Lakeview spent 2024 opening amphitheaters for Breaking Benjamin and Staind, then played Wacken Open Air — the world’s largest metal festival — the following year. For a duo that describes their own sound as “basically like tailgate beer music,” Jesse Denaro and Luke Healy have covered an unlikely amount of ground. On Friday, August 6, they bring that catalog to The Haven of the Wild in Chittenango for an outdoor show built for exactly the kind of music they make.
About the Show
Lakeview is a Pittsburgh-based country-rock duo formed in 2019. Denaro grew up outside New York City; Healy is a Pittsburgh native. Both came up through metalcore touring, and before they relocated to Nashville full-time, they were roommates in Pittsburgh, working construction and nightclub security while writing songs together. The result is what their label partners at Riser House call “genuine country storytelling with a raw, gritty rock edge” — and what the music press has taken to calling “the arena rock of country.”
That framing fits the trajectory. In 2024, Breaking Benjamin frontman Ben Burnley invited Lakeview onto a summer-long amphitheater run alongside his band and Staind. Arena dates with Daughtry followed, as did a slot at Wacken Open Air in Germany and C2C: Country to Country in the UK. Lakeview has performed in London, Berlin, and Rotterdam. Their self-titled debut album arrived September 13, 2024, on Gravel Road / Riser House Entertainment, with more than 18 tracks moving between country heartbreak and rock-metal production, including “Home Team,” “Kill Me First,” “Wreck My Night,” and “Matches.” The duo runs in simultaneous rotation on SiriusXM Octane (Active Rock) and SiriusXM’s The Highway (Country), a dual-format position that reflects exactly what they are. No support acts are listed for this show.
Venue & Logistics
The Haven of the Wild is an outdoor event venue in Chittenango set within an exotic animal preserve. Giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, lions, and tigers share the property with concertgoers; the venue features a safari viewing deck, an outdoor pavilion, and a bar overlooking the animals’ space. The venue hosts the summer “Parties on the Patio” concert series. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is general admission standing, with chairs available for purchase at the door; outside chairs are also permitted behind reserved seating. Full Central New York show listings on the regional calendar.
Tickets
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