Thursday at the Square
Weekly concert series in Buffalo, New York
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Thursday at the Square was a free weekly concert series held annually from May through August at Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York.

Performers
1991
- 6/13 - The Mamas & the Papas featuring John Phillips, MacKenzie Phillips, Spanky McFarlane and Scott McKenzie
- 6/20 - Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
- 6/27 - Sattalites
- 7/04 - (no show)
- 7/11 - Rocket 88
- 7/18 - Lance Diamond
- 7/25 - The Hurricanes
- 8/01 - Jamie Moses Band
- 8/08 - The Pine Dogs
- 8/15 - The Ravens featuring Barbara St. Clair
- 8/22 - Emory Nash
- 8/29 - Gamalon
- 9/05 - The Road
1992
- 6/04 - The Guess Who
- 6/11 -
- 6/18 - Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
- 6/25 - John & Mary
- 7/02 - Hopping Penguins
- 7/09 - Them Jazzbeards
- 7/16 -
- 7/23 - J.C. Thompson Band
- 7/30 - The Fibs
- 8/06 -
- 8/13 - The French Ticklers
- 8/20 - Joyryde
- 8/27 - Sattalites
1993
- 6/03 - Sattalites
- 6/10 - Pulse with Butch Rolle, Unity Band with Cynthia Moore and Lisa Rushton
- 6/17 -
- 6/24 - Goo Goo Dolls, Lance Diamond
- 7/01 - Bel-Vistas, Skaface, (or The Lowest of the Low?)
- 7/08 -
- 7/15 - One Drop Reggae
- 7/22 -
- 7/29 - Heat Handlers
- 8/05 - Where's Broadway, Outer Circle Orchestra
- 8/12 - Moxy Früvous, John & Mary
- 8/19 - Blue Rodeo, Crash Roosters
- 8/26 - Pat Shea & the Stone Country Band, Rick Smith
1994
- 6/02 - Jamie Moses Band, Nik and the Nice Guys
- 6/09 - Big Happy Family, Johny Vegas
- 6/16 - Mr. Conrad & the Excellos, Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
- 6/23 - Pine Dogs, Skydiggers
- 6/30 - Tropical Explosion
- 7/07 - Crash Rooster, Tinsley Ellis
- 7/14 - McCarthyizm, The Waltons
- 7/21 - Dance or Die, Hypnotic Clambake
- 7/28 - The Need, Hall of Fame Band
- 8/04 -
- 8/11 - Wild Nik West, Stevie Ray Shannon
- 8/18 - Crumbs of Insanity, Pigfarm
- 8/25 -
1995
- 6/01 - Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
- 6/08 - 10,000 Maniacs with John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey, The Skeptics
- 6/15 - Otis Rama & the Shama Lama Nik Dongs, Outer Circle Orchestra
- 6/22 -
- 6/29 - Boss Street Band, Planet 9 with Kathy Moriarty
- 7/06 -
- 7/13 - Morganfields, Plaster Sandals
- 7/20 - Downchild Blues Band, Willie & the Reinhardts with Dave Constantino
- 7/27 - Coupe de Villes, Win, Lose or Draw Band
- 8/03 - Nullstadt, The Tails
- 8/10 -
- 8/17 - Marshall Badger Band, Willie May Blues Band
- 8/24 - Jim Yeomans Band, Dee Dee Tompkins
- 8/31 - Straight Forward, Bobby Militello Quartet
1996
- 5/30 - Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night
- 6/06 - Spirit of the West, Philosopher Kings
- 6/13 - Veltri & Morgano Rhythm & Soul Revue, De'Riff
- 6/20 - Jump Kings, Hit N'Run
- 6/27 - LeeRon Zydeco & the Hot Tamales, J.C. Thompson Band
- 7/03 - (Wednesday) Willie and The Reinhardts play when John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band cancel, C.P.R. Band with the Perpetrators
- 7/11 - Buckwheat Zydeco, Gamalon
- 7/18 - Lance Diamond, Surfivors
- 7/25 - Universal Honey, Roadside Attractions
- 8/01 - Taylor Made Jazz, The Shaft
- 8/08 - Bobby Militello Quartet, Phil Sims & the Buffalo Brass Band
- 8/15 - All Stars of Southern Rock featuring the Tolar Brothers, Scott Carpenter & the Real McCoys
- 8/22 - Ominous Sea Pods, McCarthyizm
- 8/29 - The Sattalites, Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
1997
- 5/29 - Boys of Summer, Big Wheelie & the Hubcaps
- 6/05 - Echo & the Bunnymen, Velour
- 6/12 - Electric Chick Magnets, C.O. Jones
- 6/19 - Plaster Sandals, McCarthyizm
- 6/26 - Chanka Chank Cajun Zydecko Band
- 7/03 - Barbara St. Clair & the Shadows
- 7/10 - Moxy Früvous
- 7/17 - Spirit of the West, Johnny Hart & the Jumpstarts
