Keep an eye out for these upcoming events... As always, check our on-line events calendar for continually updated, full events listings.

FRI • 7/4

Centennial Park - 9am PatriART Walk for the Arts to benefit the ARts Council. $15 minimum registration fee. Contact 585.343.9313 or www.goart.org

Ellicottville Championship Rodeo - 7pm Professional Rodeo, Western trade show, chicken barbecue, concessions and crafts (July 4-6). Visit www.ellicottvillerodeo.com

Ellicottville Summer Festival - Holiday ValleyLive music & events on the slopes of Holiday Valley & various locations throughout the Village (July 3-6). Music by the Nelson Starr Dance Band (July 4), the BPO performing the music of Harry Potter (July 5), and the Little River Band (July 6). Arts & Crafts show, bicentennial celebration, tour of historic homes, Strawberry Festival, & much more. Contact (800)-349-9099 or www.ellicottvilleny.com for details. Tickets available at Tickets.com/888-223-6000 and Tops Markets

Merlin’s - 11pm The Gallows

Mickey Rats Beach Club - noon “Fun in the Sun” Concert with 6 bands. Rain or shine.

Nietzsche’s - 10pm Bite Size Brittle, Pia Matar, Get Well Soon

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 9pm Jay Leno (Jul 3-4). Tickets from $80 (www.ticketmaster.ca)

Riverside Park - Friendship Festival (July 2-6). Rides, family activities, contests, live music, parades, fireworks, food vendors & more. Visit www.friendshipfestival.com

SAT • 7/5

Gateway Harbor Concerts (N. Tonawanda) - 6pm Free concert series: Ron Hawkins (of Lowest of the Low)

Heartwood Wilderness Skills School - 1-5pm Gourd Crafts. $25/adults; $15/teens. Contact 655-7622 or deaheartwood@aol.com to register

Merlin’s - 11pm Infringement Festival Fundraiser Phase III

Mohawk Place - 8pm The Henchmen (West Coast Psychobilly), with Lower Town Trio and the Drunkyard Boys. $5

Soundlab - 9pm Fuck Yeah Tour with Death Set , Monotonix, Team Robespierre & Totally Michael. Comedy by Nick Flanagan

Water Street Music Hall (Rochester) - 6pm (doors). The Avett Brothers. $15.00 advance / $18.00 day of show through all Ticketmaster locations (www.ticketmaster.com). Ages 13+

SUN • 7/6

Buffalo Museum of Science - noon-5pm “Breathe Your Ancestors’ Air.” Community Celebration sponsored by the Science Museum and Juneteenth of Buffalo. Featuring spoken word poets, music by the Colored Musicians’ Club, performances by the Crusaders Drill Team, Sharon Bailey, Nikki Hicks, Janet Reed, Carl Lee, the Scajacquada Drain Project and Andrew Mitchell “Blackbird,” art activities with Locust Street Art, health info tables, hip hop DJ, dance demos & more. Call Juneteenth (891-8801) or Locust Street Art (852-4562) for free family passes & more info

Hallwalls - 8pm Sonict Ensemble (video, live electronics, saxophone). $8 general; $5 Hallwalls

members/students/seniors

Tralf Music Hall - 5:30pm ESI Showcase of Talent with Soul Providers, Shimmer/Disco Duck, Roar 84, Intuition, Party of Nine, Nicki Battistella and Joe Marohn. Call 835-3500 to RSV

MON • 7/7

Buffalo Irish Center - 6-11pm The German-American Musicians Association presents “Shamrocks & Sauerkraut.” German-Irish celebration of St. Boniface’s Day with performances by the G.A.M. 20-Piece Dance Band, the Leftovers and the O’Sullivan Dancers. $10. Visit visit www.GermanAmericanMusicians.com for more info

Chocolate Bar - 7:30pm Speed dating event for single professionals ages 26-39. $35. Registration required, visit www.cupid.com/predatin

Elmwood Lounge - 8pm Sabotage (Black Sabbath tribute: the Ozzy Years)

TUE • 7/8

Artpark - 6:30pm First Niagara Tuesday in the Park Free Concert Series: Kansas

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 8:30pm Brian Wilson. Tickets start at $45 (www.ticketmaster.ca)

Tudor Lounge - 8pm John Nemeth (Blind Pig Records); 10pm Stupid Star Valentino

WED • 7/9

Artpark - 6:30pm Wednesday at the Gorge Free Concert Series: moe.

Chautauqua Institution - 7:30pm Fred Garbo Inflatable Theatre Co. Evening of comedy, dance, juggling, & more. $16 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)

Darien Lake - 5pm Crue Fest: Motley Crue, with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx: AM, Trapt. $35.50/lawn-$99 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster)

Hallwalls - 10am-noon The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County presents Technical Assistance Workshop Series for the Cultural Arts. “Long-term Development: Not just surviving but thriving” with Adair M. Saviola, Director of Development and Marketing at the Buffalo Zoo. $20/general; $15/Arts Council members. Contact 856-7520 or Larry.cook@artscouncilbuffalo.org to register

NFTA Boat Harbor - 6pm Boats, Bait & Beer III. Party with gourmet food & drinks and a silent & live auction to kick-off the BassEye Celebrity Challenge. $50. Proceeds benefit the WNY Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Contact 686-9400 or www.cff.org/Chapters/wny for details/tickets

Session Studio Musician’s Park (outdoor stage next to the Sportsmen’s Tavern) - 7:30pm WBFO’s Wednesday Night Concerts: The Thermidors. Live broadcast beginning at 8pm. Free, all ages show

Schoellkopf Park - 7pm National Grid Summer in the Parks series presents the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center celebration of the restoration of the Park

THU • 7/10

Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm Piano Recital: Alexander Gavrylyuk. $16 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org) 

Mickey Rats Beach Club - 5pm “Country on the Coast” with WYRK’s Crossin’ Dixon and Laura Byrna. $5 at the door to benefit Hospice.

Mohawk Place - 8pm Thursday After the Square with McCarthyizm

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - 8:30pm Thursday After the Square with the Brothers of Invention

Thursday at the Square - Downtown, 6pm Jimmie Vaughan, with JJ Grey & MOFRO. Free

Town Ballroom - 7pm Less Than Jake, with Big D. & the Kids Table and Suburban Legends. $17/advance (box office, Tickets.com, Tops Markets) or $20/day of show