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Video: Celebrating the Sportsmen’s 40th

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Country, jazz, Sportsmen's Tavern

The Sportsmen’s Tavern celebrated its 40th anniversary of ownership by Dwane and Denise Hall and their family on Saturday. Here is an assemblage of performances from both Sportsmen’s Park and the Tavern. Featured are: Wilcox Mansion The Informers The Steam Donkeys The Shadows The Morvels (with Gretchen Schulz) Rex Hobart & the Wrecks Joe Baudo Jazz (with DeeAnn DiMeo) John & Mary & the Valkyries The Twang Gang (with Dee Adams and John Culliton Mahoney). It exits, as it should, with Dwane Hall doing a guitar solo.

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After 135 years of evolution, Sportsmen’s Tavern anchors Black Rock community

August 25, 2025August 31, 2025 The Editor5Tagged Americana, Blues, Country Music, Sportsmen's Tavern, Within These Walls

The Sportsmen’s Tavern can trace its linage back to 1890, when it opened as a grocery and saloon. Robert J. McLennan takes a look at the venue’s evolution into the honkiest, tonkiest venue in Buffalo in the “Within These Walls” series.

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Buffalo Music: Hall family, Sportsmen’s to celebrate 40 years

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 The Editor1Tagged 40th anniversary, Black Rock, Dwane Hall, Sportsmen's Tavern

For the Hall family, their 40 years with the Sportsmen’s Tavern are a reason to celebrate, and they’re doing with a day-long event on Saturday with free shows across the Tavern, Sportsmen’s Park and the Cave in Black Rock.

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Review: Dave Alvin returns triumphantly to Black Rock

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Americana, Dave Alvin, rock 'n' roll, Sportsmen's Tavern

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore may have put on a lot of miles over the years but they came back to the Sportsmen’s Tavern vibrant and healthy. Their voices were right on and Alvin’s searing rock ‘n blues guitar was evident throughout the show.

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The notebook: Pop-up show at Sportsmen’s, Kavinoky Newsies and Old First Ward Fest apps

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Kavinoky, Old First Ward, Sportsmen's Tavern

News and notes from around the community This is a new feature. Quite often, we get notes that aren’t really big enough for a full story. Or maybe something has […]