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SUMMARY:Classic Vinyl Live w/Jeff Miers "Herbie Hancock Headhunters\, Thrust & Flood" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \n  \nClassic Vinyl Live w/Jeff Miers “Herbie Hancock Headhunters\, Thrust & Flood” \nMonday\, May 4\, 2026 7pm \n$15.00 + Online Fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/classic-vinyl-live-w-jeff-miers-herbie-hancock-headhunters-thrust-flood-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Funk,Genre,Jazz,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:"Rock Autism Benefit - Max Muscato ft. Sonny Muscato and More"- Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \n“Rock Autism Benefit – Max Muscato ft. Sonny Muscato and More” \nw/ Average At Best & Nichole Celeste & Friends \nSunday\, May 3\, 2026 3pm\, 1pm Doors \n$10ad+Online fee or $15 Day of Show \nBenefiting: Rock Autism Multimedia Vocational Program & Employment opportunities in the entertainment industry. \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/rock-autism-benefit-max-muscato-ft-sonny-muscato-and-more-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Tiger Chung Lee w/The Tradesmen - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nTiger Chung Lee w/The Tradesmen – Sportsmens \nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026 8pm $15
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/tiger-chung-lee-w-the-tradesmen-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Funk,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:The Travesties & Canela The Big Easy in Buffalo Local Series - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nThe Travesties & Canela\nThe Big Easy in Buffalo Local series\nSportsmen’s Tavern\nThursday April 30\, 5pm doors\, 7pm show\n$15 \n \n  \nThe Travesties (garage folk) & Canela (tango/string quartet)\, performing separately and together. Sally (of The Travesties) will be writing a string quartet arrangement for a Travesties original song and Vanessa (of Canela) will be writing a full rock band arrangement for a Canela original – to be performed by both bands together! \n  \nBuffalo-based folk rock band The Travesties breathe fire into folk songs old and new\, including a treasure trove of Americana and Irish music. Songwriter Tyler Bagwell is a historian with a busker’s voice in search of couplets within the notion that “history rhymes.” Fiddler Sally Schaefer is an ethnomusicologist with wide-ranging folk and traditional music interests. Together\, with bassist Patrick Jackson of Folkfaces and drummer Marc Smith of BTPM The Bridge\, they invent and reinvent songs highlighting events\, people\, and places of local and national note. \n  \nCANELA is not your ordinary quartet. Augmented by bass and percussion\, we take a fresh look at what a string ensemble can accomplish and communicate when traditional boundaries of genre and style are reimagined. \n  \nSince 2007 The Big Easy in Buffalo has brought New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture to the Western New York region several times a year for free and low-cost live performance\, as well as music education and mentoring for local musicians\, students\, and the community. Through The Big Easy in Buffalo thousands of students\, dozens of local bands\, and countless audience members in Western New York have been exposed to this unique American culture. The Big Easy in Buffalo is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature\, Erie County\, Goldfarb Financial\, Erie County Legislator Michael Kooshoian\, Buffalo.FM\, Dick & Jenny’s\, National Fuel Gas Co.\, and Sportsmen’s Tavern. \n  \nCover poster by S Schaefer\, featuring public domain art “The Old Violin” by John Frederick Peto (c. 1890).
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/the-travesties-canela-the-big-easy-in-buffalo-local-series-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:John Gallagher Jr\,  w/Casual Male & Zach Jones & The Tricky Bits - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJohn Gallagher Jr\, \nw/Casual Male & Zach Jones & The Tricky Bits \nSunday\, April 26\, 2026 7pm \n$20ad/$25door \n \n  \n \nJohn Gallagher Jr. is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter who has been seen on stage and screens both small and large. \n\n\n\n\nNotable film and TV roles include The Newsroom\, Short Term 12\, 10 Cloverfield Lane\, and Hush. He won a Tony Award for his performance in Duncan Sheik’s hit musical Spring Awakening\, portrayed the Jesus of Suburbia in the Broadway adaptation of Green Day’s Grammy winning rock opera American Idiot\, and most recently starred in Swept Away – a new musical featuring songs by The Avett Brothers. But when it comes to his music\, that’s a bit more personal.  \nBorn in the Small Wonder to folk musicians\, John wrote his first song at the ripe age of 5. Rather\, just the chorus\, as he would earnestly admit to his listeners today. In the years between he has played in a half-dozen bands ranging from roots rock to pop punk. He gigs most often as a solo performer\, wielding his Gibson J-45 and red lightning bolt strap. Taking inspiration from Prine\, Costello\, Springsteen\, Westerberg and Schlesinger – his music is raw\, honest\, and heartfelt. Emo folk rock\, if you will. \n“Write what you know – I don’t go for that\,” John joked while sharing his latest crop of songs at Rockwood Music Hall – the venue on NYCs Lower East Side that has hosted him since 2006 and released his debut album Six Day Hurricane (2016). The wry humor is par for the course at a Gallagher gig. Produced by guitarist Thad DeBrock\, this LP drew comparisons to the jangly Laurel Canyon guitars of The Byrds and the lean bar band dynamics of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Following the release\, John hit the road as an opening act for Anaïs Mitchell and Aaron Lee Tasjan.  \n2021 saw the online self release of 8th and Jane\, a short but sweet 8 song sophomore effort. It’s a fast and fierce postcard jammed with power pop rock and roll numbers\, smoothed out by several soul searching acoustic ballads. An almost tragicomic blend of the rootsy bravado and vulnerable heart-on-sleeve reflection that has become a staple of his music. \nJohn writes with an emphasis on the confessional\, cathartic\, and emotional. His third record\, Goodbye or Something\, was released on June 28th\, 2024 on the indie label Grand Phony Music. Tracked at Studio G Brooklyn and featuring Zach Jones\, Oscar Albis Rodriguez\, Chris Cubeta\, Hannah Winkler\, and Todd Caldwell\, it’s his most personal and profound LP to date. Goodbye or Something is a heart-wrenching and sometimes humorous reflection on lost love and the power of music\, familial bonds\, and a good meal to see us through.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/john-gallagher-jr-w-hannah-winkler-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Roy Orbison "Black & White Night" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens & The Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation present \nA Celebration of Roy Orbison Black & White Night \nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026 8pm $30.00 + Online fee \nProceeds to benefit The Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/a-celebration-of-roy-orbison-black-white-night-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Fundraiser,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T190000
