O.A.R. at Artpark | September 12, 2026
Thirty years is a long time to be a working band. Most outfits that started in a Maryland basement in 1996 didn’t survive their first van. O.A.R. — Of A Revolution — not only survived but built a career substantial enough to warrant a national touring retrospective: the Three Decades Tour, a summer-into-fall run that makes its western New York stop at Artpark Amphitheater in Lewiston on September 12.
The Rockville quartet has always occupied an interesting lane — alt-rock scaffolding over reggae and jam-band instincts, with songs like “Shattered,” “Crazy Game of Poker,” and “Love and Memories” that found their way onto radio without the band fully abandoning their college-circuit roots. Marc Roberge, Richard On, Chris Culos, and Jerry DePizzo have been together since the beginning, a continuity that tends to show on stage. The Three Decades Tour carries genuine milestone momentum: the band released new single “Where We Are Right Now” alongside the tour announcement, and marked the occasion further with the December 2025 reissue of Stories of a Stranger in a 20th Anniversary edition through Craft Recordings — two LPs, deluxe packaging, and a long-out-of-print bonus EP.
Roberge put it plainly in the tour announcement: “This tour is our way of saying thank you — to every fan who made our dreams come true.”
Opening the evening are Gavin DeGraw and KT Tunstall, rotating support acts across different legs of the tour. DeGraw — a South Fallsburg native who grew up in the Catskills — brings the weight of a genuine pop-rock breakthrough in Chariot, while Tunstall, the Scottish singer-songwriter whose live BBC performance of “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” became its own cultural moment, arrives with multiple BRIT Awards behind her.
Artpark sits within a state park above the Niagara River gorge — a setting that distinguishes it from nearly every other summer shed on the circuit. Blankets are permitted on the lawn; chairs are not. Show runs from 6:30 PM to approximately 10:00 PM.
Tickets start at $51.50 for general admission grass, with front-of-stage standing at $86.00 and reserved seating at $106.00. A limited $30 all-in Live Nation promotion launched April 29 — availability will vary. Buy Tickets