A 300-cap room in Buffalo on a Sunday in July can put you eight feet from one of the most compelling bands in American roots music. That is the case on July 19, when the Felice Brothers play Rec Room.
Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8:00 PM. After Dark Presents is behind it. The show is 16+ with ID; anyone under 16 needs a parent or guardian, and no one under 12 is admitted.
About The Felice Brothers
The band is four — brothers Ian and James Felice, Jesske Hume on bass, Will Lawrence on drums — out of Palenville in the Catskills. They started busking in New York City subway stations in 2006. The New York Times compared them to “the rootsy mysticism of the Band.” Rolling Stone called it “folk-rock noir.” Neither quite captures what happens in a room this size. There is an intentional roughness to the whole enterprise — the kind of band that rewards proximity.
They are touring behind Valley of Abandoned Songs, the 2024 album that launched Conor Oberst’s new Million Stars label. Tracks were recorded live in a 19th-century church, drawn from sessions left off Undress (2019) and Asylum on the Hill (2023). The lead single “Crime Scene Queen” — horns, tambourine, characters on the margins — sets the table. PopMatters called the record “a whistling-through-the-graveyard approach to contemporary life.”
Venue Info
Rec Room is at 79 W Chippewa St in downtown Buffalo — a 300-capacity bar and music venue. No bad spot in the room. Arrive at doors if you want to settle in before the 8:00 PM start.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets are available through TicketWeb. Digital delivery is two days before the show. A band with festival credits at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, and Outside Lands does not leave 300 seats open for long.