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Welcome to the new website and forum for communication and a single place to discuss all that is going on with Rochester's local music scene by those that are a part of it! This site and discussion board is for bands, band members, promoters, sound/light engineers, venue owners, talent agencies, and those that book gigs. Please sign up on the forums if you are one of those mentioned and meet and chat with other locals who are in the Rochester music scene.
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Don't miss out on your last chance to check out the East End Fest for 2010! Iffy weather for the first 2, so this one has to be sunny and rocking right? There are few better places to check out a great combination of modern rock, country, hip-hop, classic rock, raggae....original music and cover / tribute bands! A great sample of some of the music that Rochester has to offer!
Fri, August 13th, 2010
Gibbs St Stage Stage:
6pm - Teagan and the Tweeds
8:30pm - Big Eyed Phish - Dave Matthews Tribute
Swan St Stage:
6pm - Springer
8:30 - That 80's Hair Band
Metromix/insider Broadway St. Stage:
6pm - BEDROC
7pm - Filthy Mcnastys
8:30pm - Nevergreen
10pm - Filthy Funk
WBEE Scio St Stage:
6pm - Dave McGrath Band
7:30pm - Double Cross
9pm - 8:45pm - Ransomville
East at Matthews Stage:
6pm - Trapper Keeper (a new project from the guys that brought you Mulletude!)
8:30pm - The Taint
Easy on East Parking Lot:
5:30pm - Skycoasters
8pm - WPXY Presents: 2am Club
9:15pm - Uncle Plum | |
| Ten Ugly Men Family Charity Event!!! | | | |
| THE EVENT:
Celebrate and give back during Rochester's most anticipated party of the year as Ten Ugly Men turns 21.
WHAT IS IT:
The Ten Ugly Men Festival is an all day festival that benefits charities in the Rochester, NY community. You pay admission (VIP or General Admission) and we take care of the rest.
CHARITIES:
The Bright Eyes Fund for pediatric brain tumor treatment at Golisano Children's Hospital, Wilson Commencement Park, Equicenter, St Marys Oncology Center and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
DATE, TIME, & LOCATION:
Saturday, July 24, 2010
10:00a.m.-8:00p.m.
Genesee Valley Park, Rochester, N.Y.
Park Info and Directions Please enter through the North Side of the park. No entry from East River Road.
ADMISSION PRICE:
Same price as last year - $30.00 advance, $40 day of, Kids 13 - 20 are $10 and only available day of event, 12 and under free. Purchase tickets now.
BANDS:
Clear Channel Ugly Idol winner
Small Town
The Buddhahood
Big Eyed Phish - Dave Matthews Tribute Band
That 80's Hair Band
EVENTS:
Ten Ugly Men Kickball Tournament
Ten Ugly Men Bocce Tournament
Ten Ugly Men Dodgeball Tournament
Ten Ugly Men KanJam Tournament
Medved Ten Ugly Men 5K Race
Nova Volleyball Tournament
TRANSPORATION:
Parking -
Free parking for the event is available at the University of Rochester, look for the signs detailing parking locations. We will also have a shuttle bus starting at 11:00 AM and ending at 9:00 PM, pick-up locations are at Hotshots Volleyball on University Avenue and at the corner of Park Avenue and Berkley Street. There is no entry via River Road.
Free transportation -
Every 30 minutes a free shuttle will run from 11:00 AM until 9:00 PM. Pick-up and drop-off locations are Hotshots Beach Volleyball on University Avenue and the corner of Park Avenue/Berkley Street.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:
There are rooms available at the Holiday Inn airport specifically for the Ten Ugly Men festival. For more information regarding hotel accommodations, click here.
FOOD:
Unlimited amounts of chicken Sandwiches, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad, macaroni salad, chips, and ice cream will be served up by our glorious volunteers. Go Dwight, Marianne and crew, grrrrrrrr!
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|  East End Fest is again upon us! Lets hope the rain stays away! 6 stages with all types of music from originals to covers, rock to country to surf, and lots in between! This friday is a great day to get out and see live music. There are also a few bands playing in other venues if East End isn't your type of crowd! July 9th, 2010 Gibbs St Stage Stage: 6pm: Smalltown 8:30pm: Skycoasters Swan St Stage: 6pm: Download 8:30pm: 50/50 Metromix/insider Broadway St. Stage: 5pm: Battle of the DJs Winner 6pm: BEDROC 7:15 pm: Young Bloods 8:30 pm: Joywave 10 pm: The Isotopes WBEE Scio St Stage: 6pm: Josie Waverly 7:30pm: Blue Jimmy 9pm: Paul Cummings and the Crossroads Project East at Matthews Stage: 6pm: More Than Me 8:30pm: Something Else Easy on East Parking Lot: 7pm: Big Eyed Phish 9pm: Uncle Plum Others playing this evening: The Trolls (Little Trolls) @ Nolas - 6-10pm Coupe DeVilles with Fire Red @ Lovin Cup - 9pm Extended Family @ The Keg - 8pm RoarShark @ The Jukebox - 9pm | |
| I apologize for the inconvenience of the website being down. My entire domain was attacked by hackers. I was away on vacation when it happened and asked that the host company suspend all of my websites until I could come back and clean up the mess. There was a security hole in the website template I use on all my sites...and they found me, and exploited that! Lots of others got hit that use e107 as well.
