Big Shrimp at Buffalo Iron Works | June 4, 2026

Buffalo-area band Big Shrimp and Tsavo Highway bring Thursday night rock to Buffalo Iron Works on June 4. Show starts at 8:00 PM — the midweek crowd is always the right crowd.
Cindy Cashdollar

Cindy Cashdollar is one of the most accomplished and versatile string players in American roots music — a Woodstock, New York, native whose mastery of the Dobro, lap steel, and steel guitar has made her the go-to collaborator for artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Asleep at the Wheel. With five Grammy Awards and a […]
Tom Hambridge

Tom Hambridge has done more to shape modern blues from behind the console than perhaps any other living producer, and his story starts in Buffalo, New York. Born on December 20, 1960, in Hamburg — a Buffalo suburb — Hambridge was playing drums by age five and landed his first paying gig — a bar […]
Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa picked up a guitar at age four in Utica, New York, and never looked back. By 12, he was opening for B.B. King. By his twenties, he was being called the best blues guitarist of his generation. Today, Bonamassa holds the record for the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard Blues chart […]
Son House

Son House is one of the founding voices of the Delta blues, and for the final four decades of his life, he was a Rochester man. Born Eddie James House Jr. on March 21, 1902, in Lyon, Mississippi, near Clarksdale, House spent his early years as a preacher before picking up the guitar at age […]
Marcus King Band at Outer Harbor Live | June 14, 2026

Marcus King Band plays Canalside in Buffalo on June 14. The blues-rock guitar phenom from Greenville, SC brings his full band to the Western NY waterfront for a summer night to remember.
Tab Benoit at Assembly | October 17, 2026

Tab Benoit brings his Louisiana swamp blues to Assembly in Kingston on October 17. Raw guitar, deep grooves, and the real deal from the bayou.
Bruce Katz Band at The Falcon | April 18, 2026

Bruce Katz Band brings deep blues piano and Hammond B-3 grooves to The Falcon in Marlboro on April 18. Real-deal roots music from a master at the keys.
Quinn Sullivan at The Falcon | May 21, 2026

Quinn Sullivan brings young blues fire to The Falcon in Marlboro on May 21. Buddy Guy’s protege has grown into a powerhouse in his own right.
Samantha Fish at Westcott Theater | May 28, 2026

Samantha Fish brings electric blues firepower to Westcott Theater in Syracuse on May 28. Fierce guitar, powerhouse vocals, and a live show that doesn’t hold back.