March concerts bring Bryan Adams, Zach Bryan, Brit Floyd, Taylor Dayne, Wayne Newton

Let the basketball and betting fanatics have their March Madness.

For music lovers, March is a time of gladness, with a super schedule of shows headed to the Pittsburgh area.

From Bryan Adams to Zach Bryan, Kane Brown to Wayne Newton, and Taylor Dayne to Trombone Shorty, you've got a wide range of cool concerts to consider.

And don't forget, Brit Floyd plays a double date at the Benedum Center, while Beaver Valley rock star Donnie Iris returns to the stage in Moon.

Here's what's ahead:

PPG Paints Arena

March 8: Lauren Daigle

March 9: Zach Bryan (sold out)

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; May 23: Heart; June 16: Lionel Richie; June 25: AJR; July 30: Jennifer Lopez; Aug. 15 and 18: Bruce Springsteen; Sept. 26: Sebastian Maniscalco; Oct. 5: Jelly Roll; Nov. 9: Jim Gaffigan; Dec. 14: Justin Timberlake.

Stage AE

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; April 19: Dylan Scott; May 4: Chris Young (outdoors); May 7: The Decemberists; May 8: Say Anything; May 10: Social Distortion and Bad Religion (outdoors); May 20: City and Colour; May 21: String Cheese Incident; May 31 and June 2: Pride on The Shore with Natasha Bedingfield (outdoor); June 5: Bleachers (outdoors); June 7: Modest Mouse (outdoors); June 12: T-Pain (outdoors); June 20: Brothers Osborne (outdoors); June 28: Oliver Anthony (outdoors); July 11: Train (outdoors); July 18: O.A.R. and Fitz & The Tantrums (outdoors); July 20: Flaming Lips; July 23: Mayday Parade, The Maine and The Wonder Years; July 24: Taking Back Sunday; July 29: Faye Webster; July 30: Lamb of God and Mastodon (outdoors); Aug. 8: Primus and Coheed & Cambria (outdoors); Oct. 1: Lake Street Dive (outdoors).

Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

March 1: Carbonaro

March 2: Wayne Newton

March 9: Taylor Dayne

March 10: Lewis Black

March 23: Brandy Clark & Hayes Carll

April 12: Gregorian; April 13: Dusty Slay; April 19: Jim Breuer; April 22: David Sedaris; April 26: Phil Rosenthal; April 27: IMOMSOHARD; April 28: Toto; March 1: Carbonaro; May 9: Marc Maron; May 10: John Hiatt; May 14: Amy Grant; June 11: Daniel O'Donnell.

Roxian Theatre

March 1: Trombone Shorty

March 2: St. Paul & The Broken Bones

March 3: Jimbo's Drag Circus

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 13: Owl City; April 20: Priscilla Block; April 24: Queensryche; April 29: Todd Rundgren; April 30: Asking Alexandria; May 1: Saxon and Uriah Heep; May 4: Madison Beer; May 10: Jim Norton; May 12: Thievery Corporation; May 19: Tommy Emmanuel; May 28: Frank Turner; June 4, Keb' Mo'.

Benedum Center

March 7-8: Brit Floyd

March 9: Jason Isbell

April 13: Little Anthony, Gary Puckett, Lovin' Spoonful and Jimmie Ross & The Jaggerz; April 14: Kevin Hart; 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; Sept. 17: Sum 41.

Palace Theatre

March 1: Little River Band

March 6: Dwight Yoakam

March 10: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

March 16: Casting Crowns

March 22: Leanne Morgan

April 5: John Oates; April 7: Buddy Guy; April 10: Yachtly Crew; May 22: Cahal Dunne; May 28: Joe Jackson; June 7: Air Supply; July 28: Bowling for Soup; Sept. 6: Oak Ridge Boys; Sept. 22: Bachmann Turner Overdrive; Sept. 26: Josh Turner; Oct. 19: The Outlaws.

1st Summit Arena, Johnstown

March 14: Scotty McCreery

March 24: Breaking Benjamin

April 1: Brit Floyd; April 19: Brantley Gilbert.

