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.
Rochester concerts
Party in the Park concert series returns in July
The Rochester summer concert series Party in the Park returns July 14 with jam band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, following last year’s hiatus.
As the Bug Jar turns 30, its stage remains silent
The Bug Jar is a storied music venue approaching its 30th anniversary, but it has yet to reopen amid shifting guidelines and pending grants.
19 for ’19
Perhaps you’ve heard that voice before, the one that says there’s nothing to do in Rochester. The one that says it’s too cold. The one that โ wait, is that you? Do you still believe that malarkey? Now now. While weekly sessions of CITY Newspaper calendar therapy will help dispel these false beliefs, here’s something […]
Eastman Jazz Café with Vic Juris
Listening to jazz guitarist Vic Juris play one crystal-clear post-bop solo after another, it’s hard to imagine that his love affair with the instrument began with the raucous, distorted wails of hard rock heroes. But during his teen years in Parsippany, New Jersey, in the mid to late 1960’s, Juris was enamored of the guitarists […]
Metro ink – 5.17.06
CHAINED IN The law’s been on the books since 1936 — not that anyone around here has followed it. Until now. Park Avenue and other city restaurant owners have begun placing chains, ropes, and other dividers around outdoor seating areas to abide by the 70-year-old liquor law, which requires restaurants to clearly define areas where […]