They released a latest version which takes care of all those security threats, so we should be all set (although have some rebuilding to do like the top logo!)
Just for future security purposes, here is some clarifying:
1) I will never ask for your password. I can't view your password nor would I have any reason to use it. The only thing I can do is change passwords, which I don't need to know your old one for! So if you ever get an email asking you for your password - its not from me!
2) I know we have some lesser-knowledgeable computer users that come here. As a general rule of thumb, you should use a different password for your "play" sites as you do for your "work" sites. In other words, use a different password for this site than you would for your banking website. While I do my best, these are not as secure. I would hate to see someone lose something expensive online as a result of this site being hacked.
3) As a general rule, I try to spell correctly. If you receive a phishing email with a bunch of words that look like someone who took a 1 hour course in English wrote it - it probably isn't me.
So hopefully the problem is completely solved (with no harm done to any member)....Thanks for checking up on the site and continuing to use it!
Cheers and happy playing! | |
| Come support one of our own - Peter Grammatico | | | |
| From the very beginning of this site, Peter had lended his support. He was one of the guys that would go out to our shows whether he liked our music or not, just to support the musicians on stage. He was an active member of this site and a good friend to many of us. There have been many offers of donations to help pay for this site. I would much rather see those who offered use that money for this memorial!!! So as not to detract from the true intentions of the event, we will not be considering it an RBI get-together - however please know that many from this site will likey be in attendance. What better way to show our support for someone who devoted much of his life to helping others in the music community than to come together to help the greatest gift a man can give to this world - his children. Peter was a father, husband, musician, and friend. Would be great to see many of you in attendance as I'm sure Peter would be smiling ear to ear to know that the musicians and friends from the site that he was an active member from the very beginning, were there to support him and his family in their time of need when he can't be there. He is still missed by many, and likely will be for a long time to come. Here are the details: Please join Chasing Giants, Stranger and the Deborah Magone Band in this fabulous fund raising event to benefit Justin & Jayna Grammatico! Come rock out for the afternoon with Peter's former bands and band-mates for a good cause and tribute to a great friend! All donations & proceeds will go to the trust fund has been set up to guarantee a college education for Peter's children. **Silent Auction items courtesy of: High Falls Brewery, Piranha Sushi Bar and Grill, Rowe Photo, Palmer Foods, Rohrbach Brewing Co., Constellation Wine, & Stutzmans Guitar Center. Great Music, Food, Drink and more!!! *** If you're unable to attend but wish to contribute, donations may be sent to the following: Justin and Jayna Education Fund 56 Appian Drive Rochester, NY 14606 *Please make checks payable to the: "Justin and Jayna Education Fund" (I ask again that anyone who has considered or offered to donate to this site instead do so to this fund.) Image: http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_2863c2634a999d1ebcba3141f2ba6b2f.jpg  | |
| Image: http://www.dfceastendfestival.com/img/header.png Summer is upon us and that means its time for our festival season to start! Few bring Rochester music to the foreground as much as East End does! A great lineup again this year for the june festival that is this friday! Don't miss it! * Gibbs St Stage Stage: * 6pm: Park Avenue Band * 8:30pm: That 80's Hair Band * Swan St Stage: * 6pm: Springer * 8:30pm: 50/50 * Metromix/insider Broadway St. Stage: * 5 pm: The Jump Off (DJ Skanntron) * 5:45: Battle Of The Bands winner * Intermission - (DJs Attikka and A-KO) * 7:00: Friday In America * Intermission - (DJ Papi Chulo) * 8:30: Subsoil * Intermission - (DJs Peter Pizzutelli and Richie Salvaggio) * 10:00: Jae Mood * WBZA Scio St Stage: * 6pm: Double Barrel * 7:30pm: Lower Than Johnny * 9pm: Kid Kurry * East at Matthews Stage: * 6pm: Zach Deputy * 8:30pm: Jumbo Shrimp * Easy on East Parking Lot: * 6:15pm: Strike The Sky * 8:30pm: The Sunstreak * 9:30pm: Uncle Plum www.dfceastendfestival.com | |
| A Tribute to our Friend Tim Shea | | | |
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Start Time: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 1:00pm
End Time: Monday, April 12, 2010 at 2:00am
Location: California Brew Haus
Street: 402 West Ridge Road
In loving memory of
Timothy O. Shea
August 19, 1953- March 21, 2010
Tim has fought a tough battle with ongoing health conditions and survived bladder cancer, a heart attack and a liver transplant. Just recently he was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer which took his life on March 21, 2010. Tim had so many good friends in the music community. This benefit is not only to celebrate his life,but his love and passion for music, and the individuals that inspired him. The proceeds of the benefit go to Deb McAllister his life partner to help pay medical costs, a Lilac Tree in Highland Park in his memory, and his grandson Kyle Shea.
