Jan. 9 – Clay Swafford Group (blues/boogie woogie pianist), Hoover Library Theater, Hoover, Ala. 6:30 p.m. (free). 205-444-7800 or hooverlibrary.org/events.
Jan. 10-11 – Two Pianos: Quattro Mani, Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham ($24-69). 877-278-8457 or alysstephens.org.
Jan. 11 – Mississippi Blues Marathon and Half-marathon (runs, live music, more), Jackson. msbluesmarathon.com.
Jan. 12 – Jazz pianist and vocalist Ray Reach, Hoover Library Theater, Hoover, Ala. (free).
Jan. 14 – B.B. King, Iron City, Birmingham. 205-202-5483 or ironcitybham.com. 205-444-7800 or hooverlibrary.org/events.
Jan. 15 – Gregg Allman (with son Devon Allman), Iron City, Birmingham ($45). 205-202-5483 or ironcitybham.com.
Jan. 19 – Gregg Allman, Horseshoe Casino, Robinsonville ($27-47). horseshoetunica.com.
– 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Concert, University of Alabama School of Music, Moody Building. 205-348-7111 or music.ua.edu.
Through Jan. 20, 2014 – Public ice skating, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo (skate rental $8 or $60/10 sessions or 10 people). 662-841-6573 or bcsarena.com.
Jan. 31 – “Peter Pan,” Riley Center, Meridian ($10-18). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
Feb. 8 – United States Navy Concert Band of Washington, D.C., Ford Center, Oxford. 662-915-7411 or fordcenter.org.
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