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.
Steve Grills & The Roadmasters :: Sunday, Aug. 17
A staple of the Rochester blues scene
Dream Float (Monday residency) :: Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25
Instrumental piano/drum duo
Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint :: Wednesday, August 20
Classic and modern soul jazz tunes
Maria Gillard Trio :: Thursday, Aug. 21 & Thursday, Aug. 28
Folk with elements of jazz, swing, blues and bluegrass
Annie Wells Band :: Friday, Aug. 22
Sweet vocals, jazzy piano
The Grievous Angels :: Saturday, Aug. 23
Guitar duo with cosmic country and flamenco influences!
The Fallopian Grooves :: Sunday, Aug. 24
Rochester’s one and only all-woman jazz group
Marye Lobb :: Wednesday, Aug. 27
Piano, guitar and ukulele
Trio East :: Friday, Aug. 29
Jazz from ESM faculty
Happy Chichester :: Saturday, August 30
American singer-songwriter.
Bob Sneider Trio :: Friday, Aug. 8 & Sunday, Aug. 31
Tasteful, straight-ahead jazz
Margaret Explosion :: Wednesday, Sept. 3
Free jazz, slow motion psychedelia
Jackson Cavalier :: Thursday, Sept. 4
Indie folk rocker, one-man band
Kubick’s Rubes :: Friday, Sept. 5
Bluegrass and western swing
Kelly’s Heroes :: Saturday, Sept. 6
Indie Rock
Classical Guitar Night :: Sunday, Sept. 7
With students from the Eastman School
The Archive Ravens :: Mondays, Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29 (residency
Acoustic duo with lush vocal harmonies
Spring Chickens :: Wednesday, Sept. 10
A trio of singer-songwriters
Big Blue House :: Thursday, Sept. 11
Folk, rock, blues, jazz and reggae
Tug Hill Band :: Friday, Sept. 12
Americana, blues, rock, and contemporary country
Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero :: Saturday, Sept. 13
Jazz with piano and drums
Marye Lobb album release : Sunday, Sept. 14
Album release party for the bilingual guitar and ukelele-wielding songstress
Mary DeFranco Jazz :: Wednesday, Sept. 17
High energy jazz, swing, and a bit of the unexpected
River Lynch :: Thursday, Sept. 18
Bluesy rock and roll
The White Hots :: Friday, Sept. 19
Blues, swing and jazz
The Blue Barn Cats :: Saturday, Sept. 20
Contemporary hot club jazz
Watkins & the Rapiers :: Wednesday, Sept. 24
Cajun, country, jug band, reggae, soul, swing
John Dady :: Thursday, Sept. 25
Celtic and American folk
Debbie Kendrick Project :: Friday, Sept. 26
Blues, jazz, gospel, folk and soul
Songwriters in the Round : Saturday, Sept. 27
Maria Gillard, Alan Whitney & Scott Regan riff and improvise in the folk tradition
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.