Music in the ‘Cuse

The entertainment lineup for Oswego’s annual Harborfest, which takes place July 23-26, has been announced.

The event features music on four different stages and includes shows for children, theater, and of course, live bands. Harborfest’s Entergy Fireworks are another highlight of this great summer event, which is free of charge.

This year’s headliner is Micky Dolenz , lead singer of one of the Monkees, one of the most popular bands of the 1960s. Dolenz performs Friday night at 9:30 p.m.  Hotel California, the No. 1 Eagles’ tribute band, opens Harborfest on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Here’s each day’s lineup:

Thursday, July 23

 NRG Lakeview Stage (Breitbeck Park)

• 7 p.m. - Hotel California (Eagles tribute band)
• 8:30 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies
• 9 p.m. - Live Wire (AC/DC tribute band)

Friday, July 24

NRG Lakeview Stage (Breitbeck Park)

• 12: 30 p.m. - Shovelhead
• 2 p.m. - Echo Code
• 3:30 p.m. - The Holy Goats
• 7:30 p.m. - Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks
• 9:30 p.m. - Micky Dolenz (lead singer of the Monkees)

River Walk West

• 1 p.m. - Paterson and Dennihy
• 3 p.m. - Giant Steps
• 5 p.m. - Jared Campbell
• 7:30 p.m. - The Kirsten Thien Band

Novelis Family Stage

• Noon - Tom Sawyer (Children’s musical)
• 1:30 p.m. - Catskill Puppet Theater
• 3 p.m. -  Tom Sawyer (Children’s musical)
• 4:30 p.m. - Oswego Community Youth Orchestra
• 6 p.m. - Tom Sawyer (Children’s musical)

Fort Ontario Auxiliary Stage

• Noon - Snakes-n-Stuff with Dan Chase
• 1 p.m. - Silly Family Circus
• 2 p.m.  - Snakes-n-Stuff with Dan Chase
• 3 p.m. - Silly Family Circus
• 4 p.m. - Snakes-n-Stuff with Dan Chase
• 5 p.m. - Bob Gibbons and Sweetheart
• 6 p.m. - Silly Family Circus

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The No Doubt tour makes a stop in Central New York tonight, hitting the Showroom at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona. Paramore and Janelle Monae open for No Doubt. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $95, $135, and $160.

Also tonight…

Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin are in Liverpool for the weekly Liverpool is the Place concert  at Johnson Park (Route 57 and Vine St.) in the village. The show starts at 7 p.m. and admission is free.

Augustine is at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (246 W. Willow St.) at 10 p.m. and Brand New Sin is at Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Rd., Mattydale) at 9:30 p.m.The Fab Five Unplugged is at The Retreat (First St., Liverpool) at 7 p.m.

There’s karaoke with DJ Smegie at Singer’s Karaoke Club (1345 Milton Ave.)  starting at 9 p.m. and John Lerner hosts an open mike at Meghan MacMurphy’s (7990 Oswego Rd., Liverpool) at 6 p.m.

The weekly Phoenix American Legion Country Music Showcase starts at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Post 418 (9 Oswego River Rd., Phoenix).

Upcoming events

Looking to plan ahead for the rest of the week? Here’s this week’s concert calendar:

• 6/23: Matt Chase and Thunder Canyon (Ernest N. Casale Amphitheatre, Clay Park Central)
• 6/23: Fritz’s Polka Band (Reilly-Mumford Park, Sherrill)
• 6/24: Cracker (Hump Day Concert Series, Syracuse’s Inner Harbor)
• 6/24: Lisa Gentile Band (Liverpool is the Place Concert Series)
• 6/24: Ed Goetz and the Silver Spurs (Lonergan Park, North Syracuse)
  
• 6/25: 3 Inch Fury, The Reissues, Kat Tale (Market Block Party, Syracuse)
• 6/25: Fritz’s Polka Band (Oswego Farmer’s Market, Oswego)
  
• 6/25: Morris and the Hepcats (Performance Harley Davidson Bike Night)
• 6/26 - 6/27: Syracuse Jazz Fest (Onondaga Community College, Syracuse)
• 6/26: Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
• 6/27: Umphrey’s’ McGee (Paper Mill Island, Baldwinsville)
• 6/27: Fritz’s Polka Band (Taste of Utica, Hanna Park, Utica and Utica Masonic Festival)
  

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