There will be no fake blues in Northampton on Sunday night as The Reel Blues Fest takes over the Academy of Music with monumental musicians like James Cotton and Jay Geils performing on stage. The show features the Kramer/Montgomery Band (pictured) with Joey Kramer of Aerosmith and James Montgomery. What began as a small independent film and music festival on Cape Cod in 2001 has grown into a whale of a show; over the past seven years, the concert's proceeds have helped first-time filmmakers, and older musicians with medical bills.
Sept. 13, 7 p.m., $25-35, Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, (413) 584-9032, www.academyofmusictheatre.com.
