Weekly Live Music Roundup, 3/9-3/15 2026

Monday, 3/9

Stephen Guerra / Penn Watson / Ken Luk (Brazilian Choro) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Tuesday, 3/10

Metal Meltdown ft. Urakka - Record Archive, 5-8P (FREE, all ages)

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($75+, all ages)

Wednesday, 3/11

Rochester Folk Revival w/ A Girl Named Genny - Abilene, 7:30P ($10, all ages)

Head to the Roots (folk/fusion/rock) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

The Blue Barn Cats (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Pink Talking Fish - JCC Hart Theater, 7:30P ($30+, all ages)

Thursday, 3/12

Inoculation / Atomic Witch / Order of the Dead (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($17, 18+)

Tannahill Weavers (Scottish)- Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($25, all ages)

Dogs on Shady Lane / Raavi / Shep Treasure / Ben Morey and The Eyes (Americana/bedroom pop/folk/indie) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10-$15 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Smack n’Cheese w/ sets by Hollowfy / EMAC / Horton / Maflux - Photo City, 8P ($10+, 18+) 

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

The Pete Griffith Group - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

112 /Total / Case (R&B) - West Herr Auditorium Theater, 8P ($60+, all ages)

Friday, 3/13

The Obsessed /Orodruin / Goat Farm (metal) - Bug Jar, 8P ($17, 18+)

Civil Rats / Hasty / Brainwash Victim (punk/rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

Nacelle Stern (electronic pop) - The Psychic Garden, 6:30P ($10, all ages)

A Celebration of the Music of Neil Young and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Abilene, 8P ($15, all ages)

The Starlite Combo (Americana/rockabilly) - Record Archive, 4-7P (FREE, all ages)

Gravewave (darkwave/electropop/goth) - The Psychic Garden, 6:30P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Rotting in Rot-Chester w/ Mortician / LORD HUMONGIUS / GUTTED ALIVE / WOLFENSTEIN / FULL BLAST / SLAVES OF THE VOID (metal) - Photo City, 7:30P ($35+, 18+) 

Leather Mommy - The Club at Water Street, 9P ($15+, 18+)

So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience starring Robert Neary - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($30+, all ages)

Paul Lee & The Don Chi Chi’s / Nowhere Fast - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($5, all ages)

The Occasional Saints (swing/roots) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Sisters of Murphy - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Saturday, 3/14

Leus Zeus / Slow Death / Bad Bloom / Exeter /Jordan Moss (alt/rock/indie) - The Castle (DIY venue, message me or one of the bands for address. 7P, ($5, all ages)

Crayon Powder / Home Videos  / Pena - Bookeater, 6P ($10, all ages)

Tyranitar / Paro / Among the Wicked / Spirit 66 (metal) - Bug Jar, 7P ($10, 18+)

Sisters of Murphy (Celtic Rock) - Abilene, 2-5P ($5, all ages)

Cut Me Up Genny - Skylark, 2P ($5, 21+)

Ten Month Summer / Memory Gardens / Dead Pets / Bubble Beam (shoegaze/indie) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

Band of Pulses - Bop Shop Records, 7P ($20, all ages)

xxHardbit3s / Yem / 5ubaruu / The D/ DJ Suzy(Jungle/ Breaks/Gabber - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Hi I’m Ghost / Felmax / Bizen / Squeegee / Nesra / Sentient.exe / Creating.a.movement - Photo City, 7P ($25+, 18+)

Racqui B’s Official Birthday Bash - Water Street, 9P ($40+, 21+)

Dave North Trio - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($5, all ages)

Laura Dubin / Antonio Guerrero (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Calabash - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Sunday, 3/15

The Angry Samoans / Science Man / The War Lovers / Massive Blowout / GOA / Handsy Grandma (alt/rock) - Photo City, 5P ($20+, 18+)

Forever Blooming: A Joel Bloom Musical Tribute - JCC, 7P ($20, all ages)  

Weekly Live Music Roundup, 3/2-3/8 2026

Monday, 3/2

Jarhead Fertilizer / Blood Monolith / Hallucination Realized / Nature Unveiled (metal/hardcore) - Bug Jar, 87P ($15, 18+)