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SUMMARY:Magnolia Boulevard - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nMagnolia Boulevard \nThursday\, April 23\, 2026 7pm \n$20.00 (+ Online fee) \n \nIf patience is a virtue\, then the current state of Magnolia Boulevard plays right into the long-held notion that sonic grandeur evolves in its own time and place — one where the Lexington\, Kentucky\, rock-n-soul act is aiming to break into a national audience ready and roaring for the quintet’s soaring talents. \n“Things happen when they’re supposed to happen\,” lead singer/guitarist Maggie Noelle says. “And I’m so proud of this music coming out now with this group of dudes — it’s like we’re finally getting what we kind of deserve.” \n“We know who we are now\, and we know what we want to do\,” adds keyboardist Ryan Allen. “We know what we want to sound like. Everybody involved is on the same path. We’ve got the same mission and we feel good about it. These songs have been cared for and thought about\, where everything is happening with intention — there’s purpose behind the music.” \nThat mission of luminous tone and honest intent is no more apparent than Magnolia Boulevard’s latest self-titled album. Captured by legendary Kentucky producer Duane Lundy\, the eight-song LP runs the gamut of genres\, all with thick threads of the blues and soul radiating from the tracks. \n“We like a lot of different things\, so let’s start a band that’s blues and soul\, the rest being whatever else we feel like adding\,” Allen says. “These are songs and stories of the struggles of Appalachian people\, these little snapshots of time of what it’s like to live around here.” \n“Inspiration comes and goes\,” Noelle adds. “I’ve realized\, in these later years of songwriting\, I tend to write about my current life and where my heart is.” \nFormed in 2017 by Noelle and Allen\, the band came together when other creative endeavors weren’t fulfilling the artistic desires and professional expectations of what the duo were envisioning. It was time to push down the gas pedal on the possibility and potential of what Magnolia Boulevard could be\, and ultimately has become — in sonic design and in the live realm. \n  \n“The sound has been described as ‘Appalachian Soul\,’ and I really like that because of our Appalachian roots\,” Noelle says. “You get a taste of folk with the songwriting portion\, but you also have that rock and soul foundation.” \nWatching Noelle under the bright lights\, her stage presence immediately conjures whispers in the audience\, where her fiery vocal talents are compared to the likes of Susan Tedeschi\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Grace Potter. And yet\, Magnolia Boulevard remains unique and steadfast in its approach. \n  \nThe powerhouse group is rounded out by Roddy Puckett (bass)\, Austin Lewis (guitar) and Brandon Johnson (drums). With this bountiful lineup\, Magnolia Boulevard has been making the rounds around Southern Appalachia and beyond\, each show an opportunity to once again justify its reputation as one of the rising\, “must see” rock shows anywhere in the country. \n\n“It feels a lot better when it is the sum of all the parts\, when you have five people all going after the same thing\,” Allen says. “We’re not sacrificing or compromising anything\, and in a way that we maybe had before. It feels like we’re got something substantial here that we’re really proud of.” \n“Everybody in the band is also interpreting the lyrics and showing emotion\, because they’re into it\, too\,” Noelle adds. “They feel the same emotions\, and there’s something magic about it [when we’re playing].” \nAnd as Magnolia Boulevard grows and evolves into a national act\, the core essence and melodic attitude of the unit will proudly reside in the rich\, vibrant music scene of its native Lexington and greater Kentucky. \n“In Kentucky\, we’ve got a little bit of everything\, and we just have this real sense of community\,” Noelle says. “Everybody has always been supportive of each other’s projects\, no matter the genre\, and I think that’s important.” \n“There’s also this feeling of gratitude\,” Allen adds. “More and more\, I’ll just catch myself feeling really thankful for where we are. It comes from what we’ve gone through\, and being able to persevere through it — it makes it even better when you wind up on the other side.” \nWith the new record appearing on the horizon and an upcoming tour running up and down the East Coast\, what remains for Magnolia Boulevard is this deep\, renewed sense of purpose — one held and shared with any and all who happen to happily wander into their musical landscape. \n“Playing live is what we crave\,” Noelle says. “[Onstage]\, we escape to a place where we can all be free\, leaving fears and anxieties at the door\, forgetting yesterday’s troubles — it’s a form of therapy at this point to just lay it all out.” \n  \n\n“The first time I saw Maggie sing\, I knew we had a chance to reach a lot of people\,” Allen adds. “We’ve come a long way since that first rehearsal. Different band members. Broken down vans. Empty dive bars. We’re both happier now with this band than we’ve ever been.” \n  \nhttps://www.instagram.com/magnoliaboulevardband \nhttps://www.facebook.com/magnoliaboulevardband \nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@magnoliaboulevard \nhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/2HuE4rpmVTe7TPb5h1ZD3X?si=CRTfcX7gTG-TfRxzZiXMXQ \nhttps://www.youtube.com/@MagnoliaBoulevard/featured
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/magnolia-boulevard-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:ONE8FIFTY: TENTH ANNUAL "BENEFIT for ORGAN DONATION" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nONE8FIFTY: TENTH ANNUAL “BENEFIT for ORGAN DONATION” \nSunday April 19th. Doors open at 1:30 showtime 2pm. Tickets $20 + Online Fee \n \nFeaturing: The Kensington’s w/ Cheryl Farris; \nThe FM Band; \nThe Thurman Brothers Band; \nThe Informers; \nThe Twang Gang w/ Special Guests \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/one8fifty-tenth-annual-benefit-for-organ-donation-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Blues,Classic Rock,Country,Fundraiser,Genre,Jazz,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T230000
