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LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP Sept EMBER 23-29
Monday, 9/23
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Tuesday, 9/24
Supersuckers / The Grinders / Relentless Moisture (rock n’ roll) - Bug Jar, 9P ($17, 18+)
Cupid’s Boomerang (rock/alt/soul) - Abilene, 7P ($5, all ages)
Beth Hart - Kodak Center, 6P ($35+, all ages)
Wednesday, 9/25
Singer Songwriter Sessions hosted by Herb Heins with Tom Mahoney - Abilene, 6:30P (FREE, all ages)
Mochester - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Academy Order / Thao Crash / Melpire Bat (electronic/goth) - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($6 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Texas Headphones - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
Les Greene & The Swayzees - Radio Social, 8P ($10/$15, 21+)
Flying Boxcar (Grateful Dead Tribute) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10, all ages)
The Margaret Explosion (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 9/26
Cancerslug / Massive Blowout / The iLL - Bug Jar, 9P ($18, 18+)
Son House Blues Night w/ Deborah Magone - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
X (punk) - Water Street, 7P ($40+, 16+)
Salsa Night with DJ Pabony - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)
Jackson Cavalier (indie/folk) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 9/27
Panic / Comfort Object / Before Manhattan (alt/indie/rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream with CPDP Ensemble - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
Cyborg Octopus / Archaeologist / Tomarum (metal) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
Piranha Loco / Gordon Munding & Mike Pavone (blues/roots/jazz) - Abilene, 6P ($5, all ages)
Rochester Silent Disco (DJ) - Essex, 9P ($18, all ages)
Ivy Lab (bass/hip hop)- Photo City, 7:30P ($20+, 18+)
Nekrogoblikon - Montage, 6P ($30+, 16+)
Elle King (pop/country) - Kodak Center, 6P ($35+, all ages)
Songbirds (Fleetwood Mac Tribute) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($20+, all ages)
Annie Wells Band (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
The Mosaic Foundation - Three Heads Brewing, 7:30P ($10, 21+)
Spreading the Hardcore Reality: Day 1 (hardcore) - California Brew Haus, 6P ($25/$50, all ages/under 18 with guardian)
Saturday, 9/28
Eternal Crypt / Haishen / Fourth Dominion (metal) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Wicked / Flying Object - Daily Refresher, 9P (FREE, 21+)
Peaches and Crime / The Living Room (vaudeville/murder lounge) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
The Whiskey Charmers (country/blues) - Abilene, 8P ($10, all ages)
Soft Machine (jazz/psych) - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($30/$25, all ages)
Keets / Illeegul / Delano / ET / Pepi (DJ/dance) - Essex, 7P ($20, all ages)
Masque Rave (DJ) - Photo City, 7:30P ($20+, 18+)
Inugami / Clockmen (alt/rock) - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
Analog Kids (Rush Tribute) - Montage, 7:30P ($20/$25+, all ages)
Mr. Popstyle Birthday Bash ft. Mr. Lexx & Bass Odyssey - Water Street, 7P ($25+, 21+)
Rochester Mandolin Orchestra (folk/classical) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
St. Vith - Three Heads Brewing, 7:30P ($10, 21+)
Spreading the Hardcore Reality: Day 2 (hardcore) - California Brew Haus, 5P ($30/$50, all ages/under 18 with guardian)
Sunday, 9/29
Benefit for the Van Grol Family w/ Deep Disdain / Deal with God / Who Decides (hardcore) - Flying Squirrel, 7P ($10, all ages)
Calabria Foti & Bob McChesney (jazz/show tunes) - Lovin’ Cup, 6P ($15/$20, all ages)
Elizabeth Winterbourne (Americana/pop) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP Sept EMBER 16-22
Monday, 9/16
Sandcatchers (Americana/Middle Eastern sounds) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Tuesday, 9/17
