We Support Local Music!

We support Local Music here at MohawkValleyGuide.com!

If you are in a local band, let us know where you are playing! Each Thursday, we will publish a list of who is playing where, at NO CHARGE TO THE BAND!

Fill in this form to be included in next Thursday’s listings-

Why Support Local Music?

Besides the fact of supporting our local communities and businesses, did you realize:

 A typical rock concert costs $40. For $40 you can see 5-8 local shows at a cost of $5 – $8 to get in the door.

Typical rock concerts are generally held in large venues. Often it is difficult to see the performers as well as if you’d watched it on TV.

Cameras and recording devices are usually not allowed at a typical rock concert. Local bands usually let you tape their shows and take photos to your heart’s content.

You usually have to drive further to go to a typical rock concert, and park far away once you get there.

You often have to pay for parking.

You frequently have to wait for a long time in a traffic jam to get out of the parking lot.

You usually can’t dance at a typical rock concert.

You probably won’t make any new friends at a typical rock concert.

You usually can’t meet the band members at the typical rock concert. At a local show, you can often become friends with them.

 ~It is a myth that nationally known musicians with record contracts are any better than local musical acts. The nationally known acts are usually marketed to us in the same way the latest big movie is sold. Yes, the Strokes sound really good, have very well produced videos, and have an appealing look. But you could take Spike and the Boys, a band from Fort Plain, and give them the same budget, and voila! you have the Next Big Thing.