4th of July celebrations, 10,000 Maniacs 45th Anniversary Concert and Arts Festival, new concert announcements and shows to check out this month

(Above: Illustration by Ben Dunkle)

(REMINDER: These listings are curated and definitely not intended to list ALL the live music out there! If you have a cool concert or interesting event, email info and links to jeffmiersmusic@gmail.com to be considered for inclusion in Where the Bands Are. Thanks!)

First off — A THANK YOU to PAID SUBSCRIBERS!

We are giving away a pair of tickets to RELICS playing the music of Pink Floyd at the Music Matters Summer Concert Series next Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m. (Also serving as Jeff’s birthday bash.) If you’d like to join us for free, please comment “Relics” on the original Substack post, link at the end of this article. We’ll pick a winner and email them by Monday, July 5.

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Summer Music Series Guide Calendar Add-on

UPDATE from Kim: Hey all, I’ve been hearing that the Summer Concert Series guide has been helpful to you and I’m so glad! Now, through the ingenuity of our friend Michael Lee Jackson, you can import the dates into your Google calendar/iCal. It’s been a great resource for me, having it right in my phone’s calendar. So I hope you take advantage of it and enjoy!

NOTE: For the schedule of Summer Music Concert Series in WNY — GO HERE.

South Buffalo Porchfest is July 11

Various locations, Noon-5 p.m. in South Buffalo, NY. FREE. Rain or shine.

Click here for schedule and porch map!

LivePhish Streaming News

Per announcement:“BIG news for Summer Tour. LivePhish With is coming, and with that, every upcoming Phish video livestream is included with a LivePhish With subscription. No separate purchase, no pay-per-views, just one subscription. Stay tuned for complete details.”

OH, we will …

PSA: Get into the Music — Learn how to play a new instrument

The Slyboots School of Music:

African Drum Classes: The Slyboots School of Music, Art, and Dance, various locations/times

Nusantara Arts:

Intro to Balinese Gamelan: Sunday, July 12-Sunday, August 16, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Nusantara Arts Culture Center, 490 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY.

New and Noteworthy

10,000 Maniacs 45th Anniversary Concert and Arts Festival

Thursday, September 3 – Saturday, September 5 at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts, Jamestown, NY.

10,000 Maniacs – Saturday, September 5, 7 p.m. $49.50 – $82.50. Get tickets here.

Dead Letter Office (R.E.M. tribute band) – Friday, September 4, 6 p.m. in the Winter Garden Plaza, Downtown Jamestown. FREE

10,000 Maniacs New Record Listening Party – Friday, September 4, 8 p.m.

at Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Media Arts Studio – (Ticketed event) ON SALE SOON

Ben Folds with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday, May 1, 2027, 7:30 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY. Ticket sales TBA.

The Jayhawks

Saturday, October 17, 7 p.m. at Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY. $46.98 seated

Black Flag

Thursday September 24, 7 p.m. doors at Electric City, Buffalo, NY. $31.89+

9Million

Tuesday, September 22, 7 pm doors at The 9th Ward at Babeville, Buffalo, NY. $17/$20

The Garcia Project

Tuesday, August 4, 8 p.m. at Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo, NY. $25/$30

Lakeview

Friday, September 25, 7 p.m. at Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY. $32.81/$84.95 VIP

Wage War w/We Came As Romans,Varials, and Cane Hill

Tuesday, November 17, 6 p.m. doors at Buffalo RiverWorks, Buffalo, NY. $47.50 +

Punch Brothers

November 15, 7:30 p.m. at UB Center for the Arts, Mainstage Theatre, Buffalo, NY.

Carl Dixon Sings The Guess Who

Friday, February 5, 2027, 7:30 p.m. at Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda, NY. $20

Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves

Thursday, Apr 22, 2027 7 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY. $71.50-$101.50

The Worlds Greatest Tribute To The Traveling Wilburys

Friday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY. $56.75-$68.50

Pennywise w/H20 and Murphy’s Law

Saturday, September 26, 6:30 p.m. doors at Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY. $58.62

Marc Scibilia-To Buffalo, With Love

Tuesday, September 22, 8 p.m. at Electric City, Buffalo, NY. $

Sawyer Hill

Saturday, October 3, 7 p.m. at Rec Room, Buffalo, NY. $27.52+

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Tuesday, October 13, 8 p.m. at Electric City, Buffalo, NY. $

Rival Sons w/The Blue Stones and The Velveteers

Tuesday, November 24, 6:30 p.m. doors at Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY. Tickets on sale now.

