This week’s featured event is Nietzsche’s JazzFest 2018.

Buffalo’s legendary venue Nietzsche’s on Allen Street kicks off their annual JazzFest this Wednesday (4/11)! The series of concerts will run for 5 days, closing out Sunday night. Every night features top notch local & regional bands & players all evening on the big stage. What’s more Buffalo than classy Jazz and a classic Dive Bar?

The line up this year is as follows:

WEDNESDAY (4/11/18)
6:00pm Tim Clarke Soul-tet
7:00pm Andrew Nixon Trio
8:00pm Dark Matter Trio
8:30pm The Jon Lehning Quintet
9:30pm Greg Barresi
10:00pm Lindsey Holland
11:00pm Houston Gardwell Collective

THURSDAY (4/12/18)
8:00pm Susan Peters
8:30pm Carina & The Six String Preacher
9:00pm Alex McArthur Quintet
10:00pm French ConéXion
11:00pm The Jacob Jay Quintet
12:00am C.S.T. Group w/ Candice Simone Thomas

FRIDAY (4/13/18)
9:00pm doors / 10:00pm show : Maz
– Maz is singer/songwriter Mike Maher and friends. Mike, who is also a professional trumpet player, started the band in 2009 out of a desire to return to his musical roots as a singer and write beautiful and catchy music. Since then Maz has performed all around New York City and will release his debut album this year on GroundUP/Ropeadope records.
/ LATE NIGHT: Donny Frauenhofer Band

SATURDAY (4/14/18)
9:00pm The Brendan Lanighan Octet
10:00pm Daddy Longleg’s Homegrown Revival
11:00pm Buffalo Jazz Collective Repertory Orchestra
12:00am Jazz Caché
1:00am Adam Bronstein Trio

SUNDAY (4/15/18)
2:00pm Jared Tinkham Trio
3:00pm What Would Mingus Do?
4:00pm Steve Baczkowski & John Bacon
5:00pm THE TRUTH

Get down with ‘one of America’s original art forms’, and enjoy some sweet live jazz all week alongside some great brews! We’ll see you at the neat-cheese!

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Greg Burt is a Concert Promoter/Sound Guy/Music Supporter/Keyboardist/etc. He can be reached at Greg@FTMPEvents.com. For the full FTMP show calendar, visit www.FTMPEvents.com.



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