The Syracuse Seen

03/30/2025

What a night at The Song and Dance! Four incredible acts for under $30 – a spectrum of talent and energy! 🎤✨ Check out more about the night here: https://wix.to/g4XptcY

Friday was an electric ecclectic night at The Song and Dance. The show was 4 acts for less than 30 bucks and covered a spectrum from a solo singer/songwriter, halter tops, tropical shirts, trumpets, floor keyboards, and 5-piece bands. At 7 sharp, Ada Setlik got the night started, with just her and h...

01/25/2025

Judah and The Lion rocking Middle Ages Brewing, with special guest Jonah Kagen joining them. See what you missed here: https://wix.to/NelFMCg

01/19/2025

Families of all ages flocked to Frosty Forest at Green Lakes State Park for some snowy fun! ❄️🌲 Check out all the highlights that at the event! https://wix.to/ZZ6bq8z

For the first time in a few years, Frosty Forest featured falling flakes of snow, and families of all ages flocked for the free fun. The free event featured ice carving, horse drawn hayrides, sled dogs, kids crafts, a bonfire on the beach, a food truck and the opportunity to get to know local first....

01/12/2025

The Syracuse Seen is back! We kicked off 2025 in style, celebrating the release of Paper Rabbit's new album with a release party at Funk 'n Waffles Syracuse with special guests Shy Tooth and Reality Television. Review here 👉 https://wix.to/RmCk0IE

...aaaand we are BACK! Welcome to 2025! It's a new year so time for new music and new bands! Last night's show at Funk 'n Waffles was the album release party for local band Paper Rabbit, as well as the first show ever for opener Reality Television.It may have been their first gig, but Reality Televi...

08/18/2024

08.17.2024: The Violent Femmes at Beak & Skiff! Review and more pics here: https://wix.to/2zPGhkt

The Violent Femmes, backed by their Horns of DilemmaAlthough it wasn't the final show of Beak & Skiff's summer concert series, it certainly was a preview of fall. The air was cool and the apple trees lining the paths from the parking areas were heavy with apples. The headliner was Violent Femmes, bu...

08/16/2024

08.13.2024: Vision Video @ The Song and Dance w/s/g's Forrest Isn't Dead, Ronnie Stone, and Architrave! Click the link for the review and more pics!
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This was an fun but unpredictable night which defied expectation. Like it was opposite day, nearly every expectation I had going into the show was subverted, thankfully with the exception of the performances being enjoyable. This off kilter energy started before a note was played. Doors were suppose...

08/11/2024

08.10.2024: Everclear wsg Dracula Jones and Talking Points at Sharkey's Bar & Grill! See more: https://wix.to/Yv94DPG

The show last night mirrored the changing seasons we're starting to feel in the world at large, with shimmering summery rock from Talking Points, flowing into the blustery bombast of local standbys Dracula Jones, and concluding with the crowd seeking comfort in the a favorite hoody of warm familiar....

08/02/2024

07.30.2024: MC Chris at Funk 'n Waffles w/s/g Crunk Witch and Zak G! Check it out!
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Are you a Millennial? Are the cartoons of Adult Swim a cultural touchstone for you? Did you spend an inordinate amount of time in college binge watching DVDs of the surreal and bizarre humor of Sealab 2021 or Aquateen Hunger Force? No? I mean.. m...me... neither?... is it hot in here? Just me? Anyho...

07/24/2024

NEW REVIEW!
07.23.2024: The Flaming Lips @ Beak and Skiff!

Covering a slice of the Syracuse scene. Photographs and reviews of concerts and events in the Central New York area.

07/23/2024

07.20.2024: The Syracuse Nationals ! Review here:

The Syracuse Nationals is a blast from the past and I don't mean it in a good way. If gasoline is "made" from dinosaurs, and chickens are descended from dinosaurs, then it seems fitting to think of the Syracuse Nationals is a bumbling headless dinosaur, braindead but shambling forwad on the legs of....

07/14/2024

07.13.2024: Korine The Song and Dance w/s/g Pleasure Dome, Viva Whatever and DJ Thao Crash! Review and more here:
https://www.syracuseseen.com/post/07-13-2024-korine-the-song-dance

07/09/2024

New Post Alert!
07.07.2024: Lake Street Dive and Alisa Amador at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards ! Review and more photos here: https://www.syracuseseen.com/post/07-07-2024-lake-street-drive-w-s-g-alisa-amador-beak-skiff

07/03/2024

06.29.2024: Jason Isbell at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards! More at: https://www.syracuseseen.com/post/06-29-2024-jason-isbell-the-400-unit-beak-and-skiff

It was an inauspicious start: 1) over an inch of rain was in the forecast for the day and meteorologists were predicting scattered severe storms, 2) I had received only silence from Jason Isbell's management regarding a photo credential despite having reached out via three channels over the course o...

06/26/2024

06.22.2024: Artist-in-residence demonstrating photography at the ! Find out more here: https://www.syracuseseen.com/post/06-22-2024-tin-type-demo-erie-canal-museum

Have you ever wanted to have your portrait taken by a professional? Have you wanted to see what pre-civil war life was like, even for just a fleeting moment? Any interest in learning about one of the oldest photographic techniques? Had you been at the Erie Canal Museum this past Saturday you could h...

06/24/2024

06.21.2024: and at their Pins & Needles event, which featured UNLIMITED pinball and open turntables for even the most inexperienced aspiring DJ to play their favorite vinyl for the crowd! More info here: https://www.syracuseseen.com/post/06-21-24-pins-needles-skill-shot-arcade

As a fan of puns and pinball, when Pins and Needles was surfaced by "the algorithm," I knew I needed to go. Created by DJ Silenze and hosted by Skill Shot Arcade, Pins and Needles is a night where two passionate cultures joyfully collide, where both pinball and vinyl fans can celebrate and share the...

04/14/2024

04.06.2024: Wolek’s 71st Anniversary Beard Championship ! Read more here!

If it can be done, people will compete to be the best at it. Were you at Dom Polski (aka the Syracuse Polish Home) on Park Avenue last weekend, you'd have seen people from all over competing for best beard at Wolek's 71st Anniversary Beard Competition, benefiting the Polish Home. The Polish Home is....

03/26/2024

03.23.2024: Spring Into Punk Stout Beard Brewing Company! Feat: Attamizk, No Complyance, Goon Squad, Botulism Warning, and AMOK!
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feat: AMOK, Botulism Warning, Attamizk, No Complyance and Goon Squad.The day started with a foot of fresh, heavy, wet snow. By lunch the roads were just starting to be cleared. But fear not, "Snow will be cleared by 5." promised the social media channels for Stout Beard Brewing Company, "we'll see y...

03/18/2024

03.16.2024: The Syracuse St Patrick's Day Parade ! Read all about it or see if you in the gallery here:

It was a glorious sunny day for the 2024 edition of the Syracuse St. Patrick's Day Parade. Salina street was packed as far as the eye could see, with revelers wearing their St. Patties day finest. Everyone, from babes in arms, to senior citizens, and their furry companions, all were decked out in th...