CNY Concert Calendar: May 7-14
Check out these shows in Ithaca, Cortland, Homer, Syracuse, and the rest of CNY in the coming week!
Night Eagle Productions brings Professor Louie and the Crowmatix to the Lansing Performing Arts Center on Friday night.
Once again, I’m just sending out my Concert Calendar today. This curated list will give you a heads-up on planning your concert-going in the coming week, which is chock-full of cool shows around Central New York: Little Feat in Ithaca, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix in Lansing, SingTrece in Cortland, Shemekia Copeland in Geneva, Sophistafunk in Syracuse, and much more!
As a reminder, I’m constantly updating the web version of this newsletter throughout the week, so be sure to check jimcat.substack.com for the latest news!
Little Feat returns to the State Theatre of Ithaca on Saturday night.
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CONCERT CALENDAR
Wednesday, May 7
Three Stone Fire is at the Trumansburg Farmers Market at 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday
Argos Grove plays jazz at Bar Argos at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Brookton’s Market hosts Jazz Night with Green Street Jazz featuring “guest musicians London Mcdaniel (gtr) and Dave Davies (bass) together with stalwarts Joanna Green on vibes, violin and vocals, and Greg Ezra on drums,” at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
John Bolger is at Scale House Brewing at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
Roger Decker is at the Cortland DAV at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
The Graham Bonnet Band is at Sharkey’s Bar & Grille in Liverpool at 6 p.m. Friday
Open Mic Comedy Night returns to Deep Dive at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
The Moses Boys (Max and Peter Moses) are at Salt Point Brewing at 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors with Anson Funderberg are at Syracuse’s 443 Social Club and Listening Lounge at 7 p.m. Wednesday
The Nocturnal Café hosts Open Mic Night at 7 p.m. Wednesday
Stone Bend Farm hosts Community Slope Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday
Moondog’s Lounge in Auburn hosts Open Mic Night, with a Grateful Dead tribute by Kim Draheim, at 7-10 p.m. Wednesday
The Savage Club of Ithaca presents “Sing the American Songbook” at the Lansing Performing Arts Center at 7-9 p.m. Wednesday
LongStory hosts Deep Dive’s Open Mic Night at 8-10 p.m. Wednesday
Ithakaraoke with live band returns to Deep Dive at 10 p.m. Wednesday
Jaimie Lee plays at Atwater Winery on Thursday
Thursday, May 8
The Downtown Ithaca Alliance hosts a kickoff party and lineup unveiling for the 2025 CFCU Summer Concert Series at Monks on the Commons at 4-6 p.m. Thursday
Rena Guinn returns to South Hill Cider at 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday
Dave Richman plays solo classical and jazz guitar at the Stone Cat Café at 6-8 p.m. Thursdays
Quinn Bedore is at Ithaca Beer Company at 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Jaimie Lee plays Atwater Winery at 6-8 p.m. Thursday
The Brewhouse Blues Jam returns to Hopshire Farm and Brewery at 6-8 p.m. Thursday
Yayle Hues is at Cortland Beer Company at 6-9 p.m. Thursday
Scale House Brewery hosts Hector Open Mic Night at 6-9 p.m. Thursday
Brett Beardslee plays at Parker’s 129 in Auburn at 6-9 p.m. Thursday
Jess Novak brings a mini F.I.R.E. Fest to Wildwood Event Center in Elbridge at 6-9 p.m. Thursday
Just Joe plays a free show at the pub at Middle Ages Brewing Company at 6 p.m. Thursday
Benny T brings his Open Mic Posse to Crossroads in Lansing at 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday
Atlas Bowl hosts Vinyl Night at 7-10 p.m. Thursday
Chas Justice, Drew Simon, and Kelli Jones play at Sweetland Farm on Thursday.