Cupids Boomerang (soul/rock/alt) - Abilene, 7P ($5, all ages)
Sevendust / 10 Years / Return to Dust / Horizon Theory (rock) - Water Street, 6P ($35/$40+, 16+)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Wednesday, 9/18
Singer Songwriter Sessions hosted by Herb Heins - Abilene, 6:30P (FREE, all ages)
Fornieri Brothers - Record Archive, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Texas Headphones (honky tonk) - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
Small Batch (Grateful Dead Tribute) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10, all ages)
Charlie Lindner (piano) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Thursday, 9/19
Jackson Cavalier / Sally Louise / Head to the Roots (folk/Americana/indie) - Bug Jar, 9P ($15, 18+)
B. Maltese and Deep Drive (all-female duets) - Abilene, 7:30P (Hi $10, all ages)
Kelley’s Heroes (rock) - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
Julien-K / Ghostfeeder / Reign of Z / Komrads / Kendall Cage (alt/goth/darkwave) - Photo City, 6P ($19+, 18+)
The PV Nunes Band (Americana) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Public Water Supply (circus style) / Southern Star (alt rock/indie Americana) - Three Heads Brewing, 7:30P ($20, 21+)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Friday, 9/20
Croix / DJTJ (indie/rock) - The Style Council, 7P ($5 suggested donation, all ages)
Black Burning Rose / The Heroic Enthusiasts / Ryan Flynn (synth pop) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
NOD / TTTT (rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
The Good Trip Band (rock) - Abilene, 6P ($5, all ages)
Ukulele Orchestra - Record Archive, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Judah Sealy / Art Beaty / Deepak Thettu / Walter Chatman (jazz) - Essex, 7P ($30, all ages)
Harsh Realm / Wetting Agent / Fed Ash / Hallucination Realized / Ate (metal/hardcore) - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Rivers of Nihil / A Fitting Revenge / Quantifier / Crux Ov Torment (metal) - Montage, 6P ($27+, 16+)
Mark Bader & Abby Celso Duo (pop/jazz/soul) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Crossmolina (Irish Folk Fusion) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Organ Fairchild - Three Heads Brewing, 7:30P ($10, 21+)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Saturday, 9/21
Overhand Sam & Bad Weapon / Robber Robber / Bugcatcher (indie/alt/rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Roses Are Red / Delta Force 23 / Into the Light / They Sleep They Dream (alt/rock) - Photo City, 7P ($25+, 18+)
The Fox Sisters / Aweful Kanawful (rock) - Radio Social, 8P ($10/$15, 21+)
The Isotopes (instrumental rock) - Johnny’s, 8p ($10, 21+)
Flavour / Eclectic Blend (psych rock/glam punk) - Skylark, 9P ($5, 21+)
Cavalcade / Clockmen / Wren Cove / Autoverse (punk/sludge/alt rock) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
Free Art Collective Fundraiser + Music Fest (misc) - The Flying Squirrel, 12-9P ($10, all ages)
A Girl Named Genny / Bellweather Breaks / Extended Family - Three Heads Brewing, 2P ($10, 21+)
Erin & Ross - Abilene, 7P ($15, all ages)
Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame (jazz) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)
The Lizards (Phish Tribute) - Flour City Station, 8P ($15, 21+)
Nothing But R&B hosted by JENISETHEFREAK (R&B) - Water Street, 7P ($25+, 21+)
Sam Cooke Tribute Concert w/ Art Beaty, Eli Flynn, & the World Music Quartet - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)
Max Robbins & Leon Hsu (Jazz duo) The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
Sunday, 9/22
TayTay Dance Party ft. DJ Swiftie (DJ) - Water Street, 6P ($25++, 16+)
School of Rock (tribute to hair metal) - Lovin’ Cup, 1P ($10, all ages)
The Shut-Ins / Fowls/The Thighmasters / Good Gorgeous (Indie/alt/rock) - Photo City, 5P ($12+, 18+)
Poetry + Jazz - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Fringe Fest - see site for listings: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/all-shows
