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Category: Rochester

  • Five Must-See Shows in Rochester This November

    The temps are cooling but the jams are just heating up and the longer nights just give us more time to rock out. Time to finish the first full “post-pandemic” year of live music strong. November is already well under way, but we still have some surefire live music picks and shows for you in Rochester.

    November 8 – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers @ Abilene Bar and Lounge

    First up is Sarah Shook, returning to Abilene for the first time since 2018, and after their show there this summer was postponed due to none other than that damn Covid. Touring behind their excellent 2022 release, Nightroamer, this North Carolina-based quintet muscles up honky tonk with a little rock and punk energy, or do they twang out their punk rock with a little honky tonk? Either way, you’re in for a barn-burning badass night of music.

    Show starts at 8pm and tickets are $20/$25 dos.

    November 12 – Lee Fields @ Photo City Music Hall

    Last seen in Rochester mesmerizing the Rochester International Jazz Fest crowd at Harro East in 2013, Lee Fields finally returns this week. One of the best soul singers around, he recorded his first single back in 1969 and put out his latest album just last week, Sentimental Fool, his first for the vaunted Daptone Records label. He is anything but past his prime though, expect high energy on stage and off, grooves to get you moving and a voice that’ll hit you right in the sweet spot.

    Show starts at 8p and tickets are $23.50.

    November 17 – Another Michael, String Machine @ Bug Jar

    A night of too-new-to-be-known indie music awaits. Two bands touring behind their 2022 releases are coming hungry to win your love. Another Michael is a tight Philadelphia-based band delivering hooky songs trending toward the folksier spectrum with breezy guitars and dreamy vocals. String Machine, a seven piece from the other side of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, brings a fuller sound, what they call maximalist indie rock. They’ll be playing from their latest, Hallelujah Hell Yeah, which is an album of album of joy, vulnerability, and forgiveness. Catch them both at the Bug Jar, with local openers, *ahem* Bugcatcher.

    Show starts at 9pm and tickets are $14-$18.

    November 19 – Amy Helm @ Hart Theater

    Another Covid-postponed show, Amy Helm was supposed to grace the Canalside Stage outside the JCC this summer. Now we get to enjoy her inside the intimate and acoustically-sound Hart Theater. An incredible voice singing her incredible songs, prepare to be melted and moved. The Woodstock native and daughter to the late-great Levon, Helm is an extra special treat to see live, an Americana treasure. Locals Jon Itkin and the Receivers will open the show.

    Show starts at 7p and tickets are $40-$70.

    November 25-28 – Bop Shop’s 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival

    Bop Shop Records has been celebrating their 40th anniversary all year, with the intention of hosting 40 shows in 2022. To see any music in this intimate environment among the stacks is a treat, but owner Tom Kohn has impeccable taste and brings in ridiculously good talent, so every show is pretty much cant-miss. Their busy November closes out with a 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival, four straight nights of high quality jazz to burn off those extra Thanksgiving calories.

    Getting things started on Black Friday is Three Shamans, featuring Phil Haynes, Ken Filiano & Herb Robertson.

    On Saturday, Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame returns to take your Sesame Street favorites to places you never imagined.

    Sunday night is Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation. Fonda has graced the Bop Shop stage more than any other artist. The reason for that is, he’s really freaking good!

    Closing out the little festival on Monday is Michael Musillami Trio.

    All shows start at 8pm and are $20. There is also a special four-show pass for $55.

  • In Focus: Hip-Hop Legend Rakim at Water Street Music Hall

    Water Street Music Hall hosted a living legend when they brought in Rakim on Saturday, October 29.

    Dating back to the late 1980s, there have been countless MCs making music and trying to earn their 15 seconds of fame. Among the best, according to people like Marley Marl, Dr. Dre, and Kool Moe Dee, was Rakim.

    Rakim center stage in Rochester NY

    Rakim burst onto the scene in 1985 as half of the duo Eric B. and Rakim and immediately gained praise and recognition as a skilled MC and lyricist. Working together until 1992, the duo released 4 studio albums, including the debut Paid in Full and their final album in 1992 Don’t Sweat the Technique, both of which were big sellers and remain highly regarded to this day.

    Moving on to a solo career, Rakim released The 18th Letter in 1997 and is now touring as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of this lyrical masterpiece.