Byham Theater

March 27: Herbie Hancock

March 30: Margaret Cho

April 16: KT Tunstall and Shawn Colvin; April 21: Jimmy Carr; April 28: Hasan Minhaj; May 1: Joanne Shaw Taylor; July 13: Brad Williams.

Rivers Casino

March 2: DJ Pauly D

March 22: Grand Funk Railroad.

Jergel's Rhythm Grille

March 14: Creed Fisher

March 20: Marshall Crenshaw

March 30: Hailey Whitters

April 21: Molly Tuttle; April 30: Tom Sandoval; May 12: The Alarm; May 22: Orgy and Cold; Sept. 16: Hoodoo Gurus; Oct. 3: Phil Vassar.

City Winery Pittsburgh

March 7-8: Josh Ritter (sold out).

March 12: Paul Thorn and Steve Poltz

March 17: Will Hoge

March 26-27: Joshua Radin

March 28: Lalah Hathaway

April 2: Incognito; April 11: Matthew Sweet; April 12: Suzanne Vega (sold out); April 16: Graham Parker; April 21: Carbon Leaf; April 22: Willie Nile; April 25: NRBQ; May 28: Jill Sobule; July 18: Martin Barre; July 18.July 26: Mary Fahl.

Thunderbird Cafe

March 8: Papadosio

March 13: Marc Broussard

March 23: Dave Hause

March 27: Sonny Landreth & The Iguanas

April 21: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams; April 25: Ana Popovic.

Petersen Events Center

March 19: Toby Mac

May 2: Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service; May 3: Brandon Lake; May 19: Sleep Token (sold out); Oct. 26: Lainey Wilson.

Mr. Smalls Theatre

March 2: Blonde Redhead

March 16: Beach Weather

April 13: Real Estate; April 27: The Gotobeds; May 9-11: They Might Be Giants (sold out); May 16: In Flames; May 28: X Ambassadors; June 2: Lucero.

MCG Jazz Concert Hall

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.

Spirit Hall

March 5: Laura Jane Grace

March 14: Otoboke Beaver.

Club Cafe

March 12: California Guitar Trio.

March 26: Briscoe

May 9: Robbie Fulks; May 10: Los Straitjackets; June 10: Abigail Lapell.

Hard Rock Cafe, Pittsburgh

March 9: Adelitas Way; April 25: Coco Montoya.

Heinz Hall

April 29: Bonnie Raitt; June 24-25: Laufey with the Pittsburgh Symphony (second night sold out); July 8: Norah Jones; July 10: Cody Fry.

Pavilion at Star Lake

May 29: Noah Kahan; June 15: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; June 19: New Kids on The Block; June 29: Hootie & The Blowfish; June 30: Tyler Childers; July 2: Red Hot Chili Peppers; July 9: Third Eye Blind; July 12: Chris Stapleton; July 13: Bret Michaels with Dee Snider and Lou Gramm; July 29: Hozier; July 31: Foreigner and Styx; Aug. 2: Dan + Shay; Aug. 3: Creed; Aug. 10: Jason Aldean; Aug. 16: Kidz Bop; Aug. 17: Tedeschi Trucks Band; Aug. 20: Doobie Brothers; Sept. 3: Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie; Sept. 7: James Taylor; Sept. 14: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp.

Acrisure Stadium

June 1: Kenny Chesney with Zac Brown Band.

Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland

June 17: Little Feat; Aug. 26: Waxahatchee.

PNC Park

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

Crafthouse Stage & Grill

March 8: Socks in The Frying Pan; May 18: Mitch Rossell.

Others

March 9: Punchline, Preserving Underground, New Kensington; March 10: Spyro Gyra, Oaks Theatre, Oakmont; April 9: Christian McBride, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh; April 27: Judas Priest, Covelli Centre, Youngstown; May 20: Matthew Morrison, Greer Cabaret Theater, Pittsburgh (sold out); July 8: Yakov Smirnoff, Strand Theater, Zelienople.

Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Times and easy to reach at stady@timesonline.com.

This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: March Concert Calendar is stacked for Western Pennsylvania