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Jenna Sents is a Leadership Scholar studying Magazine, News and Digital Journalism at Syracuse University with a passion for topics like music, entertainment, the environment and business. She loves connecting with people in communities to tell their inspiring stories. In addition to writing and reporting, Jenna has a growing portfolio in concert photography, having shot performances of artists like Stephen Sanchez and Dexter and the Moonrocks. She hopes to keep exploring inventive ways to tell stories through digital mediums that feel both personal and powerful.

Upcoming Shows

Cooperstown Summer Music Festival Returns with Diverse Lineup

Jenna Sents Jun 3, 2025

Cooperstown Summer Music Festival announced the lineup for their 27th season, hosting performances at historic venues across Cooperstown. For each of the five events diverse ensembles will play genres from blues to jazz to…

Festival News

New York State Blues Festival Bringing Guitar Legend Warren Haynes to Syracuse

Jenna Sents Jun 2, 2025

The annual New York State Blues Festival returns this year from June 12 through 14 at the NYS Fairgrounds in Syracuse. The free admission festival celebrates over 30 years of blues at the NYS Fairgrounds, with a lineup this year of…

Broadway/Musicals

New Musical ‘The Waiting’ to premiere at Cohoes Music Hall

Jenna Sents Jun 1, 2025

The Waiting, a new musical composed by Capital Region native Maria Isabella Andreoli, will debut with a full production for the first time. The shows plan to run from June 12 through 15 at the historic Cohoes Music Hall. Presented…

Jam/Progressive

Runaway Gin to spend June in the Northeast with 4 shows in NY

Jenna Sents May 31, 2025

Runaway Gin return to the Northeast this June for the first time in three years with four shows in New York State, stopping in NYC, Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester. Runaway Gin is a Phish-tribute band from South Carolina. Voted Best…

Album Reviews

Big Green’s First Album in 10 Years: In Retrograde

Jenna Sents May 29, 2025

Big Green, a Utica-based indie band, released their fourth album on May 1 In Retrograde. Big Green made their start in the 1980s producing demos and playing at local bars in Utica. Brothers Matt and Joe Perry wrote, recorded and…

Upcoming Shows

The Fisher Center Reveals the 35th Bard Music Festival Theme: Martinů and His Work

Jenna Sents May 28, 2025

The Bard Music Festival returns this August in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY for its two week exploration of the artist Bohuslav Martinů. The festival will last from Aug. 8-17. The Bard Music Festival, just 30 minutes away from Woodstock,…

Rock

Willie Nile Unveils Rock Anthem “We Are, We Are”

Jenna Sents May 27, 2025

Singer-songwriter and Buffalo native Willie Nile released a new single "We Are, We Are" on May 19. The song is a part of the artist's upcoming album The Great Yellow Light, out June 20. Willie Nile started his career in 1980 when he…

Upcoming Shows

Lunchtime at the Plaza Music Series Lineup Announced

Jenna Sents May 26, 2025

This summer, the Lunchtime at the Plaza Music Series returns to downtown Albany with free performances by local bands. The shows will go on every Wednesday from June 4 to Aug. 13 starting at noon and running until 1:30 p.m. The…

News

Brooklyn Mirage Fire CEO Josh Wyatt

Jenna Sents May 25, 2025

Brooklyn Mirage fired CEO Josh Wyatt on May 22, after failing to reopen the venue on May 1 for the 2025 season. Avant Gardener hired Wyatt in October 2024 to revamp the venue, but after just 8 months and four weekends of cancellations,…

News

NYC Students Celebrated 20th Annual Broadway Junior Student Finale

Jenna Sents May 25, 2025

Students from NYC public schools performed on May 22 at the 20th Annual Shubert Foundation & Music Theatre International Broadway Junior Student Finale. The Broadway Junior Student Finale is a theatre mentorship program that…

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