    Setting up the crowd for Rakim was Rochester, NY based The Frank White Experience (Notorious B.I.G. tribute band) and Styles P., both of which were welcomed by the crowd. If you are a fan of Biggie, The Frank White Experience needs to be on your radar as they cover the late rapper with their own unique twist. Styles P played the crowd for about 45 minutes with some street style raps and eventually did a little freestyle set in the crowd.

    The Frank White Experience

    Styles P

  • Water Street Hall-O-Ween Show Featured Regional Bands in Musical Costumes

    The Water Street Hall-O-Ween show will take place on Friday, October 28, featuring local and regional Rochester bands have the opportunity to perform on the Hall stage, performing as another band. There will also be a haunted house in The Club, curated by Casey Arthur, as well as a costume contest.

    Water Street Halloween
    poster by Sadie May

    Water Street Music Hall is located alongside the Genesee River and has been Rochester’s premier music venue since 1999. With more than 20 years of shows with artists from Ashanti to St. Vincent, we look forward to continuing our mission of bringing the finest musical acts to the ROC.

    The lineup of bands and their musical costumes includes:

    The Sideways as Dua Lipa

    Spooky & The Truth as Fall Out Boy

    Personal Blend as Slightly Stoopid

    The Able Bodies as Hall and Oates

    Tickets for the Water Street Halloween show are available here.

  • Danielle Ponder Gives Rochester a Whole Lotta Love at Water Street Music Hall

    Danielle Ponder returned to Rochester for her first show after her major label debut, Some of Us Are Brave. She was back after crisscrossing the country as Marcus Mumford’s opener along with numerous festival dates. But on this night, she was no opener and she needed no warmup, this night belonged to Danielle Ponder and no one else.

    danielle ponder rochester

    The agnostic daughter of a pastor reached back to her roots and preached from her pulpit to the sold out Water Street Music Hall. Instead of seeing God, with the help of some mushrooms, she had seen herself and her place amongst the trees and oceans and earth. Her speaking quickly turned into singing, her voice exponentially more powerful in song, “What a joy it is to be alive… I feel your love and it gives me power…” Her congregation responded not with Amen’s but melodic lalala’s. The power of music was in the house, and Ponder was delivering.

    danielle ponder rochester

    As always, in shows, in interviews, anytime anywhere, her love for her hometown was effusive. Off the bat she inserted a “Rochester NY!” into the opening song. She followed by explaining how Rochester was involved in a group effort to lift her up to the heights she’s reached in the past year. It prepared her to be a professional, impressing the industry bigwigs she’s been rubbing elbows with as of late. Later in the night, she noted humbly, that if she ever falls back down, she knows she can always come back home.

    But it wasn’t just about her homecoming. Nearly every song was dedicated to a group of people that resonates with her. “Some of Us Are Brave,” to black women all over the world. “Someone Like You,” to all the singles, including Ponder herself, who wondered why her DM’s weren’t more active then they were. On the contrary, “Only the Lonely” was dedicated to the people who stayed with someone too long. “Poor Man’s Pain” was dedicated to all the Public Defenders, of which she was one not too long ago. Now as she was following her passion of being a professional musician, “So Long” was dedicated to all the dreamers and artists that know their purpose. Her songs were deeply personal, but for everyone.

    danielle ponder rochester

    And for the old school fans, of which there were many, she reached back into her vault to pull out some old favorites. The bluesy “Working” appropriately reminisced her 9 to 5 days, while a cover of Laurny Hill’s “Doo-Wop (That Thing) got the whole place hopping, her friends and family pouring into the pit much to the chagrin of security.

    Ponder presented a couple of more cover in the encore. Though when she sang “Whole Lotta Love,” it wasn’t as much a Led Zeppelin song as it was a Danielle Ponder song with lyrics by Robert Plant (though even then some of those words belong to Willie Dixon). Likewise, when she sang “Creep” to close the show, it wasn’t a Radiohead cover, but a Ponder original, that just happened to be written by Thom Yorke. As a song that band has abandoned, it might as well belong to Ponder now anyway. Like one of her inspirations, Nina Simone, Ponder takes these songs and reinvents them for her own purpose, as she has reinvented herself.

    As her star begins to rise and explode, is Danielle Ponder at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester in the not too distant future?