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP Sept EMBER 9-15
Monday, 9/9
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Tuesday, 9/10
Cupids Boomerang (rock/alt) - Abilene, 7P ($5, all ages)
Goblin Hovel (metal) - Record Archive, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Ian Campbell (folk/rock) - ROC Cinema, 8P ($12, all ages)
Wednesday, 9/11
Herb Heins presents Songwriter Sessions - Abilene, 6:30P (FREE, all ages)
Royal Otis / Friko (alt/rock) - Essex, 7P ($25, all ages)
Warpark / Fowls / Jimso Slim (indie) - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Teagan + the Tweads - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Texas Headphones - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
The Public Muisck (baroque) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Genesee Ted (Grateful Dead Tribute) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10, all ages)
Thursday, 9/12
High Desert Queen / Spirit Mother / Fox 45 (rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
WAMMO (rock/funk/jazz) - Abilene, 7P ($10, all ages)
Junkyard Fieldtrip (country/rock) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
6 - Dj set Anaglog & Frenz Headliner/Brendan / Open Jam (world groove/post rock) - Innovation Square, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 9/13
Bugcatcher / Forevers (alt/indie rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
Steve Lyons (country/folk) - Skylark, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Big Trouble Beat Buffet (DJ) - Bug Jar, 8P ($5, 21+)
Doctor P / Spaced Out B2B Bizen / ODZ B2B Juju Beatz / EMAC (electronic)- Photo City, 7:30P ($30+, 18+)
Watkins & the Rapiers (rock) - Abilene, 7:30PP ($10/15, all ages)
The Cloud Lounging Experience (hip hop/dj) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
The Frank White Experience (rap/hiphop) - The Club at Water Street, 7P ($25+, 18+)
Roc Star Academy Fall Showcase (misc) - Lovin’ Cup, 6P ($5, all ages)
Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift Tribute) - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($22, 21+)
The Iron Maidens (Iron Maiden Tribute) - Montage, 7P
Saturday, 9/14
The Ginger Faye Bakers / Sastrugi (rock) - Skylark, 9P ($5, 21+)
Beef Gordon - Radio Social, 8P ($5/$10, 21+)
Mortus eternum / liquid damage / Gates of Paradox (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
Come Back to Earth - A Live Tribute to Mac Miller - Photo City, 8P ($25+, 18+)
Ula Blue / Alyssa Joseph / Delaney West / Brian Revels (pop rock /singer-songwriter) - Bar Bad Ending, 7:30P ($15, 21+)
Transcendence 3 (electronic/rave) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Metal Night - Montage, 6P ($15+, 16+)
Reggae Fall Fest with Baby Cham - Water Street, 7P (25+, 21+)
Jolie Holland (singer/songwriter) - Little Theater 1, 7P ($38+, all ages)
Roc Star Academy Fall Showcase (misc) - Lovin’ Cup, 6P ($5, all ages)
Jimmy Highsmith - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($25, 21+)
Club XCX (DJ) - Essex, 9P ($22, 18+)
Sunday, 9/15
Hurricane - The Music of Scorpions / The Remakes (rock) /Control - Photo City, 5P ($19+, 18+)
Kitchen / Conor Lynch / Georgie (folk/indie/rock) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
The Matt Pavolka Band - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP Sept EMBER 2-8
Monday, 9/2
HAPPY LABOR DAY
Tuesday, 9/3
Thy Hideous Wake / !!!Tentacles!!! / To Violently Vomit (metal) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Wednesday, 9/4
Katie Allesandra / Fuakata / ManCub Jacobs (ska) - Bar Bad Ending, 6P ($10, 21+)
Big Blue House (folk/rock/jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Claudia Hoyser (country) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Texas Headphones - Skylark, 7P ($5, 21+)
The Skycoasters (party band) - Ontario Beach Park, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Infrared Radiation Orchestra- The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 9/5