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SUMMARY:The SURFRAJETTES The "Road Dogs" Tour with Bethlehem Shalom - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nThe SURFRAJETTES The “Road Dogs” Tour \nwith Bethlehem Shalom \nSaturday\, April 18. 2026 8pm $20.00 + Onlie fee \n \nWhat’s thicker\, our eyeliner or our guitar strings? \nThe Surfrajettes are a four-piece instrumental combo from Toronto\, ON\, Canada.  Since forming in late 2015\, the band has charmed audiences with their clever mix of  psychedelic rock and reverb-drenched surf music\, sky-high beehives\, go-go boots\, and eyeliner as thick as their guitar strings. \nThe band achieved viral online notoriety from their home-made performance videos and their feature by Norman’s Rare Guitars in LA. The \ndebut 45 single “Party Line / Toxic” released late 2018 on Hi-Tide Recordings to immediate success. The band has toured extensively in \nits  support\, including performances on The Beach Boys Cruise\, The Melissa Etheridge Cruise\, at Sea.Hear.Now\, Nashville Boogie\, Wild \nO Fest in Mexico City\, The\, Surf Guitar 101Convention\, Tiki Oasis & Hi Tide Summer Holiday: Asbury Park. \nThey spent the rest of 2020 and most of 2021writing and recording their debut LP  “Roller Fink” from Hi-Tide Recordings / Virgin Music\, that released in 2022. Amidst  touring throughout the last few years in Canada\, the U.S.A\, and Europe\, they wrote  their highly anticipated second LP\, “Easy as Pie”\, which released in October\, 2025. \nThe Surfrajettes are guitarists Shermy Freeman and Nicole Damoff\, bassist Abby Jo  Powell\, and drummer Annie Lillis. When not on tour\, the group is busy woodshedding  in their secret beach hut\, sewing new miniskirts\, debating vintage gear\, and  daydreaming about performing in a Quentin Tarantino movie. \nBethlehem Shalom \nHailing from the remote wilds of Bathtub\, Alaska\, and now residing in the vibrant city of Los Angeles\, Bethlehem Shalom is a soulful singer-songwriter and producer blending timeless soul and blues with futuristic pop sensibilities. \nDubbing her sound “Space Age Soul Pop\,”Bethlehem draws inspiration from legends like James Brown\, Sly and the Family Stone\, and Shannon and the Clams. \nWith a musical journey beginning at a young age\, Bethlehem honed her craft through formal training at The LA Recording School for Music Production and years of live performances\, sharing stages with notable acts like Medium Build\, Magic Giant\, Lovely the Band\, and featuring at Angry Young and Poor Festival and Sundown Festival. When not creating\, Bethlehem indulges in vintage fashion\, collecting and sewing eclectic pieces from old patterns\, reflecting her unique artistic vision. \n  \nWebsite \nYoutube \nFacebook \nInstagram \nTwitter/X https://x.com/thesurfrajettes \nSpotify
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/the-surfrajettes-the-road-dogs-tour-with-bethlehem-shalom-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T190000
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SUMMARY:Yarn - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nYarn \nWednesday\, April 15\, 2026 7pm \n$25.00 \n \nYou might expect a band that calls itself Yarn to\, naturally\, tend to spin a yarn or two. “That’s what we do\, we tell stories\, live and in the studio\, truth and fiction”\,singer/songwriter Blake Christiana insists. “We don’t always opt for consistency. There’s a different vibe onstage from what comes through in our recordings. There’s a difference in every show as well\, you never know what you’re going to get.” \n  \nYarn’s ability to persevere ought to come as no great surprise\, especially for a band that spent two years honing their chops during a Monday night residency at the famed Kenny’s Castaway in New York’s Greenwich Village. In effect\, it allowed them to rehearse onstage\, mostly in front of audiences that often ranged in size from five to a hundred people on any given night. 10 studio albums followed — Yarn (2007)\, Empty Pockets (2008)\, Leftovers Part One (2009)\, Come On In (2010)\, Leftovers Part 2 (2011)\, Almost Home (2012)\, Shine the Light On (2013)\, This Is The Year (2016)\, and Lucky 13 parts 1 & 2 (2019). The band then took to the road\, playing upwards of 170 shows a year and sharing stages with such superstars as Dwight Yoakam\, Charlie Daniels\,  Railroad Earth\, Marty Stuart\, Allison Krauss\, Leon Russell\, Jim Lauderdale\, Leftover Salmon\, Amos Lee\, The Lumineers and many more. They performed at any number of prestigious venues — Mountain Stage\, Daytrotter\, the Orange Peel in Asheville\, the Fox Theater in Boulder\, the 9:30 Club in D.C\, South by Southwest\, the Strawberry Festival\, Rhythm and Roots\, Meadowgrass\, Floydfest and so much more\, eventually surpassing 1\,000 shows\, half a million miles and performances in nearly every state. They’ve driven nonstop\, made countless radio station appearances\, driven broken-down RVs and watched as their van caught fire. They’ve paid their dues and then some\, looking forward even as they were forced to glance behind. \n  \nIndeed\, the accolades piled up quickly along the way. They have landed on the Grammy ballot 4 times\, garnered nods from the Americana Music Association\, placed top five on both Radio and Records and the AMA album charts\, garnered airplay on Sirius XM\, iTunes\, Pandora\, CNN\, and CMT\, been streamed millions of times on Spotify\, Apple Music\, and Amazon\, and also accorded the “Download of the Day” from Rolling Stone. Shine the Light On found shared songwriting credits with John Oates (the Oates of Hall & Oates fame)\, and when audiences expressed their admiration\, it brought the band a populist cult following of diehard devotees\, popularly known as “the Yarmy.” \n  \nIt’s proof positive that the Brooklyn and Raleigh based band have made their mark\, and in dealing with their emotions\, scars and circumstances\, they find themselves in a position to share those experiences with others who have juggled similar sentiments. \n  \nAs Yarn look forward to their next 2 studio releases in 2023\, Blake looks to establish himself more as the songwriter he’s always been\, and not the pseudo bluegrass band\, bar band or jam band\, that Yarn often gets immediately lumped into.  