Inside Out plays the Beatles, the Stones, the Doors, Tom Petty, and about a dozen other rock legends — and the Rochester-based four-piece does it in a way that makes a covers night feel like an event. They bring the full set to Lovin’ Cup on Friday, August 28, and if you know this room, you already know why that combination works.
About Inside Out
Walt O’Brien (lead guitar and lead vocals), Don Stuhler (rhythm guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Ted Perkins (bass and vocals), and Joey Cintorino (drums and vocals) have been working this material since the early 2000s. All four members sing, and that harmonic depth is part of what separates a good Beatles cover from a great one — and Inside Out leans into it hard.
The band calls their approach “Classic Vinyl 60s,” and the setlist backs that up across a wide swath of rock history: The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Lovin’ Spoonful, The Hollies, Grass Roots, Tom Petty, The Traveling Wilburys, and Steppenwolf alongside the Beatles material. The range is the whole point. You get the layered vocal harmonies, then a full-throttle Stones blues-rock number, then something with the Doors’ atmospheric weight — and it holds together. Twenty-plus years of playing this stuff makes it seamless in a way that a one-off tribute night never quite achieves.
About Lovin’ Cup
Lovin’ Cup Bistro & Brews sits at 300 Park Point Drive on the edge of the RIT campus, and it makes a credible claim to being Rochester’s most distinctive music venue. It’s a full-service restaurant and bar — 16 draft lines, a solid wine list, signature cocktails — but the music is not an afterthought. Shows here feel intentional. The room is intimate, and that intimacy changes how the energy lands compared to bigger venues where the crowd dissipates into the space.
Plan to get there before the 7:30 start. The kitchen is a genuine reason to arrive early — this is a dinner-and-show venue, not dinner-or-show — and in a room this size, the closer spots fill in fast. For more of what’s coming up across the region, the Western NY events calendar is worth bookmarking.
Tickets
Inside Out plays Lovin’ Cup on Friday, August 28, 2026. Show starts at 7:30 PM. Grab your tickets at the Lovin’ Cup website before this one fills in.