Enation is an anthemic American rock band from Washington State with a Euro/Rock flare fronted by Jonathan Jackson. Their melodies are relaxed and gentle and their harmonies will really touch your soul. Enation is all about creating a moment that can effect someone, not just playing music. The best art challenges us. It digs for the deeper questions of the heart. Enation view their songs much in those terms––to challenge themselves, and their listeners as well. Enation have also wanted to show that, more than words, ‘Love is an Action’.

Jonathan Jackson is a five time Emmy award winner who is currently starring on ABC’s Nashville where he plays a singer/songwriter trying to make it in Music City. The role is not a far stretch for Jonathan seeing as his band has been featured on numerous TV shows including One Tree Hill and Dog the Bounty Hunter, and has also been ranked at the top of the billboard charts several times.

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:The GZA show tomorrow night (4/6) has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). Rat Farm is scheduled to release on April 16 via Megaforce Records. Singer and guitarist Curt Kirkwood says that fans can expect to hear “real blown-up folk music,” on this album. He further elaborates on the new material: I tried to write stuff that would stand on its own — just the chords and the melodies, and play it kind of straight…I think that was the guiding boundary that I gave myself. It was one of those things where a lot of times, in the past especially, Cris would go, ‘Well, that’s all there is? Let’s put a prog rock part in the middle.’ But I tried to hold it off as much as I could.

Leading up to the release, the Meat Puppets will be touring in the states from March 28 to April 11. They’ll also make an appearance at SXSW in March and Primavera Festival in May. Getting name-checked as a favorite by Kurt Cobain is quite a nice addition to any band's resume, but the Meat Puppets received perhaps the highest accolade ever by Mr. Cobain: he personally invited Curt and Cris Kirkwood to perform three Puppets classics ("Plateau," "Oh, Me," and "Lake of Fire") on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged taping, which has gone down as arguably the greatest episode ever.

Singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood has always been the group's primary songwriter. And in addition to appearing on fourteen Puppets studio albums over the years - including such classics as 1984's Meat Puppets II, 1985's Up on the Sun, and 1994's Too High to Die - he has also issued a solo recording (2005's Snow) and collaborated with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Sublime's Bud Gaugh in Eyes Adrift (who issued a lone, self-titled album in 2002).

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For a night full of explosive energy and a literally soul changing experience, Cowboy Mouth is not a show to miss. Since the 1990’s the band has performed in over 2500 shows and still actively tours around the United States. They are always full of surprises and guest performers such as Steve Van Zandt, Rob Thomas , John Popper, Art Neville, Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's piano player), Kyle Turley, and Tom Arnold to name a few. Recent inductees into the Nashville Music Hall of Fame, Cowboy Mouth show no signs of slowing down any time soon. They continue to put out albums, record live performances, and tour. ..... "...on a bad night they'll tear the roof off the joint and on a good night, they'll save your soul."

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The Sound Remedy show on March 22nd has been cancelled. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

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On Valentine's Day the boys from General Hospital are back in the ROC! They've sold out Water Street twice in the past year! Get tickets now!

Port Chuck is Steve Burton, Scott Reeves, Brandon Barash and Bradford Anderson, all actors on ABC's General Hospital. Not only can they make a living acting, but these 4 pretty boys, with impeccable tans and muscles, can sing covers like nobody's business. Their first album reached the top of the charts on CDBaby and their second CD was just as successful. Port Chuck is sure to put on a show that will entertain and melt the hearts of all the ladies.

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Big Leg Emma is a New York native band, forming in 2001 in Jamestown. Their music is traditional American roots rock music, influenced by bluegrass, country, and contemporary rock genres as well. They have shared the stage with bands such as Donna the Buffalo, Rusted Root, and Little Feat, and have toured all the way down to the Florida Keys. In their 10 years as a band, Big Leg Emma has also made appearances in some of the areas largest festivals including The Finger Lakes Grassroots Music Festival. Not only can this 5 piece band make you want to get up and dance, guitar player and vocalist, Kev Row performs acoustic shows on the side. Big Leg Emma gives crowds a musical performance from start to finish and their intensity never dies out.

"This album is very, very good! "Revival" the latest offering from Jamestown, NY's Big Leg Emma is 12 tracks of amazing Bluegrass/Folk/Rock songs that dig right in and make you listen.... The vocals harmonies really shine and the musicianship of this band, the dynamic range, and the chops they bring to "Revival" are fantastic!"

The Tossers are a Celtic Punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They got their start in the early 1990's in the neighborhoods of Southside Chicago and have since made a name for themselves in the Irish punk world. Touring with bands such as Mastodon, Streetlight Manifesto, and Catch 22, The Tossers caught their biggest break in 2007 when they opened for The Pogues for their St. Patricks day show in New York City. If you love Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers will not disappoint you. From their insane tempos to their authentic Irish punk sound, The Tossers put on a show full of heart, whiskey, and a good times.

"Although their name may be irreverent, their music is not. The heart of their distinct sound is derived through the melding of traditional Irish and Punk Rock roots. Combining folk instrumentation of mandolin, fiddle, tin whistle, and button accordion with amphetamine fueled guitar, bass and drums, the Tossers play with a furious edge that teeters between rage and raucousness."

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Strangers Helping Strangers is a nonprofit organization that collects food items and hygiene items at big events like concerts and festivals. They travel all around the circuit gathering donations and the best part is, is that they make sure the items that get donated at each event stay local! Donations are given to a food bank/service central to where the event takes place. By donating items, you can help your own community!

Please consider donating some nonperishable food/hygiene items at the upcoming Winter Creekfest feat. Max Creek and several local Rochester bands.

Winter Creekfest takes place Friday February 1, and Saturday February 2. Single day and weekend passes are available!

Move to Amend- Rochester presents “Party For The People” on January 20th, 2013. Cast aside your political affiliations and join the People to review the obstructions that democracy faces. There will also be quality entertainment in the midst of speakers educating on subjects of banking, health care, and ending corporate rule. The Sierra Club will also talk on how big money affects the environment. Move To Amend is a coalition that supports the people of our country’s freedom and rights and the power to protect those rights from big business. Come to this great event and educate yourself, exercise your rights, and enjoy some entertainment. For more info on Move to Amend-Rochester, visit this website: http://movetoamendrochester.org/