Although all those elements of music exist in the Yarn catalogue and their live performances\, Blake’s number one priority is and always has been “the song”.  These next 2 releases are without a doubt Blake’s most personal\, polished\, and best of Yarn’s career so far. \n  \nThe beginning of the journey to these 2 albums began around April of 2022 when Blake booked a solo show at The Down Home in Johnson City\, TN (a nod to Townes Van Zandt’s 1986 live show there and ultimate release) with the intention of making a live record.  But he wanted it to be songs none of the fans and attendees had ever heard before. The problem was he hadn’t written most of them yet.  He was at his crossroads\, uninspired\, bored\, exhausted and fairly insecure about his entire career up to that point. But he got to work\, and got more inspired with each new song he wrote.  These songs all tell a story individually but they also tell a story as a whole\, a songwriter and musician ready to dive deeper into the music and the art for a greater result that he believes most anyone can appreciate\, relate to and enjoy. 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/yarn-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T170000
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UID:1214-1776013200-1776024000@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Igor & The Red Elvises w/Captain Tom & The Hooligans - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nIgor & The Red Elvises \nw/Captain Tom & The Hooligans \nSunday\, April 12\, 2026 3pm Doors\, 5pm Show \n$20.00+Online fee \n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/igor-the-red-elvises-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260225T165012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T165012Z
UID:1192-1775937600-1775948400@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Sue Foley - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nSue Foley \nSaturday\, April 11\, 2026 8pm \n$30.00 + online fee General Admission \n$80.00 + online fee VIP Meet & Greet \nPre-show Meet & Greet with Sue Foley includes: \n1 Official Sue Foley merch bundle \nEarly admission to the venue \n$70 retail value \n \n \nGRAMMY? nominee\, Sue Foley delivers her own brand of high energy\, guitar driven Texas blues along with her band.  Foley’s seasoned rhythm section responds to her every move as she sways\, rocks\, and digs in deep with equal parts ease and intensity. \n  \n“Foley has a killer voice\, an impossibly alluring blend of sex and innocence to go with those blazing guitar chops.” Philadelphia Inquirer \n  \n“Sue Foley has a way of making the blues explode from the bandstand.” Americana Highways \n  \n“Lively it is!…Straight from the hip and from the heart groovaliciousness. Rock on!”–Billy F Gibbons\, ZZ TOP \n  \nPlease Note that the artists have a 3 hour window to complete the show. This does not mean the performance will be 3 hours in length. \n  \nALL SALES FINAL \n  \nREFUNDS ISSUED AT DISCRETION OF VENUE LESS SERVICE FEES
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/sue-foley-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20251210T140333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T140333Z
UID:1052-1775851200-1775862000@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Chris Knight - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nChris Knight \nAcoustic Trio Show \nFriday\, April 10\, 2026 6pm $30.00 + Online fee \n6pm Doors\, 8pm Show \n \n  \n \n  \nAfter 23 years as a recording artist\, singer-songwriter Chris Knight remains boldly empowered to make music that always delivers the unflinching truth. In fact\, the man raised in Slaughters\, Kentucky uses a simple\, direct barometer to regularly check his muse: “If I can’t believe myself\, I won’t sing the song.” \n  \nThat brutally honest\, no-frills philosophy fits his Americana-fueled\, backwoods-grown merger of folk\, country\, and rock. It’s been at the backbone of nine studio albums\, beginning with 1998’s acclaimed self-titled debut and traveling through scorchers such as the one-two punch of 2001’s A Pretty Good Guy and 2003’s The Jealous Kind\, two demo-styled discs (2007’s The Trailer Tapes and 2009’s Trailer II)\, and the recent\, electric guitar-fortified opus\, 2019’s Almost Daylight. \nBecause Knight’s music has always sat outside of the mainstream\, onstage is where he makes his fans one show at a time. It is exactly where his searing tales of rural characters\, fringe survivors\, and tumultuous small-town existence find a captivated audience. A few edgy\, raw gems that immediately come to mind are “It Ain’t Easy Being Me\,” “Carla Came Home\,” “I’m William Callahan\,” and “Everybody’s Lonely Now\,” the latter two from Almost Daylight.  \n  \n“I’ve written songs about a lot of different things going all the way back to my first record\,” he says\, “and some folks still think ‘somebody kills somebody’ is all I write about.” \n  \nWhat Knight writes about is what he knows. He was raised in mining country\, so it’s no surprise that he would earn a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University and then work as a mine reclamation inspector and then miner’s consultant. But eventually his passion for writing songs and playing guitar\, both inspired by his musical hero\, the late John Prine\, led him to chronicle his surroundings in words and music.  \n  \n“I came from a big family and grew up in the woods six miles from two small towns\, so there were a lot of stories\,” he says. “There were always a lot of ideas to write about.” \nThose ideas have earned Knight praise from publications such as The New York Times (“the last of a dying breed…a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree”) and USA Today (“a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen”)\, to name a few. Like his beloved Prine\, whom Knight duets with on Prine’s chestnut “Mexican Home\,” the cut that closes Almost Daylight\, Knight fits comfortably in Texas honky-tonks\, downtown Nashville venues\, and cool Manhattan rock clubs. \nIt’s no wonder that Knight has single-handedly scraped a reputation as one of America’s most uncompromising and respected singer-songwriters through 23 years and nine studio albums. He’s done this minus fanfare and artifice. The native son of Slaughters\, Kentucky (population: 238) only sings songs he believes. He also speaks only when he has a potent message. \n“If I don’t have something worth saying\, I’m not opening my mouth. I haven’t suited everybody\, but every time I get a new fan it tells me I’m doing something right. I think all my records have set a precedent\, if only for me at the very least. I just want people to think the latest one stands up to everything else I’ve done.”
