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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)