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    STORY · MON, OCT 26, 2026

    Live Music in Youngstown: The Next Six Weeks.

    Country headliners at the Robins, a Christmas rock opera at the Covelli and a full calendar of small-room shows. Here's the live music worth planning around through Dec. 6.

    Big shows

    • Gary Allan at the DeYor Performing Arts Center — Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 PM. Gary Allan plays Powers Auditorium with Right Where I Need to Be, Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) and Watching Airplanes on the list.

    Gary Allan at the DeYor Performing Arts Center

    7:30 PM · Edward W. Powers Auditorium · Youngstown

    • So Good: The Neil Diamond Experience — Saturday, Nov. 7, 7:30 PM. Robert Neary's two-hour tribute packs 28 hits into the Robins, and Pollstar has ranked it the top Neil Diamond tribute in the country.

    So Good: The Neil Diamond Experience

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder — Friday, Nov. 13, 7:30 PM. Fifteen-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Famer brings bluegrass and country to the Robins; tickets from $39 plus fees.

    Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • Parmalee — Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 PM. The "Take My Name" and "Girl in Mine" country band at the Robins; tickets $28.95–$58.30.

    Parmalee

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • Revisiting Creedence — Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 PM. "Fortunate Son," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Proud Mary" from a band with direct ties to Creedence's touring history.

    Revisiting Creedence

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • The Outlaws — Friday, Nov. 20, 7:30 PM. Southern rock's triple-guitar band, going since 1972, plays the Robins; tickets $39.81–$66.54.

    The Outlaws

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • BlackHawk — Saturday, Nov. 21, 7:30 PM. '90s country hits like "Goodbye Says It All" and "I Sure Can Smell the Rain" at the Robins; tickets $39.81–$66.54.

    BlackHawk

    7:30 PM · Robins Theatre · Warren

    • Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve — Sunday, Nov. 22, 7:30 PM. The Christmas rock opera comes to the Covelli Centre.

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

    7:30 PM · Covelli Centre · Youngstown

    • A Clay Walker Family Christmas — Friday, Nov. 27, 8 PM. Clay Walker's hits, holiday standards and a sing-along at Packard Music Hall with his kids joining in; $39.50–$75 plus fees.

    A Clay Walker Family Christmas

    8 PM · W.D. Packard Music Hall · Warren

    Bars & small rooms

    • We Are Survivors Benefit Show at Westside Bowl — Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6 PM. Crash the Great, Emotional Labor, Indig0Forest and others play for My Family Shield; $5 advance, $10 day of.

    We Are Survivors Benefit Show at Westside Bowl

    6 PM · Westside Bowl

    • Becky Kimble at Sub Station 46 — Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 PM. The Nashville recording artist and multi-instrumentalist who plays Stevie Nicks in Silver Springs comes to Columbiana.

    Becky Kimble at Sub Station 46

    7 PM · Sub Station 46

    • Curse of the Musical Dead at Westside Bowl — Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 PM. Nineteenth Paradise plays its final show with Lovers in Reverse and Tundra Tuxedo; $5 advance, $15 day of.

    Curse of the Musical Dead at Westside Bowl

    8 PM · Westside Bowl

    • First Class Big Band Album Release Party — Monday, Nov. 2, 7:30 PM. The big band celebrates its album at JR'z Pub in Austintown; $5 cover includes a chance to win a CD.

    First Class Big Band Album Release Party

    7:30 PM · JR'z Pub

    • Reggae Night with DJ RasB at Westside Bowl — Thursday, Nov. 5, 7–10 PM. Live garage sessions of reggae and dub, no cover.
    FREE

    Reggae Night with DJ RasB at Westside Bowl

    7 PM · Westside Bowl

    • Caution Bomb Album Release w/ Drifting Thing & The Future Ghosts — Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30 PM. New Youngstown rock band Caution Bomb releases its debut, My Kind of Team, at Westside Bowl; $10 advance, $20 day of.

    Caution Bomb Album Release w/ Drifting Thing & The Future Ghosts

    7:30 PM · Westside Bowl

    • LOOP Youngstown Variety Show at Westside Bowl — Sunday, Nov. 8, 5–8 PM. Razed by Robots, Clay Colley, TaeShawn Madison and Demos Papadimas, plus live painting, short films and stand-up, all to help LOOP build out its new artist studios.

    LOOP Youngstown Variety Show at Westside Bowl

    5 PM · Westside Bowl

    Classical & holiday concerts

    • Annual Halloween Concert at Trinity United Methodist — Friday, Oct. 30, 7 PM. The American Guild of Organists Youngstown Chapter's yearly Halloween concert, costumes encouraged.

    Annual Halloween Concert at Trinity United Methodist

    7 PM · Trinity United Methodist Church

    • Dana Chorale Fall Concert: Autumn Tapestry — Monday, Nov. 2, 7:30 PM. The Dana Chorale sings Copland, Daniel Elder, Lajos Bardos and more at St. Columba Cathedral, free and open to the public.
    FREE

    Dana Chorale Fall Concert: Autumn Tapestry

    7:30 PM · St. Columba Cathedral

    • TubaChristmas & Holiday Craft Show — Sunday, Nov. 29, 11 AM. The 53rd annual TubaChristmas puts local tuba players on the Stambaugh stage at 4, with a craft show running 11 to 5 in the Grand Ballroom.

    TubaChristmas & Holiday Craft Show

    11 AM · Stambaugh Auditorium · Youngstown

    • YSU Carols & Cocoa and Dana Holiday Concert — Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 PM. A carol sing with cocoa at 7, then the Dana School of Music holiday concert at 8 at Stambaugh.

    YSU Carols & Cocoa and Dana Holiday Concert

    7 PM · Stambaugh Auditorium · Youngstown

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