  • Cypress Hill Lights up Del Lago

    B-Real, Sen Dog, Bobo, and Dj Lord, better known as Cypress Hill, took to the stage at The Vine, at Del Lago Casino in Waterloo, NY on Friday October 21, as the band celebrated 30 years of mainstream hip hop and rap, as well as promoting new album, Back in Black.

    The Vine @Del Lago

    Activists for legalization of cannabis, the band members routinely take the stage with blunts in hand and enjoy the Mary Jane throughout the show and this show did not disappoint! After an approximately 18 minute intro by DJ Lord who seemed to be in his own little haze, B-Real took the stage with blunt in hand and continued to get the crowd pumped up with collaboration of “Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up,” “I Wanna Get High,” “Cisco Kid,” “Dr. Greenthumb,” and “Hits From the Bong.”

    30+ years and 10 albums later, these guys from South Gate, CA can still kick it and toke it just as hard as they did in 1988. Fans were in the aisles, on the steps, and on section dividers grooving and moving as the beat played on.

    Setlist: DJ Lord intro/ Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up, I Wanna Get High, Cisco Kid, Dr. Greenthumb, Hits From the Bong/Real Estate/Hand on the Pump/Sound of da Police/When the Shit Goes Down/Tequilla Sunrise/Lowrider/Illusions/Latin Lingo/Lick a Shot/How I Could Just Kill a Man/Throw your set in the Air/I Ain’t Going out like that/(Rock Superstar)/Insane in the Brain/Jump Around (House of Pain cover)

    Check out Cypress Hill’s newest album here: Back In Black | Cypress Hill | Official Website

    B-Real
    Sen Dog
    DJ Lord
    The crowd loving the show
    Bobo

  • The Babe Rainbow Throws a Party at Photo City Music Hall

    The stage curtain was closed. Behind it, a party was being devised. Or more likely it wasn’t, but once it opened and revealed Australia’s The Babe Rainbow on stage, a party was started nonetheless.

    The band had just released their new album, The Organic Band, three days prior, so there was plenty worth celebrating. They appropriately opened their set with the album’s first track, “Inner Space,” though from there it was a healthy mix of new and old, actually skewing toward the old. But it didn’t really matter what was played, every last song exuded dance party vibes. There wasn’t a face without a smile or an ass without a shaking in the comfortably crowded venue. With all due respect to Disney, on Monday October 17, Photo City Music Hall in Rochester was the happiest place on Earth.

    The stage sat mere inches off the dance floor which provided ample opportunity for the band and crowd to converge in revelry. Early in the show, lead singer Angus Darling was off the stage dancing and singing from the crowd. “Good dance moves, let’s keep it up!” “Planet Junior” with Jack Crowther’s slinky guitar and unavoidable groove did indeed keep it up, as did “Supermoon,” which had drummer Miles Myjavec bouncing in his seat as he laid down another badass beat.

    While there are elements of surf in the music, though not much in there to inspire crowd surfing, but that didn’t stop one woman from cruising above the crowd during the loungy “Peace Blossom Boogy.” More appropriate to the vibe, a dance circle broke out during “Monky Disco,” individuals showing off their moves to the encouraging onlookers while Elliot O’Reilly facilitated with some brilliant bass work.

    The party was on stage, in the audience, and backstage. Tour mates seventies tuberide would frequently pop out onto the stage to join in the fun, throwing bananas or paper towels into the crowd (not in a natural-disaster-photo-op kind of way, but more of a this-is-the-most-festive-stuff-we-have-on-hand kind of way), and even, the more usual collaboration of playing together. On “Eureka,” announced as The Babe Rainbow theme song, the bass player and drummer came out to add percussion and extra stage energy, jumping all over the stage. There would be more percussion accompaniment added from members of Maybird as well during the encore performance of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass.”