Jaguar Sun / Jimso Slim (indie/rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Joe Beard / Gian Carlo Cervone (blues) - Abilene, 7:30P ($10, all ages)
The Tug Hill Band (Americana/blues/rock) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
The Aoife Scott Trio (folk) - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($25, all ages)
The Cool Club & Lipker Sisters (boogie woogie/rockabilly) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 9/6
Sunny Daze & The Weatherman / Gulf Club (garage rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
The Cure vs. The Smiths Dance Party (DJ) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 21+)
Rat Fink (psych rock) - Abilene, 6P ($5, all ages)
Kilmaine Saints (Celtic rock) - Abilene, 9:15P ($10/$15, all ages)
Gimme Gimme Disco (DJ)- Photo City, 8P ($22+, 18+)
Mice Advice / Crescent Hill / High Pines (alt/rock) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
Trio East (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
ATYYA / Thromb / Deeroc / antipode / McThuggin (dubstep/bass) - Water Street, 8P ($15, 18+)
Denali(singer/songwriter) - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)
Into The Now (Grateful Dead Tribute) - Three Heads Brewing, 7:30P ($10, 21+)
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer (jazz/blues) - Hochstein Performance Hall, 6:30P ($40+, all ages)
Saturday, 9/7
Fuzzrod (punk/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($8, 18+)
Chatterton / Home Videos / Shep Treasure / Milkweed (folk/indie/rock) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Freddy C. and the Latin Jazz Quartet - Skylark, 9P ($10, 21+)
Dangerbyrd / Ali Lou & the Sugar Boys (rock/indie) - Abilene, 8P ($10, all ages)
Lil Texas / The D / N3WTTRON / MXNX / Society Hates Me (dance) - Photo City, 8P ($25+, 18+)
Oceano / To The Grave / VCTMS / Half Me (metal) - Montage, 6P ($25+, 16+)
Laura Dubin Trio (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
The Boyd Parker Ambush (60’s covers) - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10-$15, all ages)
Sunday, 9/8
Motion Sick / Luckycaller7 / 4th & Short (punk/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
Rocket (Def Leppard Tribute) /Control - Photo City, 7P ($16+, 18+)
Jacobo Vega-Albela Quintet (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Salon Concert Series (classical) - Rochester Academy of Medicine, 2P ($40, all ages)
The Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo (classical) - Kilbourn Hall, 3:30P ($10, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP Aug 27 - Sept 1
Monday, 8/26
The PossumTone String Band (old time) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Tuesday, 8/27
Drummer exchange program / the korks / the shut-ins (rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Docents / Eclectic Blend / God’s Computer (no-wave/trap/metal) - Bar Bad Ending, 7:30P ($10, 21+)
Kinloch Nelson (guitar) - N. Winton Library, 5:30P (FREE, all ages)
Wednesday, 8/28
KLOKWERK / Super Famous Funtime Guys - Montage, 6P ($25/$20, 18+)
Bit rot / posterior superior / E/V Unappreciated Slut (experimental/noise) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Head to the Roots (roots rock) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Charlie Lindner (piano) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Soul Hammer - The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)
Ruby Shooz (60’s rock) - Ontario Beach Park, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 8/29
Blank Slate / Ali Lou and the Sugar Boys / Chores (indie/rock) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
EYEHATEGOD / Exhorder / Hans Condor (metal) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Pentatonix / David Archuleta (pop) - CMAC, 7P ($40+, all ages)
The Taylor Swift Experience performed by Cami and the Fringe - Photo City, 8P ($20+, 18+)
