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2024 New York State Blues Festival Syracuse NY
2024 New York State Blues Festival Syracuse NY
2024 New York State Blues Festival - Main Stage Opening Performance
Events / Appearances
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
Shifty’s Bar & Grill
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Get yo’ high heel sneakers & wig hats for this party !
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Liverpool, NY @ 7-9p
“LIVERPOOL IS THE PLACE” Live Music Series
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Summer live music series @ Johnson Park Village of Liverpool
Friday, August 15, 2025
Weedsport, NY @ 6-8p
Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing
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Acoustic blues @ Weedsport’s groovingest micro brewery
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 4-7p
Middle Ages Brewing Company - LOADING DOCK MUSIC SERIES
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Annual summer day hang on the loading dock !
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
Shifty’s Bar & Grill
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Get yo’ high heel sneakers & wig hats for this party !
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Liverpool, NY @ 7-9p
“LIVERPOOL IS THE PLACE” Live Music Series
(external link)
Summer live music series @ Johnson Park Village of Liverpool
Friday, August 15, 2025
Weedsport, NY @ 6-8p
Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing
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Acoustic blues @ Weedsport’s groovingest micro brewery
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 4-7p
Middle Ages Brewing Company - LOADING DOCK MUSIC SERIES
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Annual summer day hang on the loading dock !
Friday, August 22, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 6-9p
The Local 315 Brewing Company
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Working micro brewery, livestock + a pink tractor!
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Elbridge, NY @ 6-9p
Wildwood Event Center
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Summer Live Music Series @ this eclectic indoor/outdoor event center
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Cazenovia, NY @ 12-3p
Meiers Creek Brewing (Shylocks Duo)
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Sunday Live Music Brunch Series @ Cazenovia’s best brewery
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 5-8p
Crazy Daisies
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One of Upstate New York’s most eclectic nursery & event centers,.. always a great
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Cazenovia, NY @ 1-4p
Critz Farms - FALL HARVEST CELEBRATION
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Fall Harvest Celebration in the rolling hills of Cazenovia
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 5-9p
“A Highfalutin’ Blues Bender II” @ Dinosaur BBQ
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You wanted it,.. we’re bringin’ back the Blues Bender with Opening Performer & Special Guest Appearances (TBA) !!
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Jamesville, NY @ 6-9p
NEAT Whiskey Bar (DUO)
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Start your weekend early with acoustic blues @ this new bourbon bar
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 12-3p
The Syracuse Whiskey Coop - SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH
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Bringing the Sunday blues hang back to Armory Square
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 3-5p
ONCE Fermentations SUNDAY BLUES SERIES
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Acoustic blues @ this award winning craft breweries Sunday Blues Series
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Cazenovia, NY @ 12-3p
Meiers Creek Brewing Company (Shylocks Duo)
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Sunday Live Music Brunch Series @ Cazenovia’s best brewery
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
SHIFTY’S Bar & Grill Thanksgiving Eve “Wig Night”
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Get ‘yo high heel sneakers & wig hats for this one! Always one helluva foot stompin’ hang
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 12-3p
Syracuse Whiskey Coop SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH
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Bringing the Sunday blues hang back to Armory Square
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 5-8p
Crazy Daisies - HOLIDAY KRINGLE
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One of Upstate New York’s most eclectic nursery & event centers,.. always a great
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Jamesville, NY @ 6-9p
NEAT Whiskey Bar
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Slide into your weekend early with acoustic blues & bourbon
Friday, December 19, 2025
Tully, NY @ 7-9p
ONCO Fermentations - BLUES KRINGLE
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Annual KRINGLE BLUES party
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 12-3p
Syracuse Whiskey Coop - SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH
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Sunday Blues Brunch monthly residency
Past Events
Friday, July 25, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 9-11p
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
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LIVE MUSIC IS BACK at this famous downtown BBQ honky tonk. Help us light this firecracker!
