The Oswego Music Hall, also known as the Ontario Performing Arts Center, has announced its 2024 calendar of events, featuring diverse band Mile Twelve, and Americana Upstate-NY group Driftwood, among others.
The Oswego Music Hall evolved from a little coffee house venue called “The Low Life Cafe,” created by Richard Reinert back in 1976, on Water Street in Oswego where it was known as the Market House Music Hall. Oswego Music Hall was incorporated in 1979 and received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 1985. The venue relocated twice before settling into the McCrobie Civic Center, a historic municipal building adjacent to Breitbeck Park, overlooking the Great Lake Ontario.
Run by an incredibly reliable team of volunteers, Oswego Music Hall has produced diverse and high-quality concerts on their National Stage every other Saturday night during their fall, winter/spring seasons, and national stage events for 40 years. Their programs offer Oswego and the Greater Central New York community exposure to top-quality touring musicians, singers, and songwriters of many genres. Most importantly, the venue helps support artists and music not typically heard in the mainstream media, encouraging the development of emerging artists from the community.
Their first Main Stage event of the year is on January 27 at 7:30 p.m. with Boston group Mile Twelve. The group has won several awards, and recently added two new members: fiddler and vocalist Ella Jordan and mandolinist Korey Brodsky, adding a new dimension to the band. With a variety of songs and genres, people can expect to hear a little bit of everything.
The next Main Stage event is on February 10 with Driftwood performing. Anyone familiar with the Americana music scene knows this Upstate, New York-based band has cut their teeth on a killer live show. With a never-ending tour schedule and a steady buzz, they have built a very solid underground fan base.
National Stage acts coming to the venue include Vance Gilbert, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Shawna Caspi and Rachael Kilgour, Big Sky Quartet, and many more.
To purchase tickets and for more information, visit here.
Oswego Music Hall Events Calendar
Jan 27 Mile Twelve
Feb 9 Open Mic w/Mark Wahl opening
Feb 10 Driftwood
Feb 17 Jazz by the Lake
Feb 23 Open Mic w/Kenny Roffo opening
Feb 24 Vance Gilbert, w/Cam Caruso opening
Mar 2 Imagining Kerouac, curated by Don Masterson
Mar 8 Open Mic w/Jane Zell opening
Mar 9 Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Mar 16 Jazz by the Lake
Mar 22 Open Mic w/Frank Stefanek and Julie Clement opening
Mar 23 Shawna Caspi and Rachael Kilgour (Women in Music Series)
Apr 12 Open Mic w/Mark Zane opening
Apr 13 Big Sky Quartet
Apr 20 Jazz by the Lake
Apr 26 Open Mic w/Larry Kyle opening
Apr 27 Livingston Taylor
May 11 Sam Robbins (Season Finale, Emerging Artists Showcase)