Wednesday, February 1st - ESI Events Presents

The Yardbirds & Vanilla Fudge @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$37.00 presale / $42.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Yardbirds: With Original Members Chris Dreja & Jim McCarty - Hits include "For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, I'm A Man, Over Under Sideways Down, Shapes of Things, Dazed and Confused, and Train Kept a'Rollin."

Vanilla Fudge: With Original Members Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice - Hits include "You Keep Me Hanging On, Season of the Witch, She's Not There, Shotgun, Eleanor Rigby, and Take me For a Little While.".

for fans of ... The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Zombies

Friday, February 3rd - ESI Events Presents

Donna The Buffalo @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$17.50 presale / $20 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Donna the Buffalo's eclectic and often socially conscious music has it's base in traditional mountain music and is infused with elements of Cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country.

for fans of ... Phil Lesh, Railroad Earth, & Dave Mathews Band

Monday, February 13th - ESI Events Presents

The Low Anthem @ Asbury Hall @ Babeville

w/ Other Lives

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$16.00 Presale | $17 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“The Low Anthem's unique brand of Americana makes room for gospel, folk, and blues, a blend that began taking shape in their hometown of Providence, RI.”

For Fans of... Radiohead, Bon Iver, Bob Dylan

Tuesday, February 28th - ESI Events Presents

David Wax Museum @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$8.00 Advance / $10 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“One of the Hottest new indie bands around, the David Wax Museum has been called “pure, irresistible joy” (Bob Boilen, NPR) and hailed by TIME.com for its “virtuosic musical skill and virtuous harmonies.””

For Fans of...

Saturday, February 18th - ESI Events Presents

Autopunch @ The Tralf Music Hall

w/ Debussi

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$10.00 Advance / $12.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

AUTOPUNCH releases their full length CD! Formed on the snowy shores of Lake Erie in 2009, AUTOPUNCH cut its teeth covering Led Zeppelin, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Rage Against the Machine while cultivating a brand of original music band members can only describe as "out-rage-a-funk."

Saturday, February 25th - ESI Events Presents

Donna The Buffalo @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$10.00 presale / $14.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Big Eyed Phish is THE premier Dave Matthews Tribute band to see! Recreating the musical styling of the Dave Matthews band, from the early stages of the band in 93-94 to renditions of Funny the Way It Is and Shake Me Like a Monkey, which have been new staples on Dave Matthews Band's latest tours.

for fans of ... Dave Mathews Band

Sunday, March 11th - ESI Events Presents

Rich Robinson @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

w/ Amy LaVere

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$13.00 Advance / $15.00 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“When the Black Crowes either broke up or went on indefinite hiatus (it depends on who you ask and sometimes when you ask), guitarist Rich Robinson spent a few months with his family at home, figuring out what to do next.”

For Fans of... Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, and The JayHawks

Tuesday, March 13th - ESI Events Presents

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers @ The Tralf Music Hall

w/ Native Run

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$14.50 presale / $17 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers is a Massachusetts’ trio made up of two distinct parts. In one corner stands the unmistakably jubilant personality of rock-n-roll’s The Sixers; in the other sits an authentic American songwriter in a period of profound growth. Rising triumphantly in the center is a band whose music is the perfect marriage of the two.

for fans of ... Stephen Kellogg, O.A.R, Pat McGee Band

Wednesday, March 28th - ESI Events Presents

Allan Holdsworth Band @ The Tralf Music Hall

w/ Marbin

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$20.00 presale / $22.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Allan Holdsworth is widely regarded by fans and contemporary musicians as one of the 20th century's most prominent guitarists. He is one of a handful of musicians who has consistently proven himself as an innovator in between and within the worlds of rock and jazz music. Many of music's best-known instrumental masters cite Holdsworth as that rare and shining voice

for fans of ... Adrian Belew, YES, and Mike Stern

Monday, April 2nd - ESI Events Presents

Cloud Nothings @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

w/ A Classic Education & Sleepy Hahas

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$8.00 Advance / $10 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“It’s been a crazy year for Cloud Nothings since they burst onto the music scene last winter. With all the internet notoriety and their recent signing with Carpark, Cloud Nothings are now able to record somewhere besides the basement.”

For Fans of... Smith Westerns, Yuck, and Wavves

Friday, April 6th - ESI Events Presents

Rasputina @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$15.00
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

The Rasputina group has existed for more than 20(0) years. Melora Creager founded it to meet like-minded young women (excellent cellists that wanted to play rock music and wear historical costumery). Although often mistakenly lumped into passing fancies, Rasputina manages to survive and defy categorization by maintaining a child-like delight in music-making alongside a clear & true integrity.

for fans of ... Marilyn Manson, Zoe Keating, and Trent Reznor

Monday, April 9th - ESI Events Presents

Reptar @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$8.00 Advance / $10 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“From the greater Athens-Atlanta-Asheville area, the four have been playing music since the beginning of recorded history, but playing shows as Reptar since December 2008. Since then, Reptar has created quite a sensation around the Southeast and just wrapped up a 7" recording with producer Ben Allen (Sean P. Diddy Combs, Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Beastie Boys Matt and Kim) to be released on Allen's label Make Records Not Bombs”

For Fans of... Animal Collective, MGMT, The Talking Heads

Thursday, April 26th - ESI Events Presents

Reverend Horton Heat @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$21 presale / $23 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

So, ladies and gents, roll your smokes up in your sleeve and hold on to your cowboy hats, it's time to take a trip back to a time before slick, over-produced country became the norm-a time when outlaws wrote songs about being without a pot to piss in-or at least about psycho exboyfriends and deadbeat girlfriends that spend your paycheck faster than you can say Lone Star.

for fans of ... The A-Bones, Butthole Surfers, and Wild Turkey

Saturday, April 28th - ESI Events Presents

Johnny Winter @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$26.00 Advance | $28.50 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Today Johnny Winter is enjoying an unparalleled resurgence performing to sold out shows worldwide even after a long life full of honors and accomplishments such as a triumphant appearance at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival with Derek Trucks, Buddy Guy and Clapton that has been immortalized .

for fans of ... Robin Trower, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray Vaughan