2012 Niagara Frontier summer concert activities

Note:  $$$$First Niagara Tuesday’s @ New York State Artpark  = $5.00 Advance$10.00 At the Gate

New York State Artpark  parking info:  Ample parking is available on the grounds of Artpark. It is advised to park in Artpark’s Lower Lots (via South Fourth Street) for Mainstage performances. Gates to theater open one hour prior to the show. Click here for a map of parking lots.   Artpark’s Outdoor Amphitheater opens to the public at 4 pm on event nights, and can be accessed via the Upper Park’s Portage Road entrance off of Center Street or through South Fourth Street nearest the Mainstage Theater.   Artpark’s Upper and Lower Lots both feature designated parking spaces for disabled patrons. Since these spots are limited, it is advised that patrons requiring these amenities arrive early.   There is a $10 parking fee (Lower Lot) / $8 (Upper Lot) during scheduled Outdoor Amphitheater events. There is a $6-$10 parking fee during scheduled Mainstage Theater events depending on the concert event.

Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor –  This is a pay venue.  $10 in advance, $20 at the gate. Click Here for ticket info and sales.

ALL EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY EVENT ORGANIZERS.

June

7th – Free – Thursday at the Harbor – The Cult

14th-  Free -  Thursday at the Harbor – Fitz and the Tantrums

19th – $$$$ -  First Niagara Bank  Tuesdays @ New York State Artpark - Kansas

20th – Free – Coor’s Light Wednesdays @ NYS Artpark -  Ziggy Marley

20th- Free – Wednesday’s  Live At Larkin  – Hot Club of Buffalo & After Hours

21st- Free -   Thursday at the Harbor - Built to Spill and Matthew Sweet

26th – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Foreigner

27th - Free –  NYS Artpark – Tokyo Police Club

27th- Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin – Dive House Union and Jony Jones Band

28th – Free -   Thursday at the Harbor - Fountains of Wayne

29th -Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor –  $10/$20 – Sam Roberts Band and Grace Potter & The Nocturals

30th – Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor –  $10/$20 -  moe. and Conspirator

29th – Free -   Canal Concert Series, Lockport, NY - Gov’t Mule, Sheepdogs, Handsomejack

July

3rd – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Huey Lewis & The News

5th-  Free -  Thursday at the Harbor - Arrested Development

6th – Free -    Canal Concert Series -  Eddie Money, Stacy Clark

7th – Free -   Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, NY – The Guess Who

10th -  $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Sublime with Rome

11th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larking - Son of the Sun & Stacy Clark

11th – Free – NYS Artpark – Lowest of the Low

12th- Free -   Thursday at the Harbor - Seether

13th –  Free – Canal Concert Series – Rik Emmett

14th-  Free – Hard Rock Cafe –  Grateful Dead music by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

15th – Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor – $10/$20 -  Feist

17th – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Yes with Prochul Harum

18th – Free – NYS Artpark – The Trews with ill Scarlet

18th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - Grace Stumberg & Dee Adams

19th- Free -  Thursday at the Harbor - Young the Giant

20th- Free –   Canal Concert Series – Big Wreck

21st- Free -   Hard Rock Cafe – Sloan

24th – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Heart

25th – Free – NYS Artpark – Citizen Cope

25th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - Peter Case & Whitford-Winsick

26th – Free-  Thursday at the Harbor - Arkells and Gomez

27th-  Free- Canal Concert Series – Theory of a Deadman

28th – Free- Hard Rock Cafe – Talas

31st - $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Steve Miller Band

August  1st – Free – NYS Artpark – O.A.R. with Rebelution

1st – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - Babik & Brian Wheat

2nd – Free- Thursday at the Harbor - The Jesus and Mary Chain

3rd – Free- Canal Concert Series – 54-40, Hollerado

4th – Free- Hard Rock Cafe – K C and the Sunshine Band

7th – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – Peter Frampton

8th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - South Buffalo Night w/ the Willies, The Leftovers and more

9th- Free- Thursday at the Harbor - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones with special guest Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins

10th- Free- Canal Concert Series – George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Tom Hambridge

11th – Free- Hard Rock Cafe – Finger Eleven

14th – $$$$- NYS Artpark – Sheryl Crow

15th – Free – Wednesday’s LIve At Larkin - The Rockaz & Gruvology

16th – Free- Thursday at the Harbor - Salt-N-Pepa

17th – Free- Canal Concert Series – Kenny Wayne Sheppard

21st- Free- NYS Artpark – Roger Hodgson of Supertramp

22nd – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - Chris Nathan & Caitlin and the Jamie Moses Band

23rd – Free- Thursday at the Harbor - Matt Nathanson

24th- Free- Canal Concert Series – The Tea Party, Melia Maccarone

28th- $$$$ – NYS Artpark – The Machine performs Pink Floyd

29th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - School of Rock w/ Alison Pipitone, Eric Crittenden, Music is Art & WNY music students

31st- Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor –  $10/$20 - The J. Geils Band

September

1st – Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor – $10/$20 -   LL Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip

4th – $$$$ – NYS Artpark – The Charlie Daniels Band

5th- Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - Aqueous & Free Henry

12th- Free – Wednesday’s LIve At Larkin -Buffablog Night w/Andrew J Reimers CPX, Bryan Johnson & Family, Brad Gower

19th – Free – Wednesday’s Live At Larkin - The Ragbirds & Chilharmonic Orchestra