Live Music

The Bills Sunday Funday Bar Crawl will have crawlers exploring bars and restaurants on Hertel Ave during the Bills first away game 9/17!

Buffalo’s crown jewel, the incredible Buffalo Irish Center, holds an event every first Thursday of the month, boasting some of the areas finest amateur and professional musicians.

The Fair offers FREE entertainment at every turn in addition to great food, headline grandstand entertainment, motor events, competitions, and of course livestock barns.

Come enjoy music, entertainment, food, drinks, and surprises on August 18th, and watch one of our nine finalists win a brand new car from Basil Family of Dealerships!

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

Common Love

A Simple Matter Of Twang CD Release w/The Kensington’s

Free event featuring the best Buffalo has to offer in food trucks, live music, family friendly entertainment and dancing galore!

Enjoy the wonderful Buffalo summers as we groove into the ever popular 12th Annual Party on the Portico happy hour series.

Buffalo based alt-folk trio writing music heavily influenced by modern folk rock artists such as Patty Griffin, Norah Jones and Brandi Carlisle.

THE JONY JAMES BAND

Bryan Williams is a local guitarist and SUNY Fredonia graduate. You can find him hosting the Gypsy Parlor Tuesday night open mic.

Great live music and plenty of dining and bar specials. Check out the schedule.

With five consecutive multi-platinum albums, 16 Top 40 singles, and countless international concert sellouts, Styx is one of the greatest power pop-rock bands of the era.

Ah… Twas indeed the party everyone still talks aboot ….The Scottish Festival Pre Game Party at NYBP. There were bagpipes all over the house, kilts, Scottish drinking songs, more kilts, Scottish beer releases, wool socks in the summer, fiddles, and more.

Buffalo City Limits

Guitarist/vocalist for multiple hardcore/punk bands since the 90’s.

Eric Gales With David Miller and The Other Sinners

The Jacob Jay Quintet enjoys performing a collection of original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards around the Western New York area.

Live music at the Giacomo Lounge every Friday evening.

Parrots of the Caribbean (A.K.A. P.O.T.C. band) a quintet of fine seasoned players hailing from Dayton Ohio. The band is a salute to the music and lifestyle of Jimmy Buffet and the coral reefer band.

Rod Horning Project

Influenced by 90’s rock and a love of late night mischief, pop-rock group So Far So Good banded together after an inspiring shift at T.G.I. Friday’s.

George Caldwell, John Bacon, Bobby Militello, and top local jazz artists celebrate the music of trumpet ace and jazz icon Miles Davis.

Songbird Sue Kincaid and guitarist Doug Yeomans are back at 42 North!

The Rifts / Johnny Hart and The Mess / Animal Sounds / The Orange Friction

Tommy Z Band

“Bands in the Brewery” with PassionWorks Band, a rock band bringing music to life with that of a concert feel, covering a wide range of rock from the 70’s to present day!!

Synth-pop / rock group FKB from Alberta, Canada are on their first US tour.

We’ve got Free Live Music, from the hottest bands in the region, every weekend!

PassionWorks Band, a rock band bringing music to life with that of a concert feel, covering a wide range of rock from the 70’s to present day!!

Sounds of Summer Tour

The Incredible Scott Down, Charlie the Butcher and Guests

Multi-faceted performer, Vanessa Williams, has sold millions of albums worldwide and achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film and on television. Her singles such as Save the Best For Last, Dreamin, Work To Do and Love Is have earned multiple Grammy nominations.

John and Mary and The Valkyries

DJ Basha

Empress & The Royals

Now MiniKISS is coming to Seneca Niagara for an unbelievable performance featuring all the costumes and make-up, all the rockin’ music you love, and a show you definitely won’t soon forget.

Outer Harbor

Celebrate Scottish cultural heritage. Featuring Scottish fare and beer, highland games, live music and dancing, clans and pipers. Fun for all ages!

The Jack Craft Fair was created to revolutionize the way people think about “craft,” provide an alternative to the traditional art festivals in Buffalo, and in doing so, providing a platform for emerging artists to grow and connect.

Relax and enjoy glasses of our chilled draft cider or a can of your favorite cider or beer.

Multi-cultural music and arts festival celebrating the rich history of Buffalo and illuminating the emerging musicians, artist, curators, film, media ,djs, executives , and contributors.

Argyle Street Band

River Dogs Blues Band

Traditional Irish singers and instrumentalists. $3.75 pints of Guinness.

