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Melvin Seals and JGB brought not only the newest iteration of the Jerry Garcia Band but the spirit of Captain Trips himself to the Stanley Theatre in Utica on Friday, October 17. The essence of Jerry Garcia was alive and well as the…

Lord Invader's song "New York Subway," recorded in the 1950's with Felix and His Internationalists, captures the chaos, joy, and cultural shift when reaching New York City. Rupert Grant, a Trinidadian calypso…

On Thursday, October 16, My Morning Jacket kicked off a three-night run at the Brooklyn Paramount—part of their 2025 is tour—with a full-album performance celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their landmark 2005 album, Z. This was…

Belongó, a non-profit organization devoted to performing, preserving, and educating about the music of the Americas with African and indigenous roots, is set to host their first-ever gala, Belongó Bugalú, on November 11 at Manhattan's City…

So many things in life, especially these days, are wrapped in uncertainty. The world keeps shifting, the soundscape keeps changing, and nothing seems to stick around long enough to trust. On Wednesday, October 15, at Empire Live, there was…

On October 15, Mushroomhead stormed into Anthology for a theatrical, wet and wild ride. Filling the night with the fundamentals that made the band iconic in the 1990’s: raw lyrics, down-tuned syncopation, horror avant-garde, and…

The fifteenth annual O+ (O Positive) Festival was held on October 10–12, 2025, in Kingston, NY. The festival characterizes itself as three days of art, music, and wellness while serving as the main fundraiser for O+

Broadway, Bars, and Fortune is a new 40-minute documentary from director Shuvendu Sen about the unmistakable power of theater and the arts in rehabilitating formerly incarcerated individuals in New York City. The film centers on…

When Rico Nasty took the Irving Plaza stage on October 15, she didn’t just perform, she pummeled the room with a tidal wave of sound, style, and sheer force of personality. From the second the lights dropped at 9 pm, to the final encore,…

Another year, another Rochester Fringe Festival has come and gone — celebrating its 14th year with a dynamic array of performances spanning comedy, theater, dance, music, film, and beyond. The festival has long been a cornerstone of the…