire. \nBy then\, Grand Funk had demonstrated that it could move between hard rock\, soul\, pop and radio-friendly arena rock without losing the rhythmic weight that made the band recognizable. \nDon Brewer and Mel Schacher Are Still There\nThe Grand Funk Railroad arriving at Foxwoods isn’t the original trio. \nMark Farner hasn’t been a member of the current touring band for decades. \nBut two musicians who stood onstage when Grand Funk began in 1969 remain in the lineup. \nDon Brewer is still behind the drums and singing. In addition to writing and singing “We’re an American Band\,” Brewer provided vocals on Grand Funk recordings including “Walk Like a Man” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.” \nMel Schacher remains on bass\, preserving another essential part of the original Grand Funk sound. \nThe band’s current lineup also includes Tim Cashion on vocals and keyboards and guitarist Mark Chatfield\, a veteran of Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band. \nThat makes the 2026 version of Grand Funk an unusual combination: two musicians from the original 1969 band surrounded by players with their own long histories in American rock. \nA Change Behind the Microphone in 2026\nThis year’s tour also marks a significant transition for Grand Funk Railroad. \nLongtime lead singer Max Carl retired from touring and performing in April 2026 following a medical issue. \nCarl had spent 26 years with Grand Funk and was a familiar voice to generations of fans who saw the band after its return to regular touring in 2000. Outside Grand Funk\, he is particularly well known for his work with .38 Special\, including singing and co-writing “Second Chance.” \nHis retirement brought Tim Cashion into a larger vocal role in the current lineup. \nCashion isn’t new to the road. His career has included work with artists including Robert Palmer and Bob Seger. \nSo the Foxwoods show provides Connecticut fans with a look at a newly configured Grand Funk Railroad during a year of transition for the veteran band. \nStill Shinin’ On After 57 Years\nGrand Funk is calling its 2026 run the Still Shinin’ On Tour. \nThe title reaches back to “Shinin’ On\,” the opening track from the band’s 1974 album of the same name. \nThe numbers behind those 57 years are substantial. \nGrand Funk Railroad reports more than 25 million albums sold\, 19 charting singles and eight Top 40 hits. Its recording history includes seven gold and 10 platinum certifications. \nBut numbers don’t entirely explain why a band formed in Flint in 1969 can still fill a concert schedule in 2026. \nThe songs do. \n“We’re an American Band” remains instantly recognizable from its opening drumbeat. “Some Kind of Wonderful” still invites an audience response. “The Loco-Motion” crosses generations that may have first encountered the song through entirely different performers. \nAnd “I’m Your Captain” can still transport an FM-rock listener back to an era when a 10-minute song didn’t need to apologize for taking its time. \nOn September 4\, those songs return to a Connecticut stage. \nGrand Funk Railroad is still comin’ to our town. \nEvent Details\nEvent: Grand Funk Railroad – Still Shinin’ On Tour\nDate: Friday\, September 4\, 2026\nTime: 8 p.m.\nLocation: Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino\nAddress: 350 Trolley Line Boulevard\, Mashantucket\, CT 06338\nPerformers: Don Brewer\, Mel Schacher\, Tim Cashion and Mark Chatfield\nTour: Still Shinin’ On Tour 2026\nBest Parking: Grand Pequot Tower\nBag Policy: No shopping bags or backpacks permitted; all bags are subject to search \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown. \n 
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LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Ultimate Doors in the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino
DESCRIPTION:The Ultimate Doors in the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino brings the music\, atmosphere\, and unmistakable stage presence of one of rock’s most influential bands on Saturday\, August 29. \nThe concert begins at 8 p.m.\, but it isn’t a typical night of musicians playing familiar Doors songs. The four members of The Ultimate Doors have built their show around something far more ambitious: recreating the experience of seeing Jim Morrison\, Ray Manzarek\, Robby Krieger and John Densmore perform during The Doors’ late-1960s prime. \nPeriod-correct instruments\, vintage equipment\, wardrobe and even the arrangement of the musicians onstage are part of the illusion. \nFor a couple of hours\, they’re trying to make 2026 disappear. \nFour Musicians Recreating Four Originals\nThe Ultimate Doors deliberately maintains the four-man configuration of the original band. \nDarrian Kenney takes the Jim Morrison role on vocals. Branden Eifrid handles organ and keyboards in the Ray Manzarek position\, Todd Huffman takes Robby Krieger’s guitar role and Jordyn Huffman sits behind the drums in the place occupied by John Densmore. \nThat configuration matters more with The Doors than it might with many other rock bands. \nThe original group didn’t rely on a traditional full-time bass guitarist onstage. Manzarek frequently supplied bass lines with his keyboards while simultaneously contributing the swirling organ sound that became one of The Doors’ musical signatures. \nKrieger brought influences ranging from blues to flamenco guitar\, while Densmore’s jazz background gave the rhythm section an unusual looseness. \nThen Morrison stood at the front of it all. \nThe combination produced a band that was immediately identifiable\, even before he started singing. \nThis Is Supposed to Be 1968\nThe Ultimate Doors isn’t trying to imagine what The Doors might sound like today. \nThe target is much more specific. \n\n\n\nBy then\, The Doors had exploded out of Los Angeles with their 1967 self-titled debut and followed it with Strange Days. In 1968\, Waiting for the Sun became the band’s first No. 1 album in the United States\, while “Hello\, I Love You” reached No. 1 on the singles chart. \nJim Morrison had become one of the defining figures of the counterculture\, and The Doors had developed a reputation for concerts that could feel theatrical\, unpredictable and occasionally dangerous. \nThat’s the period The Ultimate Doors wants audiences to enter. \nThey Sweat the Small Stuff\nPlaying the songs correctly is only part of the job. \nThe Ultimate Doors uses period-correct instruments and vintage-style gear chosen to reproduce the tones of the original recordings and concerts. \nThe band also pays attention to how that equipment is positioned onstage\, how the musicians dress and how the performance itself looks. \nIt’s an unusually obsessive approach to the tribute-band idea. \nThere’s a practical reason for some of it. A vintage-style organ isn’t simply a stage prop when you’re recreating Ray Manzarek. The equipment is responsible for a major part of the sound. \nBut some details exist purely to complete the illusion. \nThe wardrobe matters. The stage arrangement matters. The way Kenney inhabits Morrison’s role matters. \nEven the microphone cable can matter. \nThe goal isn’t to remind you of The Doors. \nIt’s to make you briefly forget you’re watching anybody else. \nSomeone Who Was There Put Them to the Test\nPlenty of tribute bands have glowing quotes from fans. \nThe Ultimate Doors has something considerably harder to dismiss. \nGareth Blyth worked as a roadie for the real Doors from 1969 through 1971. \nBlyth’s experience wasn’t limited to hauling equipment. He worked soundchecks with Jim Morrison\, tuned Robby Krieger’s guitars and worked alongside producer Paul Rothchild and recording engineer Bruce Botnick. At one point\, when John Densmore developed blisters\, Blyth even sat behind Densmore’s drum kit. \nDecades later\, he saw The Ultimate Doors. \nBlyth wasn’t predisposed to love the idea. By his own account\, cover bands generally aren’t his thing. \nWhat caught his attention was the detail. \nHe recognized the equipment. He noticed that it was positioned correctly. He recognized the wardrobe and presentation. More importantly\, he thought the four musicians could actually play the material. \nComing from someone who had stood onstage and backstage with the real band\, that’s a considerably different endorsement than a five-star review from somebody who heard “Light My Fire” on the radio. \nMore Than “Light My Fire”\nThe Doors left behind one of the most recognizable catalogs of the classic-rock era. \n“Light My Fire” is unavoidable\, but the songbook reaches much further. \n“Break On Through (To the Other Side)” introduced the band on its first album. “People Are Strange” captured its darker psychedelic side. “Hello\, I Love You” gave the group another massive pop hit. \nThen there are songs such as “Roadhouse Blues\,” “Love Her Madly\,” “Riders on the Storm” and “L.A. Woman\,” recorded as the band’s