Pearl and The Beard @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$8.00 Advance / $10.00 Day of Show
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“A New York City trio called Pearl And The Beard started the show with a set of off-kilter, harmony-laden pop songs. Featuring cello, guitar and percussion, the group was impressively versatile, delivering moody, lurching grooves, delicate shoe-gaze ballads and swinging Andrews Sisters sing-alongs, all with the same level of talent and panache.”

For Fans of... Ani DiFranco, Gogol Bordello, Tom Waits

Ryan Montbleau Band @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$12.00 presale / $15.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

“Mint Condition, now the greatest self-contained R&B band of our time. Anointed early on by superstar producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (formerly of the band The Time), Mint Condition does it all—delivering hard-bitten funk with a hip hop edge, rocking out with screaming lead guitar, and crooning lush, "baby-making" soul ballads"

for fans of ... Tab Benoit, moe., Keller Williams

Unit 9 @ The Tralf Music Hall

w/ Drea d'Nur & Bentlee Gavin Wright

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$20.00 presale / $24.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

“Renown guitarist Michael DiSanto brings his band, UNIT 9, to The Tralf for evening of R&B, Reggae, and Neo-Soul featuring Drea d'Nur and Bentlee Gavin Wright. The band includes Zuri Elise Appleby, DeShawn Jackson, and Alex Petty."

for fans of ... Soul and R&B

The Real McKenzies @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$15.50 presale / $20.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

“Through constant touring around the globe, THE REAL McKENZIES have carved out a role as modern minstrels through a relentless commitment to playing live music over the past 18 years. Fueled by an insatiable longing to entertain, the band is truly at home in front of an audience regardless of the size or venue."

for fans of ... Dropkick Murphy's, The Blood Irish Boys, The Tossers

Marc Scibilia @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$12.00 presale / $16.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

“Buffalo Native, Rarely does a brand-new artist emerge fully formed, with a unique and compelling sound, brilliantly captivating and deeply personal songs that have a way of telling our own life’s story. But when it does happen – as evidenced on Marc Scibilia’s bracing six-song debut EP on Hickory Records – the result is stunning."

for fans of ... Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, and Jon Prine

Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$17.00 presale / $19.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

“Whether Jimmy Thackery headlines a festival in South Dakota or jams for hours in one of numerous blues bars that dot the musical landscape, he'll always unleash an intense volley of rockin' blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent."

for fans of ... Jimmy Page, Robin Trower, and B.B. King

Sara Elizabeth CD Release @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

6:30pm Doors / 7:00pm Show

$10.00
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations

“Sara Elizabeth celebrates her CD release live in the Ninth Ward.”

Porcelain Raft @ Ninth Ward @ Babeville

w/ Brother Keep and Canary Girls

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$10.00
Tickets available at all tickets.com locations & Rust Belt Books.

“Porcelain Raft is Mauro Remiddi recording and performing live.
Live shows artfully incorporate solo performances with electronics, Keyboard, voice, guitars, loops and sampler.”

For Fans of... M83, Beach House, Youth Lagoon

Hayes Carll @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$16.00
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

He spins a yarn with fresh wit, details a failure with unflinching honesty, and everything in between remains admirably cliché-free.” - Los Angeles Times “…extends a worthy Texas tradition: the weathered, hard-drinking, weary but clear-eyed troubadour

for fans of ... John Prine, Todd Snider and Hank Williams

Bowerbirds @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$14.00 presale / $15.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

The best songs of North Carolina’s Bowerbirds have always seemed eternal. Coruscated by Beth Tacular’s bird song and Phil Moore’s environmentalist empathy, “In Our Talons” (off Bowerbirds’ Hymns for a Dark Horse) was, at its core, a quest for solidarity in a world of closing shadows.

for fans of ... Iron and Wine, The Arcade Fire, The Mountain Goats

The Robert Cray Band @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$29.00 Presale / $32.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Blues is one of the foundations of our music, but it’s not all that we play,” Cray says. “When I first started playing guitar, I wanted to be George Harrison – that is, until I heard Jimi Hendrix. After that, I wanted to be Albert Collins and Buddy Guy and B.B. King. And then there are singers like O.V. Wright and Bobby Blue Bland. It’s all mixed up in there

for fans of ... Buddy Guy, B.B. King

The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$14.00 presale / $16.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band may technically only be comprised of three people, but their name is no misnomer. Although the family-based act—which is comprised of fingerstyle guitarist Reverend Peyton, his wife and washboard player Breezy Peyton and drummer/brother Jayme Peyton—have only been around for three years, in that time period these country-blues aficionados from rural Indiana have played more than 250 shows annually and logged more miles on their van than most acts who have been around for a decade.

for fans of ...

Van Der Graaf Generator @ The Tralf Music Hall

w/ Don Dixon

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$29.00 Presale / $34.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

The signature Van der Graaf Generator sound in the 1970s was a combination of Peter Hammill's distinctive and dynamic voice and David Jackson's electronically treated saxophones, generally playing over thick chordal keyboard parts (such as Hammond organ and/or clavinet), and Guy Evans' rolling, jazz-rock-like drumming.

for fans of ... King Crimson, Caravan

John Mayall @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$26.00 presale / $29.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

The legendaru John Mayall, today, can safely say he's never been happier with his band and long career. Revived and revitalized, the long road continues.

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

Mickey Hart @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$30.00 presale / $32.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

Mickey Hart is best known for his nearly three decades as an integral part of an extraordinary expedition into the soul and spirit of music, disguised as the rock and roll band the Grateful Dead. As half of the percussion tandem known as the Rhythm Devils, Mickey and Bill Kreutzmann transcended the conventions of rock drumming

for fans of ... The Grateful Dead

Blind Pilot @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$15.00 presale | $17.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

We Are The Tide blooms agreeably from start to finish…these guys make remarkably sturdy, gorgeous songs.

for fans of...Dave Matthews Band, The Shins and The Decemberists

John Hammond @ The Tralf Music Hall

7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$24.00 Presale / $26.00 Day of Show
Tickets on sale at Walmart & The Tralf Box office. Charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 / 716-852-2860

over time, Hammond has become a force of nature onto himself, closer in spirit to the icons he emulated as a young man. His guitar playing has become stronger, his expression deepened by the years.

for fans of ... Robert Johnson, Guy Davis, and Joe Louis Walker