- 7/24 - The Be Bops, Gary Lewis & the Playboys
- 7/31 - Lance Diamond, Scott Carpenter & the Real McCoys
- 8/07 - Buffalo Swing, Michael Civisca
- 8/14 - Buckwheat Zydeco, Pine Dogs
- 8/21 - Only Humen, Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders
- 8/28 - Coupe De Villes, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
1998
- 5/28 - Switch, Flipside & the Legends of Rock-n-Roll
- 6/04 - Moxy Früvous, Skydiggers
- 6/11 - Mary Black, McCarthyizm
- 6/18 - Squeeze, Saw Doctors
- 6/25 - Molly Hatchet, N.Y. Rockn' Rodeo Band
- 7/02 - Reggae Cowboys, Electric Bushmen
- 7/09 - The Grass Roots, Fat Brat
- 7/16 - Buckwheat Zydeco, Skin Tight Band
- 7/23 - Great Big Sea, Michael Oliver & Go Dog Go
- 7/30 - Billy McEwen & the Soul Invaders, Stone Bridge Band
- 8/06 - Lance Diamond, The Shadows with Barbara St. Clair
- 8/13 - Blue Rodeo, Scary Chicken
- 8/20 - Sass Jordan, Dolly Watchers
- 8/27 - Popa Chubby, Danny Lynn Wilson
1999
- 5/27 - 54-40, Riley, By Divine Right
- 6/03 - The Flutie Brothers Band, R&B Revue
- 6/10 - Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails, The 7th Sons, Leon & The Forklifts
- 6/17 - Shawn Mullins, John Whelan
- 6/24 - Great Big Sea, Go Dog Go, Guster
- 7/01 - Lance Diamond, Wendell Rivera & The Latin Jazz All-Stars
- 7/08 - Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tom Stahl
- 7/15 - Kelly Willis, Steam Donkeys
- 7/22 - Billy McEwen & The Soul Invaders, Junction West
- 7/29 - Reverend Horton Heat, 53 Days, Irving Klaws
- 8/05 - The Marshall Tucker Band, Tommy Z
- 8/12 - Fighting Gravity, Bread Gone Wry, bag.
- 8/19 - Spirit of the West, Alison Pipitone, Universal Honey
- 8/26 - Spyro Gyra, Straight Forward
2000
- 5/25 - Black 47, Jackdaw, Mudtown Rudy
- 6/01 - Tugboat Annie
- 6/08 - Moist, The Sheila Divine, OUI-73
- 6/15 - Robert Cray
- 6/22 - The Animals
- 6/29 - 54-40
- 7/06 - Blue Rodeo, Tara McLean, Alison Pipitone
- 7/13 - Kim Mitchell
- 7/20 - Burning Spear
- 7/27 - Sister Hazel The Pat McGee Band
- 8/03 - Leahy
- 8/10 - Billy McEwen, Stone Ridge, The Swillberries
- 8/13 - George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/17 - Medeski Martin & Wood
- 8/24 - Bruce Cockburn, Willie Nile
- 8/31 - Lance Diamond, C.O. Jones
2001
- 5/24 - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Imports, Mexican Cession
- 5/31 - Andy Griggs, The Steam Donkeys
- 6/07 - Kim Mitchell, Urban Renewal Band, Willie and the Reinhardts
- 6/14 - Jeff Healey Band, The Tommy Z Blues Power Trio
- 6/17 - Slash's Snakepit - Buffalo Niagara Guitar Festival
- 6/21 - moe., DJ Logic
- 6/28 - English Beat, Femi Kuti
- 7/05 - Billy McEwen, Cruizin' Deuces, The Stone Bridge Band
- 7/12 - David Wilcox, Alison Pipitone, Tom Stahl
- 7/19 - Bo Diddley, Animal Planet
- 7/26 - The Sheila Divine, The Push Stars, Crash Test Dummies
- 8/02 - Eddie Money, Rufus Maneuvers, The Swillberries
- 8/09 - Pat Benatar, Seven Day Faith, Blue Bullet Skater
- 8/16 - Great Big Sea, Jennifer Marie, Jackdaw
- 8/23 - Lance Diamond, C.O. Jones
- 8/30 - Donna the Buffalo, The Waz, Soulive
2002
- 5/23 - Cowboy Junkies, Suzanne Vega
- 5/30 - Blood Sweat and Tears, with David Clayton-Thomas
- 6/06 - The Divine Comedy, Ben Kweller, Ben Folds
- 6/13 - The Tommy Z Band, Rik Emmett
- 6/20 - Mark Stanley Band, The Filter Kings, Marcia Ball
- 6/27 - Jackdaw, Spirit of the West
- 7/11 - Jazz Mandolin Project, Derek Trucks Band
- 7/18 - Original Skin, Bob Fera Band, The Smithereens
- 7/25 - Junction West, Average White Band
- 8/01 - One World Tribe, Maxi Priest
- 8/08 - Klear, Lake Trout, Cracker
- 8/15 - Don McLean, Tom Stahl & the Dangerfields, Leah Zicari
- 8/22 - Katie Miller, Redheaded Stepchild, They Might Be Giants When the final group (They Might Be Giants) was set to perform, the show was cancelled due to heavy rains.