sound continued evolving. \nA convincing Doors show also needs room for the stranger material. \nSongs such as “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)\,” “Back Door Man” and “Five to One” reveal the blues\, theatrical and experimental elements that made the original group harder to categorize than its biggest radio hits suggest. \nThe Ultimate Doors has incorporated that deeper material into its performances rather than treating the catalog as a classic-rock jukebox. \nThe Morrison Problem\nEvery Doors tribute eventually runs into the same problem. \nJim Morrison wasn’t merely the lead singer. \nHis baritone voice\, movements\, poetry\, unpredictability and almost confrontational relationship with audiences became inseparable from the band’s identity. \nTry too hard to imitate him and the performance becomes parody. \nDon’t go far enough and it stops feeling like The Doors. \nDarrian Kenney has to occupy the space between those extremes\, recreating the visual and vocal presence audiences expect while allowing the musicians behind him to do what ultimately made Morrison’s performances work in the first place. \nThere was a very good band behind the mythology. \nThat’s why The Ultimate Doors’ attention to Manzarek\, Krieger and Densmore is just as important as finding somebody who can wear the leather pants. \nFrom Los Angeles to the Great Cedar Showroom\nSaturday’s performance takes place inside Foxwoods’ Great Cedar Showroom. \nThe venue is one of the resort’s more intimate entertainment spaces\, a very different experience from seeing a concert in the much larger Premier Theater. \nThat smaller room should work particularly well for a Doors recreation. \nThe original group emerged from the clubs of Los Angeles rather than arenas\, developing its identity at venues such as the London Fog and Whisky a Go Go before becoming internationally famous. \nA close audience and relatively compact stage put some of that intimacy back into the music. \nBefore You Go\nThe Ultimate Doors performs at 8 p.m. Saturday inside the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino. \nFoxwoods recommends the Grand Pequot Tower for the most convenient parking for the show. \nGuests should also pay attention to the resort’s bag rules before leaving the car. Shopping bags and backpacks aren’t permitted in the venue\, and permitted bags are subject to search. \nThen it’s through the doors and\, at least for the duration of the concert\, back toward 1968. \nEvent Details\nEvent: The Ultimate Doors: Tribute to The Doors\nDate: Saturday\, August 29\, 2026\nTime: 8 p.m.\nLocation: Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino\nAddress: 350 Trolley Line Boulevard\, Mashantucket\, CT 06338\nBest Parking: Grand Pequot Tower\nPerformer: The Ultimate Doors\nMusic: Tribute to The Doors\nBand: Darrian Kenney\, vocals; Branden Eifrid\, organ; Todd Huffman\, guitar; Jordyn Huffman\, percussion\nBag Policy: No shopping bags or backpacks; all permitted bags are subject to search \nThe Ultimate Doors recreates the late-1960s Doors experience using a four-piece lineup\, period-correct instruments\, vintage equipment\, wardrobe and stage presentation inspired by the original band. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n\n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown. \n 
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/the-ultimate-doors-in-the-great-cedar-showroom-at-foxwoods-resort-casino/
LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foxwoods
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SUMMARY:Dogstar ALL IN NOW TOUR with Special Guest The Backfires at Great Cedar Showroom
DESCRIPTION:Dogstar ALL IN NOW TOUR with Special Guest The Backfires at Great Cedar Showroom brings Keanu Reeves back to the stage in his other career on Saturday\, August 15\, when Dogstar arrives at Foxwoods Resort Casino for an 8 p.m. performance. Reeves plays bass alongside guitarist and vocalist Bret Domrose and drummer Robert Mailhouse in the Southern California alternative-rock trio\, with New York indie-rock band The Backfires opening the night. (Foxwoods) \nDogstar isn’t a celebrity side project assembled around Reeves. The band dates to the early 1990s\, released two albums during its original run\, toured internationally and opened shows for artists including David Bowie and Bon Jovi before going dormant after 2000. More than two decades later\, Reeves\, Domrose and Mailhouse