{"slides":[{"media_title":"Indigo Girls & Melissa Etheridge: Yes We Are Tour","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Released in 1989, Indigo Girls' eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. \n\nMelissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, she has remained one of America's favorite female singers for more than two decades. \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/meig-1240x620-7cda721670.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/indigo-girls-melissa-etheridge","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Sep<\/span> 15<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/meig-840x630-4a4266197b.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}},{"media_title":"Kevin James: Owls Don't Walk","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Kevin James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom.\n\nThe King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The show concluded its run in 2007 but continues to air daily in syndication across the country and around the world. James also starred in, and executive produced The Crew, a Netflix sitcom set in the world of NASCAR.\n\nJames brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff, a one-hour special for Comedy Central. Kevin James and Ray Romano executive produced and starred in the HBO Sports Special Making the Cut: The Road to Pebble Beach; a documentary about the Pebble Beach Pro Am Golf Tournament that was nominated for a Sports Emmy. His second comedy special Never Don’t Give Up premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim.\n\nJames made his feature film debut in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith, and starred in, produced and co-wrote the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom. James has starred alongside Adam Sandler in Pixels, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Hubie Halloween. He starred in the features True Memoirs of an International Assassin and Home Team for Netflix, as well as the independent action thriller Becky.\n\nJames can currently be seen in his one hour stand-up comedy special Kevin James: Irregardless on Prime Video, which was nominated for 2024's Best Comedy Special by the Critics Choice Awards. James will also be starring in the upcoming feature film Playdate, alongside Alan Ritchson.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/kevinjames-1240x630-962edf1c84.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/kevin-james-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Sep<\/span> 25<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured group","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/kevinjames-840x630-bb928726e2.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"ZZ Top: The Elevation Tour","media_tagline":"","event_body":"“That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” has been at it for well over a half century, delivering rock, blues and boogie on the road and in the studio to millions of devoted fans. With iconography as distinctive as their sound, ZZ TOP is virtually synonymous with beards, hotrod cars, spinning guitars and that magic keychain, all of which transcend geography and language.\n\n \n\nIt was in Houston in the waning days of 1969 that ZZ TOP coalesced from the core of two rival bands, Billy Gibbons’ Moving Sidewalks and Frank Beard and Dusty Hill’s American Blues. Their third album, 1973’s Tres Hombres, catapulted them to national attention with the hit “La Grange,” still one of the band’s signature pieces today. Eliminator, their 1983 album was something of a paradigm shift for ZZ TOP. Their roots blues skew was intact but added to the mix were tech-age trappings that soon found a visual outlet with such tracks as “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs” on the nascent MTV. It was one of the music industry’s first albums to have been certified Diamond, far beyond Gold and Platinum and a reflection of US domestic sales exceeding 10 million units.\n\n \n\nAs a touring entity, they’ve been without peer over the past five decades, having performed before millions of fans on four continents and have been the subject of their own Grammy-nominated documentary titled That Little Ol’ Band From Texas.  The band’s line-up of the bearded Gibbons and Hill and Beard, who ironically is clean shaven, remained intact for more than 50 years until Dusty’s passing.  When Dusty temporarily departed the tour in the summer of 2021, it was a given that Elwood would be the perfect choice to stand in for Dusty until he could return. But Dusty’s return was not to be, and Elwood continues to handle the bass duties for the band now and into the future.\n\n \n\nThe elements that keep ZZ TOP fresh, enduring and above the transitory fray can be summed up in the three words of the band’s internal mantra: “Tone, Taste and Tenacity.”. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers. Their influences are both the originators of the form – Muddy Waters, B.B. King, et al – as well as the British blues rockers and Jimi Hendrix who emerged the generation before ZZ’s ascendance.\n\n \n\nThey have sold hundreds of millions of records over the course of their career, have been officially designated as Heroes of The State of Texas, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (by Keith Richards, no less) and have been referenced in countless cartoons and sitcoms. They are true rock icons and, against all odds, they’re really just doing what they’ve always done. ZZ TOP abides!\n\n \n\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/zztop-1240x630-c788f77925.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/zztop-elevation","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Sep<\/span> 26<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/zztop-840x630-b9ed7343ef.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}},{"media_title":"Chris Fleming","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Chris Fleming has a new hour special out on Peacock titled HELL. He has amassed over 80 million views on his Youtube channel and has appeared in Abbott Elementary, LOOT, Comedy Central’s CORPORATE, Waffles and Mochi, Netflix’s Last Laugh as well as voicing characters in the Great North, Adventure Time, Summer Camp Island and Bigtop Burger. The Huffington Post has called him “perhaps one of the best things on the internet.” Of his live show, Chortle says, “you can’t take your eyes off this unpredictable, exciting performer.” "Glorious absurdity" boasts the New York Times, "a master of his craft" according to AVClub, and "truly one of a kind" -Paste Magazine. Splitsider says, “a madman and I think, genius.” According to Vulture, “equal parts imagination and inferiority complex, a combination that has led him to create some of the most bizarrely funny performance art taking place online and onstage today.”