Doors @ 8 pm

$3 tickets (no cover before 10:30pm)

8:00pm: Opening art reception for Bill Hand . Hand's lush and darkly fantastical paintings will be gracing the walls of the Bug Jar through March, but tonight is your chance to meet the artist! Enjoy free pizza courtesy of Dragonfly.

10:30pm: An experimental night of hip hop/jazz with Hassaan Mackey, Moses Rockwell, Reece Q, & special guests: accompanied live by an orchestra of drum machines and musicians.

The Lobby

$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Bird Hand - New York, NY

The Isotopes - ROC

Mighty High - Brooklyn, New York

Blizaro

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

TORUS - ROC

Blood & Bone Orchestra - ROC

LICKER - ROC

Licker is the solo world of John Schoen - long time sound creator/manipulator best known as the helmsman of Rochester New York's psychedelic noise champions 'Pengo' - one of the most musically wayward, brazenly diverse groups to emerge from America's late 90s subculture. Notoriously difficult to pin down, Licker finds Schoen stubbornly refusing to adhere to any particular generic forms each live event channelling different strains of music/noise/performance.



(Manic Monday's 80's DJ's at 11:30 pm)

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Chris Mcfarland- Austin, TX
http://www.chrismcfarland.com
http://www.endup.org
Chris Mcfarland's aggressive indie acoustic rock gives a salute to Hayden,
Bob Mould, Buffalo Tom/Bill Janovitz, and The Replacements.

Chris Mcfarland has shared bills with the following acts: Bright Eyes,
Denali, Rainer Maria, Grandaddy, The Standard, The Dirty Three, Rebecca Gates, Neko Case, Ted Leo, Appleseed Cast, and Mates of State.

Local Support:

Nick Young - ROC
www.nickyoungonline.com

The Years - ROC

(DJ Professor spins jams after midnight)

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Limeworks - ROC

Patrons of Sweet - Buffalo, NY

NOD - ROC


(TeenSet 45 Dance Party to follow bands at midnight)

This Is Not Cake- Rochester, NY
http://www.facebook.com/thisisnotcake

Dan Coyle- Chicago, IL
http://www.myspace.com/dancoyle

Collin Jones will be opening the show at 8:30

Doors at 8pm/ 18+/ $5/ $7

(Shakedown DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm)

Doors @ 8, Tunes @ 9.
$4/$6

DJ Sandman
ROC - Mashup

FREE FREE FREE

6 - 8 pm
21+

Come on down to The Bug Jar for an early Happy Hour, featuring The Moses Jones Band. Free before 8 pm.

The Annual Bug Jar Valentine's Day Massacre returns with a loaded lineup of Rochester rock, punk, pop, and prog. Douse your broken hearts with some wailing tunes, or bring your love to The Bug Jar for a rockmantic evening.

$6
21+

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

The Veins - ROC
www.myspace.com/songshark

The Emersons - ROC
www.myspace.com/theemersons

Philo Beddoe - ROC
www.reverbnation.com/philobeddoe

The Grinders - ROC
www.myspace.com/thegrindersdotcom

Clockmen - ROC
www.myspace.com/clockmen

Yogi Lewis and the News - ROC

$3/$5

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Come down to The Bug Jar for an evening of Rap, Hip Hop, Reggae and Poetry presented to you by R.A.P.I.E.R. (Rochester's Advancing Performers Interpreting Everyday Reality). Featuring:

GET MONEY BRODIES

DANE-JAH
SIERMAN THE FIREMAN
YOUNG MILK
EERIE CANAL
YOUNG MIC
SKAN-DOLUS
SWERE GANG
DOMO THE DON-
COCO LATTE'
ICE GRILL
KELZ MARKEZ
CASSO
S.I.E
JHAVONE WALKER
BRONX GENERAL
CHATTA-BOXX

HOSTED BY
ERICA GRIFFIN
VITO MIAMI

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Haewa - ROC

Darwin - Geneva, NY

The Wonderland House Band - Canandaigua, NY


(Manic Monday's 80's Dance Party! Free after 11 pm)

21+

Spinning your favorite tunes from the 80's.

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

Have a heavy heart? Feel like there's sludge in your veins this Valentine's Day? Well, if you do, you might want to stop on down to The Bug Jar for a Stonertine's Day Rock Spectacle, featuring a cast of Rochester's Psych-Stoner rock bands. Drown your hearts in some heavy riffs and grooves.