- 8/24 - The Lowest of the Low, Universal Honey, McCarthyizm, Last Conservative - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/25 - Peter Frampton, The Billy McEwen Band, Animal Planet, The Stone Bridge Band - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/29 - CO Jones, Lance Diamond
2003
- 5/29 - Living Colour, Antigone Rising, LP
- 6/05 - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Pietasters, Catch 22
- 6/12 - Kim Mitchell
- 6/19 - 54-40, Luther Wright and the Wrongs
- 6/26 - Default, Finger Eleven
- 7/03 - Gord Downie & the Country of Miracles, Hawksley Workman
- 7/10 - Government Mule play because Robert Randolph & the Family Band couldn't make it, Jeffrey Gaines
- 7/17 - They Might Be Giants
- 7/24 - Reel Big Fish, Gob, Zebrahead, The Matches
- 7/26 - The Tea Party - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 7/27 - Foreigner, David Wilcox, Tom Stahl & the Dangerfields, Willy and the Reinhardts - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
NOTE: Cancelled due to severe weather
NOTE: David Wilcox performance was moved to 7/31 from originally scheduled date of 7/27. Flogging Molly was to have been the headliner, but their performance was moved to a nearby indoor venue (and a $5 fee charged) to accommodate the switch of the [David Wilcox]concert.
- 8/07 - G. Love & Special Sauce
- 8/14 - Aimee Mann, Martin Sexton
- 8/21 - Max Creek
- 8/28 - April Wine, Honeymoon Suite
- 9/04 - Sarah Slean, Universal Honey
2004
- 5/27 - Sam Roberts, The Clarks, Scott Celani
- 6/03 - Black 47, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Tom Stahl and the Dangerfields
- 6/10 - Fuel, Seven Day Faith, Magna-Fi
- 6/17 - Kim Mitchell, Anjulie, Agent Me
- 6/24 - Robert Randolph and the Family Band, The Tommy Z Band
- 7/01 - Blue Rodeo, Universal Honey, Old Sweethearts
- 7/08 - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Willie & the Reinhardts
- 7/15 - Spirit of the West, Enter the Haggis, Andy Mac
- 7/22 - Leon Russell, Billy McEwen Band
- 7/29 - Arrested Development, Lazlo Hollyfeld
- 8/05 - Broken Social Scene, John Brown's Body (Sound Tribe Sector 9 was originally slated but cancelled and replaced with BSS)
- 8/12 - Vince Neil, Sanity, Last Days of Radio
- 8/19 - Gavin DeGraw, Toby Lightman, Marc Broussard
- 8/26 - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Universal Grille
- 9/02 - Klear (featuring Robby Takac), Last Conservative, Juliet Dagger
2005
- 5/26 - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Gamalon
- 6/02 - Theory of a Deadman, Submersed
- 6/09 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Dears, Marjorie Fair, Jon Nicholson
- 6/16 - Howie Day, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
- 6/23 - Eric Burdon & The Animals, Cock Robin, Dollywatchers
- 6/30 - Little Feat, Stone Bridge Band
- 7/07 - Sarah Harmer, Hothouse Flowers, Maria Sebastian
- 7/14 - Dr. John, Leeron Zydeco & The Hot Tamales
- 7/21 - G. Love and Special Sauce, State Radio
- 7/22 - moe. - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 7/23 - Hootie & The Blowfish - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 7/28 - The Lowest of the Low, The Marble Index
- 8/04 - Lou Gramm, Willie Nile
- 8/11 - Great Big Sea, Stand
- 8/18 - John Waite, McCarthyizm
- 8/25 - The Sam Roberts Band, Matt Mays & El Torpedo
- 9/01 - Spin Doctors
2006
- 5/25 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, BeArthur
- 6/01 - Smash Mouth, Army of Me, Agent Me
- 6/08 - Mike Doughty's Band, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
- 6/15 - Soulive, Bedouin Soundclash
- 6/22 - Blues Traveler, Carbon Leaf
- 6/29 - 54-40, The Trews
- 7/06 - India.Arie, Eric Crittenden, Lazlo Hollyfeld
- 7/13 - Jeff Martin, Burning Paris
- 7/20 - Shooter Jennings, The Brakes
- 7/27 - Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Drive-By Truckers (Aqualung and Lazlo Hollyfeld were replaced for unknown reasons)
- 7/29 - Buddy Guy, Kelley Hunt, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 7/30 - Gov't Mule, David Gogo - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/03 - Violent Femmes, Stand, Mark Norris and the Backpeddlers
- 8/10 - Yonder Mountain String Band, Down To The Roots
- 8/17 - Donna the Buffalo, Tea Leaf Green
- 8/24 - Sloan, The Alison Pipitone Band, Johnny Nobody
- 8/31 - Eric Burdon and the Animals, Tom Stahl & the Dangerfields, The Ifs
2007
- 5/31 - Umphrey's McGee, Tea Leaf Green
- 6/07 - Son Volt, Just Jinjer, Dali's Ghost
- 6/14 - Augustana, Army of Me, As Tall As Lions
- 6/21 - Violent Femmes, Mobile, theRev
- 6/28 - Joan Osborne, Will Hoge
- 7/05 - Sam Roberts Band, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- 7/12 - An evening with moe.