Local Rave: Unofficial G Jones Pre-Party - The Club at Water Street, 8P ($5, 18+)
HED PE / Crowndrop / Comfort in Violence (metal) - Montage, 6P ($22, 16+)
Genesee Johnny (blues) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Salsa Night with DJ Salsero - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)
The Rich Thompson Trio (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 8/30
Jimso Slim / Mice Advice (alt/indie/rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
Inertia / Gravesite / Zakrahe / The Last Reign (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10/$15, 18+)
Public Water Supply / Eli Flynn & The Everymen (alt rock/indie Americana) - Iron Smoke Distillery, 8P ($10, 21+)
Alyssa Rodriguez / Sunshine Quan (Celtic/Scandinavian) - Payton Violins, 7P ($15/$20, all ages)
Miranda Lambert w/ The Cadillac Three / Adam Hood (country) - CMAC, 7P ($51+, all ages)
The Photo City Pink-Out (house/techno/dubstep) - Photo City, 8P ($15+, 18+)
Rock n’ ROFL (mix of comedy and metal bands) - Montage, 7P ($19.50, 16+)
Tall Poppy String Band - Lovin’ Cup, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Debbie Kendrick Project (jazz/blues) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert (orchestra) - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($49+, all ages)
Saturday, 8/31
The Lowliest One / Crush the Junta / Beastview Maul (Americana/indie/rock) - Skylark, 8P ($28, 21+)
Earth & Elsewhere (metal) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
Edhochuli / Sipul / Mantra (post hardcore/punk) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
Solooza (rave) - Photo City, 8P ($19+, 18+)
Of Virtue / Darwin / Among the Wicked / Set for Run (metalcore) - Montage, 6P ($22+, 16+)
28IF (60’s covers) - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($10-$15, all ages)
Andy Nahas (singer/guitar) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Sunday, 9/1
Crahda / Cult Fiction / Assault / Extinction AD (alt/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($12, 18+)
Classical Guitar Night - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP august 19 - AUGUST 26
Monday, 8/19
Kubick’s Rubes (bluegrass/swing) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Tuesday, 8/20
Good Terms / Rematch / Checks and Exes / Luckycaller7 (pop/punk/rock) - Bug Jar, 9P ($15, 18+)
Wednesday, 8/21
Richard Smith (fingerstyle guitar) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($20, all ages)
Different Every Time (covers) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Maria Gillard Trio (swing/blues/jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Rhino Chasers - The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)
Allegro (party band) - Ontario Beach Park, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 8/22
L / Zen Hander / Komrads (metal) - Bug Jar, 9P ($10, 18+)
Anaglog Music and Pathway Poets present Dub Poetry Open Mic - Book Eater Café, 6P (FREE, all ages)
The Crooked North (Americana/bluegrass) - Abilene, 7:30P ($15, all ages)
Kandi Land (house/techno/dubstep) - Photo City, 8P ($15+, 18+)
New Math (punk/rock) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Marc Ribot (guitar) - Little Theater 1, 7:30P ($36+, all ages)
Margaret Explosion (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 8/23
The Living Room / Beams / Sastrugi (Portishead anniversary show) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
David Jonathan & The Inner City Bedlam (jazz) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
Donna the Buffalo / Chris Beard - Rochester Public Market, 5:30P (FREE, all ages)
New Math (punk/rock) - Abilene, 8:30P ($7/$10, all ages)
Tykin / Wicked / Ready to Strike (80’s hair metal) - Photo City, 7P ($15+, 21+)
JT (hip hop) - Water Street, 7P ($37+, 21+)
Mustard Tigers - Flour City Station, 9:30P ($10, 21+)
Bug Day / MakeItStop / PUTZ / One Lomb Drive / Ear Piercings / Precious Little Life (alt/rock/misc) - Montage, 7P ($12/$15, 16+)