\n\n\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/chrisfleming-1240x630-e9aa452f61.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/chris-flemming","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 11<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/chrisfleming-840x630-30561c8a3a.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert presents a live orchestral rendition of the series' iconic soundtrack, paired with a nearly two-hour special recap of the animated series' three seasons displayed on a full-size cinema screen. The projection will feature the original dialogue and sound effects without any pre-recorded music, allowing the live orchestra to perform the legendary score live and in perfect sync with the show scenes. The result? A truly immersive and grandiose concert experience that breathes new life into Avatar: The Last Airbender.\n\n\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/ATLA_PROV_VENUE_1240x630-6a158bc385.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/avatar-airbender","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 12<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"7:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/ATLA_PROV_VENUE_840x630-58cf0de558.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"Dream Theater: Parasomnia","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Beyond selling millions of records worldwide and gathering a billion-plus streams, Dream Theater have quietly evolved into progressive metal trailblazers over the course of an unprecedented journey earmarked by one unforgettable milestone after another. The career-launching Images & Words graced Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time,” while Awake claimed #1 on Guitar World’s “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.” In addition to emerging as Classic Rock’s “15thGreatest Concept Album,” Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory toppled a fan-voted Rolling Stone poll as the “Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album.” They shook the charts with three Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 and headlined sold out shows everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The band garnered a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” for “The Alien” from 2021’s A View From The Top of the World. Of the latter, PROG raved, “Not just proper Dream Theater, then, but something ever-so-slightly bigger and better,” and Consequence attested, “A View From the Top of the World shows that the quintet is still offering music that is easily on par with their earlier efforts.” Now, Dream Theater have returned to their roots as James LaBrie [vocals], John Petrucci [guitar], John Myung [bass], and Jordan Rudess [keyboards] reunite with Mike Portnoy [drums] during their fortieth anniversary. Simultaneously, these five old friends enter a bold new era fueled by some of the most focused, formidable, and fiery music of their career. They’re harnessing the memories of the past and the promise of the future in order to make the most of the present. Ultimately, the group’s sixteenth full-length album, Parasomnia [Inside Out Music\/Sony Music], represents both where they came from and where they’re going as not only bandmates, but as brothers.\n\n \n\n \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/dreamtheater-1240x630-3-1e035f3e5c.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/dream-theater-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 22<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/dreamtheater-840x630-3-f4749795d6.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}},{"media_title":"Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny","media_tagline":"","event_body":"If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with his brand-new show ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’.\n\n \n\nJimmy tells jokes, and jokes are like magnets.\u202f\n\nJokes attract people, but they can also repel.\u202f\n\nSome people are repelled by Jimmy's dark brand of comedy. This show is not for them.\n\n \n\nBut if it's the kind of thing you like, then this is the kind of thing you’ll like.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/jimmycarr25-1240x630-cd24c64184.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/jimmy-carr-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 2<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured group","event_time":"7:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/jimmycarr25-840x630-8fa7766a87.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Jason Bonham always finds himself at home behind the drumkit. From this spot, he has anchored the tempo for a myriad of the most legendary artists of all-time. It’s the place where he initially realized his destiny as a kid. It’s a tried-and-true safe harbor for the expression of his purest emotions. It’s a direct conduit to his late father and Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Following stints with Airrace and Virginia Wolf, he handled drums on Jimmy Page’s gold-certified Outrider. During 1988, he notably accompanied Page, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant behind the kit for Led Zeppelin at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert. Beyond helming solo projects such as Bonham and The Jason Bonham Band, he appeared in Rock Star with Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Anniston. Plus, he lent his talents to Foreigner, Little Steven, Joe Bonamassa, and Paul Rodgers. He held down the drums for Led Zeppelin’s 2007 reunion at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert—which set the Guinness World Record® for “Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert.” The evening spawned the Celebration Day concert film and multiplatinum album, debuting Top 10 on the Billboard 200, selling three million-plus copies, and garnering a GRAMMY®. Other notable projects have included Black Country Communion (Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, and Derek Sherinian) and California Breed (Hughes and producer and guitarist Andrew Watt). He joined Sammy Hagar and the Circle with Van Halen’s Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani. In 2010, he introduced Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening (JBLZE), packing venues coast-to-coast and supporting everyone from Heart to Kid Rock. A spectacle of top-flight musicianship, arresting visuals, mind-blowing lighting, and emotionally charged storytelling, Rolling Stone hailed its “set of Led Zep gems that were strikingly faithful to the originals,” while Billy Joel handpicked JBLZE to open up a handful of dates. Ultimately, Jason remains forever at home on the drums.