- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 11, 2026 at 9:36 pm
Trump’s DOJ hands Live Nation-Ticketmaster a free pass; Buffalo musicians celebrate their migrant neighbors; a host of new concert announcements; plus St. Paddy’s day shows and this week’s picks.
- ‘Child is Father to the Man’: Mammoth Crushes Buffaloby Jeff Miers on March 6, 2026 at 5:48 pm
The End Tour 2026 stops by the Town Ballroom for an epic show
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: UB Professor of Music Jon Nelsonby Jeff Miers on March 5, 2026 at 11:01 pm
EP 50: Talks Frank Zappa, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Supporting His Students’ Creativity
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on March 4, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Live Nation/Ticketmaster in the hot seat (at least for now), some outstanding low-dough gigs on offer locally, a bevy of new shows announced, and this week’s picks!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 25, 2026 at 11:07 pm
McCartney gets his Wings, Borderland 2026 lineup announced, Ziggy Marley, Blackberry Smoke, Sue Foley, James McMurtry shows announced, and this week’s picks
- Borderland 2026 Lineup Announcedby Jeff Miers on February 24, 2026 at 3:47 pm
Headliners include Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Lord Huron, Pixies, The Head and the Heart, Jesse Welles
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 18, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Aid for musicians following Hertel Avenue flood, Springsteen hits the road with a Protest Tour, new concert announcements, and this week’s picks
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Rising star Alex McArthur and jazz legend George Caldwellby Jeff Miers on February 12, 2026 at 6:03 pm
EP 49: Talk Billie Holiday, jazz and America
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 11, 2026 at 10:02 pm
Devo/Soul Coughing/Shilpa Ray triple bill announced for AKG Rockin’ the Knox! Plus: Arkells, Porchfest news, a host of new show announcements, and this week’s picks!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on February 5, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Murals Give Back + Music Is Art event, show announcements, plus some must-see picks!
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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.
