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An Evening with Mike Gordon, The 5th Annual Strawberry Moon Festival, Whitetails and more

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.

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

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. 

Artpark’s outdoor amphitheater season opener was a warm and glowing affair.

We’re off to the races. Choose your concert companions wisely and get a good grip on your stamina, folks

I’m prone to listening jags. Serious ones. The tend to last several weeks. They run deep. And the deeper they run, the more likely they are to recur. 

At long last, here comes sunshine! And with it, for those of us who live this music-centric life, a deep desire for live shows – indoors, outdoors, anywhere at all.