January concert calendar: Clay Aiken & Ruben Studdard, Grace Potter & more

2024 stands before us, offering a heaping dose of cool concerts.

Granted, January is always the slowest month, though fans of "American Idol" stars Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, soulful-rocker Grace Potter, hip-hop's Digable Planets, indie upstarts Wednesday or Beaver County's own Eldorado Band (opening for national country act Colt Ford) have nearby shows to look forward to the next few weeks.

Here's the January concert calendar and a deeper dive into the biggest and best shows confirmed for 2024 in western Pennsylvania:

Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

Jan. 15: Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken

Jan. 19: Charlie Berens

Jan. 25: Three Dog Night

Feb. 6: Extreme with Living Colour; Feb. 16: John Crist; Feb. 17: Nate Jackson; Feb. 27: Aimee Mann; Feb. 29: Rome & Duddy; March 2: Wayne Newton; March 9: Taylor Dayne; March 10: Lewis Black; March 23: Brandy Clark & Hayes Carll; April 12: Gregorian; April 19: Jim Breuer; April 22: David Sedaris; April 28: Toto; March 1: Carbonaro; May 9: Marc Maron; May 10: John Hiatt; May 14: Amy Grant.

Jergel's Rhythm Grille

Jan. 18: Colt Ford with Eldorado Band

Jan. 28: Mr. Big

Feb. 1: Lynch Mob; Feb. 12: John 5 & The Creatures; Feb. 15: Honkytonk Heroes; Feb. 27: Saint Asonia and Black Stone Cherry; Sept. 16: Hoodoo Gurus.

City Winery Pittsburgh

Jan. 16-17: Robert Glasper

Jan. 20: Creed Bratton

Jan. 30: Foy Vance (sold out)

Feb. 1: Stephen Kellogg; Feb. 7: Johhny A; Feb. 24: Bob Schneider; March 7-8: Josh Ritter; March 12: Paul Thorn and Steve Poltz; March 17: Will Hoge; March 26-27: Joshua Radin; April 12: Suzanne Vega; April 21: Carbon Leaf; April 25: NRBQ.

Mr. Smalls Theatre

Jan. 13-14: Lotus

Jan. 20: Digable Planets

March 2: Blonde Redhead; March 16: Beach Weather.

Stage AE

Jan. 17: Grace Potter

Jan. 19: Conner Smith

Feb. 1: Umphrey's McGee; Feb. 8: Greensky Bluegrass; Feb. 13: The Dead South; Feb. 19: Static-X and Sevendust; Feb. 21: Neck Deep; March 9: Disco Biscuits; March 16: Waterparks; March 17, KK's Priest; March 24: Mom Jeans.; March 28: 49 Winchester; April 11: JJ Grey & Mofro; April 15: Starset; April 18: Napoleon Dynamite Live; May 8: Say Anything; May 10: Social Distortion and Bad Religion (outdoors); June 5: Bleachers (outdoors); June 20: Brothers Osborne (outdoors); June 28: Oliver Anthony (outdoors); July 18: O.A.R. and Fitz & The Tantrums (outdoors); July 24: Taking Back Sunday.

Thunderbird Cafe

Jan. 20: G. Love & Special Sauce

Jan. 27: Wednesday

Feb. 7: Caligula's Horse; Feb. 9: Plain White T's; Feb. 19: Indigo de Souza; March 13: Marc Broussard; March 23: Dave Hause; March 27: Sonny Landreth & The Iguanas; April 25: Ana Popovic.

Palace Theatre

Jan. 25: Rodney Carrington.

March 1: Little River Band; March 10: Kenny Wayne Shepherd; March 22: Leanne Morgan; April 5: John Oates; April 7: Buddy Guy; April 10: Yachtly Crew; May 22: Cahal Dunne; June 7: Air Supply; Sept. 6: Oak Ridge Boys.

Petersen Events Center

Jan. 19: Crowder, Lacrea, Cain.