Arkells with Atlas Genius

Matt McDonald

Fluse

Jack Civiletto

Taking Back Sunday have always been the Pearl Jam of the scene in the sense that they’ve consistently plugged along and continued to reinvent themselves regardless of what was trendy at the time.

Wagner and Winston

Pirate Dreams Acoustic with Jimmy and Gary

The 832 Band is returning to the Central Park Grill. We are an R&B Cover Band performing your favorites in R&B from old school, new school and everything in between.

The hard-rockin’ New York City band known for their elaborate make-up, blood-spitting and pyrotechnics as well as over 100 million records sold worldwide, is coming to Seneca Niagara in a very special outdoor summer show!

New Belgium Brewery, the independent brewer from Fort Collins famous for their Fat Tire amber ale, brings you the Saturdays in the Garden series featuring live DJs in the majestic Riverworks Beer Garden.

Wordism is a non-competitive open mike forum for spoken word artists with music by Walter Kemp III.

ALLISON PIPITONE BAND

Classic rock favourite, America celebrates its 47th anniversary as founding members, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, continue to thrill audiences with such timeless hits as A Horse with No Name, Ventura Highway, Tin Man, Sister Golden Hair and Lonely People.

Black Rock Band

We’ve got Free Live Music, from the hottest bands in the region, every weekend!

Kurt & The Loders Tool Tribute Night

Rear View Ramblers are a bluegrass/original Americana group that has hit the Buffalo music scene in a very big way.

Catch amazing Local artists play every Saturday @ 9pm. No Cover and Plenty of Parking

The Incredible Scott Down, Charlie the Butcher and Guests

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee and international recording artist Tommy Z brings his band to the Sportsmen’s 7/8 at 9:30pm in support of his Billboard Top Ten Blues Album “Blizzard of Blues” which has been steadily charting for airplay since January.

Igloo House Music

Rebel Radio 716 is coming to you live and direct with performances from Spec-ill K and H2O!!!

TOUGH OLD BIRD

Join us from Aug. 20 to 25 for a weeklong food, craft beverage and entertainment festival in Bestor Plaza featuring renowned speakers from the culinary world as well as a daily roster of food- and drink-themed events from cooking demonstrations and competitions to interactive experiences and tastings prepared by the best regional restaurants, farms, wineries and breweries.

Expect the new wave and punk classics from Talking Heads, Blondie, the Smiths and New Order.

Brunch featuring Marty Peters (Buffalo Music Hall of Fame)

Anatara’s soulful rock harmonies will fill the gardens this summer. Don’t miss this local soul flavor.

Morgan Street Stompers

These are the things one can’t remember, can’t forget, or confesses in the morning after consuming one or two goblets of Hyperjuice!

Fine Adult Dance Music from 30’s 40’s Big Band, 50’s & 60’s, 70’s, Ballroom, Latin, Jitterbug, Disco, Swing, Waltz, Polkas, Rock & Roll, Todays Pop, Specialty songs and more.

In Chicago, a city overflowing with unrivaled blues talent, world-renowned Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials have been standing tall for almost 30 years.

Come check out Rusty Nickel Brewing Co.’s Acoustic Sundays, every week from 5-8. Whether you sing, or play the guitar, the stage is ready for you.

Live Alive Festival Series | Punk Prom IV Featuring: The Funeral Portrait, Marina City, & Awake At Last w/ Deep Valleys, ASHES, Into the Harbor, Raise The Tides, & Margot Kisiel Music

Blues and other classics banged out on a bar room piano.

Western New York’s premiere Acoustic/Rock Band

Buffalo native Kathryn Koch is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for her powerhouse vocals with acclaimed indie folk band Redheaded Stepchild.

Take in the view and enjoy Live Acoustic Music every Sunday at The Beer Garden at The Dish!

Featuring a founding member of Joan Jett’s Blackhearts as well as Dan Baird of the Georgia Satellites

Welks Mice

The Jazzbugs’ music features toe-tapping, quick-witted, uplifting hot jazz in the rich tradition of 1920s and 30s Buffalo songwriters such as Jack Yellen and Harold Arlen, to name a couple.

Voodoo Visionary with Special Guests

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

The Future Sounds of Buffalo

Featuring: Hounds, VCTMS, & Born A New with: Habits, Restless Nights & Inertia

The Mark Filsinger Eleventet, as part of the Buffalo Jazz Collective, will complete a summer residency at one of Buffalo’s truly legendary venues, Nietzsche’s, every Monday in August

LIVE music every Monday night! 6:30 – 9:30 hear your favorite Beatles hits from Buffalo Music Hall of Famers Geno McManus and Frank Grizanti!

