Category Archives: Past Shows

The Felice Brothers with Wily Mason

+ Felice Brothers
++ Wily Mason
Wednesday, September 2nd
The German House
7pm
$12 presale, $14 at the door
Presale tickets can be bought at The German House / The Keg, Abeline and Metro Retro.
We’ve had some fantastic shows recently, and this next one is not to be missed. The Felice Brothers are coming back to Rochester for a night […]

Cale Parks & Lemonade

Tuesday, August 25th @ 8pm
The Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
$8 21+, $10 18+

Cale Parks is a favorite in Rochester, and if you have not had a chance to see him solo, you don’t want to miss him. He is the go-to drummer for bands like White Williams, Passion Pit and Chin Up, […]

Gang Gang Dance & Hex Message

Monday, August 3rd @ 8pm
The Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
$10 21+, $12 18+
Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance is an experimental music group based out of NYC. Started as an improv band, Gang Gang Dance has gradually incorporated structure, melody and elements of pop into their music. In between touring with bands such […]

Cursive & The Love Language

Thursday, July 30th @ 7pm
The Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
$14 21+, $16 18+
Cursive
Cursive is an indie rock band from Omaha Nebraska. Formed in 1995, Cursive has released six full length albums under the Saddle Creek label. In a review of their latest album, Mama, I’m Swollen, Cursive is described by Rolling Stone […]

Yeasayer, Ponytail & Phantogram

Wednesday, July 15th @ 8PM
The Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
$10 21+, $12 18+
Yeasayer
Self described as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” and “Enya with bounce,” Yeasayer is an experimental rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Yeasayer has played at such festivals as SXSW, Lollapalooza and Roskilde. Their 2007 debut LP, All Hour Cymbals, is described by Pitchfork […]

Garotas Suecas!

Monday, January 19th, 8pm
Garotas Suecas (sao paulo, brazil)
+ DJing by LouLou & Michael
$8, 10 for unders

Blitzen Trapper, Alela Diane & Gregory Paul at the Bug Jar

+ Blitzen Trapper
++ Alela Diane
+++ Gregory Paul
Tuesday, Februrary 24th
8pm
$10/12
Buy Tickets Here
Blitzen Trapper are a Sub Pop band from Portland Oregon who recently opened for Iron and Wine. I had the good fortune to see them in Buffalo and was entirely blown away with the range and depth of their songs. Their music is folky, Dylanesque, […]

Drinking Whiskey from a Rubber Boot: The Felice Brothers

~Olga L.
We’ve had some fantastic shows recently, and this next one is not to be missed. The Felice Brothers are coming up for a night of Folk-Rock, Cajun and Carnivalia. Just two years old, the band has received quite a bit of notice on everything from NPR to Pitchfork to the best of the musical […]

Fredrik

Monday, November 10th, 8 p.m.
Bug Jar, $5
Fredrik (sweden)
+ Andy Gilmore (rochester)
++ DJing by Michael Neault
Fredrik - 1986

Fredrik - Hei Hei

Fredrik - Angora Sleepwalking

Fredrik -

Stereogum - Band to Watch - The band says “Black Fur” is about “small wooden labyrinths, luck and the nature of animosity,” and “Alina’s Place” is about “failing to […]

Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise at the Bug Jar October 17th

+ The Music Tapes (Julian Koster)
++October 17th
+++The Bug Jar
$10|12
Doors at 9pm
Click here for tickets.
We couldn’t be more excited to be presenting this one of a kind show. Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel will be bringing his gang of fellow musicians, a 7 foot metronome and some other pretty impressive instruments, the likes of which […]