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It took over two years for Honest Folk to get Marty O'Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra to Rochester the first time, but just over a year to get them back. The band didn't remember exactly what they played, but they remembered it and had…

Dead Horses, a duo from Wisconsin, and Honeysuckle, a trio from Boston, met somewhere in the middle Tuesday night - geographically in the middle via Rochester, NY to be exact - as a part of the latest show put on by Honest Folk. The show…

Toronto quartet Wild Rivers returned to Rochester after their set this summer opening for Donna the Buffalo at the outdoor party, Band on the Bricks. Now it was winter, and the eternally gray skies were falling in the form of cold rain.…

The Ballroom Thieves returned to the Arbor Loft in Rochester for another show put on by Honest Folk. They stopped by last winter, Valentines Day to be exact, and were back for another frigid Rochester night. The folksy trio was back to let…

Honest Folk has been around for almost exactly two years, and they've been itching to book San Francisco's Marty O'Reilly and the Soul Orchestra ever since. The dream became reality on Tuesday night at Good Luck, and it was well worth the…

Valentine's Day. The perfect occasion to spend an intimate evening alone with your loved one, or as was the case Wednesday night in Rochester, the perfect occasion to spend an evening with a few hundred live music lovers for an intimate…

For Honest Folk's first show of 2018, and their 10th show ever, they brought David Wax Museum, who themselves are celebrating their 10th year as a band. As they've made their way around the country, carting along their two kids, eating…

We're back with another great slate of shows for you to see in Rochester in February. The typical winter slowdown doesn't seem to be happening this year. These suggestions just scratch the surface, so time to break out of your cabin fever…

On a Monday night, nestled in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts, art was being created live within the walls of the restaurant Good Luck. For their last show in 2017, Honest Folk brought an artist back for the first time in it's two year…

Honest Folk, a little over a year in existence, promotes occasional pop-up folksy shows in the Rochester area. For their latest booking, they brought Montreal's Leif Vollebekk to the Historic German House. Rather than plop Vollebekk and…