Coming at you from Labatt US headquarters, Buffalo Place has just announced the line-up for the 2008 Thursday at the Square (presented by M&T Bank). It was a no-brainer to visit the Labatt Blue base in order to listen to the announcement. There was one zinger that took a few people by surprise - on August 15th-16th Buffalo Place will 'Rock the Harbor' once again. On that Friday Great Big Sea will take the stage followed by The Robert Cray Band and Keb' Mo' on Saturday. This will be an exciting weekend of live music at the Erie Canal Harbor ($10-$15 tickets available soon at TicketMaster).
Starting in May and lasting to September, Thursday at the Square has become quite the summer staple in Downtown Buffalo. It's pretty cool that Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor is back again. Any time we can head down to the water to check out some live music action we'll happily do it. It is perfect timing, as public access to the Erie Canal Harbor becomes an everyday occurrence rather than wishful thinking. Thanks to Buffalo Place for bringing great live music to Buffalo.
Once again, special thanks to Labatt for hosting the announcement at their headquarters. If you ever get a chance to make it to an event at their Fountain Plaza diggs, make sure that you can make it. I really like the idea the idea the Jay (commentor) had:
Labatt should partner with a local bar/restaurant downtown or have their own venture downtown and make an empty storefront downtown into a real destination, ie New Era store. I'm not sure what this would entail, a store? a really cool bar? but it could be something with a lot of street presence and allow Labatt to further promote their brand and give Buffalo something really unique.
So far so go though, Labatt has been a great addition to Buffalo.