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Haywire Missing Link Nasty Cross of Disbelief Unreal City Frozen Ground Sharkey's Event Center Liverpool, NY 1/18/26 Check out photo highlights from the Haywire show at Sharkey's in Liverpool, NY on 1/18/26. Photos by by Chris Besaw, house photographer for St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse Music Collective and The Jugg on Teall. ... Continue Reading →
Hamell for the Holidaze 2025 443 Social Club Syracuse, NY 11/28/25 Check out photo highlights from the Hamell for the Holidaze 2025 show at the 443 Social Club in Syracuse, NY on 11/28/25. Photos by by Chris Besaw, house photographer for St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse Music Collective and The Jugg on Teall.
Photo and review by Chris Besaw Capital Theatre Center – Harrisburg, PA | November 14, 2025 This past Friday, with the weather mercifully clear—no rain, no snow—I made the 4-hour drive from my hometown to Harrisburg’s Capital Theatre Center for the Dogmatic Confessions Tour. Featuring A Killer’s Confession, Dogma, and Aeternum, this lineup of veteran... Continue Reading →
🎄 Syracuse, let the holiday magic ROCK! 🎸 Twelve Twenty-Four—the nation’s original & longest-running Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band—is unleashing a blizzard of epic holiday cheer at The Westcott Theater on Friday, December 12 at 6:00 PM! ✨ In partnership with Providence Music Group, we’re cranking the sleigh bells to 11 with TSO’s legendary anthems, dazzling... Continue Reading →
Photos and Review by Chris Besaw A Dark and Electrifying Night in Downtown Buffalo There’s something special about live music in Buffalo — the energy, the grit, the people. The city always seems to come alive when the lights dim and the amps hum. On this brisk post–Halloween weekend, the Buffalo Electric Factory hosted a... Continue Reading →
If anyone in Syracuse needed a reminder that rock ‘n’ roll is alive, loud, and thriving, Crobot made that point crystal clear at The Lost Horizon. The Pennsylvania hard rockers rolled into town like a sonic freight train, delivering a sweat-drenched performance that hit like a punch to the gut and left the crowd begging... Continue Reading →
Stone City Saints The Jugg on Teall Syracuse, NY 10/18/25 Check out photo highlights from the Stone City Saints show at the The Jugg on Teall in Syracuse, NY on 10/18/25. Photos by by Chris Besaw, house photographer for St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse Music Collective and The Jugg on Teall. Click Photo... Continue Reading →
Photos and review by: Chris Besaw Thrash Metal and Hardcore fans were treated to a killer lineup in Central New York. The Pure Filth Fest 2 made its return to Sharkey’s in Liverpool Sunday afternoon. The festival was headlined by the “kings of thrash metal", the Cavelera Conspiracy and they brought along with them some... Continue Reading →
The master of horror, John Carpenter, is on the road for a limited seven date tour celebrating his large anthology of horror music. The tour kicks off on October 9 at the Knockdown Center in New York City. Carpenter will perform two shows in New York before heading to Los Angeles for another four solo... Continue Reading →
Review by Kelly Besaw Photos by Chris Besaw Halestorm with Lindsey Stirling made a stop at the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, New York Tuesday evening. They are out on the road for the 2025 nEVEREST North American tour and they brought along with them Finnish symphonic metal band, Apocalyptica. I have seen Lindsey... Continue Reading →