March Choro Madness w/ Stephen Guerra / Penn Watson / Ken Luk - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

The Ramona Flowers (alt/indie) - Montage, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Eastman Philharmonia - Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 7:30P (FREE, all ages)

Tuesday, 3/3

Warren Haynes Band - Kodak Center, 8P ($50+, all ages)

Wednesday, 3/4

Judah - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

Sugardeer / Vien Kohl /Souvenir Companion (emo/indie pop/slowcore) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Texas Headphones (country) - Skylark, 8P ($5, 21+)

Margaret Explosion (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Eastman Wind Orchestra -Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 7:30P (FREE, all ages)

Odinani (electropop) - 75 Stutson Street, 8P ($20+, 18+) 

Thursday, 3/5

Garden of Evil Doers / Rusty Skunk / Sire N / Chintz McMahon /Dickie Moon (folk/punk/singer songwriter/drag) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Chandler Kline / Senrall / Alexx / Huskee / Pitlord - Photo City, 8P ($20+, 18+) 

Kazha / Project Leo (rock) - Montage, 6P ($20+, 16+)

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

Anthony Blood & Reid Burton - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Dave Turner - Vanni’s Jazz Lounge, 5:30P (FREE, 21+)

Friday, 3/6

Luxury Suite / The Mookies (indie/rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

Continental Drift / All Day Future / Lower Expectations (psych/pop/rock) - Bug Jar,8P ($5, 18+)

Professor Don Anonymous (R&B/indie) - Abilene, 5:30P ($5, all ages)

Bernie Talty - Record Archive, 4-7P (FREE, all ages)

dendae / Scarlett.fire / DJ weedcat / rookie (electronic/rave) - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Kaylin Cervini / A Girl Named Genny / Andrea Scheartel / Denali Ries (folk) -Water Street, 7P ($12+, all ages)

Lords of the Sound Present the Music of Hans Zimmer - Kodak Center, 8P ($56+, all ages)

The Dark Side of the Moon 53rd Anniversary presented by Heroes for Ghosts (Pink Floyd Tribute) - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($15+, all ages)

Compass & Moon (folk) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Come Gather Round The People (Bob Dylan Tribute) - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Prime Moose (Primus Tribute) - Montage, 7P ($20+, 16+)

Saturday, 3/7

Live from the Valley Benefit for the Genesee Valley Arts Council ft. Public Water Supply / Head to the Roots / Candy (alt rock / roots rock/ country) - Three Heads Brewing, 6P ($20, 21+)

The Living Room  The Falling Spikes (rock)  - Bug Jar, 8P ($5, 18+)

Shande / Clara Reidlinger / SlowBlink - Bookeater, 6P ($10, all ages)

Mosaic Foundations (roots rock/dub/reggae)- Skylark, 9P ($10, 21+)

Chris Shannon (folk) - Abilene, 7P ($7, all ages)

Silent Disco, Music Through the Decades -Photo City, 7:30P ($12+, 18+) 

Heated Rivalry Night (DJ/dance) - Anthology, 9P ($30+, 18+)

Downtown Disco (DJ/dance) - Water Street, 8P ($40+, 18+)

The Fab Four: Tribute to the Beatle’s ‘Help’ and the Hits - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($35+, all ages)

The Boyd Parker Ambush - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10+, all ages)

Raedwald Howland-Bolton (blues)- The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Lin Rountree and BK Jackson (jazz) - The Duke on Main, 6P ($45+, 18+)

Sunday, 3/8

East Coast Eclipse w. Fury Within, Antithetic + more TBD (metal) - Montage, 6P ($12+, 16+)

Scafetta & Wubmama / Atomik / Hulahoopina / Optixx / Dabbin Donny / Goblyn - Photo City, 7P ($15+, 18+) 

Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Weekly Live Music Roundup, 2/23-2/31/2026

Monday, 2/23

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25/$30, all ages)

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

Tuesday, 2/24

Beatles Night ft. Don Christiano and Walt O’Brien - Abilene, 7P ($7, all ages)

YooJin Jang & Alexander Kobrin - Kilbourn Hall, 7:30P ($10, all ages)