Free Range Strange and Folk Faces

Experience Buffalo’s talented music scene every Monday night at The Beer Garden at The Dish!

OPEN MIC NIGHT. Come share your talent ! All performers welcome!

Botti is the complete package: a dazzling trumpeter at home in everything from jazz to pop to rock, a brilliant bandleader who lets his players shine, and a born showman whose joy at being onstage is infectious.

Come out for some cheap drinks and make sure to bring your instrument to our open mic every Monday!

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

Every Tuesday in Larkin Square dozens of food trucks from Buffalo, Rochester and beyond come together to celebrate a night of food, music and fun!

Barnstorm

The public is welcomed to join the festivities each week, including music from local artists or bands and an incomparable view of Buffalo’s beautiful waterfront.

Twang Gang

Cause the wise man don’t know what it’s like to be Thick as a Brick

Join Grand Lady Cruises for our Tap Takeover Cruise as Pan American Brewery commandeers the Grand Lady and takes over our taps! For $38 pp + tax enjoy a two hour cruise, 4 beer samples from the featured brewery, light appetizers, live music by Rich Manzel, and a fully stocked cash bar for all your non-beer needs.

Neville Francis and the Riddim Posse

This is a guest artist jazz music event. Drummer Danny Hull hosts different world-class musicians every Tuesday.

Tinderbox Circus Sideshow / Ford Theatre Reunion / 20K Strongmen

Classic and modern piano hits.

Today we’re talking weather with meteorologist Andy Parker from WKBW with special musical guest Judd Sunshine.

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

KeyBank Live at Larkin Wednesday evening concerts are the signature night for music in Larkinville.

The Queen City Social is a free happy hour featuring all things local, including; bands, restaurants, and Big Ditch Brewing Company beer. The series will run every Wednesday, starting July 12th through August 23rd, 2017 at Fountain Plaza from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

TYLER WESCOTT AND DR. JAZZ

Communal tables on the garden evoke a casual, social space where you may enjoy a collective nosh with friends and strangers alike as live music drifts from the rooftop. Seatings at 5:30 & 7:30

Every Wednesday Night – Live Music, Local Musicians on our Rooftop Patio

Great music, water, and fun times await you this summer!

JJ Swing

Join us every Wednesday evening for live music and professional dance lessons.

David Michael Miller (of Dave Miller and the Other Sinners)

Hotel Henry is partnering with JazzBuffalo to present Hotel Henry’s Jazz Concert Series. The jazz concert series will present five performances this fall beginning Wednesday, August 23rd and enable audiences to experience the urban resort while enjoying live jazz.

Jason Richardson and Luke Holland

KIncaid, Puleo and WInsick

Scott Celani

River Dogs Blues Band, a Buffalo and Western NY based 4 piece American music band.

Vocalist, Janice Mitchell, will be performing jazz,and blues infused arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook.
Accompanied by Jim Beishline

Olivia Frances / Oshwa / Jess Chizuk

A showcase of talented singer-songwriters!

FOLKFACES, MINOR MOON, PINE FEVER

Wednesdays with DJ Sike and Charles Masters

From slow to upbeat tempos stylizing pop/rock, indie, the unique sound of David Nolf, and Bryan Segarra will surely keep you entertained!

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

Paul is a classically trained jazz pianist. He studied music at SUNY Fredonia, graduating in 2016 and is now the music coordinator at Daily Planet. He may cover some jazz standards, pop songs, originals or just make everything up on the spot.

20 high quality vendors, food trucks & live music!

BARTENDER BILL PLAYS ACCORDION

Each band playing two shows, doors (and beers) at 5, music starts at 6. 21+ Show.

Join us for an evening of smooth, sultry music as we pay homage to the golden era of jazz. With Fred Caputi on guitar and Nelson Star on trumpet you’ll feel like you’re flying to the moon right beside Sinatra himself.

Wide Waters on the Canal is the perfect venue for outside concerts, with alot of open space in the grass to sit your chair and enjoy the show and a drink, plus great food.

Live Music and Food Trucks on Main is a family friendly weekly summer event on Thursday evenings at Ss. Peter and Paul School in Williamsville

The Beatles’ rooftop concert was the final public performance of the English rock band the Beatles.

LIVE Rock N’ Roll every Thursday night from 6:30 – 9:30pm! Buffalo’s Own Music Hall of Famers Geno McManus & Frank Grizanti play your favorite Classic Rock all night!

On this evening we honor the legacy of the Allman Brothers Band!

