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Weekly Live Music Round Up, 8/18-8/24

Monday, 8/18

Dream Float (instrumental) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)


Tuesday, 8/19

Submarine School of Music (school showcase) - Rochester Central Library at 110 South Ave, 12P (FREE, all ages)

GARZI / Tight Schedule / Winning the Lottery / A Million Lights (hip hop/rock) - Bug Jar, 7P ($15, 18+)

Roc City Pro Jam - Abilene, 7P ($5, free for musicians, all ages)

Goth Night ft. Zen Hander - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)


Wednesday, 8/20

Infrared Radiation Orchestra (surf/psych/rock) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Structür - The House of Guitars, 5P (FREE, all ages)


Thursday, 8/21

Free The Witness / Handsy Grandma / Garbage Ghost (ska/punk/rock) - The Club at Water Street, 6P ($20+, 18+)

Harbour / The Orphan The Poet (pop) - Bug Jar, 8P ($18, 18+)

White Out Rave (dubstep/house) - Photo City, 8P ($10+, 18+) 

Painless Painless / Fat Morning (rock/alt) - Skylark, 9P ($5, 21+)

Maria Gillard Trio (jazz/swing/bluegrass) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)


Friday, 8/22

Cheap Kids / Fuzzrod / Flower Kitty (rock/indie/punk) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

The Electric Spiders / Vicious FIshes / Meow Meow (Garage/indie/rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($5, 18+)

Fairchild (folk/Americana) -Record Archive, 4-7P (FREE, all ages)

Sublime / The Interrupters / The Bouncing Souls (alt/punk) - CMAC, 5:30P ($40+, all ages)

Disintegration (The Cure Tribute) /The Heroic Enthusiasts - Photo City, 7P ($15+, 18+) 

Summer Jam with DJ Impozible - Bad Ending, 6:30P ($15, 21+)

Annie Wells Band (jazzy) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)



Saturday, 8/23

Eyes Turn Blue / All Day Future / Lithocut (shoegaze/pop) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)

Calabash / Papa Muse / Head to the Roots(funk/rock/folk) - Abilene, 8P ($10-$15, all ages)

The Isotopes Karaoke Show (rock) - Radio Social, 8P ($10/$15, 21+)

Bonnie Raitt / Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band - CMAC, 6P ($44+, all ages)

Jim Yanda (solo guitar) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($20, all ages)

Wandering Oak / Haishen / Tyranitar (metal/prog) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10, all ages)

Digital Renaissance Rave - Photo City, 7P ($17/$15 with food bank donation, 18+) 

DJ Ray El Classic / DJ Johnny Mambo (house/salsa) - Skylark, 9P ($15, 21+)

PILE / Nnamdi (indie/rock) - Flour City Station, 8P ($20/$30, 21+)

Kash Doll (rap) - Water Street, 7P ($35+, 21+)

RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Awards - Kodak Center, 6P ($30+, all ages)

The Grievous Angels (country) -The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Penfield Battle of the Bands (12P) / Bad Mascot (5P) - The House of Guitars (FREE, all ages)




Sunday, 8/24

Jim Yanda (solo guitar) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($20, all ages)

Blissen / Little Liar / The Deadnames / The Turbulents / Spirit66 (rock) - Photo City, 6P ($15/$20, 18+) 

The Fallopian Grooves (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)