This month's lineup features Brian Beaudoin and Pat Oates.
It's hard enough sometimes for clubs to sustain booking good local music. Booking comedy is probably even tougher.
It's not that there's a lack of talent in either category, it's just that sometimes the competition with other clubs or other forms of entertainment these days make it difficult for people to choose to go out to see a live band or live comedy show when so many other options exist.
That's why The Elevens in Northampton deserves kudos for having both, especially the comedy part. And speaking of that, on Friday, May 17 the club's Mass Laughs comedy buffet returns to the stage there. This month's lineup features Brian Beaudoin and Pat Oates. Beaudoin is Comedy Connection circuit performer while
Oats is a Sirius XM radio personality who used to be the resident comic at Foxwoods Casino.
The show will be hosted by comic Zack Livingston. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. You must be 21 to enter the club.
For tickets go to www.masslaughscomedy.com or call (413) 250-3801. The Elevens is at 140 Pleasant St.
Uno Chicago Grill in Springfield has just released their summer courtyard series lineup. The series, which runs every night of the week, brings back some old favorites and infuses some new talent into the mix. On Monday Eric Bascom plays his new standards while Tuesday sees the Gary S. Jones Project bring acoustic classics to the stage. Wednesday is EagleEyes with contemporary hits for all ages and Thursdays has Good Acoustics playing classic and eclectic hits. Friday features Emotion, who play four decades worth of tunes, while Saturday has old favorite The Tom Ingram Band, which plays modern classic rock.
The week rounds out with the classy Ethel Lee Ensemble and its arsenal of jazz, blues and old standards.
The series, which runs through Sept. 1, begins at 6 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, weather permitting. Uno is on Columbus Avenue next to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Pantera tribute band Trendkill will take the stage at Maximum Capacity on May 17. Opening the show will be Western Massacre and Eviscerate. The cover is $5. Maximum Capacity is at 166 School St. in Chicopee.
Donovan's Irish Pub in Springfield is featuring three lunch and dinner specials to go along with a pint of Guinness. On Thursdays, the special is steamers, while Friday brings whole belly clams to the menu. Saturday's special is slow-cooked baby back ribs. Donovan's is in the Eastfield Mall at 1655 Boston Road.
