Ring in the new year on a high note, with live performances ranging from jam-band music and punk rock to the blues and Americana,.
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The historic Avon Park Theater reopens after years of neglect
The 84-year-old cultural landmark has been reimagined as a multi-purpose space for movies, live music, comedy, and more.
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Bicycle Brothers opens this weekend with live music and free coffee
Bicycle Brothers Coffee, the latest venture from Jurassic Farms owner Aaron Rubin, opens Oct. 23 and 24 with plenty of live music.
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This weekend, a music ‘festival’ that hasn’t been canceled: VOIDYEAR
Folk darling Jackson Cavalier presents a music and arts mini-festival at Abilene to bring live shows back from oblivion.
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Live concerts return to Rochester — an overview
From CMAC and Point of the Bluff Vineyard to Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre and Anthology, live music is back in the Greater Rochester region.
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At Abilene, taking baby steps back to live music
The current entertainment landscape is less science than instinct, where opening is a business calculation as much as a public health concern.
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Even after court ruling, the future of live concerts during COVID is still unclear
Last week, the State Liquor Authority’s ban on advertising live music was struck down. What this means for venues is still uncertain.
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Ban on advertising, ticket sales at music venues ruled unconstitutional
A controversial state ban on advertising and selling tickets for live music at bars and restaurants in New York has been ruled unconstitutional.
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Water Street Music Hall denied license renewal
Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli has notified the Water Street Music that it must stop hosting events immediately. The popular live music venue, located at 204 North Water Street, was denied renewal of its entertainment license, because “there are justifiable concerns” regarding its ability to operate in compliance with all State and Local laws,” Ciminelli […]
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MUSIC FEATURE: The Fox Sisters
It was no big deal; just another night of rock ‘n’ roll in the Flower City. The smart set had shoehorned itself into Abilene on a Friday night in March for headliners 5Head and an unknown support act. You could’ve spread the energy with a spatula. It was palpable within the crowd-powered steam heat when […]
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Turning Colors
Despite a protracted absence from the glow of the live stage’s limelight, Turning Colors always was, and always will be. And though guitarist Bob Olson slings guitar all over the Rochester musical-genre map in numerous outfits like Anonymous Willpower and the John Payton Project, Turning Colors will always be his home. That’s not to say those other bands don’t give […]
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: Mulu Lizi
Usually when discussing a concept album or a band with an ongoing narrative, you figure that theatrics aren’t far behind. Mulu Lizi is a Rochester quartet that has aliens and zombies wandering in and out of its post-but-not-that-post-90’s sound. The band’s brooding music doesn’t necessarily lend itself sonically to the walking dead and the extraterrestrial, […]
