Here is what you should know walking into Electric City on a Tuesday night in October: it sits in the heart of downtown Buffalo’s Theater District, MANIA: The ABBA Tribute is coming to fill it, and doors open at 6:30 PM sharp. Show starts at 7:30. Get there early, settle in, and plan to sing.
About MANIA: The ABBA Tribute
MANIA has been doing this since 1999 — and they are very good at it. Over 3,000 concerts across 35-plus countries on every continent, with three million people having seen the show. Two West End runs in London, including a month at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2021. Back on this side of the Atlantic: an 80-date sold-out US national tour in 2022/2023, followed immediately by a 100-date sold-out run in 2023/2024. These are not small numbers.
The production runs about two hours. Costumes, choreography, full musicianship. The cast includes Alison Ward as Agnetha, Hana Keala Freeman as Frida, James Allen as Bjorn, and Jeff Pike as Benny — performers with theater credits from London’s West End to Broadway national tours to Las Vegas productions. The Sunday Mirror’s Polly Graham put it plainly: “Beware of imitations…this is the real musical tribute!”
Audience reviews back that up — 4.3 stars across nearly 1,000 responses, with people consistently praising the vocals, the energy, and the way the show turns a room full of strangers into a crowd of people who know every word. Expect sing-alongs. Expect dancing. This is not a sit-quietly kind of show.
About Electric City
Electric City is at 433 Pearl Street in Buffalo’s Theater District, built on the legacy of Tralf Music Hall. The venue takes its name from Buffalo’s identity as “America’s first electrified city” — a distinction tied to Nikola Tesla’s work in 1896. There’s a VIP mezzanine if you want an elevated view of the room, and the surrounding Theater District gives you solid options for dinner before the show.
Tickets
Grab your tickets through Ticketmaster. Same-day tickets may be available at the venue one hour before doors open — but with a show like this on a North American fall tour leg, do not count on walk-up availability.