    Local psychedelic band Maybird opened the show. They’ve been a bit quiet lately, even though they put out a new album earlier this year, a trippy song cycle based on Alice in Wonderland. Their set included a few selections from that, like the psych-disco “Lost in Wonderland” with it’s swelling keys, and the ethereal “I’ll Miss You When I Wake Up.” Maybird’s music improves as it thickens, each added layer adds exponential possibilities. For this set, the core trio of Josh and Adam Netsky and Overhand Sam were joined by Cian (sax) and Shane McCarthy (bass) from Mikaela Davis’s band, Sam Hirsh on keys and Greg Maslyn on percussion. They flexed their collective muscle immediately with the set-opening take on “Maybird,” the usual hectic ending going extra heavy and deep with the added power. The set continued to excite with more classic Maybird material like “Don’t Keep Me Around,” “Gonna Lose Your Mind,” and “Turning Into Water,” each benefiting and sounding spectacular with the extra contributions. We can only hope that a quiet 2022 begets a more active year ahead for the band.

    California trio seventies tuberide, also touring with a just out new album, played a slow motion punk grunge. Their tube was riding through a river drenched in reverb. Three-part harmonies, guitars, bass and drums all blended into one singular force. Their songs and band name are all intentionally listed in lower case, which perfectly matches their style. “favorite year love letter” and “skin, hair oil” typified their downbeat punk, while a pre-recorded track and sit-ins from Jack Crowther and Miles Myjavec added a little oomph to “completely dry.” Their short 20 minute set closed with Crowther continuing on in support of “sunday,” which had a nice slow and groovy “Walk On the Wild Side“-esque bass line.

    The Babe Rainbow at Photo City Music Hall was just about as much fun as could be had on a Monday night. Let’s do it again next week!

  • SLIFT Slays a Sold-Out Bug Jar

    A tick before midnight on Saturday October 15, brains splattered on the wall, a mix of sweat and beer wet the floor, as a stunned crowd shuffled out of the Bug Jar, eyes-glazed. Such was the aftermath from the headlining set from French trio SLIFT.

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    Comprised of brothers Jean and Remi Fossat on guitar and bass, and high school friend Canek Flores on drums, SLIFT was rounding the home-stretch of their first ever North American tour. Their most recent release, Ummon, arrived just before the pandemic shutdowns. The set pulled exclusively from that material, though nearly 3 years old, it of course arrived to the sold-out Rochester audience farm fresh. Each note, each beat, every howl, served and consumed with reckless abandon.

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    After limb-loosening and ear-pleasing sets from local openers The Ginger Faye Bakers and Haishen, the trio took the stage. Jean dialed up an undulating drone from his electronics panel, which sped into an alien beam before the band exploded into “Ummon”. Guitar, drums and bass a raging ball of energy. The crowd responded in kind, jumping, fist pumping, bodies bouncing off bodies, feet stomping on feet, elbows jabbing chests. But there was no time for apologizing, just move or be moved.

    slift

    Digital patterns and images frenetically displayed behind the band. Like a sonic mood ring, they seemed to match the music’s energy. Reds and whites flashed during the heavier head-banging moments. When “It’s Coming” kicked into a more head-bobbing psychedelic groove, oranges and greys emerged. Mellower still, brought blues and yellows. A meaty “Century on a Satellite” > “Hyperion” mid-set had the band moving freely between high-energy metal, long bass-led grooves, electronics-heavy sections, and slow-developing climaxes. The colorful displays followed all along the way, yellows shifting to oranges intensifying into reds.

    When a band calls out their last song, it’s always welcome when that song goes for 15 minutes. A show-closing “Lions, Tigers and Bears” delivered on all fronts. Remi’s incredible bass playing reached a fever pitch, carrying a his brother through frenetic guitar solos and spacey electronics noodling. Flores’ drums built up to one final explosion and the whole ordeal collapsed gloriously. Then one last we’re-not-quite-done-yet droning exploration extended the evening until it all fizzled out for real. At just over an hour it wasn’t enough to sate the packed house, but pleas for an encore went unrewarded. Zut alors!

  • The Dead Unveil New Material In Rochester: September 27, 1976

    While the year 1977 typically, and justifiably, gets a lot of the attention in Grateful Dead lore, the previous year has its fair share of gems too. With the Godchaux tandem now firmly entrenched and the return of Mickey Hart, the band was approaching the peak of its collective power in 1976. A slew of new live material that was unleashed the year before and earlier this summer was proof of this. Today marks the anniversary of the fourth ever appearance in Rochester for the Grateful Dead, last playing here in 1973. A rowdy Upstate New York crowd greeted the Dead for this performance at the War Memorial (now known as Blue Cross Arena) – one that’s filled with a distinct blend of classic songs and some fresher material still relatively new in the live setting.