Chillum - ROC

The Love Tunnels - ROC

Bongslave - ROC

SBD - ROC

Dirt Eyes - Buffalo, NY


(DJ Professor to spin between sets and at end of night)

More info TBA


(TeenSet 45 Dance Party to follow bands at midnight)

Red Wanting Blue- Columbus, OH
http://www.redwantingblue.com/

Local support TBA

$5/ $7 Doors at 8pm/ 18+/

First act will be on at 8:30pm!

$6/$8

Details TBA

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Waylon Speed - Burlington, VT

Dirty Wings - Queens, NY

MoChester - ROC

Anchorage Nebraska - ROC

Presale tickets available HERE

The Queers- Atlanta, GA
http://www.myspace.com/thequeers

The Ataris- Anderson, IN
http://www.myspace.com/theataris

Far From Finished- Boston, MA
http://www.myspace.com/farfromfinished

Presale tickets will be available to 21+, and only a very limited amount of tickets will be available at the door for 18+, so be there early if you're 18+ and plan on getting into the show.

EARLY SHOW!!! PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!!

Doors @ 7:30 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

$6/$8


Vince Dynamic - Bay City, MI

American Opera - Saginaw, MI

Payton Marovich - ROC

Cammy Enaharo - ROC

(Manic Monday's 80's DJ's to follow bands at 11:30 pm)

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1-2 LOCAL ONLY opening slots available (garage rock / indie-rock)

The Bad Kids - ROC


(DJ Professor to follow bands at midnight)

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Featuring:

EL Destructo - ROC
http://www.myspace.com/eldestructoltd

Matt Frank - ROC/Buffalo
www.myspace.com/mattfrankmusic

Baby Shark - ROC
www.myspace.com/thefeelbetterkid

( Followed by The TeenSet 45 Dance Party! at Midnight)

$8/$10

EARLY SHOW!!! PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!!

Doors @ 7:30 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

Joywave - ROC
www.myspace.com/joywavemusic

Doctors - ROC
www.reverbnation.com/doctorsband

Aminals - ROC



Shakedown DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm

$8/$10

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Joywave - ROC
www.myspace.com/joywavemusic

KOPPS - ROC
www.reverbnation.com/kopps

Pretty in Pink

The Colorblind James Experience- Rochester, NY

The Colorblind James Experience was an alternative roots/pop/rock band founded in 1980 in San Francisco, California . Bandleader and singer/songwriter/guitarist "Colorblind" James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in Oswego, New York before relocating to San Francisco. After a couple years of mixed results there, the band regrouped and moved again, this time back to Rochester which remained its home base until Cuminale's premature death in 2001. The band enjoyed brief fame in the UK and Europe after BBC DJ John Peel gave the Experience some exposure, and their music has made a deep and lasting impression. Their "Dance Critters" single reached number 10 on the UK Indie Chart, while their albums Colorblind James Experience and Why Should I Stand Up reached numbers 5 and 13 respectively.
Often humorous ("The music stopped. And then it started again.") and parodic, and just as often laced with a profoundly questioning spirituality; their music blended elements of polka, country, cocktail jazz, blues, rockabilly, Tex-Mex, rock & roll and other genres. The band's sound was to a large extent inspired by the "old, weird America" famously chased by Bob Dylan and The Band during their Basement Tapes period, but other prominent influences included Ray Charles, Randy Newman, and Van Morrison.
Their line-up changed repeatedly over the years, and their third album was released under the name of Colorblind James and the Death Valley Boys.

A special group of local musicians will be performing songs written by The Colorblind James Experience.

More info coming soon!

$7/$9

Pre-Sale Tickets available HERE

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm


Stepdad - Grand Rapids, MI

This Grand Rapids, MI-based electro-pop act has been catching fire lately, and The Bug Jar is happy to bring their dance-tastic tunes here to Rochester. Tickets will be available soon; check back to this site for updates on their availability. Check out Stepdad's video for My Leather, My Fur, My Nails. This is a definite can't miss show!


The Demos - ROC

B.C. Likes You - ROC


< href="http://soundcloud.com/daggz/funk-your-face-mix">Daggs will provide some sick Electro-Pop tunes between sets. Once the bands finish up, there will be a reduced door fee (details TBA), and we'll have a dance-party!

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1 Slot available for LOCAL acts (folk / Americana)

Ryan Webster

Will Veeder (solo) - ROC


(DJ Professor to spin tunes at midnight)

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Summer People - Binghamton, NY

Cottage Jefferson - ROC

Buckets - ROC

EARLY SHOW!!! PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!!