BENEFIT ADMISSION : $10
(additional donations appreciated)
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE TOWARDS PROCEEDS :Awareness Bracelets , CD- Tim Shea 1953-2010 Danere Dunfore
Live Performances by the Following:
The Dady Brothers, Len Squires, Charles Jaffe, Harry Allen & The CityBillies, Dave Sharman, Jim Drew, Ben Proctor w/ Greg Fair - Burning Boots, Michael Latoski, Teagan Ward , Joann Vaccaro, Brian Lindsay, Brian Coughlin, Johnny Lucas, Jerry Falzone, Jeremy Carter, Aaron Maras, Ryan Yarmell, Jed Curran, Wayne "Maynard" Penlon, Don Christiano & Rita Coulter (Duet) ,Tabletop Three
(Steve West, "Sweet" Curtis Brown, Ross Bracco), Bob Doc Fischetto, Watkins and the Rapiers (Tom Whitmore, Scott Regan, Kerry Regan, Bruce Diamond, Marty York, Steve Piper, Rick McRae), Honkytonk Henry, Andrew Marks, Kevin DeHond, Lisa Bigwood, Shawn Thompson, David Gervasi, Dj Sita!
Please Join the Facebook Group Made in Memory of Tim: Yeah, Baby!
For inquires regarding this event or food donation information please contact Abby Wingate either on facebook or via email abbyjane1979©aol.com. | |
| Canandaigua Rotary Music Competition | | | |
| We have time for kids to join in the "Finger Lakes Star Search" Students between in 9th - 12th grade can compete. Categories are singing, instrumental, and band, any style of music. This is the second year we are holding the competition. Dates left are May 14th and July 16th 2010. Winners from those 2 shows, (have to be able to play in both) play one last time at the finale show at the Canandaigua Rotary Pier Festival August 14,2010. Winners will then be picked from each category, they will receive scholarships to go toward college. $500.00 singing and instrumental, $1000.00 band.
Flyer, info, sign up e-mail, and videos from last years competitors can be found on the website http://www.americanartconnection.com link at top says "2nd annual Finger Lakes Star Search"
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| Some exciting things - and more server issues | | | |
| I am quite aware that the website is moving incredibly slow lately. I have put in what might be my last support ticket for this hosting company. If things do not change, I will be switching companies to one that can properly handle the amount of traffic this site gets (which is not that much in the grand scheme of the internet).
I apologize for the temporary inconveniences it causes and hope you will continue to visit as upgrades are made as necessary.
On the bright side, it is looking more and more like spring outside which means outdoor live music events will be coming up shortly! Please continue to support all local acts as well as others that support us, like SoreThumbRadio!
I have been made aware of some things that will be going on in the area that help promote live music and have a few ideas of my own that will be coming to fruition when I get a chance!
Also, we are overdue for an RBI get-together! So stay tuned for that as well!
Cheers and happy playing! | |
| Haiti relief benefit concert | | | |
| Image: http://www.eventsthatroc.com/images/sos.jpg DATE: Thursday, Feb. 25 LOCATION: The German House 315 Gregory St. Rochester, NY 14620 The German House Website TIME: Doors open at 5:30pm
"Taint" @ 7pm
"50 / 50" @ 8pm
"Big Eyed Phish" @ 9pm
"Teagan and the Tweeds" @ 10pm
"Something Else" @ 11pm
* Times subject to change
TICKET PRICES: $20 presale/$25 at the door. Hors d'oeuvres served from 8:00-9:00pm GET YOUR TICKETS: ONLINE - http://www.eventsthatroc.com The House of Guitars - 645 Titus Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617, (585) 544-3500 The Keg - 315 Gregory St., Rochester, NY 14620, (585) 473-5070 Nathaniel's Pub - 251 Exchange Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14608, (585) 232-8470 ADDITIONAL INFO: jeff@drthemag Note: 21+ show | |
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