Thursday afternoon, amidst the stainless plumbing and tanks
full of beer in its various stages at the Genesee Brew House, Lilac Festival Producer
Jeff Springut announced eight of this year’s Lilac
Fest headliners. The 2017 Lilac Festival runs May 12 through May 21 at Highland
Park. Admission is free.
Appearing on the Sahlen’s Center
Stage will be a heady lineup proclaiming 2017 as “Year of the funky jam bands.”
The rest of the schedule should come together within the next few weeks
according to Springut. In the meanby,
here’s what’s what on the headliners.
Friday, May 12: Start Making Sense, a Talking Heads
tribute
Saturday, May 13: Get the Led Out, a Led Zeppelin
tribute
Sunday, May 14: Gene Cornish with The Skycoasters — the legendary Rascal and Rochester native
backed by this town’s premier party band
Monday, May 15: Lettuce, Boston-based jammers augmented
with funk and hip-hop
Wednesday, May 17: Rusted Root — Rochester favorites return
… practically a Lilac Festival tradition
Thursday, May 18: Jonny Lang, a young incendiary
modern blues guitar slinger, plays at 5 p.m. And then following at 6 p.m. is Quinn
Sullivan, a 17-year-old blues player who gets the thumbs up from Buddy Guy
Monday, May 20: Zac Brown Tribute Band … a Zac Brown tribute
band
Tuesday, May 21:Turkuaz, if
you dig Tower of Power then you’ll love this blast of what they call “powerfunk”
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2017.
Wow. Can I bring a good book instead?
Not a bad line up of bands, except for Rusted Root. I have never been a fan of them. I wish that Rochester would “Send THEM on their way! “