Doors @ 7:30 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

$6/$8

Earthquake Party - Allston, MA

Dick Snare - ROC

Routine Involvements - ROC



(Shakedown DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm)

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Revengineers - ROC

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Brainchild behind The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams, Matt Pryor, will be coming to The Bug Jar for an intimate evening of his solo songs. Do not miss out on catching the heart and soul of two enormously influential acts!

Matt Pryor

$8/$10

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1 LOCAL ONLY opening slot available (indie-rock / experimental)

Ava Luna - Brooklyn, NY

Ethan Helm - ROC

TBA

Saint Motel - Los Angeles, CA
http://saintmotel.com/

Local support TBA

18+/ Doors at 8pm

(Manic Monday's 80's DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm)

The Band SPORTS and Little Spoon are kicking off their Spring tour to SXSW. Lets party!

The Band SPORTS- Rochester, NY
http://www.reverbnation.com/thebandsports
http://www.facebook.com/THEBANDSPORTS

Little Spoon- Boston, MA (formerly High Sea)
http://highsea.bandcamp.com/

Dream Girls- Rochester, NY
Kenneth Otto Carney and his kick ass band!

$6/ $8/ Doors at 8pm/ 18+

$8/$10 (under-21)

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1 opening act TBA

Aficionado - Albany, NY

Like Vintage - ROC


(TeenSet 45 Dance Party to follow bands at midnight)

EARLY SHOW!!! PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!!

Doors @ 7 pm
Tunes @ 8 pm

$8/$10

We are pleased to announce the return of Polar Bear Club to The Bug Jar. It's been 2+ years since they've played a full-electric set in town, so this is a special treat! Also, Polar Bear Club is kicking off a tour tonight, so, Rochester, come on out and support your friends! PLEASE arrive early; doors are at 7 pm, and curfew is 11 pm!

Polar Bear Club - ROC

Like Wolves - ROC

White Picket Fence Syracuse / Rochester

Black Throat Wind - Syracuse, NY


(Shakedown DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm)

Details TBA

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Night is full; awaiting announcement from other bands.

BML - ROC

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

2-3 LOCAL Opening slots available (folk / pop / indie-folk)

Mikaela Davis - ROC

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Opening slots will be filled by Kirk. Come on out and give one of Rochester's singer-songwriter legends a big send off! Kirk will be heading to New York City in April, so this is your last chance to catch him live for quite some time.

Kirk Stevens


(Manic Monday's 80's DJ's to follow bands at 11 pm)

$7/$9

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

The Epiphysis Foundation's signature act, Viking Moses, will be making a rare appearance in Rochester. Brendon Massei, the frontman of Viking Moses, has toured the world, playing houses and basements, big-time venues and bonfires, castles in Scotland and bars in Denmark. An electrifying live set of soul-tinged indie-folk that will leave you staggering with delight! Brendon is bringing fellow Epiphysis Foundation act, Mother McKenzie, to Rochester for their first show here. A cannot-miss show!

Viking Moses - Endicott, NY

Mother McKenzie - Los Vegas, NV

White Woods - ROC

Gin & Bonnets - ROC


(DJ Professor to spin between sets and after the bands)

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 8 pm

Details TBA


(TeenSet 45 Dance Party to follow bands at Midnight)

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Order of The Dead - ROC
www.myspace.com/orderofthedead

Elkhound - ROC
www.reverbnation.com/elkhound

Burn Everything - ROC
www.reverbnation.com/burneverything

Time Under Earth - ROC
http://www.facebook.com/TimeUnderEarth

Doors @ 8, Tunes @ 9 18+
$7/$9 under 21

Naked Walrus - Santa Barbara, California
http://www.merrifieldrecords.com/nakedwalrus/

Ghostfeeder - ROC
http://www.myspace.com/ghostfeeder

$5/$7

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Foot & Mouth Disease - ROC

Godzilla - ROC


(TeenSet 45 Dance Party to follow the show)

The Men- Brooklyn, NY
http://wearethemen.blogspot.com/
http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr057/
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15629-leave-home/

Nude Beach- Brooklyn, NY
http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/3438340587/nude-beach-s-t-lp-mandible
http://nudebeachband.angelfire.com/

Rational Animals- Rochester, NY
http://www.myspace.com/rationalanimals

$6/ $8 / 18+/ Doors at 8pm/
Only a limited amount of unders will be let in, so please arrive early.

