Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea will take the stage at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, 101 E. North Broad St., Walhalla on Sunday, Nov. 17. The intimate performance, billed as “An Evening with Kathy Mattea,” starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $33-$38. Hailed by The Washington Post as “one of Nashville’s finest song interpreters,” Mattea, whose major hits include “Goin’ Gone,” “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” and “Where’ve You Been,” mesmerizes audiences with a blissful mix of traditional folk and straight-from-the heart country. For more information, call 864-638-5277 or visit www.walhallapac.com.
Vilai Harrington and the Hamptones will share a bill with the Georgia Dish Boys on Saturday, Nov. 16 at The Velo Fellow, 1 Augusta St. Suite 126, Greenville. Harrington and his backing unit, who will be performing in their hometown, recently released an Americana-tinged folk-rock EP, “Sandhill Shaman,” while the similar-in-spirit yet deliciously quirky Georgia Dish Boys, who hail from Athens, Ga., recently released a new album, “Good Country Livin.” Showtime is 8 p.m. For more information, call 864-242-9296 or visit www.thevelofellow.com.
Playing what the Greenville-based rock band is advertising as its final show of the year, Finding Freedom will share an intriguing bill with Greer singer-songwriter Angela Easterling on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Yee-Haw Brewing Company, 307 E. McBee Ave., Greenville. Presented by TPP Events, the show will start at 7 p.m. with Easterling’s engaging mix of folk, country and Americana and will be followed by what promises to be a rollicking set from the versatile Finding Freedom, whose influences run the gamut from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Needtobreathe. For more information, call 864-605-7770 or click here.
Country music veteran Lee Ann Womack will perform on Saturday, Nov. 16 at The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer. Upstate native Jeff Anderson will open the show, which starts at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $32 in advance or $36 day of show. Known for her magnficient voice and traditional country style, Womack is a 14-time Grammy nominee and 2002 Grammy Award winner whose most recent nominations, earlier this year, were in the Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Album categories. For more information, call 864-469-6416 or visit www.thespinningjennygreer.com.
Guitar whiz Joe Bonamassa will bring his electrifying show to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, 650 N. Academy St., Greenville on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Showtime is 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $73-$163. The 42-year-old Upstate New York native has been hailed as one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, wowing audiences worldwide with his turbo-charged blues-rock sound. For more information, call 864-241-3800 or visit www.bonsecoursarena.com.