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Fire on Ice: Grateful Dead light up Nassau Coliseum
We head back to the Island for this week's Jerry Sundays installment with a Grateful Dead show at the legendary…
Flashback: The Who perform their first and only show at SPAC, 49 years ago today
Two years after releasing Tommy and just ahead of the release of Who's Next, UK rock stalwarts The Who performed…
Rock and Pinball exhibit at Universal Preservation Hall – a perfect summer…
If you're in the Saratoga Springs region this August and September and need a safe activity for the whole family,…
Summer Jam ’73: New York’s Largest Social Gathering (Cuomo would be Pissed)
In 2020, it is nearly impossible to imagine 600,000 people gathering anywhere, but especially in a rural town in…
Jerry Sundays: Grateful Dead at the Beacon Theatre, June 15, 1976
We go back to the Big Apple for this week's installment of Jerry Sunday with a show at the Beacon Theatre in 1976.…
Flashback: Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson rocks Saratoga Winners with Kings…
An original review of this show was written for BUZZ Magazine in July of 1990 and can be found below.
It was 30…
Jerry Sundays: The Grateful Dead Paint the War Memorial Orange
Our weekly Grateful Dead tribute makes its stop in the heart of Central New York, with a trip back to September…
26 years later: Phish headline for the first time at SPAC
It was 26 years ago today that Phish headlined for the first time at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Two years…
Truckin’ off to Buffalo: 34 years ago, the Grateful Dead open for Bob Dylan…
It's not too often you see the Grateful Dead opening for another band, especially not in the 1980s. But on July 4,…
The Golden Road (To Tompkins Square Park): The Grateful Dead’s First Show in…
Few bands have a relationship with the state of New York like the Grateful Dead. Performing over 300 shows…
25 Years Later: Phish rocks Jones Beach for two nights
After performing at SPAC and taking a day off to celebrate the release of A Live One, Phish headed to Jones Beach…
The Grateful Dead perform at SPAC on June 28, 1988, ending three year ban
After being banned from SPAC for three years, the Grateful Dead returned on Tuesday, June 28, 1988 for one final…
25 Years Later: Phish at SPAC, June 26, 1995
On June 26, 1995, Phish performed for the third time (and second as a headliner) at Saratoga Performing Arts…
Aqueous ushers in a new era of live music
At Transit Drive In in Lockport, NY, live music returned for the first time in over three months. The drought was…
Jerry Sundays: 25 years ago, the Dead perform their final NY shows at The Knick
It was all coming to an end, the writing was on the wall, and if 1994 didn't confirm it, 1995 certainly did. And…
Unwrapping the Old Testament of Phish: New Year’s Eve 1995, Live from Madison…
1995 was a year that defined the 1990s. Michael Jordan came out of retirement to return to the game of basketball.…
Jerry Sundays: Revisit the Grateful Dead at Glens Falls Civic Center on May 5,…
For this week's Jerry Sunday, we head north on I-87 to Glens Falls for the May 5, 1981 show at Glens Falls Civic…
Grateful Dead’s 5/9/77 show at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium stands toe to toe…
Fresh on the heels of the much loved Barton Hall show, the Grateful Dead followed up that evening with a show at…
Celebrate the legendary Grateful Dead show at Barton Hall, performed 43 years ago…
It was 43 years ago today that one of the most notable Grateful Dead shows ever was performed at Cornell…
Lorelle Meets the Obsolete at Rough Trade NYC
Lorelle Meets the Obsolete hail from Guadalajara, Mexico and have been releasing psychedelic post-punk since their…