Trio East (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
The Swooners - Lovin’ Cup, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Saturday, 8/24
Tall Heights (folk) - Skylark, 8P ($28, 21+)
Doused in Death Festival III (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($15, 18+)
The Ladles / Benny Blue (indie/folk) - Abilene, 7:30P ($15/$20, all ages)
ABBA Gold Disco (DJ) - Photo City, 8P ($19+, 18+)
Smells Like Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana Tribute) / Pop Disaster (Green Day/ Blink Tribute) - Montage, 6P ($20+, 16+)
Crossmolina (irish folk fusion) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Last Exit / Shop Cats - House of Guitars, 12P (FREE, all ages)
In The Rough - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($15-$20, all ages)
Sunday, 8/25
Harmonica Lewinski / Awful Kanawful (rock n’ roll) - LUX, 6P ($5, 21+)
Elusive Travel / Fall Like Love / Eternal Crypt / Godslove (rock) - Photo City, 6P ($14+, 18+)
Sean Pfiefer (blues/jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
People I Love / Attic Abasement / Melaina Kol / Bugcatcher (dreampop//indie/folk) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP august 12 - AUGUST 18
Monday, 8/12
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Tuesday, 8/13
Anxietatum (metal) - The Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Brody Schenk (singer/songwriter) - Abilene, 7P ($7, all ages)
Wednesday, 8/14
Yotuma / Liquid Damage / Desekrator / Mortus Eternum (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($15, 18+)
Omni / We Sundry Vessels / Smaxkult / bit rot (experimental / noise) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Todd East - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, 21+)
Mulberry Soul (folk) - Abilene, 7:30P ($15/$20, all ages)
Bec & the Bopcats - The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)
Big Blue House (folk/rock/jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
The Dukes (rock) - Ontario Beach Park, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 8/15
Black Flag (punk) - Photo City, 7P ($50+, 18+)
DARE / Ghost Pepper / MCQ (R&B) - Skylark 7P ($5, 21+)
Party in the Park w/ Everclear / Shamarr Allen - MLK Jr. Park (333 Court St.), 6P ($10+, all ages)
Sam Hunt / Tyler Hubbard / Dalton Dover (country) - CMAC, 5P ($48, all ages)
Trent Yule / Brian Revels / Bradford Allen (singer/songwriter) - Abilene, 7:30P ($10, all ages)
The Spring Chickens (singer/songwriter) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 8/16
SoulCake / NYC Poet Puma Perl & Band - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)
Daniel Romano’s Outfit / Uni Boys / Carson McHone (rock n’ roll) - Skylark, 8P ($20/$25, 21+)
Sulaco / Replicant / Order of the Dead / Ebony Sorrow (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($15, 18+)
Brian! Strong Maybe / Missu Kissu (experimental/pop/prog) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Juice Box Dance Party - Photo City, 8P ($15, 21+)
The Rascals (rock/pop) - The Theater at Innovation Square, 7P ($60+, all ages)
Glasswaves / Destroy//Create / Calamity / Fractured Fortune / Midwinter (metal) - Montage, 6P ($20, 16+)
Melia / Blue Envy / Joe Pulaski (indie/alt/rock)- The Club at Waterstreet, 7P ($10/$15, 18+)
Tedeschi Trucks Band / Margo Price (rock/soul) - CMAC, 5P ($30, all ages)
The Coupe de Villes - Lovin’ Cup, 5:30P (FREE, all ages)
Nick Cory Young (indie) - Lovin’ Cup, 8:30P (FREE,all ages)
The Brian Lindsay Band (roots/rock) - Abilene, 5P ($5, all ages)
Seth Faergolzia / lydia Adelle + friends (indie/folk) - Abilene, 9P ($10, all ages)
Tangled Strings (guitar/harp) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Saturday, 8/17
Bad Bloom / Debatably Stable / PickNumberThreeMyLord / Home Videos (dreampop/hardcore/indie/shoegaze) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Ivy’s Panic Room / Lower Expectations / We Were Blank / Meow Meow (alt/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