reunited\, returned to the studio and released Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees in 2023. (Fallsview Casino Resort) \nThe Foxwoods stop pairs that comeback story with a much younger rock band on its own climb. The Backfires formed between London and New York\, released their debut album This Is Not An Exit in 2025 and have since moved from small clubs to festivals and national touring. The Great Cedar Showroom puts both bands into a relatively intimate room: Foxwoods lists the venue at about 1\,400 seats\, considerably smaller than the resort’s 4\,000-seat Premier Theater. (Spotify) \nAbout Dogstar\nDogstar began in Los Angeles in the early 1990s with Reeves on bass and Mailhouse on drums. Bret Domrose eventually became the group’s principal singer\, guitarist and songwriter\, establishing the trio that continues today. \nDuring its original run\, the band found itself routinely labeled grunge\, an understandable classification given the decade but one the musicians don’t think completely captured what they were doing. Dogstar’s music has always leaned heavily on melody and storytelling\, with Domrose’s songwriting drawing from an older singer-songwriter tradition as much as the louder alternative rock surrounding the band in the ’90s. \nThe group released Our Little Visionary in 1996 and Happy Ending in 2000 before the members went their separate ways. \nThen\, after roughly two decades apart\, something clicked again. \nReeves\, Domrose and Mailhouse began playing together privately\, rediscovered the chemistry that had held the band together and started writing. Instead of building a nostalgia tour around their old material\, they recorded an entirely new album. \nSomewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees\nDogstar’s reunion produced Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees in 2023\, its first album in 23 years. \nThe record reflects a band that no longer has much reason to worry about fitting into a particular rock category. Reeves has described its appeal in terms of the variety between songs\, with different tones and influences emerging across the album rather than every track chasing the same sound. \nThat makes the current version of Dogstar more interesting than a simple ’90s revival. Older songs are part of the band’s history\, but the reunion has produced a functioning creative band with new material to play. \nThe ALL IN NOW TOUR continues that second chapter. \nYes\, That’s Keanu Reeves on Bass\nThere’s no avoiding the obvious question for anyone discovering Dogstar through the Foxwoods listing. \nYes. It’s that Keanu Reeves. \nBut Reeves’ involvement in music isn’t new. He was playing bass with Dogstar while his acting career was exploding in the 1990s\, and the band’s original years overlapped with films including Speed and The Matrix. \nWithin Dogstar\, however\, Reeves doesn’t front the group or turn the concert into a showcase built around his movie career. He’s the bassist. Domrose handles lead vocals and guitar\, Mailhouse plays drums\, and the three operate as a conventional rock trio. \nThat dynamic has remained intact since the reunion. \nSpecial Guest The Backfires\nOpening the Foxwoods show is The Backfires\, a transatlantic rock band whose story began in London in 2018. \nSinger and guitarist Alex Gomez moved from New York to London to study and met guitarist Harry Ruprecht and drummer Max Wanduragala there. Gomez’s childhood friend Matt Walter joined on bass\, and the musicians began developing a band split between two countries just before the pandemic made that arrangement considerably more complicated. (47Magazine & Media) \nBy early 2022\, The Backfires had relocated to New York and began concentrating on building their live show. A sold-out Mercury Lounge debut was followed by touring with acts including Silversun Pickups\, Courteeners and The Mysterines. (Spotify) \nThe band released its debut full-length album\, This Is Not An Exit\, in January 2025 and followed it with a 29-date North American headline tour. The Backfires also moved onto festival stages\, including Governors Ball. (Spotify) \nTheir music falls into guitar-driven indie and alternative rock\, with British influences particularly apparent. Songs including “Blindsided\,” “Joyride\,” “Brighter Lights” and “Super 8” offer a good starting point before the Foxwoods show. (Apple Music – Web Player) \nTwo Generations of Alternative Rock\nThe pairing makes sense. \nDogstar