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/chris-knight-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Singer Songwriter,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T220000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260307T020506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T020506Z
UID:1219-1775761200-1775772000@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:A Night of Funk Improv - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nA Night of Funk Improv \nThursday\, April 9\, 2026 \nWith DP\, George Puleo\, Kenny Hawkins\, Rod Bonner & Chuck Brown \n$20ad(+Online fee) $25 at the door
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/a-night-of-funk-improv-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260313T233448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T233448Z
UID:1235-1775332800-1775343600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:John Prine Tribute - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJohn Prine Tribute \nSaturday\, April 4\, 2026 8pm $20.00 + Online fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/john-prine-tribute-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260311T065109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T065109Z
UID:1228-1775332800-1775343600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Silent Legacy A Tribute to the Music of Melissa Etheridge - The Cave
DESCRIPTION:The Cave presents \nSilent Legacy A Tribute to the Music of Melissa Etheridge \nSaturday\, April 4\, 2026 7pm Doors/8pm Show $10.00 + Online Fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/silent-legacy-a-tribute-to-the-music-of-melissa-etheridge-the-cave-2/
LOCATION:The Cave\, 71 Military Road\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20251210T135909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T135909Z
UID:1049-1774983600-1774987200@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Danielle Nicole - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nDanielle Nicole \nTuesday\, March 31\, 2026 $25.00 \n5pm Doors\, 7pm Show \n \n  \n \n  \n“That girl gets down to the nitty gritty.” Koko Taylor  \n  \nDanielle Nicole\, singer\, bassist and songwriter hailing from Kansas City\, Missouri\, has spent her life making music and pleasing fans\, domestically and abroad. Nicole was initially influenced by her parents playing in bands and working around the KC music scene. She recalls seeing her father playing blues guitar and her mother singing with the group Little Eva and The Works and it set off a switch. With her two brothers\, Nick and Kris\, they formed the “Heavy Blues” band Trampled Under Foot\, which found initial popularity in the Midwest\, then exploded worldwide for over 10 years.  \n  \nThere has been no shortage of praise; Guitar World stated\, “Danielle Nicole has won respect and admiration throughout the American blues scene for her soulful\, inventive playing and tireless work ethic.” Blues Music Magazine effused\, “Nicole brings it\, bakes it\, and serves it up blazing on a silver soul-rocking platter.” The Kansas City Star declared\, “Blues and soul vocalists tend to improve as they age. Bettye LaVette is among the artists who became increasingly believable as she matured. Danielle Nicole appears to be following in her footsteps.” \nDanielle embarked on her solo career with Wolf Den (2015)\, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Blues charts and amassed 7.5 million Spotify streams. Cry No More (2018) followed\, the record was nominated for a Grammy in the contemporary blues category and debuted at number one in the Billboard Blues Charts – it also boasts over Spotify streams in excess of 10 million. The Love You Bleed(2024) has amassed over 1.2 MILLION streams in the less than a year since its release on Forty Below Records. After receiving 8 Blues Music Awards over her career for Bass Player and Female Contemporary Artist of the Year Nicole is just getting warmed up.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/danielle-nicole-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260302T215701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T215701Z
UID:1200-1774800000-1774810800@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Central Groove Concert to Benefit The Eighth District Dental Foundation - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nCentral Groove \nConcert to Benefit The Eighth District Dental Foundation \nSunday\, March 29\, 2026 2pm Doors\, 4pm Show \n$25.00 + Online Fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/central-groove-concert-to-benefit-the-eighth-district-dental-foundation-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T233000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260107T064841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T064841Z
UID:1091-1773435600-1773444600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Gabe Stillman - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nGabe Stillman \nFriday\, March 13\, 2026 \n9pm $20.00 + online fee \n \n \nThe Gabe Stillman Band hits the stage in high gear and only goes higher as they embrace all corners of American Roots Music. \nSince landing in the final 8 of the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN\, and further honored as the recipient of the esteemed Gibson Guitar Award\, Gabe and his band have been focused on expanding their footprint on a national and international level. \nIndustry professionals have taken notice as evident by Gabe’s invitation to support ZZ Top at the famed Key West Amphitheater and as a Blues Music Award nominee in the Best New Emerging Artist Album category. \n“One of the most promising young blues talents on the scene today. He’s a fine songwriter\, excellent guitarist and strong singer\, plus he puts on an exciting\, energized show. His talent has grown by leaps and bounds over the last couple years. Don’t miss him!”  – Bruce Iglauer\, Founder and President\, Alligator Records.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/gabe-stillman-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260302T195407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T195407Z
UID:1197-1772985600-1772996400@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:The Motown Funk & Stax Show w/Critts Juke Joint - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nThe Motown Funk & Stax Show \nSunday\, March 8\, 2026 4pm\, 2pm doors \n$10ad/$15door
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/the-motown-funk-stax-show-w-critts-juke-joint-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20251211T172713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T172713Z