Chappell Roan Night - Pink Pony Club (90’s Dance) - Photo City, 7P ($19, 18+)
Blues Traveler / Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Perinton Amphitheater, 7P ($45+, all ages)
Relentless Moisture / Goat Farm / Simple / Darwin (emo/altrock/punk) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($13, 21+)
World Music Quartet w/ special guests - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)
Bach 2 Rock - House of Guitars, 12P (FREE, all ages)
Blue Barn Cats (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Sunday, 8/18
Bloodshot Bill / The Televisionaries (rock n’ roll) - LUX, 6P ($5, 21+)
Driven / The Dave Mabelis Band (covers) - Photo City, 6P ($14+, 18+)
A Skylit Drive / VRSTY / OVTLIER (post hardcore) - Montage, 5:30P ($24+, 16+)
The Chiches / The True Believers (rock/punk) - Abilene, 4P ( $10/$15, all ages)
Jackson Cavalier (indie folk rock) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)
LIVE MUSIC ROUND UP august 5 - AUGUST 11
Monday, 8/5
Greensky Bluegrass - The Perinton Amphitheater, 7P ($37+, all ages)
Tuesday, 8/6
Shannon McNally (Americana) - Abilene, 7:30P ($20/$25, all ages)
Wednesday, 8/7
Harmonica Lewinski - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)
Cusp / Pluck / Croix / Katie Morey (indie/rock) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
Deja Vu - The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)
Junkyard Field Trip (rock) - Ontario Beach Park, 7P (FREE, all ages)
Thursday, 8/8
KAI ONYX / Yogi Barry (hip hop/dj) - Bar Bad Ending, 8P ($10, 21+)
The Petty Project / Prophets & Thieves - Photo City, 7P ($19+, 18+)
Party in the Park w/ Cruel Summer / Dial Up - MLK Jr. Park (333 Court St.), 6P ($10+, all ages)
Flying Object (Hochstein at High Falls Concert Series) - 4 Commercial Street, 12P (FREE, all ages)
Friday, 8/9
Comfy / Vesuvian/ Mice Advice (indie/pop/rock) - Bar Bad Ending, 6P ($10, 21+)
Overhand Sam (psych/rock) - Radio Social, 8P ($5/$10, 21+)
Blood Feast / Necrostalker / Porphyia / Lord Loss (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($13, 18+)
Steve Lyons (country/folk) - Skylark, 6P ($5, 21+)
United We Dance: The Ultimate Rave Experience (EDM) - Water Street Music Hall, 9P ($17, 18+)
Mustard Tigers - Flour City Station, 9:30P ($10, 21+)
Disintegration (The Cure tribute) / The Smiths etc. (The Smiths Tribute) - Photo City, 8P ($19+, 18+)
Burndwiller / Floodlands / Liquid Damage / Vermiphious (metal) - Montage, 7P ($11, 16+)
Rad (blues) - Lovin’ Cup, 6:30P (FREE, all ages)
Donna The Buffalo / Chris Beard - Bands on the Bricks at the Public Market, 5:30P (FREE, all ages)
Little River Band / Firefall / John Ford Coley (pop/rock) - CMAC, 7P ($35+, all ages)
Violution (contemporary classical) - 75 Stutson, 8P ($20+, all ages)
Bec and the Bopcats (rockabilly) - Genesee Country Village and Museum. 5:30P (kids free, adults $8, all ages)
Saturday, 8/10
Girls Rock! Rochester Pride Rock Showcase - Water Street Music Hall, 1P ($10+ sliding scale, all ages)
The Rhino Chasers / Sunscream (rock) - Skylark, 9P ($5, 21+)
Cupids Boomerang / Cavalcade (alt/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)
Mike Legere / Forevers / Alex Northrup (indie rock) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)
Carrier Band / Reilly Liberto / Modularmoose (experimental/noise) - The Psychic Garden, 6P ($5 NOTAFLOF, all ages)
KASHMIR feat. Jean Violet (Led Zeppelin tribute) - Photo City, 7P ($35, 18+)
The Garcia Project (Jerry Garcia tribute) - The Club at Water Street, 7P ($30+, 18+)
The Bonnie Raitt Tribute Band - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($10-15, all ages)
Eastern Highs / John Rybak - House of Guitars, 12P (FREE, all ages)
Sunday, 8/11
Stoned & Free (Jimi Hendrix tribute) / The Matt Seidel Band / Josh Ketchum - Photo City, 6:30P ($14+, 18+)
Second Chance Art Sale + Record Fair - Radio Social, 11A-4P (FREE, all ages)