the niche

Nanola is the place to be this weekend when Phish phans are looking for music to warm up or keep the party going late. A short drive down Rt. 9 will get you to the Phish After-Party hotspot. Located at 2639 Rt. 9 in Ballston Spa,…

Sterling Stage Folkfest returns once again in 2025 for the 30th Anniversary of its inaugural music camping festival. On Memorial Day Weekend, it serves as the unofficial kickoff to the music festival season in Upstate NY. Promoter Eric…

Rochester jam band The Niche returned with Rob Compa to the stage for a three-day run to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of musical mayhem. “At their height, the Niche were filling clubs throughout the Northeast, packing sets with intense,…

Live music is blooming all around Rochester this April. Local, national and internationally-renowned, all varieties of artists will be coloring this town throughout the month, so make sure you get out and see some shows. …

Rob Compa has announced he is joining Rochester-based jam band The Niche, now that Dopapod is no longer touring and on indefinite hiatus.   Compa briefly substituted for Niche guitarist Erik Ward during his temporary leave from the band…

When Borg Party converged on Buffalo Iron Works to a packed house, no one really knew what to expect. If you expected the obvious, a simple fusion of the super group’s respective sounds, you would have been slightly disappointed. When Rob…

Buffalo and Rochester won’t be short of something amazing to see this holiday season as Borg Party invades both cities just days before the Christmas Holiday. The super group spearheaded by Dopapod’s Rob Compa (guitar) also features Mike…

Christmas just got a whole lot more interesting in Western New York. A brand-new supergroup of New York-based musicians coined Borg Party will be playing a two-night stint this December at Buffalo Iron Works (Dec. 22) and Flour City Station…