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/jbledzep-1240x630-c2e7fa8e7b.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/jblze-25","ticket_link":"On Sale Soon<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 12<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/jbledzep-840x630-080bff4c65.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}},{"media_title":"Sasha Velour's The Big Reveal Live Show","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Following the success of her first one-queen show, Smoke & Mirrors, Sasha Velour presents The Big Reveal Live Show. Directed, written, and produced by Velour, this new 90-minute show is her most over-the-top, side-splitting, emotional, and intricate theatrical production--and still her most intimate show yet. Velour presents an immersive evening of drag, storytelling, and live art, featuring shocking new reveal-filled performances from Velour herself in a show that will have you screaming with laughter at the start, and openly weeping by the end.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/sasha-1240x630-dc306c4bc2.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/sasha-velour-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 14<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured group","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/sasha-840x630-714beee127.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"RAIN: A Beatles Christmas Tribute","media_tagline":"","event_body":"\n\nJoin us for a nostalgic evening of love, joy, and timeless music as RAIN – A Beatles Christmas Tribute brings the spirit of the season to life. Hear holiday favorites alongside the legendary sounds of the Beatles. This festive celebration blends the magic of the holidays with the unforgettable music you know and love. It’s an evening perfect for families, friends, and Beatles fans of all ages.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/rainxmas-1240x630-23143ff8c0.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/beatles-rain-christmas-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Nov<\/span> 29<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/rainxmas-840x630-2984273544.jpg","category":{"name":"Performing Arts","id":"2"}},{"media_title":"Aries Spears","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Aries Spears is a renowned comedian and actor celebrated for his sharp wit, impeccable impressions, and boundary-pushing humor. Best known for his iconic tenure on the hit sketch comedy show MADtv, where he showcased unforgettable impersonations of celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, Eddie Murphy, and Denzel Washington, Spears has solidified his place as one of comedy’s most versatile talents.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/ariesspears-1240x630-6f23029ad7.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/aries-spears-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 6<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured group","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/ariesspears-840x630-321d6b3208.jpg","category":{"name":"Comedy","id":"3"}},{"media_title":"Gladys Night","media_tagline":"","event_body":"The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last sixty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time GRAMMY Award winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B, and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television, and live performance. \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/gladys-1240x630-a2b4e370c8.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/gladys-knight-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 7<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"7:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/gladys-840x630-b73e7c7bd9.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}},{"media_title":"The Nutcracker","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Perfect for all ages…a cherished holiday tradition returns with sparkle, magic, and Rhode Island flair. Join Clara on her enchanting journey from a festive Christmas Eve party to the dazzling Land of Sweets, where toy soldiers battle, snowflakes swirl, and dreams dance to life. With stunning choreography by Yury Yanowsky, beloved Tchaikovsky music, and a cast of Ballet RI company dancers and local youth, The Nutcracker is a timeless celebration of wonder, imagination, and the joy of the season.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/nutcracker2025_1240x630-a740e3a8f0.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/the-nutcracker-25","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Dec<\/span> 19 - 28<\/span>, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured group Festival Ballet","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/vetsnutcracker_840x630-f2053c37d0.png","category":{"name":"Family Friendly","id":"5"}},{"media_title":"An Evening with Sutton Foster","media_tagline":"with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra","event_body":"Performing with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Sutton Foster is a Tony Award winning actress, singer, and dancer whose notable roles include performances in Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Shrek the Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Music Man, Into the Woods, Violet, The Wild Party, Sweet Charity and more.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/sutton-1240x630-35040ccbe5.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/events\/detail\/sutton-foster-ripo","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Feb<\/span> 21<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home secondary featured","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\/assets\/img\/sutton-840x630-c36c0c393c.jpg","category":{"name":"Concerts","id":"1"}}]}