Music
Concerts on stage in Little Theatre 1
Dates, details, and ticket prices vary. Check individual listings for full details.
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.
Matt O’Brian and Elliot Schwartzman of Flying Object Band (Wednesday Residency) :: Feb. 5,12,19 & 26
Singer songwriter Duo
High Falls Quartet :: Monday, Feb. 24
Jazz Standards
Michael Maier and Texas Headphones :: Thursday, Feb. 27
Country Music Band
Trio East :: Friday, Feb. 28
Jazz from ESM faculty
Janus Duo :: Saturday, Mar. 1
Stylist guitarists
Classical Guitar Night :: Sunday, Mar. 2
With students from the Eastman School
Eric Heveron-Smith (Monday Residency) :: Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Chamber folk, transcendent jazz
John Dady :: Wednesday, Mar. 5
Celtic and American folk
Alyssa Rodriguez and Sunshine Quan :: Thursday, Mar. 6
The fire of fiddle meets the elegance of classical music
Crossmolina :: Friday, Mar. 7
Irish folk fusion
Kubick’s Rubes :: Saturday, Mar. 8
Bluegrass and western swing
Brian Dooley & Kinloch Nelson :: Sunday, Mar. 9
Classical, Celtic, and American Primitive sounds
Big Blue House :: Wednesday, Mar. 12
Folk, rock, blues, jazz and reggae
Jackson Cavalier :: Thursday, Mar. 13
Indie folk rocker, one-man band
Cinnamon Jones :: Friday, Mar. 14
Gospel, soul, and R&B.
The Blue Barn Cats :: Saturday, Mar. 15
Contemporary hot club jazz
Róisín Dubh :: Sunday, Mar. 16
Students performing traditional Irish music
Margaret Explosion :: Wednesday, Mar. 19
Free jazz, slow motion psychedelia
The Sonic Alchemists :: Thursday, Mar. 20
Varied jazz repertoire and Indian folk songs.
Alex Goettel :: Friday, Mar. 21
Indie rock singer/songwriter
Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero :: Saturday, Mar. 22
Jazz with piano and drums
Catherine Valleroy :: Sunday, Mar. 23
Poetry
The Eric Paige Quartet :: Wednesday, Mar. 26
Traditional and modern tunes and jazz
Indigo Breeze :: Thursday, Mar. 27
From jazz to pop and rock to R&B
Steve Grills & The Roadmasters :: Friday, Mar. 28
A staple of the Rochester blues scene
The Good Weather String Band :: Saturday, Mar. 29
Bluegrass jam-band
Mike Kaupa Jazz Kuartet :: Sunday, Mar. 30
Jazz Quartet
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
Support

Music at The Little Café is is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.