Melissa Etheridge is at the Cape Cod Melody Tent Tuesday and in Newport for the Snapple Sunset Music Series next Sunday.

AP / Matt Sayles

TODAY

Gladys Knight and Al Green, pop, rhythm and blues and Motown, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MGM Grand Theater, Route 2, Mashantucket, Conn. (800) 200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. 8 pm. $40-$80.

Nicholas R. Laroche, baritone, St. Jude Parish, 301 Front St., Lincoln. 725-8140. Musical theater pieces and popular vocal standards. 6 pm. $10.

Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.

•The Cartells, jazz, in the Wolf Den. 7 pm. No cover.

•Linda Eder, pop, in the Cabaret. 7 pm. $75.

TOMORROW

Constantine Maroulis, rock, Mohegan Sun, Shops Concourse, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com. 7 pm. Album signing follows. No cover.

Pearl Jam and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, rock, Comcast Center (formerly Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts), 885 South Main St. (off Route 495), Mansfield, Mass. (401) 331-2211, www.ticketmaster.com. 6:30 pm. $40, $60.

TUESDAY

Melissa Etheridge, rock, Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 West Main St., Hyannis, Mass. (508) 775-5630, www.melodytent.org. Tue-Wed 7:30 pm. $82.75, $107.75.

Southeastern Massachusetts Community Concert Band, Veterans Park, North Attleboro Town Hall, 43 South Washington St., North Attleboro. (508) 643-1334. Pre-Fourth Community Concert and Celebration featuring symphonic selections. 7 pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY

The Beaux’ Stratagem, 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market St., Warren. 247-4200. George Farquhar’s comic tale of conquest about two young men who are down on their luck and scheme to entrap a woman of fortune into marriage. Wed-Sat 8 pm. $25. Closes July 26.

Rain: The Beatles Experience, tribute to The Beatles, South Shore Music Circus, 130 Sohier St., Cohasset, Mass. (781) 383-9850, www.themusiccircus.org. 8 pm. $35.25, $50.25.

THURSDAY

Bristol County Interfaith Chorus (6:30 pm) and the Navy Show Band (8 pm), Independence Park, Bristol. Bristol 4th of July Concert Series.

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, rock, Ocean Mist, 895 Matunuck Beach Rd., Matunuck. 782-3740, www.oceanmist.net. 9:30 pm.

Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.

•Barefoot Truth, folk and rock, in the Wolf Den. 7 pm. No cover.

•Billy Joel, rock, in the Arena. 8 pm. $49.50, $98.50.

Muzik Mafia featuring Gretchen Wilson, John Rich (of Big and Rich) and Cowboy Troy, country, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MGM Grand Theater, Route 2, Mashantucket, Conn. (800) 200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. 8 pm. $39-$69.

Rain: The Beatles Experience, tribute to The Beatles, Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 West Main St., Hyannis, Mass. (508) 775-5630, www.melodytent.org. 8 pm. $35.25, $50.25.

Reminisce, oldies, The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd., Narragansett. 782-2597, www.thetowersri.com. 7-10 pm. $15; children under 9 free.

FRIDAY

Michael Bolton, pop, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MGM Grand Theater, Route 2, Mashantucket, Conn. (800) 200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. 9 pm. $40-$60.

Lafayette Band, North Kingstown Town Beach, Lafayette Bandstand, Beach Street (off Route 1A), North Kingstown. www.lafayette-band.com. Independence Day Concert. 7 pm. Free.

Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.

•Chicago and The Doobie Brothers, pop rock, in the Arena. 8 pm. $46, $56.

•Susie Essman, comedy, in the Cabaret. Fri-Sat 7:30 pm. $45.

•David Foster and the Mohegan Sun All-Stars, pop, in the Wolf Den. 8 pm. No cover.

SATURDAY

David Amram and Friends, Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Cambridge. (617) 492-7679; www.passimcenter .org. A Celebration of Passim and The Beats, honoring Bob and Rae Anne Donlin. 7 pm. $20, members $18.

Lisa Lampanelli, comedy, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MGM Grand Theater, Route 2, Mashantucket, Conn. (800) 200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. 9 pm. $20-$40.

John McDermott, Irish, South Shore Music Circus, 130 Sohier St., Cohasset, Mass. (781) 383-9850, www.themusiccircus.org. 8 pm. $31.75.

Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com.

•Billy Joel, rock, in the Arena. 8 pm. $49.50, $98.50.

•The Village People, disco, in the Wolf Den. 8 pm. No cover.

Boz Scaggs, rock, Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 West Main St., Hyannis, Mass. (508) 775-5630, www.melodytent.org. 8 pm. $42.25, $57.25.

NEXT SUNDAY

John McDermott, Irish, Cape Cod Melody Tent, 21 West Main St., Hyannis, Mass. (508) 775-5630, www.melodytent.org. 8 pm. $31.75.

Jeffrey Osborne, funk and rhythm and blues, Mohegan Sun, Wolf Den, Mohegan Sun Boulevard (exit 79A off Route 395), Uncasville, Conn. (888) 226-7711, www.mohegansun.com. 7 pm. No cover.

Snapple Sunset Music Series (11th Annual): Melissa Etheridge, Becky Chace and Mark Cutler, rock, Newport Yachting Center, America’s Cup Avenue, Newport. 846-1600, ext. 3, www.newportfestivals.com. 6 pm. $95 advance; $105 day of show.

– Compiled by STEVE SMITHCalendar

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