About

Our doors opened in 1977 as the Country Warehouse, and has since been The Warehouse, The Horizontal Boogie Bar and the Boogie Bar. It became the Water Street Music Hall in 1999 and has emerged as one of Rochester, NY's premier concert spots, garnering the "Best Live Music Club" and "Best Live Entertainment Venue" by the Rochester, NY Democrat and Chronicle's People's Choice Awards in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

We at the Water Street Music Hall bring you the best in local, national, and international artists, spanning all musical genres. Artists who have performed at the Water Street Music Hall include Flogging Molly, The Derek Trcuks Band, David Grisman, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ben Folds, G Love & Special Sauce, John Hiatt, Black Label Society, Silversun Pickups, Loudon Wainwright III, Carolina Liar, Taking Back Sunday, Toots & The Maytals, Thriving Ivory, Soulive, Better Than Ezra, They Might Be Giants, Ted Nugent, Insane Clown Posse, Dropkick Murphys, O.A.R., Reel Big Fish, Gov't Mule, Dashboard Confessional, Gwar, Chris Robinson & New Earth Mud, Guster, Gavin DeGraw, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Matt Nathanson, Gym Class Heroes, Jack's Mannequin, Umphrey's McGee, Disco Biscuits, Colbie Caillat, Yonder Mountain String Band, Buddy Guy, Hanson, Bryan Adams, Missy Higgins and many others.