- 7/19 - Nickel Creek, Glen Phillips
- 7/26 - Old 97's, Yonder Mountain String Band
- 8/02 - John Butler Trio, Melissa Ferrick
- 8/09 - Keller Williams, Jonah Smith
- 8/16 - Soul Asylum, The Alternate Routes
- 8/23 - North Mississippi Allstars, The Wood Brothers
- 8/30 - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Benevento-Russo Duo
- 9/06 - The Romantics, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
- 9/13 - Anders Osborne, Charlie Hunter Trio
- 9/20 - Dropkick Murphys, Jackdaw
2008
- 5/30 - Galactic, The New Deal
- 6/05 - The Disco Biscuits
- 6/12 - Yonder Mountain String Band
- 6/19 - David Sanborn Group, Gamalon
- 6/26 - Kevin S. McCarthy, Mike Doughty Duo
- 7/03 - Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels
- 7/10 - Jimmie Vaughan, JJ Grey & MOFRO
- 7/17 - Mickey Hart Band, Tea Leaf Green
- 7/24 - The Gin Blossoms, Common Kings, Dan Erickson
- 7/31 - Spirit of the West, Babik, Penny Whiskey
- 8/07 - Zappa plays Zappa, The Whigs
- 8/14 - Mike Gordon, Samantha Sollenwerth
- 8/15 - Great Big Sea - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/16 - Robert Cray Band, Keb' Mo' - Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
- 8/21 - Saliva, Klear
- 8/28 - Candlebox, Agent Me
- 9/04 - Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Indigenous
2009
- 5/28 - Gomez, Steel Train, Alberta Cross
- 6/04 - The Disco Biscuits
- 6/11 - Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Dana Fuchs Band
- 6/18 - Better Than Ezra, Tyrone Wells
- 6/25 - Los Lobos
- 7/02 - Zappa Plays Zappa
- 7/09 - Los Lonely Boys
- 7/16 - George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
- 7/23 - Neko Case *cancelled
- 7/30 - The Avett Brothers, Cornmeal
2010
- 6/10 - Alejandro Escovedo, Tift Merritt
- 6/17 - Ingrid Michaelson, A.A. Bondy, Rob Falgiano
- 6/24 - Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau Band
- 7/01 - Ed Kowalczyk of Live
- 7/08 - Ozomatli, Rebelution
- 7/15 - Umphrey's McGee, Tea Leaf Green
- 7/22 - G. Love & Special Sauce
- 7/29 - Robert Randolph and the Family Band, The London Souls
- 8/05 - Los Lobos, JJ Grey & MOFRO
- 8/12 - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hit N Run and Will Holton
2011
- 6/02 - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Son of the Sun, The Etchings
- 6/09 - Morris Day and the Time, The Missing Star, Autopunch
- 6/16 - Blues Traveler with special guest, Willie Nile, The Pillagers
- 6/23 - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with special guest, Fitz and the Tantrums, Southside
June 30 - August 4: Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf
- 6/30 - The Lowest of the Low with special guest, Hey Rosetta!, Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins
- 7/07 - Sloan, Johnny Nobody, The Found
- 7/14 - Court Yard Hounds, Alison Pipitone Band, Rob Falgiano Band
- 7/21 - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Jamie Moses Band, The Tommy Z Band
- 7/28 - George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Taylor Made, The Rod Nickson Project
- 8/04 - Tokyo Police Club with special guest, The Sheila Divine, Potter's Field