David Bowie at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium — March 19, 1976
David Bowie as the Thin White Duke at Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium on March 19, 1976 — the Isolar tour in support of “Station to Station.” Bowie drew 12,000 fans and…
Metallica (w/ Queensryche) at Memorial Auditorium — March 13, 1989
Metallica’s Damaged Justice tour hit Buffalo’s legendary Memorial Auditorium on March 13, 1989. The Aud — the same room where Frank Sinatra recorded a live album, where the Grateful Dead…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at HSBC Arena (now KeyBank Center) — March 7, 2008
The night after Rochester, Springsteen and the E Street Band crossed upstate to Buffalo’s HSBC Arena on March 7, 2008 — another sellout at 18,875. The Magic tour was the…
Phil Collins at Marine Midland Arena (now KeyBank Center) — March 9, 1997
Phil Collins on the Trip Into the Light World Tour at Buffalo’s Marine Midland Arena on March 8, 1997. The Genesis frontman turned solo superstar was still one of the…
Highmark Stadium
Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park is the home of the Buffalo Bills and Western New York’s largest venue, with a capacity of 71,608. The stadium hosts occasional major concert events — typically stadium-scale tours (think Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones) — that make it one of the highest-capacity music venues in all of Upstate […]
Rec Room
Rec Room is a Western New York bar and live music venue that books indie, punk, and DIY touring acts. With a capacity around 300, Rec Room leans into the underground touring circuit — the kinds of shows that feel like a secret worth knowing. The space is unpretentious, the drinks are affordable, and the […]
Mohawk Place
Mohawk Place in downtown Buffalo is the heartbeat of the city’s underground music scene — a 500-capacity club at 47 East Mohawk Street that has been booking punk, metal, indie, and experimental acts for decades. This is the room where bands that matter play before they graduate to larger stages, and where diehards show up […]
Asbury Hall at Babeville
Asbury Hall at Babeville is one of Buffalo’s most beloved concert venues, housed in a stunning 19th-century Gothic Revival church at 341 Delaware Avenue. The 375-capacity hall was transformed into a music venue by Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records — and the space retains both the spiritual grandeur of the original church and the earthy […]
Showplace Theater
Showplace Theater in downtown Binghamton is an 850-capacity performing arts venue that hosts a mix of live music, comedy, theater, and community events. Located at 55 Court Street in the heart of Binghamton, Showplace is a key boutique concert venue for national touring acts passing through the region. The venue books across a broad range […]
Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B is Buffalo’s premier waterfront outdoor concert venue — a spectacular lakeside space on the shores of Lake Erie that hosts summer concerts with stunning water views and city skyline backdrops. With capacity up to 3,000, Outer Harbor books major touring acts across rock, pop, country, and hip-hop during the […]