UID:1055-1772870400-1772902800@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Tribute to Shane MacGowan & The Pogues - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nA Tribute to Shane MacGowan & The Pogues \nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026 8pm $20.00+Online fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/tribute-to-shane-macgowan-the-pogues-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260126T084028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T084028Z
UID:1130-1772308800-1772319600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Organ Fairchild BOOM! Album Release Party - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nOrgan Fairchild BOOM! Album Release Party \nSaturday\, February 28\, 2026 8pm $15ad/$20door \n \n  \n \n  \nOrgan Fairchild BOOM! Album Release Party Saturday February 28\, 2026 Doors 7pm | Show 8pm $15 in advance or $20 day of show \n  \nAdvance tickets recommended for this one! Come celebrate the release of “BOOM!\,” the fourth full-length album from Buffalo’s “fast-rising instrumental band Organ Fairchild” (Live For Live Music). Recorded\, mixed and co-produced by Justin Guip (Hot Tuna\, Levon Helm) and mastered by Alan Evans (Soulive)\, BOOM! follows up 2024’s “Songs We Didn’t Write” project which debuted at #1 on the National Relix/Jambands.com Radio Charts. \n  \nThe band will be touring nationally throughout the month of March in support of the new album – let’s send them off with a bang!! \n  \nABOUT THE BAND: Hailed as a “fast-rising band” by Live For Live Music\, and a group that’s “making waves in the scene” by JamBase\, Organ Fairchild craft their organ-trio-meets-rock-band sound — described as “adventurous\, vital and alive” by Glide Magazine — by synthesizing influences ranging from The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers to The Meters\, Steely Dan and Medeski Martin & Wood. And when they’re on stage completely captivating an audience without a bass player – and nobody singing – there is no confusing them for any other artist on today’s scene. As Atlanta’s FunkCity writes\, “Get ready to be bowled over by this terrific trio – old school funk fusion with new era notions of jam.”
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/organ-fairchild-boom-album-release-party-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260205T082236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T082236Z
UID:1148-1772222400-1772233200@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Blues For Greeny The Music of Peter Green - SPORTSMENS
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nBlues For Greeny The Music of Peter Green \nFriday\, February 27\, 2026 8pm \n$20.00 (+Online fee) \n \n  \n \nThe American live performing tribute band dedicated to the legacy and influence of the late great guitar hero: Peter Green. Reviving an iconic era of British Blues and 60’s Psychedelia with the original Fleetwood Mac\, Blues For Greeny takes to the stage with the early album’s covers of Elmore James\, B.B. King\, and Howlin Wolf\, and lights up the crowd with all the classic rock songs of Peter Green and his counterparts – Jeremy Spencer\, Danny Kirwan\, John McVie\, and Mick Fleetwood. From the blues rock of “Oh Well” and “The Green Manalishi”\, to the dreamy guitar ballads of “Albatross” and “Need Your Love So Bad”\, experience the black magic live in a channeling of the Green God for modern day audiences and original fans alike. \n\n\n\n\nLed by guitarist & singer Daniel “Dude” Cervantes\, known for his work with seminal California psych rock groups Howlin Rain\, MRS. HENRY\, and The Band Official and Robbie Robertson sanctioned tribute Chest Fever\, Blues For Greeny features on guitar Dylan Donovan of Sacri Monti\, the heavy shuffle drums of Justin De La Vega\, and the walking roots bass & vocals of ginger haired Ryan Grenda. Together\, the four re-create the red hot blues and twin lead guitars of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac with their own fiery spirit. It’s fast\, mean\, and full of admiration for the timeless sound of the blues and rock n roll.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/blues-for-greeny-the-music-of-peter-green-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260205T082646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T082646Z
UID:1151-1771776000-1771786800@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Relics Plays The Music Of Pink Floyd - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nRelics Plays The Music Of Pink Floyd \nSunday\, February 22\, 2026 4pm \n$15.00ad/$20.00 door \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/relics-plays-the-music-of-pink-floyd-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T230000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20260108T192224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T192224Z
UID:1103-1771617600-1771628400@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band wsg. Banjo Juice Jazz Band - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens & The Big Easy In Buffalo presents \nC.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band \nwsg. Banjo Juice Jazz Band – The Big Easy in Buffalo 19th Annual Mardi Gras Jam \nFriday\, February 20\, 2026 \n6pm Doors\, 8pm Showtime \n$20ad(+online fee) $25 at the Door \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \nC.J. Chenier\, a Creole born and raised in an indigenous American culture with its distinct language\, cuisine and music\, delivers a soulful vocal and accordion! Chenier\, a GRAMMY® nominated world renowned musician and recording artist\, has performed alongside many internationally recognized artists including his GRAMMY® awarded father\, Clifton Chenier “The King of Zydeco”\, Paul Simon\, Joe Sample and Ray Parker\, Jr.\, The Gin Blossoms\, and John Mayall. He has appeared on the Jon Stewart Show\, CNN and was featured on VH1 and Entertainment Weekly. C.J. has exhibited his musicianship at many large festival venues such as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival\, Chicago Blues Festival and Austin’s SxSW Music Conference. In addition to a GRAMMY® award nomination in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category\, C.J. has received many major awards inclusive of the Living Blues Critics’ Poll Award\, Indie Award (from AFIM) for Best Zydeco Album\, Coups de Coeur (Blows of Heart) Blues Category Award from l’Académie Charles Cros (France) and Best of the Beat Best Zydeco Album (Offbeat Magazine).