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Sam Roberts,
Joan Osborne, moe headline ‘Thursday’ season
by Joshua
Maloni
Niagara Frontier Publications,May 17, 2007
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Buffalo Place unveiled its “Thursday at the Square” lineup this week.
The 21st season of the downtown live music series features 32 national
acts, three Grammy Award and two Juno Award winners.
“We’ve worked really hard to assemble this lineup for ‘Thursday at the
Square,’ ” said Buffalo Place Manager of Marketing Steven Joseph, the
person responsible for booking the bands. He called the season’s offerings
“musically diverse.”
This summer’s “Thursday at the Square” lineup features:
| •May 31 |
Umphrey’s McGee with Tea Leaf Green |
| •June 7 |
Son Volt |
| •June 14 |
Augustana with Army of Me and As Tall As Lions |
| •June 21 |
Violent Femmes with Mobile |
| •June 28 |
Joan Osborne with Will Hoge |
| •July 5 |
Sam Roberts Band with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals |
| •July 12 |
An Evening with moe. |
| •July 19 |
Nickel Creek with Glen Phillips (formerly of Toad the Wet Sprocket) |
| •July 26 |
Old 97’s with Yonder Mountain String Band |
| •Aug. 2 |
John Butler Trio with Melissa Ferrick |
| •Aug. 9 |
Keller Williams with Jonah Smith |
| •Aug. 16 |
Soul Asylum with The Alternate Routes |
| •Aug. 23 |
North Mississippi Allstars with The Wood Brothers |
| •Aug. 30 |
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Benevento-Russo Duo |
| •Sept. 6 |
The Romantics with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers |
| •Sept. 13 |
Anders Osborne with the Charlie Hunter Trio |
| •Sept. 20 |
Dropkick Murphys with Jackdaw |
“We’re excited about this year’s schedule,” Joseph
said. “We’re continuing to set the trend for music in downtown
Buffalo.”
Concerts, which begin at 5 p.m. each week, take place
in Lafayette Square, between Main and Court streets.
Last season, “Thursday” generated more than $4.5
million into the Western New York economy over its 15-week run.
According to Buffalo Place figures, for every $1 the company spends,
“Thursday” attendees spend $6.38 locally.
Joseph also announced that the Buffalo Place “Rocks
the Harbor” two-day music festival, an annual offshoot of “Thursday,”
has been put on hiatus for 2007. To compensate, the “Thursday”
season has been extended two weeks, ending on Sept. 20.
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