- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 9, 2026 at 1:01 pm
Taste of Buffalo band line up, South Buffalo porchfest, another ticket giveaway, a few show announcements and plenty of music coming up
- Why Music Matters w/Jeff Miers: A Conversation with John Bacon, Jr.by Jeff Miers on July 8, 2026 at 10:13 pm
EP 56: A Legacy in Motion
- Todd Bless Americaby Jeff Miers on July 7, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Rundgren’s ‘Damned If I Do Tour’ rolled into North Tonawanda on Monday evening and offered some healing to the faithful
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 2, 2026 at 4:37 pm
4th of July celebrations, 10,000 Maniacs 45th Anniversary Concert and Arts Festival, new concert announcements and shows to check out this month
- A Divided Sky over Allentownby Jeff Miers on June 30, 2026 at 11:51 pm
Phish’s Trey Anastasio digs deep for transcendent show, with guest, Buffalo’s own Jeff Tanski
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 24, 2026 at 10:38 pm
‘That Time I Bought James McMurtry a Budweiser;’ Legends Lenny White and Rachel Z come to The Cave; Dead & Brothers en route; And tons of shows to check out over the next few weeks
- Why Music Matters w/Jeff Miers: A Conversation with Eric Crittendenby Jeff Miers on June 24, 2026 at 2:03 pm
EP 55: Saxophonist, keyboardist and singer with deep roots in our region’s funk, soul, r&b and jam scenes
- The Greatest Story Ever (Re)toldby Jeff Miers on June 23, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Dark Star Orchestra lovingly recreates the Grateful Dead’s 9/15/72 show on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor
- Do the Devolution! (Is Buffalo, Is Not Buffalo)by Jeff Miers on June 11, 2026 at 3:49 pm
Rockin at the AKG triple-threat lineup featuring Devo, Soul Coughing and Shilpa Ray kicked off the summer in style
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 11, 2026 at 12:56 am
East Aurora’s Heat of Music Festival, Music Matters Summer Concert Series launches, a few concert announcements; and tons of shows to check out over the next few weeks
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Metric, black midi, Dirty Work, Jeremy Dutcher and more!
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My Morning Jacket melted my face!
There can be no doubt that My Morning Jacket melted my face and rearranged my musical cosmos with their 20-song set.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
My Morning Jacket, Umphrey’s McGee and Death Kings after-party, Music is Art Festival Fundraiser, and more
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Michael Franti’s musical mission
Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at Artpark Ampitheatre tonight (June 21) beginning at 6 p.m., and I caught up with the bandleader, songwriter, philanthropist and activist earlier this week for a discussion centering on the positive role that music has played in Franti’s own life, and the lives of his international fanbase. That full discussion…
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Mike Gordon and band make a meaningful connection at Town Ballroom show
Mike Gordon’s two-set show highlighted the Phish bassist’s gifts as songwriter and bandleader, and thrilled those assembled.
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Friday I’m in Love: New King Gizzard makes the apocalypse sound like fun
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard delivers a full-bore, detuned, blast beat-bearing, end of the world-summoning metal album.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
An Evening with Mike Gordon, The 5th Annual Strawberry Moon Festival, Whitetails and more
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Robby Takac announces 21st anniversary Music is Art Festival
If there’s one thing Robby Takac has learned over the past two decades of presenting his Music is Art Festival to Buffalo audiences, it’s how to roll with the punches.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait…I’ve been making hay while the sun shines, as the saying goes, eagerly stuffing myself on a diet of live music and washing it all down with the occasional Buffalo-born craft beer
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music and concert news
The summer concert season moves from tentative first-step to straight-up mad dash this week, without so much as a pause for a quick gear shift in between.
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Of a Fire on Mt. Joy
Artpark’s outdoor amphitheater season opener was a warm and glowing affair.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Two of the week’s biggest shows are completely sold out… Good to see the summer gig season off to a strong start, at any rate.