Buzzcocks: Celebrating 50 Years of Buzzcocks w/Mind’s Eye

Tuesday, September 29, 8 p.m. at Electric City, Buffalo, NY. $51.21+

This week…

The 33rd Annual Great Blue Heron Music Festival

Thursday, July 2–Sunday, July 5, 2026, Sherman, NY. More info here.

The Strictly Hip

Thursday, July 2, 7 p.m. at The CAZ, South Buffalo, NY. $12-$25

Music Matters Summer Concert Series: EUROPA! The music of Santana

Thursday, July 2, 7 p.m. at Sully’s Harbor Bar & Grill, Buffalo, NY.

Pat Owen-Leary

Thursday, July 2, 6-8 p.m. at Nietzsche’s, Buffalo, NY. FREE

“The ‘Lakeshore Limited Tour’ is Pat taking the Amtrak from start to finish on the Lakeshore Limited line (Chicago to Boston/NYC) and playing a show at every stop along the way, to promote his upcoming EP, Midwest Postcard!”

The Beard and the Bird

Thursday, July 2, 6-8 p.m. at duende at Silo City, Buffalo, NY. FREE

Stoneflower playing the music of The Rolling Stones

Thursday, July 2, 8 p.m. until fireworks, at The Lackawanna Community Center Shelter, Lackawanna, NY.

McCarthyizm

Friday, July 3, 5 p.m. at Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo, NY. $10

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Friday, July 3, 8 p.m. at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY. $50–$75

Ellicottville Summer Music Festival

Friday, July 3 – Sunday, July 5 on stage at Holiday Valley, Ellicottville, NY. $ more info here

Friday: Mr. Brightside and Hair Nation

Saturday: Nerds Gone Wild and The Fab Four

Sunday: Cami Clune and Max Muscato

4th of July Celebrations

BPO: Sound & Sky on the Waterfront wsg/Cami Clune

Friday, July 3, 7:30 p.m. at Terminal B at the Outer Harbor, Buffalo, NY. VIP: $24.10/ GA: FREE – SOLD OUT!

4th of July Concert ft/ the Erie County Wind Ensemble

Saturday, July 4, 7 p.m. at Bassett Park, Amherst, NY. FREE

Americana-rama 250th Independence Day Celebration ft/Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Twang Gang, The Steam Donkeys, Ten Cent Howl, Cory Grinder & The Playboy Scouts

Saturday, July 4, 2 p.m. at Sportsmens Park, Buffalo, NY. $20

Eric Carlen’s Half-Dead: 40th anniversary Dylan, Petty & The Dead at Rich Stadium

Saturday, July 4, 2 p.m. doors at Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo, NY. $15/$20

The Strictly Hip Annual 4th of July Concert

Saturday, July 4, 8 p.m. on the patio at Frankie Primo’s, North Tonawanda, NY.

4th of July Rooftop Party: The Black Rock Beatles

Saturday, July 4, 4:30 – 11:30 p.m. at Tappo Restaurant, Buffalo, NY.

Out On The Tiles (the music of the Led Zeppelin)

Saturday, July 4, 7:30 p.m. at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub, Cheektowaga, NY. $10

MEGA-JAM hosted by Peter Latona

Saturday, July 4, 8 p.m. at Nietzsche’s, Buffalo, NY. FREE

Independence Day Celebration

Sunday, July 5, at Veteran’s Memorial Community Park in the Town of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY. FREE

2 p.m. – Impact

4 p.m. – Past Masters (Beatles Tribute)

6 p.m. – Thurman Bros Band

8 p.m. – JJ Swing

Jay/Sharptet

Sunday, July 5, 4-6 p.m. at duende at Silo City, Buffalo, NY.

Free Blues Sundays: Rusty Fisher

Sunday, July 5, 3-6 p.m. at The Hilltop Inn & Grove, Alden, NY. FREE

Grosh at Sunset Bar & Grill

Sunday, July 5, 3-6 p.m. at Sunset Bar 7 Grill, Wilson, NY.

John Bacon Quartet

Sunday, July 5, 1-4 p.m. at Gene McCarthy’s, Buffalo, NY.