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Liverpool, NY @ 6-9p
The Retreat
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Always a Wednesday night great hang
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Cazenovia, NY @ 12-3p
Meiers Creek Brewing Company (Shylocks Duo)
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Sunday Live Music Brunch Series @ Cazenovia’s best brewery
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Cazenovia, NY @ 5-8p
Critz Farms
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Summer Live Music Series in the rolling hills of Cazenovia
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Phoenix, NY @ 6-9p
Lock 1 Distilling Company
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Acoustic blues, bikes and ice cold drinks,.. kick stands down @ 6p
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 12-3p
The Syracuse Whiskey Coop - BLUES BRUNCH -
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Bringing the Sunday blues hang back to Armory Square
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Sylvan Beach, NY @ 6-8p
Sylvan Beach Summer Live Music Series
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Summer Live Music Concert Series
Friday, June 27, 2025
Elbridge, NY @ 6-9p
Wildwood Event Center
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Summer Live Music Series @ this eclectic indoor/outdoor event center
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
E. Syracuse, NY @ 6:30-8:30p
Ellis Park - East Syracuse Neighborhood
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Summer live music celebration in the heart of East Syracuse
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fairgrounds @ 4:30-4:50p + 6:15-6:35p
New York State Blues Festival - Acoustic Stage (Shylocks Duo)
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New York States premier 3-day blues festival
Friday, June 6, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 6-8p
Crazy Daisies
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One of Upstate New York’s most eclectic nursery & event centers,.. always a great hang !
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 4-7p
Middle Ages Brewing Company LOADING DOCK MUSIC SERIES
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Annual summer day hang on the loading dock !
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Tully, NY @ 5-8p
ONCO Fermentations SUNDAY BLUES
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Weekly Sunday Blues Party @ Tully, NY’s best micro brewery
Friday, May 9, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
Shifty’s Bar & Grill
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Get yo’ high heel sneakers & wig hats for this party !
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 8p-11:30p
Asil’s Pub
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Always a bumpin’ time @ Asil’s !
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub (Shylocks Duo)
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Acoustic blues @ infamous downtown Irish Pub
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Kings Ferry, NY @ 1-4p
Treleaven Winery (Shylocks Duo)
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Acoustic blues @ one of the Finger Lakes finest wineries
Friday, April 18, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 6-9p
Sharkey’s Bar & Grill
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Always a great hang @ Sharkey’s !
Friday, April 4, 2025
Weedsport, NY @ 6-8p
Lunkenheimer Brewing Company (Shylocks Duo)
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Acoustic blues @ Weedsport’s groovyest micro brewery
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Adams, NY @ 1-4p
Azz Dogz Northern Chapter Motorcycle Club Fundraiser
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Stoked to be a part of Northern New York’s largest fundraising event hosted by the Azz Dogz Northern Chapter Motorcycle Club
Friday, March 14, 2025
Tully, NY @ 7-9p
ONCO Fermentations 6th Anniversary Celebration
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Celebrate 6 trips around the sun with Tully’s best micro brewery
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 12-3p
The Syracuse Whiskey Coop - SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH
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Bringing the Sunday blues hang back to Armory Square
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Preble, NY @ 5-8p
Puffin Bird @ Labrador Ski Resort
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Acoustic blues on the mountain
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Syracuse, NY @ 8p-12a
Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub (Shylocks Duo)
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Acoustic blues @ infamous downtown Irish Pub
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Jamesville, NY @ 6-9p
NEAT Whiskey Bar (Shylocks Duo)
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Bourbon & acoustic blues at the newest spirit venue in town
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Camillus, NY @ 8p-11:30p
Asil’s Pub
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Always a bumpin’ time @ Asil’s !
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Reviving acoustic blues one song at a time and bringin’ some grease to the party!
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2025 New York State Blues Festival, Syracuse NY
2025 New York State Blues Festival, Syracuse NY
The Shylocks Duo laid down some greasy blues sharing festival billing with Warren Haynes, Ruthie Foster, Jontavius Willis and many others blues greats
2024 New York State Blues Festival Syracuse NY
2024 New York State Blues Festival Syracuse NY
2024 New York State Blues Festival - Main Stage Opening Performance
The Shylocks Promo 2023
The Shylocks Promo 2023
Reviving Acoustic Blues ... One Song at a Time
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About The Shylocks
Reviving acoustic blues one song at a time & bringin’ some grease to the party ...
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About
With 300+ performances & 7 years in the rear view mirror, The Shylocks acoustic blues band cuts a wide path across Texas, Delta, Chicago, Piedmont & Swamp blues. Multiple appearances at The New York State Blues Festival, Great Salt City Blues Concert and other regional festivals have seasoned this 4-pc. acoustic blues band into a veritable gumbo of greasy acoustic blues.
Members
- Michael Burns - Vocals, Harp & $1.00 Kazoo
- Mark Yonnick - Guitars (Reso & Flat Top)
- Ron Mirizio - Bass Guitar
- Jim Gass - Drums, Cajon & Percussion