\n  \n\nBanjo Juice Jazz Band: Call it what you want! “Hot jazz” or “Trad jazz” or “New Orleans jazz” or just “Jass”. It’s just fun music. It makes you dance\, cry\, laugh\, and hopefully feel something. It’s raw\, organic and infectiously joyful or melancholy. This supergroup is made up of recognizable musicians from various bands throughout Western New York with a shared love of those old-timey songs from way back when\, led by Vocalist\, Banjoist\, & Guitarist Tyler Westcott (of Folkfaces). \n\n  \nSince 2007 The Big Easy in Buffalo has brought New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture to the Western New York region several times a year for free and low cost live performance\, as well as music education and mentoring for local musicians\, students\, and the community. Through The Big Easy in Buffalo thousands of students\, dozens of local bands\, and countless audience members in Western New York have been exposed to this unique American culture. The Big Easy in Buffalo is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature\, Erie County\, Goldfarb Financial\, Buffalo.FM\, National Fuel\, Dick & Jenny’s\, and Sportsmen’s Tavern.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/c-j-chenier-the-red-hot-louisiana-band-wsg-banjo-juice-jazz-band-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,New Orleans,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Zydeco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T003734
CREATED:20251031T063504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T063504Z
UID:972-1771174800-1771185600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Tinsley Ellis - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nTinsley Ellis \nSunday\, February 15\, 2025 $25.00 \n3pm Doors\, 5pm Show \n \n  \n \n  \nTinsley Ellis – Naked Truth \n  \nBio written by Marc Lipkin \n  \n“An exciting\, emotional guitarist and a strong\, evocative songwriter…One of modern blues’ greatest performers.” –Vintage Guitar\n  \n“A legend of American blues music…An American music treasure…Ellis delivers a sermon on the power and glory of the blues.” –Premier Guitar\n  \n“Powerful\, spine-tingling guitar and gritty\, soulful vocals.” –Relix \n  \nAccording to Atlanta-based blues guitarist\, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis\, his new\, first-ever solo acoustic album\, Naked Truth\, is both “a departure and an arrival.” Ellis has been recording and travelling the world for over four decades\, delivering his feral\, guitar-fueled\, original electric blues-rock to ever-growing audiences at concert halls\, festivals\, and clubs. Naked Truth is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters\, Skip James\, Son House\, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke. To the casual fan\, this might seem to be a new direction\, but for Ellis\, it’s an extension of his music\, as he taps into the raw essence of the blues. “This is a record I’ve always wanted to make\, and one that my longtime fans have been asking for\,” he says\, noting he’s included an acoustic mini-set in his concert performances for years. In the last 12 months\, Ellis has already performed over 100 solo shows\, many as co-bills with his Alligator label-mate Marcia Ball. “I’m having so much fun playing these shows\,” he says. \n  \nOn Naked Truth (his 21stalbum)\, Ellis swaps his blistering\, guitar-fueled full band workouts for equally passionate\, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. His famed guitar chops and musical creativity are on full display throughout the album’s 12 songs\, including nine newly written originals. Naked Truth was produced by Ellis\, with the foot-stomping cover of Son House’s Death Letter Blues produced by Atlanta roots musician Eddie 9V. The album was recorded live in the studio using Ellis’ beloved 1969 Martin D-35 (a gift from his father) and his 1937 National Steel O Series guitars. Whether intricately fingerpicking the Martin or playing hair-raising slide on the National Steel\, Ellis delivers each song with unvarnished intimacy. \n  \nThe opener\, Ellis’ original Devil In The Room\, comes from an expression Ellis’ close friend\, the late Col. Bruce Hampton\, would tell his musicians just before a show was about to begin (“We’re here to put the devil in the room\,” he’d say). From the original\, Skip James-inspired Windowpaneto the Delta-styled Tallahassee Blues\, to the humorous Grown Ass Man\, Ellis goes deep\, singing and playing the blues’ honest truths. The inclusion of four introspective instrumentals (including a transcendent cover of Leo Kottke’s A Soldier’s Grave On The Prairie\, a song he’s been playing live for almost 50 years) adds even more depth and substance to an album overflowing with riches. Each song carries the weight\, experience and hard-earned wisdom Ellis learned over four decades on the road\, infusing Naked Truth with an emotional authenticity that is palpable from start to finish. \n  \nTinsley Ellis has been immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta 1957 and raised in southern Florida\, he acquired his first guitar at age seven\, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. He took to guitar instantly\, developing and sharpening his skills as he grew up. Like many kids his age\, Ellis discovered the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds\, The Animals\, Cream and The Rolling Stones as well as Southern rockers like The Allman Brothers. One afternoon after high school in 1972\, he and a friend were listening to Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield’s Super Session record when his friend’s older brother told them that\, if they liked Super Session\, they should go see B.B. King\, who was in town that week. Tinsley saw that show from the very front row. As fate would have it\, King broke a guitar string while playing\, and after changing it without missing a beat\, he handed the broken string to young Tinsley. And yes\, Tinsley still has that string. \n  \nLess than three years later\, Ellis\, already an accomplished teenaged musician\, left Florida and moved to Atlanta. He soon joined a hard-driving local blues band\, the Alley Cats. In 1981\, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson\, Tinsley formed The Heartfixers\, a group that would become Atlanta’s top-drawing blues band. After cutting four Heartfixers albums (three for the Landslide label)\, Ellis was ready to step out on his own. \n  \nGeorgia Blue\, Tinsley’s first Alligator release\, hit the unprepared public by surprise