came together during the alternative-rock explosion of the 1990s but often found itself slightly outside the sound of the decade. The Backfires formed more than 25 years later with influences drawn partly from the British guitar bands that followed that era. \nBoth ultimately center their music on guitars\, melody and songs rather than elaborate production. \nThe Backfires aren’t making a one-off appearance at Foxwoods\, either. They’re accompanying Dogstar on multiple dates of the ALL IN NOW TOUR\, including stops in Washington\, Atlantic City\, Mashantucket\, Boston\, Hershey and cities across the country. (www.livenation.my) \nAbout the Great Cedar Showroom\nThe Great Cedar Showroom offers a substantially different concert experience from Foxwoods’ larger Premier Theater. \nFoxwoods lists the Great Cedar as an approximately 1\,400-seat venue\, compared with 4\,000 seats at the Premier Theater. That makes it one of the resort’s more intimate rooms for nationally touring musicians and comedians. (Foxwoods) \nThe Showroom sits within the Great Cedar section of the resort\, near the Great Cedar Casino and hotel. Foxwoods’ current property map places it close to the Grand Pequot area as well. (Foxwoods) \nFor this performance\, Foxwoods recommends parking at the Grand Pequot Tower. \nBefore the Show\nGuests looking to make dinner part of the evening have numerous options throughout Foxwoods. \nOne of the closest is Cedars Steaks & Oysters\, located on the Great Cedar Concourse just steps from the Great Cedar Hotel elevators and near the Showroom. Reservations are recommended\, particularly on event nights. (Foxwoods) \nAllow some extra time between dinner and the concert for security and finding your seats. \nEvent Details\nDate\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2026 \nTime\n8:00 p.m. \nHeadliner\nDogstar \nSpecial Guest\nThe Backfires \nTour\nALL IN NOW TOUR \nLocation\nGreat Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino \nAddress\n39 Norwich Westerly Road\nMashantucket\, CT 06338 \nVenue Size\nApproximately 1\,400 seats. \nBest Parking\nGrand Pequot Tower. \nBags and Purses\nShopping bags and backpacks are not permitted. All bags are subject to search. \nImportant Notes\nDogstar features Bret Domrose on guitar and vocals\, Robert Mailhouse on drums and Keanu Reeves on bass. The Backfires are appearing as special guest. \nMore Information\nFor more information\, visit the event website using the Event Website link below. \nFor ticket purchases\, click on the Ticketing link below. \n\n 
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LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foxwoods
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SUMMARY:Fortune Feimster: Takin' Care of Biscuits Tour at Foxwoods
DESCRIPTION:Fortune Feimster: Takin’ Care of Biscuits Tour at Foxwoods brings one of comedy’s most beloved storytellers to the Great Cedar Showroom on Friday\, August 7\, for an evening of laugh-out-loud stand-up. Known for her warm personality\, relatable humor\, and hilarious personal stories\, Feimster has become one of the biggest names in comedy through her hit Netflix specials\, television appearances\, and sold-out tours across the country. \nA comedian\, writer\, and actor\, Feimster has built her career on confessional comedy that finds humor in everyday life while celebrating the experiences that connect us. Audiences first fell in love with her through her acclaimed Netflix special Sweet & Salty\, which earned a Critics Choice Award nomination. She followed it with Good Fortune\, another critically praised special that explored relationships\, marriage\, growing up in the South\, and life’s awkward moments with the charm and honesty that have become her trademark. Her third Netflix special was recently filmed in Seattle and continues her rise as one of today’s most popular stand-up performers. \nWhether she’s sharing stories about meeting her wife in a parking lot\, navigating family life\, or embracing the awkward moments everyone can relate to\, Feimster’s comedy feels like catching up with your funniest cousin. Her conversational style and infectious energy have earned praise from audiences of every background\, making her shows equally appealing to longtime fans and first-time comedy lovers alike. \nPresented inside Foxwoods Resort Casino’s intimate Great Cedar Showroom\, the performance offers an opportunity to see one of stand-up comedy’s brightest stars in one of southeastern Connecticut’s premier entertainment venues. \nEvent Details\nEvent: Fortune Feimster: Takin’ Care of Biscuits Tour at Foxwoods \nDate: Friday\, August 7\, 2026 \nTime: 7:30 p.m. \nLocation:\nGreat Cedar Showroom\nFoxwoods Resort Casino\nMashantucket\, CT \nBest Parking: Grand Pequot Tower \nVenue Policy: Shopping bags and backpacks are not permitted. All bags are subject to search. \nMore Information\nAdditional information about the performance\, venue policies\, and parking is available by clicking the Event Website link at the bottom of this page. \n\n 