Johnny Dee

Nate Cronk

Vinnie DeRosa plays Thurdays at Salvatore’s Chandelier Bar

Acoustic in the Alley

As live performers Dream Collective have played in a wide array of settings. From Buffalo’s Music is Art Festival, The Irish Classical Theater, to three times opening for British folk-rock legends Strawbs.

JACK AND THE JUKEBOX, HEADS UP PENNY, VESSEL, PHYSICAL PSYCHICS

The Lonestar Sailing sound crosses several genres including guitar driven rock, folk, blues and alternative.

Zepparella explores their own improvised magic within the framework of Zeppelin’s mighty songs.

Born in 2003 on the island of Bali, pianist Joey Alexander has performed with his trio across the USA and around the globe, including tour dates in Tel Aviv, Montreal, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Bern, Prague and Vienna. Joey’s popularity has been fueled by appearances on The Today Show, 60 Minutes and CNN, just to name a few.

Cash Unchained is a national touring tribute to the Man In Black. The group is fronted by a powerhouse 18 year old with a huge passion for Johnny Cash and music alike.

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

The Cobblestone Live alumni will team up for a double-bill as the distillery’s summer concert series nears season’s end.

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances. Full schedule listed here.

Common Love

Free event featuring the best Buffalo has to offer in food trucks, live music, family friendly entertainment and dancing galore!

The Informers

Legendary Buffalo blues group The Mick Hayes Band is always full of extremely talented and accomplished musicians. Their concerts promise authentic blues for true music fans.

Cruise Night! Vintage Iron Car & Bike Show. Prizes awarded, Food beer tent and live music by Fat Brat.

THE FIBS

Luke Bryan with Huntin’, Fishin’ & Lovin’ Every Day, Brett Eldredge and Craig Campbell

Rust Belt Brigade

Great live music and plenty of dining and bar specials. Check out the schedule.

Wilson Curry and Falling Rocks

Captain Beyond continues to be regarded as one of the most innovative groups in progressive-hard rock history. The band recorded three mind-bending albums featuring songs like “Dancing Madly Backwards,” “As the Moon Speaks” and “Sufficiently Breathless

Johnny and the Man Kids / The Sans

Live music at the Giacomo Lounge every Friday evening.

The undertaking, or more to the point, privilege of presenting the music and experience of David Bowie is a challenging endeavor indeed. The size and scope of this icon’s catalog spans decades and many different musical styles that make it an exciting and demanding pursuit for any group of musicians.

The Brothers Blue

The Vores, Soul Butchers and Baci E Ceci

From Bruno Mars to Puccini, this trio and their band will treat Chautauqua to a unique blend of Broadway, country, classical and current pop music with breathtaking vocals, humor and a touch of cowboy charm.

Sue Kincaid and Doug Yeomans

Boneshakers,the 2015 and 2016 BarFly NightLife Music Award winner for Best cross over blues band!

We’ve got Free Live Music, from the hottest bands in the region, every weekend!

This time around we got PizzaDoughnuts, Tr38cho, OLMEC, and DJ Bonaparte rocking this awesome variety show.

The Incredible Scott Down, Charlie the Butcher and Guests

Chris Squier Band EP Release Show

DJ Basha

IRVING KLAWS

Ron LoCurto Band

The Spin Wires are a Punk/Dance Rock band from Buffalo, NY.

The Jefferson Avenue Arts Festival is an event that celebrates Art, Culture, and Community on Jefferson Avenue in the heart of the Eastside of Buffalo. There will be singers, dancers, storyteller, musicians & more for entertainment. Art, retailers, food, & book vendors will also be along Jefferson Avenue, in addition to kids activities.

Enjoy live traditional and not so traditional Polka music all day long featuring Buffalo favorites “Those Idiots” Idiots performing their own brand of polka infused pop, rock, and many other genres.

Blues & BBQ, each vendor will create a backyard BBQ inspired item, customers will vote for their favorite! Music, games, and drink specials!

PA Line

Grateful Dans

Traditional Irish singers and instrumentalists. $3.75 pints of Guinness.

Grosh

The brother and sister team have been entertaining audiences since their teenage days along with the rest of the Osmond children.

Green Day – Revolution Radio Tour with Catfish and The Bottlemen

Lea Bertucci is an American composer and performer whose work describes relationships between acoustic phenomena and biological resonance.

Max Muscato

The Black and Blues Band

Little Jess and the GMF’s

At just 12 years-old Billy Gilman burst onto the national stage in 2000 with his double-platinum-selling hit single, “One Voice” and was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer to ever hit number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.