in 1988\, as press and radio brought his music to more people than ever before. His next four releases—1989’s Fanning The Flames\, 1992’s Trouble Time\, 1994’s Storm Warning\, and 1997’s Fire It Up—further grew his reputation as well as his audience. (His song A Quitter Never Wins\, a highlight of Storm Warning\, was recorded by Jonny Lang\, selling almost two million copies.) Features and reviews ran in The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, and in many other national and regional publications. And he backed it all up performing hundreds of nights per year. Rolling Stonedeclared\, “Feral blues guitar…non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…his eloquence dazzles…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.” \n  \nIn the early 2000s\, Ellis released albums on Capricorn Records and on Telarc\, returning to Alligator in 2005 with Live–Highwayman\, which captured the fifth-gear energy of his roof-raising live show. He followed it with two more incendiary studio albums\, 2007’s Moment Of Truthand 2009’s Speak No Evil. He self-released four successful albums on his own Heartfixer label before coming back home to Alligator in 2018. That year\, he released the fan favorite Winning Hand\, followed by 2020’s Ice Cream In Hell just before the pandemic sidelined all touring. With 2022’s Devil May Care\, Ellis embarked on another relentless\, coast-to-coast tour\, further cementing his reputation as one of the most prolific and exciting blues rockers on the scene. \n  \nTinsley Ellis has brought his music to fans live in person to all 50 United States\, as well as in Canada\, across Europe\, Australia and South America. He’s earned the love and respect of many of his fellow musicians\, having shared stages with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram\, The Allman Brothers\, Warren Haynes\, Oliver Wood\, Buddy Guy\, the Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Gov’t Mule\, Widespread Panic\, and more. Over the years\, legends including Otis Rush\, James Cotton\, Gregg Allman\, Jimmy Buffett\, Son Seals\, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins invited Ellis to join them on stage. Mega-star guitarist Joe Bonamassa calls Ellis “a national treasure.” \n  \nNow\, with Naked Truth\, Ellis will bring his music directly to his fans. “Two guitars and a car\,” he says of the simplicity of his North American touring situation. “When folks come to see me\, I’ll have the guitars I used on the record with me\, so what fans hear on the album is what they’ll get live. It’s not easy. Now I’m the whole band and there’s nowhere to hide. It’s scary every single time I go up on stage alone. But nothing could be more honest.” \n  \nNaked Truth is a revelation. Stripped of the electric fervor that defined his previous works\, Ellis’ acoustic music carries a rawness that speaks directly from his soul. The songs unveil another side of Tinsley Ellis\, but one that is totally recognizable to his fans. His gruff\, full-throated vocals intertwine seamlessly with the bare\, acoustic arrangements\, creating an album that is both timeless and immediate. No Depression says\, “Ellis shines. When the tempo slows\, the intensity doesn’t waver.” Blues Music Magazine states\, “Tinsley Ellis is a powerful and commanding presence. His music is impossible not to enjoy.”
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LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Flannel Mafia - The Cave
DESCRIPTION:The Cave presents \nFlannel Mafia \nSaturday\, January 31\, 2026 $10 + Online fee \n7pm Doors\, 8pm Show \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/flannel-mafia-the-cave/
LOCATION:The Cave\, 71 Military Road\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:The Travesties "Bob Dylans Desire" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nThe Travesties “Bob Dylans Desire” \nSaturday\, January 31\, 2026 8pm \n$15ad/$20door \n \n  \n \n\nA tribute to Bob Dylan’s 1976 album Desire for its 50 year anniversary! Performed by The Travesties (Sally Schaefer & Tyler Bagwell with full band) plus extra guests\, playing songs from Desire as well as favorites from the 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Revue.\n\n\nThe band: Sally Schaefer (violin\, vocals)\, Tyler Bagwell (guitar\, harmonica\, vocals)\, Patrick Jackson of Folkfaces (bass)\, Marc Smith of BTPM The Bridge (drums)\, Cathy Carfagna (keys\, accordion\, vocals)\, Dave Meinzer (lead guitar\, vocals)\, Jamie Sunshine (congas\, auxiliary percussion\, vocals).
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/the-travesties-bob-dylans-desire-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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SUMMARY:Albert Lee - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nAlbert Lee \n \n  \n \nSaturday\, January 24\, 2026 8pm $30.00 \nDouble Grammy winner with Earl Scruggs and Brad Paisley\, Albert Lee has played with everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis to Eric Clapton\, to the Everly Brothers to Emmylou Harris.  He was a member of The Crickets in the post-Buddy Holly era\, and forged an impressive solo career along the way. \nAlbert is out on the road in 2025/26 performing tracks from his newest album\, “Lay It Down” recorded at the legendary Konk Studios in London.From Mark Knopfler’s blistering Setting Me Up to Jimmy Webb’s soaring piano ballad Too Young To Die\, to The Everly Brothers’ storming hit The Price Of Love\, Albert’s latest album sees his triumphant return to the studio\, recording live\, as one of the greatest guitarists ever. \nDon’t miss the man known as “Mr. Telecaster\,” one of the legendary guitarists of rock and roll\, rockabilly and country music.\n“The ultimate virtuoso. His skill is extraordinary\, his ear is extraordinary and he’s gifted on just about every level.” – Eric Clapton\n“When Saint Peter asks me to chronicle my time down here on earth\, I’ll be able to say – with pride if that’s allowed – that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee.” – Emmylou Harris\n\nhttps://albertleeofficial.com/
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/albert-lee-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:John Riggi A Night of Blues & R&B - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens Presents \nJohn Riggi A Night of Blues & R&B \nSunday\, January 18\, 2026 4pm $10 \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/john-riggi-a-night-of-blues-rb-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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