Organ Fairchild and The Brass Machine

Levitt VIBE Buffalo Music Series – preseneted by the Big Easy in Buffalo

Monday, July 6, 5:30 p.m. in Ralph Wilson Park (near Centennial Pool and splash pad and the Buffalo Skate Plaza, at 5 DAR Drive), Buffalo, NY. FREE

Todd Rundgren

Monday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. at the Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda, NY. $59 – $69

Buckcherry w/Tim The Truth and Loveboxx

Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m. at Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY. $37.87

TAJ MAHAL and the Phantom Blues Band

Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m. at Asbury Hall in Babeville, Buffalo, NY. $69/$59

Bidwell Parkway Concert Series: Letter to Elise

Tuesday, July 7, 7-9 p.m. at Bidwell Parkway (at Elmwood), Buffalo, NY. FREE

Food Truck Tuesdays at Larkin Square: Blaised & Confused

Tuesday, July 7, 5-8 p.m. in Larkin Square, Buffalo, NY. FREE

BPO at Beaver Island State Park

Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m. at The Falconwood at Beaver Island State Park, Grand Island, NY. FREE

Live @Larkin: Dirty Work: A Tribute to Steely Dan

Wednesday, July 8, 5 p.m. at Larkin Square, Buffalo, NY. FREE

Buffalo Dead All Stars

Todd Eberwine, Jeff Miers, Ellen Pieroni, Joe Bellanti and Mark Hitchcock

Wednesday, July 8, 7 p.m. at Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo, NY.

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Music Matters Summer Concert Series: Relics (music of Pink Floyd)

Thursday, July 9, 7 p.m. at Sully’s Harbor Bar & Grill, Buffalo. $10

David Cloyd, Chelsea O’Donnell & Buffalo String Collective

Thursday, July 9, 6 p.m. at Bin Stage (2nd Floor) of duende at Silo City, Buffalo. $15/$20

Hejira – A Night of Joni Mitchell

Thursday, July 9, 7 p.m. doors at Electric City, Buffalo. $32.92

Tasha Taylor

Thursday, July 9, 5 p.m. doors at Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo, NY. $25

The Kensingtons

Thursday, July 9, 5:30 p.m. at The CAZ, South Buffalo, NY. $15

Circle Thursday: Kid Capri and Brothers Band

Thursday, July 9, 5–8 p.m. at Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY. FREE

Coming Up…

Femmes of Rock wsg/ The Fabulous USA Band & Second Hand News

Friday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at Artpark Amphitheater, Lewiston, NY. $23+

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Let’s Go Get ‘Em Tour

Friday, July 10, 8 p.m. at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY. $70 – $145

Star People – A celebration of the music of John Coltrane

Friday, July 10, 7 p.m. at PAUSA art house, Buffalo, NY. $20/$25 stage area, $17/$22 bar area

2026 Rockin’ The Downs: Quiet Riot wsg/Hair Nation, JJ Lang Band

Friday, July 10, 4 p.m. at Batavia Downs, Chautauqua, NY. $20-$75

Ziggy Marley wsg/J BOOG

Saturday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at Artpark Amphitheater, Lewiston, NY. $35+

Dead on the Hilltop

Saturday, July 11, 4 p.m. – Cold Shot Trio, 6:30 p.m. – Workingman’s Dead at the Hilltop Inn & Grove, Alden, NY. $20

GROSH Plays Led Zeppelin

Saturday, July 11, 5 p.m. gates at Sportsmens Park, Buffalo, NY. $20

South Buffalo Porchfest

Saturday, July 11, Noon-5 p.m., various locations in South Buffalo, NY. FREE. Rain or shine. Click here for schedule and porch map!

Buffalo Dead All Stars

Saturday, July 11, 6 -10 p.m. (3 sets) at Molly Maguires, South Buffalo, NY.

Susan Lewis-Friedman w/ Jay / Sharptet

Saturday, July 11, 7 p.m. at PAUSA art house, Buffalo, NY. $17/$15

House Concert with Official Claire and LeRoy Bach (formerly of Wilco), and Adelaide

Sunday, July 12, 5 p.m. doors, snacks, etc, 7 p.m. show at Marty Boratin & Susan Tanner’s House, Eden, NY. $20 suggested donation. More info here.

103.3 the Edge presents: The Strumbellas w/Post Sex Nachos, Letter To Elise

Sunday, July 12, 8 p.m. at Electric City, Buffalo, NY. $41.42+

Levitt VIBE Buffalo Music Series: The Unity Band

Monday, July 13, 5:30 p.m. in Ralph Wilson Park (near Centennial Pool and splash pad and the Buffalo Skate Plaza, at 5 DAR Drive), Buffalo, NY. FREE