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LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foxwoods
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SUMMARY:Comedian Jared Freid at the Great Cedar Showroom
DESCRIPTION:Jared Freid brings his sharp observations on modern dating\, relationships\, and everyday life to the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Friday\, July 17. Known for turning the awkward realities of dating apps\, adulthood\, and social expectations into relatable stand-up\, the New York City comedian has built a loyal following through sold-out tours\, hit podcasts\, and television appearances. \nFreid first gained national attention after being named one of the prestigious Just for Laughs New Faces in 2017 and has since appeared multiple times on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His 2023 Netflix stand-up special\, 37 & Single\, reached the platform’s Top 10 in the United States and Canada\, while The New York Times praised his fresh take on dating humor. Beyond the stage\, he co-hosts the popular U Up? podcast with Jordana Abraham of Betches and hosts The JTrain Podcast\, where he mixes comedy with humorous advice about relationships and everyday life. \nWhether you’re navigating dating apps yourself or simply appreciate clever observational comedy\, Freid’s performance offers an evening of honest\, fast-paced humor drawn from the shared experiences of modern life. \nEvent Details\n\nEvent: Jared Freid\nDate: Friday\, July 17\, 2026\nTime: 7:30-9:00 p.m.\nVenue: Great Cedar Showroom\nLocation: Foxwoods Resort Casino\, Mashantucket\, CT\nAge Requirement: 18+\n\nAbout Jared Freid\n\nNew York City-based stand-up comedian\nCreator of the Netflix comedy special 37 & Single\nMultiple appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\nNamed one of Just for Laughs’ New Faces in 2017\nCo-host of the hit dating podcast U Up?\nHost of The JTrain Podcast\nKnown for comedy centered on dating\, relationships\, and everyday life\n\nTickets\nTickets can be purchased by clicking the Event Ticketing link at the bottom of this page. \n  \n 
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/comedian-jared-freid-at-the-great-cedar-showroom/
LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foxwoods
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SUMMARY:Jo Dee Messina
DESCRIPTION:There’s something about a Jo Dee Messina show that feels instantly familiar… like stepping into a song you’ve known for years. She came up in that late ’90s country wave with a sound that blended upbeat\, radio-ready hooks with just enough edge to stand out. Tracks like “Heads Carolina\, Tails California” and “Bye Bye” still hit with that same energy\, while her ballads bring a more personal\, grounded side that longtime fans really connect with. \nOn her current tour run\, Messina leans into both sides of that catalog. You get the fun\, high-energy sing-alongs… the kind where the crowd jumps in without needing a cue… but also those quieter moments where the storytelling comes through. Her voice still carries that mix of strength and warmth\, and there’s an ease to the way she moves through a set\, like she’s not trying to prove anything… just sharing the songs the way they’re meant to land. \nLive\, it turns into something that feels less like a big production and more like a shared night out. You’ve got fans who grew up on these songs alongside newer listeners discovering them in real time\, all meeting in the middle somewhere. It’s upbeat\, a little nostalgic\, and easy to settle into… the kind of show where you show up for the hits but end up staying for the feeling of it.
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LOCATION:Great Cedar Showroom\, 7 CT-2\, Preston\, 06365\, United States
CATEGORIES:Foxwoods
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