Big Sky Music Studio kicks off its 2025 music series with a Cajun jam featuring Kelli Jones, Drew Simon, and Chas Justice at Trumansburg’s Sweetland Farm at 7 p.m. Thursday
Annette Richards plays an organ recital at Cornell’s Anabel Taylor Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
The Shorty Gorge hosts its weekly swing dance at 119 S Cayuga St. at 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday
23 North Restaurant and Bar hosts its weekly Karaoke Night at 8 p.m. Thursday
Delaques continues their weekly Improv Night residency at the Nocturnal Café at 8 p.m. Thursday
King Falcon and Professional Victims are at Funk N Waffles at 8 p.m. Thursday
Tavern on the Commons hosts Karaoke Night at 10 p.m. Thursday
The Analogue Sons
Friday, May 9
Cornell’s Experimental Sound Project 2025(2) hosts a free concert in Sage Chapel at 12:30 p.m. Friday
The Ryan Peterson Trio returns to Aurora Brewing Company at 5-8 p.m. Friday
Gabriel Merrill-Steskal performs for the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards Salon in A.D. White House at 5 p.m. Friday
The Analogue Sons host an album release party at South Hill Cider at 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday (Check out the new album, “Giligia,” here!) Postponed to Sunday, May 18, due to bad weather!
Erich with an H plays a fish fry at Lucky Hare Brewing’s Bar and Grill in Watkins Glen at 6-8 p.m. Friday
Stiv Morgan is at BRU64 at 6-8 p.m. Friday
Viva Mayhem returns to Hopshire Farm and Brewery at 6-8 p.m. Friday
M3 is at Summerhill Brewing at 6-8 p.m. Friday
Band by the River is at Homer Hops at 6-9 p.m. Friday
Dirt Turtles are at Scale House Brewery at 6-9 p.m. Friday
Freight is at Two Goats Brewing at 6-9 p.m. Friday
The Dart Brothers and Rev Ezra are at Grist Iron Brewing at 6-9 p.m. Friday
Harmonic Dirt is at Heuga’s Alpine in Tully at 6-9 p.m. Friday
Dry County Welders are at Wildwood Event Center in Elbridge at 6-9 p.m. Friday
The Moses Boys are at Owego Originals at 7 p.m. Friday
Date Night plays Bossa Nova Jazz at the new Orozco Gallery (115 S. Cayuga St.) at 7-8:30 p.m. Friday
Take Two is at 23 North Restaurant and Bar at 7-9 p.m. Friday
Tom Townsley’s Blues Revue is at ONCO Fermentations in Tully at 7-9 p.m. Friday
Homebrewed Comedy is at McGraw Box Brewing North in Syracuse at 7-9 p.m. Friday
Kate Taylor comes to Syracuse’s 443 Social Club and Lounge at 7 p.m. Friday
SingTrece will record a live album at Cortland’s Rose Hall at 7 p.m. Friday
RivetSkull pays tribute to the legendary Ronnie James Dio at the Westcott Theatre to at 7 p.m. Friday
Seattle Sons and Dark Necessities are the JUGG on Teall in Syracuse at 7 p.m. Friday
Caleb Liber is at the Brackel Pub and Grub in McDonough at 7-10 p.m. Friday
Aiken Heart is at Cortland Beer Company at 8 p.m. Friday
Practice at Presents brings Twin Court (playing their last show!), Raindrop Collector, Green as New Light, and Little Slicer to Angry Mom Records at 8 p.m. Friday
DJ Dijon spins vinyl at the Downstairs at 8 p.m. Friday
bob. An Interpretation of Dylan is at the Center for the Arts of Homer at 8 p.m. Friday
Sophistafunk and Sonora celebrate Emanuel “E-Man” Washington’s birthday at Funk N Waffles at 8 p.m. Friday
The Seven Wonders—A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks is at Syracuse’s Middle Ages Brewing Company at 8 p.m. Friday
Count Blastula is at Moondog’s Lounge in Auburn at 8-11 p.m. Friday
Shemekia Copeland plays Geneva’s Smith Opera House at 8 p.m. Friday
Bad Alibi rocks Sonny’s Bar and Grill in Horseheads at 8 p.m. Friday
Night Eagle Productions brings Professor Louie and the Cromatix to the Lansing Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Friday
Casey Little and Dave Dean play Owego’s John Barleycorn at 9 p.m. Friday
DJ Dijon spins vinyl at the Downstairs at 9 p.m. Friday
Queer Pride Dance presents “Knights Of The Pink Pony Club” at Deep Dive at 9 p.m. Friday
The Pizza Connection (with members of the Disco Biscuits, Aqueous, ElephantProof, and Big Shrimp) and DJ Brownie celebrate the opening of Fat Boy Pizza at the Westcott Theater at 9:30 p.m. Friday
n/ether plays at Cornell at 3 p.m. Saturday
Saturday, May 10