Feb. 9: Riley Green; March 19: Toby Mac; May 2: Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service; May 3: Brandon Lake; Oct. 26: Lainey Wilson.

Roxian Theatre

Jan. 8: Story of The Year

Jan. 28: Thursday

Feb. 1: Machine Head; Feb. 10: Corey Taylor; Feb. 12: Band of Horses; Feb. 16: Ghost Hounds; Feb. 24: Destin Conrad; Feb. 27: Haken; March 1: Trombone Shorty; March 2: St. Paul & The Broken Bones; March 7: Bryce Vine; March 8: Mammoth WVH; March 16: Blue October; March 19: Blackberry Smoke; March 20: Set It Off; March 22: Grouplove; March 23: Wheeler Walker Jr.; April 5: Drake White; April 20: Priscilla Block; April 24: Queensrÿche; May 4: Madison Beer; May 19: Tommy Emmanuel.

PPG Paints Arena

Feb. 3: Jo Koy; Feb. 5: Madonna; Feb. 7: Playboi Carti; Feb. 16-17: Drake; March 8: Lauren Daigle; March 9: Zach Bryan; March 15: Bryan Adams; March 25: Avenged Sevenfold; March 27: Fall Out Boy; March 29: Kane Brown; April 4: Andrea Bocelli; April 27: Tim McGraw; May 2: Tom Segura; May 7: Jordan B. Peterson; May 15: NF; May 18: Greta van Fleet; June 25: AJR; Aug. 15 and 18: Bruce Springsteen; Sept. 26: Sebastian Maniscalco.

Benedum Center

March 8: Britt Floyd; March 9: Jason Isbell; April 25: Matt Rife; May 3: The Temptations and The Four Tops.

UPMC Events Center

March 16: Donnie Iris; March 21: Leanne Morgan; April 6: Rend Collective; April 13: Brantley Gilbert.

1st Summit Arena, Johnstown

March 14: Scotty McCreery; April 1: Brit Floyd; April 19: Brantley Gilbert.

Heinz Hall

April 29: Bonnie Raitt; June 24-25: Laufey with the Pittsburgh Symphony (second night is sold out).

Byham Theater

March 27: Herbie Hancock; March 30: Margaret Cho; April 21: Jimmy Carr; April 28: Hasan Minhaj; May 1: Joanne Shaw Taylor; July 13: Brad Williams.

Hard Rock Cafe

Jan. 7: Asher Roth

Jan. 19: Billy Price Band.

Club Cafe

Jan. 15: Steel Wheels

Feb. 7: Dan Bern; Feb. 15: Matt Pond PA.

Rivers Casino

Feb. 22: Boyz II Men; March 2: DJ Pauly D; March 22: Grand Funk Railroad.

Pavilion at Star Lake

May 29: Noah Kahan; June 19: New Kids on The Block; June 29: Hootie & The Blowfish; June 30: Tyler Childers; July 2: Red Hot Chili Peppers; July 12: Chris Stapleton; July 29: Hozier; July 31: Foreigner and Styx. Aug. 3: Creed; Aug. 10: Jason Aldean.

Acrisure Stadium

June 1: Kenny Chesney with Zac Brown Band.

PNC Park

July 27: Def Leppard, Journey, Steve Miller Band; Sept. 1: Green Day.

MCG Jazz Concert Hall

Jan. 27: Diego Figueiredo

Feb. 24: Blue Note Quintet; March 9: Veronica Swift; March 23:  Jazzmeia Horn; April 6: Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra celebrates Duke Ellington at 125; April 27: Take 6; May 11: Kim and Kayla Waters.

Others

Feb. 14: Veil of Maya, Preserving Underground, New Kensington;; March 14: Otoboke Beaver, Spirit Hall, Lawrenceville; April 27: Judas Priest, Covelli Centre, Youngstown; May 20: Matthew Morrison, Greer Cabaret Theater.

This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: 2024 concerts start with Grace Potter and Clay Aiken