Riverboat Bar in Alexandria Bay Announces Summer 2022 Music Series Lineup

The Riverboat Bar in Alexandria Bay returns with their Summer Live Music Series for 2022. Running from  June through the end of August, the series will feature over 30 bands performing over a three month period.

Riverboat Bar focuses primarily on promoting original music, hosting nationally touring bands from throughout the Northeast and beyond, with additional shows to be added in September. Most shows are free to attend. 

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Alexandria Bay and the 1000 Islands Region are a destination for a wide variety of tourists from America and Canada alike. While not located on a super highway, Alex Bay and the surrounding areas have maintained their original quaint personality with a bevy of activities, including family activities, world class fishing, romantic evenings, top-notch dive sites, live music or just relaxation.

Riverboat Bar is a long-running local tavern with comfort eats and bar bites with space for live music and a covered patio. Featuring live music on weekends with regional and nationally touring bands. Riverboat Bar also features a large selection of craft beer, wine and cocktails, a full service kitchen with extensive bar menu.

Riverboat Bar crowd in Alexandria Bay
Riverboat Bar in Alexandria Bay

In the month of June you’ll find highly anticipated performances from Rochester based snarky pop and soul band The Sideways, Albany heavy blues rockers Sly Fox and the Hustlers and a two-night stand from Buffalo party rockers Tiny Music. 

The month of July is loaded with 12 nights of live music, kicking off the month will be four nights of live music during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Syracuse indie/art rock group All Poets & Heroes get things going on Friday, July 1 with Burlington based reggae act The Reflexions playing on Saturday, July 2 while July 3 will feature a Quantum Cosmic Super Jam featuring members of Annie in the Water, Raisinhead and The Reflexions. Finally, Atlanta funk and soul powerhouse Funk You will close out the weekend on July 4 with a special performance after the Alexandria Bay holiday fireworks over Boldt Castle. 

Also performing throughout the month of July will be Philadelphia rockers Chestnut Grove, the hot and buzz worthy Long Island progressive rock and funk trio Baked Shrimp and Connecticut power rock duo Balkun Brothers. Also in July will be performances by Upstate staples Ampevene, Vaporeyes, The Old Main, Roots Collider and fast rising new Buffalo band Eberwine, who will be performing a special Dead/Phish set. 

The party continues in the month of August, highlighted by a return appearance by Boston roots reggae star Mighty Mystic on Friday, August 5. NYS Music March Madness winners HANZOLO will be at The Riverboat for a free show on Saturday, August 6. The famous Alex Bay Pirate Days festival will feature live performances by Connecticut jam funkers One Time Weekend and Maryland funktronica legends LITZ. Annie in the Water returns on Friday August 19 for their annual hometown throwdown. Also in the month of August, you can catch Sun Dub, Gentleman Brawlers and The Pickle Mafia. 

More shows will be added in September including the annual Alex Bay Summer Send Off Party at the end of the month, which will feature multiple acts over two days. 

Check out the full lineup below. Please visit the Riverboat Bar website for more information.

Riverboat Bar 2022 Summer Music Series Lineup

5/28 – ORGAN FAIRCHILD 

5/29 – MoCHESTER 

6/3 – GRUB 

6/4 – UNIVERSAL TRANSIT 

6/10 – INTREPID TRAVELERS 

6/17 – THE SIDEWAYS

6/18 – SLY FOX & THE HUSTLERS 6/24 – TINY MUSIC 

6/25 – TINY MUSIC 

7/1 – ALL POETS & HEROES 7/2 – THE REFLEXIONS 

7/3 – QUANTUM COSMIC

7/4 – FUNK YOU 

7/8 – CHESTNUT GROVE 

7/9 – AMPEVENE 

7/15 – BALKUN BROTHERS 7/16 – BAKED SHRIMP 

7/22 – VAPOREYES 

7/23 – THE OLD MAIN 

7/29 – EBERWINE 

7/30 – ROOTS COLLIDER 

8/5 – MIGHTY MYSTIC 

8/6 – HANZOLO 

8/12 – ONE TIME WEEKEND 8/13 – LITZ 

8/19 – ANNIE IN THE WATER 8/20 – SUN DUB 

8/26 – PICKLE MAFIA 

8/27 – GENTLEMAN BRAWLERS

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