The Chad J Dean School of Drumming presents the 2025 Student Showcase at Cortland’s Rose Hall at 1 p.m. Saturday; local blues-rockers Digger Jones will make a guest appearance
The Ithaca Community Orchestra will present its spring concert at Ithaca College’s Ford Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday
n/ether (cellists Laura Cetilia and Hannah Soren) plays at Cornell’s Anabel Taylor Chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday
The Petty Thieves are at Treleaven Winery at 4-7 p.m. Saturday
Stone Bend Farm hosts “Mamas for Peace,” with Mama Look!, Ariel Arbisser, Loveday & The Soiree, Lost Mary's, DJ Lina Luv, Sarah Noell, Margaret Harper, Jaclyn Marie, Lora Pendleton, and Somer White, at 5-11:30 p.m. Saturday
Cisco PL and the Soul Benders are at Grist Iron Brewing at 5-8 p.m. Saturday
From left: Michael Stark, Johnny Dowd, and Park Doing
Johnny Dowd plays an early show at Deep Dive at 6 p.m. Saturday
“Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Spin-the-Bottle of the Arts” comes to Lot 10 at 6-8 p.m. Saturday at part of the annual Spring Writers Literary Festival
Logan Oltz is at Brewer’s Kitchen and Taproom at 6-8 p.m. Saturday
The Time Riders are at Summerhill Brewing at 6-8 p.m. Saturday
Tim Herron and the Great Blue is at ONCO Fermentations in Tully at 6-8 p.m. Saturday
Sydney Irving is at McGraw Box Brewing at 6-9 p.m. Saturday
The Letter 5 is at Homer Hops at 6-9 p.m. Saturday
Feed the Fire is at Two Goats Brewing at 6-9 p.m. Saturday
Frank & Julie ar at McGraw Box Brewing North in Syracuse at 6-9 p.m. Saturday
DJ Proper Philth spins soul, lounge, and deep house at the new Bookies Sports Bar and Lounge (where the Range used to be) on the Commons at 6-10 p.m. Friday
M3 is at Cortland Country Music Park at 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday
Yayle Hues returns to the Watering Hole at 7p.m. Saturday
The Seven Wonders pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks at the Lakewatch Inn at 7-9 p.m. Saturday
Tink Bennet & Tailor Made play the Center for the Arts of Homer at 7 p.m. Saturday
Front & Main and The Get Together are at Atomic Tom’s in Binghamton at 7 p.m. Saturday
Wound Tight is at the Brackel Pub and Grub in McDonough at 7-10 p.m. Saturday
Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum plays Rochester on Saturday night.
Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum comes to Rochester’s Photo City Music Hall at 7 p.m. Saturday; Adam Arritola’s Operational Research and Spotlights open the show
NYS Baroque presents “Marches & Minuets” at the First Congregational Church of Ithaca (309 Highland Road) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
The Village Swing Trio – Wayne Gottlieb, Harry Aceto, Brian Earle – continues its May residency at the Downstairs at 7:30-10 p.m. Saturday, joined by guest singer Alice Saltonstall
Tret Fure plays the Women’s Information Center in Syracuse at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Cornell DMA pianist Ariel Mo presents a recital of works by Couperin, Fauré, Debussy, Scriabin, and Gerard Pesson in Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers present their spring concert at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (402 N. Aurora St.) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Bad Alibi rocks the Candor American Legion at 8 p.m. Saturday
Midnight Mike Petroff is at Cortland Beer Company at 8 p.m. Saturday
The Bones of J.R. Jones comes to the Hangar Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday
The Ripcords are at Moondog’s Lounge in Auburn at 8-11 p.m. Saturday
Little Feat returns to the State Theatre, with opener Cris Jacobs, at 8 p.m. Saturday
Zeppelin V comes to Funk N Waffles at 8 p.m. Saturday
Know Your Enemy—A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine is at Middle Ages Brewing Company at 8 p.m. Saturday
Caviar & Grits and DELAQUES are at Owego’s John Barleycorn at 8 p.m. Saturday ($5)
Boomslang is at Geneva’s Lake Drum Brewing at 9 p.m. Saturday
Sunday, May 11
Jonah Ladd at Heuga’s Alpine in Tully from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday
Maplewood Jazz Team plays a Mother’s Day Brunch at the Stone Cat Café from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday
The 4th annual Ithaca Book and Zine Fair will be held at Buffalo Street Books from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; it’s part of the Community Arts Partnership's Spring Writes Literary Festival
Mama Look! and Laura Holmes play a Mother’s Day Soiree at Trumansburg’s Ice Cream Bar at 12-2 p.m. Sunday
Sydney Irving is at Treleaven Winery at 12 p.m. Sunday
The Diana Leigh Trio plays a Mother’s Day Brunch at Geneva on the Lake at 12:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday
Dead to the Core hosts the monthly “Shakedown Sunday” with guest Brendan Gosson at the 443 Social Club and Lounge at 1 p.m. Sunday
Sandra Esparza is at Summerhill Brewing at 1-3 p.m. Sunday
SingTrece presents a Mother’s Day Lyric Writing Workshop at part of the Spring Writers Literary Festival in the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center a 2-3 p.m. Sunday
Rasta Ranch hosts Sunday Sessions at 2-5 p.m. Sunday
Ed Hildreth is at Prison City Brewing North in Auburn at 2-5 p.m. Sunday
The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra concludes its Chamber Music Series with Schubert’s “Octet” at the First Unitarian Church of Ithaca at 3 p.m. Sunday
Blue Tonic continues ONCO Fermentations’ Sunday Blues Series at 3-5 p.m. Sunday
Six Mile Craic hosts the monthly Irish Session at Liquid State Brewing at 4-6 p.m. Sunday
Frank Raponi is at Two Goats Brewing at 4-7 p.m. Sunday
Honky Tonk Sunday with the Cast Iron Cowboys returns to Deep Dive at 6 p.m. Sunday
Harvey Fonda plays a free show at Funk N Waffles 6 p.m. Sunday
Penelope Voss returns to the Downstairs at 7 p.m. Sunday
Cornell’s Early Music Lab presents a free concert in Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
“Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King” featuring Tina Naponelli comes to the Hangar Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday
The Dandy Warhols are at Anthology in Rochester at 8 p.m. Sunday
Pat Tato hosts Open Mic Night at Funk N Waffles at 8:30 p.m. Sunday
Monday, May 12
Brett Beardslee brings the blues to Rasta Ranch Vineyards at 5-8 p.m. Monday
Dave Davies RhythmMakers play Jazz Mondays at South Hill Cider at 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday
The Finger Lakes Fiddle Orchestra presents a free concert at the First Baptist Church (309 N. Cayuga St.) at 7-8 p.m. Monday
Jay Leeming presents “Mythic Mondays” Open Mic at the Downstairs at 7:30 p.m. Monday
Funk N Waffles’ Dead Night hosts the Brass Machine’s “Busted on Bourbon Street” at 7:30 p.m. Monday
Galactic Monday returns to Deep Dive at 9 p.m. Monday
The Brass Machine’s “Busted on Bourbon Street” Grateful Dead brass band tribute show plays Syracuse on Monday and Ithaca on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 13
Deep Dive’s Dead Dive Happy Hour features the Brass Machine’s “Busted on Bourbon Street” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
SingTrece performs at GreenStar’s 5th anniversary bash at 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday (postponed from May 7)
Center for the Arts of Homer hosts Open Mic Night at 7-9 p.m. Tuesday
Joe Chicone
Wednesday, May 14
The Notorious Stringbusters are at the Trumansburg Farmers Market at 5-7 p.m. Wednesday
Paul Thompson is at Scale House Brewing at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday
Jazz Night returns to Deep Dive from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Wednesday
The Venissa Santi 3rio plays at the new Orozco Gallery (115 S. Cayuga St.) at 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Practice at Presents hosts its monthly showcase at the Downstairs at 7 p.m. Wednesdsay
Joe Chicone presents “Lift Our Voices, Fight for Freedom and Unity” at St. James Episcopal Church in Watkins Glen at 7 p.m. Wednesday
Baroness comes to Syracuse’s Song and Dance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Practice at Presents hosts its monthly showcase with John North and Trev Fischer at the Downstairs at 8 p.m. Wednesday
Baroness
Jim Catalano has covered the Ithaca and Central New York music scene since 1992