    Tonight’s performance gets a true “rock n’ roll” opener thanks to a lively cover of Chuck Berry’s “Promised Land” that has the Rochester crowd clapping along in time. A couple of impressive guitar licks early on from Jerry Garcia show he’s adequately warmed up and Bob Weir executes the vocals to perfection. Instead of pushing the pace even further, after some brief technical delay the Dead move over to the slow lane for “They Love Each Other.” They still manage to find their way into a nice early groove though, aided by another Garcia solo and some delicate piano work from Keith Godchaux.

    After some more extensive post-song tuning, the band then does a slow build towards the intro of what turns out to be an emphatic “El Paso” with Weir once again manning the vocals. This gives way to another first set staple in “Deal” that gets some harmonious assistance from Donna Jean Godchaux on the chorus. She also adds some delightful harmonies to the emotional “Looks Like Rain” that follows and features another organic, slow build of communal energy.

    The Dead keep in a similar mode for the slow, near plodding, tempo of “Row Jimmy” that comes next and elicits a few more emotionally-charged guitar solos from Garcia as well as supplemental dulcet tones from Donna Jean on vocals. Once completed, Weir implores the crowd to take place in “America’s Favorite Game: Take A Step Back” to prevent those in the front few rows on the floor of the War Memorial from getting further squished. This seems to call for another cover song and the choice is made for “It’s All Over Now,” a song popularized by The Rolling Stones more than a decade ago.

    The first set staples then roll on, this time with “Loser,” another Garcia-dominated number. The soulful, introspective lyrics are matched by a guitar solo that has the Rochester crowd in mass, loud approval. Once completed, the Dead then introduce Rochester to the most recent of their traditional song pairings. This time, it’s the relatively new “Lazy Lightning” and “Supplication.” With both songs making their live debut just months earlier in 1976 at shows in Portland OR, this was undoubtedly the first time this sequence was able to experienced for some East Coast Dead Heads. “Supplication” hasn’t even been given lyrics yet and is played as a sturdy instrumental that the Rochester crowd eats up.

    The opening set comes to an end with an interesting pairing of songs. First, it’s a rather unusual late set placement for “Brown Eyed Women” that has some early vocal flubs from Garcia on the intro but then wastes no time rounding into form with the crowd once again lending on-time audible support through applause. “The Music Never Stopped,” another newer song that just came into its own this year which features more vocal interplay between Weir and Donna Jean, then closes the book on the first set.

    The second one opens with another relatively fresh tune, this time it’s the Garcia and Robert Hunter composition “Might As Well,” another song that made its live debut just months earlier. It’s supported by another bouncy guitar solo and gets a welcomed reception from the crowd. Afterwards, the recognizable drum beat that begins “Samson and Delilah” ensues and the Dead are off and running with another newer song that’s still finding its footing in a live setting. Weir nails the Biblical lyrics and Garcia provides more than enough support with some fiery guitar licks with bassist Phil Lesh competently holding down the bottom end.

    After another band “huddle,” a drawn out intro to “Help On The Way” ensues with the band almost seemingly throwing in a “Music Never Stopped” tease for good measure before fully diving into “Help.” It feels like a slightly quicker version that’s played a little faster than it’s traditional styling yet, nevertheless, still flows seamlessly right into its traditional running mate in “Slipknot!” with no issues. This latter half of the pairing quickly devolves into a free-flowing, improvisational jam with Garcia and Lesh once again leading the way. This yields some of the more intensive and psychedelic jamming of the evening, a perfect springboard into the “Drums” section which soon follows.

    After essentially putting the cart (“Space”) before the horse (“Drums”), the Dead jump right back into a high-octane, free wheeling jam that winds its way perfectly into the beginning of a thunderous “The Other One” that shows the band at their improvisational best.

    After reaching a climax, the Dead slow things down considerably with “Wharf Rat” which gets another warm reception from the Rochester crowd. Garcia leads the band through this ballad-esque number with typical aplomb and his signature vocal stylings. In a bit of a twist, once completed they actually go back and play a definitive “Slipknot!” reprise for a few minutes, returning to the main theme and a smooth segue into “Franklin’s Tower” that, along with “Help On The Way,” completes a holy trinity of Grateful Dead songs. The band, and Garcia in particular, take their time with this crowd favorite and it results in 17-plus minutes of euphoric musical composition that the War Memorial crowd eagerly soaks up.