Wednesday, 2/25

Mardi Gras Zydeco Party ft. Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco Re-Evolution with Koray Broussard - Abilene, 7:30P ($15/$20, all ages)

Bec & The Bopcats (roots/rock)- Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

Direct From Sweden (ABBA tribute) - The Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30P ($43+, all ages)

RIT Popular Music Collective Night ft. Kiley Maeve / 2% Pilk / Trivial Demise / Benson’s - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($5, all ages)

Kinloch Nelson & Friends - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

ALison D’Amato (piano) - Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30P ($10, all ages)

Thursday, 2/26

Eastern Boundary Quartet - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($20, half price for students, all ages)

Johnny Cash Birthday Bash - Abilene, 7:30P ($20/$25, all ages)

Son House Blues Night - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

Dreamscape Odyssey ft. Hulahoopina$$hole / Keets / Goldieloxx / Cipro / DK Stuntxsunny - Photo City, 8P ($9+, 18+) 

The Phil Collins Story - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($50+, all ages)

Salsa Night w/ DJ Salsero - Lovin’ Cup, 8P ($10, all ages)

Tyler Westcott (folk) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

RPO: Dazzling Dvořák - Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 7:30P ($30+, all ages)

Friday, 2/27

Urban Strike / Wasting Away / Critical Damage / Judgement Call (hardcore) - Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)

River Lynch & The Spiritmakers - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

Feel Worse / Lost in the Sun / Crahda (punk/metal) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

Electric Feels (indie rock dance party) - Anthology, 9P ($20, 18+ )

Calabash / Road to the Roots (psych/rock) - The Psychic Garden, 8P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Wren Cove / Len Grovesong / Smaxkult - Bookeater, 6P ($10 suggested donation, all ages)

Romcomvictims / Slick Mick & The Novatones / Real Sugar / Anna Fontaine Band - Montage, 7P ($20+, 16+)

High Pines - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Killed By Robots (Phish covers) - Abilene, 8P ($10, all ages)

Albatross (rock) - Record Archive, 5-7P (FREE, all ages)

Hot in Here: 2000’s Dance Party - Photo City, 8P ($20+, 18+) 

Terry Lee Goffee (Johnny Cash Tribute) -The Theater at Innovation Square, 6:30P ($43+, all ages)

The Night Owls - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($5, all ages)

Saturday, 2/28

Victor Jones / Beef Gordon (indie pop) - Bug Jar, 8P ($15, 18+)

A Tribute to Blaze Foley hosted by Folkfaces & Friends - Abilene, 7P ($15, all ages)

The Funeral Portrait / MAKEITSTOP / Hate Grenade (alt/rock) - Montage, 6P ($25+, 16+)

Awen / Dammitbooster /Reilly Liberto / Flintlock (ambient/experimental) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Blackout Rave - Photo City, 8P ($20+, 18+) 

Candy / Ali Lou and the Sugar Boys - Skylark, 8P ($5, 21+)

American Tunes - A Celebration of the Music of Paul Simon - The Theater at Innovation Square, 6:30P ($60+, all ages)

R&B vs. Reggae - Water Street, 7P ($19+, 21+)

The Bonnie Raitt Tribute Band - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10+, all ages)

Alyssa Rodriguez & Sophie MacRae - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Thurlow - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

RPO: Dazzling Dvořák - Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 7:30P ($30+, all ages)

Almost Queen (Queen Tribute) - Temple Theater, 8P ($40+, all ages)

Sunday, 3/1

Paper Lady / Bruiser / Glimmer (shoegaze/alt rock)- Bug Jar, 7P ($10, 18+)

Ryosuke Kiyasu / Punt / Zursaw / Hot Rats / Matt Goodrich x Mitch Glaser (experimental/noise/punk) - The Psychic Garden, 6P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

The Rise of Ahmanet ft. Reductor / Ahmanet / Dabbin Donny / SportyMordey / Meleee / Flashpoint - Photo City, 6P ($15+, 18+) 

The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - The Theater at Innovation Square, 4P ($52+, all ages)

RPO & RPYO Side By Side - Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 3P (PWYC, all ages)

Juliana Athayde (violin) - Kilbourn Hall, 7:30P ($10, all ages)