"The Men are a four-piece post punk outfit from Brooklyn, NY. They have been described by Mishka as, “more composers than musicians.” They have breathed new life into the genre of hardcore and created a seminal album that is truly for punks of all ages. Look for them on tour this spring"- Panache Booking

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

2 spots held; awaiting confirmation. NIGHT IS FULL!

The Wallpaper - ROC
(Formerly Ben Morey & The Wallpaper Singers)

Right Turn Racer - ROC

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Supporting acts TBA

Small Houses - Lansing, MI
http://www.myspace.com/smallhousessing

Magnetix-
http://www.slovenly.com/magnetix.shtml
http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/magnetix-drogue-electrique-lp
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-MAGNETIX/201990853172785

“When it comes to dirty, sleazy garage-n-roll, I can only think of a few French bands. But if there was only one, it would be the infamous Magnetix. It's their unique blend of trashy 50's surf and garage that you can't beat: hypnotic drums, poisonous guitars, dangerous vocals.”
Terminal Boredom

“Magnetix are the ultimate French diode with no other influences we can figure out other than Davie Allen and the Arrows starting static with The Cramps in a sound clash live from Pluto. This nasty "Drogue Electrique" LP brings a full on sex beat that throbs with a creepy, fuzzed out sludge, grinding through your cranium like a rusty antenna. The ping-pong stereo vibrates wildly with a multichromatic display of analog effects meant to make your retinas shimmer and your ass wiggle.”

Bare Wires- Oakland, CA
http://www.bare-wires.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bare-Wires/117214288301289?sk=wall

Drippers!- Rochester, NY
Links coming soon!

$8/ $10/ 18+/ Doors at 8pm

$7/$9

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

2 LOCAL ONLY opening slots available (indie-rock / indie-pop)

Spanish Prisoners - Brooklyn, NY



(DJ Professor to follow bands at midnight)

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Opening acts TBA

Seth Faergolzia - ROC

Foam & Checkers - Whitehaus, MA

More info coming soon

$7/$9

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1-2 LOCAL ONLY opening slots available (folk / indie-folk)

Robert Sarazin Blake - Bellingham, WA

Mikaela Davis - ROC

TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

$10 Pre-Sale Tickets (125 available) are available HERE

Day-of-Show Tickets (75 available):

$13 (over-21)
$15 (18-20)

This is an 18+ show.

Lovedrug - Canton, OH

Joywave - ROC

The Last Royals - New York, New York

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

1 available slot for indie-folk / indie-pop / garage-rock bands

Dolfish - Colombus, OH

Stoney Lonesome & The House of Lights - ROC

Kitty Snowpants - ROC

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

2 local only slots available (Garage / Indie Rock)

The Concrete Rivals - Montpelier, VT

EARLY SHOW!!! PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!!

Doors @ 7:30 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

$6/$8

1-2 LOCAL ONLY support slots available (Indie-rock / Indie-pop)

Unicycle Loves You - Chicago, IL

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Bands selected; details coming.

Abdicate - ROC

$5 over/ $7 under

Mike James - ROC
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-James/176434829094840

The Tins - Buffalo NY
https://www.facebook.com/thetins?ref=ts

Josh Netsky - ROC
https://www.facebook.com/joshnetskymusic

Son of the Sun - Buffalo NY
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Son-of-the-Sun/53098113102

Doors @8; Tunes @9

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Come on out an catch Velvet Elvis as they release their long-anticipated full-length. Providence, Rhode Island's darlings, The Rice Cakes, will be playing before Velvet Elvis. One more act will be announced shortly.

Velvet Elvis - ROC

The Rice Cakes - Providence, R.I.

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Opening acts TBA

Seth Faergolzia - ROC

$10 / $12

Pre-Sale Tickets ($10) are available HERE


Doors @ 7:30 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

18+

A Wilhelm Scream - New Bedford, MA
www.myspace.com/awilhelmscream

After the Fall - Albany, NY
http://www.facebook.com/afterthefall518

Like Wolves - ROC
www.myspace.com/likewolves666


Special Guest TBA (all spots are filled)

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Sulcao - ROC

ZRUDA - Atlanta, GA

One More TBA

$6/$8

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 9 pm

Anchorage Nebraska - ROC

Sonarmail - ROC

Rochester Metal Fest: 2012 Edition

Details TBA

Doors @ 8 pm
Tunes @ 8:30 pm

Mobile Death Camp - Toledo, OH

Order of the Dead - ROC

Malformed - ROC

Infernal Abyss - ROC

Clear and Present Anger - ROC