    The Dead then bookend tonight’s show in Rochester with another Chuck Berry cover, this time “Around and Around,” sung by Weir in his typical increasingly rambunctious fashion. A “U.S. Blues” that doesn’t seem to have made the recording then wraps up tonight’s Rochester show. The band would continue their Upstate New York travels and play a gig the following night at a different War Memorial, this one in Syracuse.

    View this and other Grateful Dead shows from across the years in New York State with our interactive map below

    Grateful Dead Community War Memorial Auditorium – Rochester, NY 9/27/76

    Set 1: Promised Land, They Love Each Other, El Paso, Deal, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, It’s All Over Now, Loser, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, The Music Never Stopped

    Set 2: Might As Well, Samson & Delilah, Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Drums-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower-> Around & Around

    E: U.S. Blues

  • Multi-generational rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra Presents 2022 Tour “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve”

    Presented by Hallmark, rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra has come to announce dates part of their highly awaited winter tour for 2022, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve – the Best of TSO & More. They are reviving a memorable holiday tradition, “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve”, to bring to 60 cities in the U.S., starting Nov. 16 in Green Bay and Council Bluffs and finalizing with a show performed on Friday, Dec. 30. 

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    Fan favorites will be featured as part of the rock opera show series, such as “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24”, “O’ Come All Ye Faithful”, “Christmas Canon” and more, along with an exciting second set involving more fan-favorites and classic pieces. The multi-generational holiday tradition will be celebrating their 25th anniversary this coming winter season. 

    Upcoming tour dates are below:

    Nov 16 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 16 – Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America Center – 7:00 PM

    Nov 17 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena – 7:00 PM

    Nov 18 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – 7:00 PM

    Nov 19 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Nov 20 – Youngstown, OH – Covelli Centre – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Nov 20 – Colorado Springs, CO – World Arena – 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

    Nov 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 23 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Nov 25 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 25 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena – 7:30 PM

    Nov 26 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 26 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 27 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Nov 27 – Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Arena – 4:00 PM

    Nov 28 – Portland, OR – Moda Center – 7:00 PM

    Nov 30 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 1 – Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center – 7:00 PM

    Dec 2 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 2 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 3 – Dayton, OH – Nutter Center – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Dec 3 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 4 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 4 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 7 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 7 – Austin, TX – Moody Center – 7:00 PM

    Dec 8 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 8 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center – 7:00 PM

    Dec 9 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 9 – Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena – 7:30 PM

    Dec 10 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 10 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 11 – Atlanta, GA – Gas South Arena – 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

    Dec 11 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 14 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 14 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 15 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena – 7:00 PM

    Dec 15 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC – 7:00 PM

    Dec 16 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 16 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena – 7:30 PM

    Dec 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 17 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 18 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena – 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

    Dec 21 – Hershey, PA – Giant Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 21 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Dec 22 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 22 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 23 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 23 – St Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 26 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center – 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

    Dec 27 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 28 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 29 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 29 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 30 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Dec 30 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center – 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

    Listen to vocals by Jennifer Cella, former lead vocalist of TSO, in single by Brooklyn-based electro-pop/rock band

  • In Focus: The Australian Pink Floyd Show

    Playing for over 4 million fans since 1988, The Australian Pink Floyd Show showed Rochester why they are the ultimate Pink Floyd tribute band after performing at the Kodak Theatre on September 21. Right down to the light show and lasers, Australian Pink Floyd, as they are sometimes called, got toes tapping and heads rocking right out of the gate.

    Immediately, fans were transported back in time with remarkable renditions of classics like “Obscured By Clouds,” “Time,” “Money” and of course, “Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2.”

    Hailing from Adelaide, group consists of Luc Ledy-Lepine (guitar), David Domminney-Fowler(guitar/vocals) Steve Mac (guitar/vocal), Jason Sawford (keyboard), Paul Bonney (drums), Ricky Howard(bass/vocals), Mike Kidson (sax), and the amazing Chris Barnes on vocals. Backup singers are Lorelei McBroom, Emily Lynn, and Lara Smiles.