Events

[FESTIVAL] Night Lights Music Festival is back again at the Great Blue Heron festival grounds for what might be the event’s biggest line up yet. Billed as a “sound and light spectacular” the festival, which runs this Thursday through Saturday, August 25-27 features a couple dozen bands, DJs, and performers over the three day period. There are lots of notable acts performing at this year’s festival, including Jimkata, Aircraft, Holly Bowling, Moon Hooch, and Aqueous, but here we’ve picked out a few more of our must-see favorites.

Beats Antique
At the top of most must-see lists for this year’s Night Lights music festival is the Oakland, California band Beats Antique. Psychedelic art nouveau stylings collide with over-the-top dubby jamtronic music in their immersive live set, which quite often also includes performance art and dance choreography lead by dancer Zoe Jakes. More like a full on theatrical piece than just a concert, a Beats Antique set usually includes some spectacular visuals—projections, psychedelic lighting, and stagecraft.

London Souls
Despite what their name might have you think, London Souls actually hail from New York City, but their music is the best of both rock worlds. A little bit The Clash and maybe a touch of The Flaming Lips, a dash of Led Zeppelin balanced out by a spoonful of The White Stripes, the band really does a great job of summing up walloping rock and roll. Check them out on the 

Eric Krasno
Guitarist Eric Krasno is best known for his work with funk/jam bands like Soulive and Lettuce and is a Grammy award winning musician. Earlier this year he played a late night set at the New Orleans Jazz Festival where he collaborated live with London Souls, so don’t be surprised if there’s a little co-mingling at Night Lights.

Lazlo Hollyfeld Plays Radiohead
This talented band has been around the Buffalo scene for quite a while and their original music is exciting and enjoyable, but they’ve recently taken to doing something a little different, which is covering Radiohead. Earlier this year the band did a tribute to Radiohead’s groundbreaking 2008 album In Rainbows. For this festival they’re scheduled as “Playing Radiohead” so perhaps they’ll dive into more of the legendary band’s back (and present) catalogue.

Every Band on The Public Stage
This year The Public has our very own stage, and we packed it full of our favorite bands including The Tins, Sonder, Pine Fever, The Observes, Tough Old Bird, French Quarter Hounds, Folkfaces and more. Also expect some late night, campfire DJ sets by Sugar City’s Neon Veins.