Music
Live Music in The Little Café
All performances below take place in The Little Café (8 Winthrop Street) from 7pm-9pm, unless otherwise noted. There is no cover charge, but please order from the Café’s extensive selection of food, desserts, coffee, beer, and wine. To support, consider becoming a Member or donating to The Little.
CAFÉ HOLIDAY HOURS
MLK Day (1/19) Closed
Presidents' Day (2/16) Closed
The Occasional Saints :: Friday, Jan. 16
New Orleans swing, roots and blues
The Darryl Parker Quartet : Saturday, Jan. 17
Soulful modern and classic jazz
Poetry Night with the Just Poets :: Sunday, Jan. 18
Readings begin at 6:30pm
Big Blue House :: Wednesday, Jan. 21
Folk, rock, blues, jazz and reggae
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint :: Thursday, Jan. 22
Classic and modern soul jazz tunes
Debbie Kendrick Project :: Friday, Jan. 23
Blues, jazz, gospel, folk and soul
Kubick’s Rubes :: Saturday, Jan. 24
Bluegrass and western swing
Mike Kaupa Jazz Kuartet :: Sunday, Jan. 25
Trumpeter Mike Kaupa and his quartet play jazz favorites and original compositions.
Ryan Sutherland :: Monday, Jan. 26
Singer-songwriter one-man band
The Good Weather String Band :: Wednesday, Jan. 28
Bluegrass jam-band
Spring Chickens :: Thursday, Jan. 29
A trio of singer-songwriters
Trio East :: Friday, Jan. 30
Jazz from ESM faculty
Deco & Diesel : Saturday, Jan. 31
Bluesy roots guitar duo!
Classical Guitar Night :: Sunday, Feb. 1
With students from the Eastman School
Very Hairy February with Tyler Westcott (Residency) : Monday, Feb. 2 | Thursday, Feb. 12, 19, 26
Back for the 8th year! Tyler Westcott (Buffalo, NY) hosts a weekly residency at The Little Theatre Cafe, showcasing his music as a folk singer and songwriter, alongside a different group with him each week.
Kinloch Nelson and Friends (residency) :: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25
Solo fingerstyle guitar. With friends!
Margaret Explosion :: Thursday, Feb. 5
Free jazz, slow motion psychedelia
The Fallopian Grooves :: Saturday, Feb. 7
Rochester’s one and only all-woman jazz group
Opera Guild of Rochester Bravo Nights :: Monday, Feb. 9
Featuring Finger Lakes Opera performers Alexandra Sanchez, Isabella Gozzo, Steven Warnock, and Connor Brereton
Benny Bleu :: Friday, Feb. 13
Folk and old-time musician, banjo player
Laura Dubin & Antonio Guerrero :: Saturday, Feb. 14
Jazz with piano and drums
Mel Henderson and Gerry Youngman :: Sunday, Feb. 15
Jazz guitar duo
Bookings
Music at The Little Cafe is booked on a curatorial basis, several months in advance.
Submissions are saved and considered at regular intervals, but we regret that it is not possible to guarantee a response. Note that this is a largely acoustic venue, with limitations on the volume due to the movie theatres in the same building. If you wish to submit your music for consideration, please include links to samples of your work, including something to give an accurate impression of your live performances, in an email to: music@thelittle.org