Top 6 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Englewood

As we approach Thanksgiving, it’ll be a quieter week than usual in November for live music in the Sarasota area, but there’ll still be plenty of notable shows taking place. One Sarasota venue in particular will feature a full weekend of concerts, including a band that appeared on “America’s Got Talent” last year.

A Bradenton venue, meanwhile, will host a Canadian progressive metal band that’s won two Heavy Metal Album of the Year Juno Awards (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys), including earlier this year. And a Sarasota County restaurant and blues spot will feature shows by Blues Music Award-winning and nominated artists. Here are this week’s highlights. Event details are subject to change.

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Jordan Tice

Fogartyville will kick off a full weekend of live music Friday with Nashville-based Americana and bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist Jordan Tice. Earlier this year, Tice released the EP “Badlettsville,” featuring some of his favorite covers and originals that are staples of his live show but never made it on to a previous release, including renditions of Bob Dylan’s “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” and Randy Newman’s “Dayton, Ohio — 1903.” Tice also plays in the supergroup Hawktail, along with the Punch Brothers’ Paul Kowert and Brittany Haas. Kowert will join Tice at his Fogartyville show, with Josh Plummer opening. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $25, $20 members, $12 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

Ashes & Arrows

Fogartyville’s live music lineup this weekend will also include folk-rock band Ashes & Arrows on Saturday. With ties to Asheville, North Carolina and Arrowtown, New Zealand — hence the name Ashes & Arrows — the group got a national television spotlight when they appeared on season 19 of “America’s Got Talent” last year, performing their original songs “Born to Love,” “Wild Horses” and “Hang On” and making it to the semifinals before being eliminated.

Last year also saw the band release its debut album “Chapter One (The Long Road North.)” 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Saturday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $27, $22 members, $12 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

Anciients

Bradenton venue Oscura will welcome progressive metal group Anciients, all the way from Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday. The band is a two-time winner of the Heavy Metal Album of the Year Juno Award (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys), earlier this year for “Beyond the Reach of the Sun” and in 2018 for “Voice of the Void.”

Anciients’ other accolades include being longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize, which recognizes the best Canadian album annually, for their first full-length “Heart of Oak.” Nashville’s Howling Giant, as well as Tampa groups Spiritual Chaos and Parallel Motion, will also perform. 7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show Saturday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; $12 advance, $20 day of; oscura.live

Christie Lenée

Fogartyville will wrap up its weekend of live music with singer-songwriter and guitarist Christie Lenée, raised in Tampa and now based in Asheville, on Sunday. Lenée is a skilled acoustic guitarist who won the International Finger Style Guitar Championship in 2017 and was named one of the “best acoustic guitarists in the world right now” by Guitar World in 2020.

Lenée’s show at Fogartyville will feature multi-instrumentalist Katie Marie, with a set sampling both Lenée’s instrumental and vocal repertoire as well as unreleased material. 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show Sunday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $30, $25 members, $15 students ages 13 and up; 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org

Damon Fowler Band

Blues-roots singer-songwriter, guitarist and former Anna Maria Island resident Damon Fowler will return to the area for a show at Sarasota County restaurant and blues spot Englewoods on Dearborn. Fowler most recently released last year’s full-length “Barnyard Smile,” the studio album follow-up to 2021’s “Alafia Moon,” which topped the Billboard blues albums chart and earned a Blues Music Award nomination for Blues Rock Album.

Fowler has also played in the groups of late Allman Brothers Band co-founders Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks, and in the supergroup Southern Hospitality with Grammy-nominated pianist Victor Wainwright and fellow Floridian J.P. Soars. 6 p.m. Tuesday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com

Terry Hanck Band

Englewoods on Dearborn’s live music lineup this week will also include singer-songwriter and saxophonist Terry Hanck, who returns to the venue after releasing his latest album “Grease to Gravy” earlier this year. Hanck has won three Blues Music Awards for Instrumentalist — Horns and earned several more nominations in the category, as well as in Song of the Year for his track “Appreciate What You Got.”

Along with his solo career, Hanck performed with Elvin Bishop of “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” fame for more than a decade, later appearing as a guest on Bishop’s 2011 live album “Raisin’ Hell Revue.” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $7; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com

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