As Pitchfork said:  Indie rock tours in 2010 don’t come much bigger than this: “Vampire Weekend’s super-popular cosmopolitan herky-jerk, Beach House’s hazy bliss-pop, and Dum Dum Girls‘ forthrightly retro girl-group garage rock. Together, those three bands will travel across the northern parts of North America, starting late August in Vancouver. The tour will hit some impressively huge [...]

DUE TO UNFORESEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND CONCERT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 2ND. ALL TICKETS WILL BE HONORED
DSP is proud to welcome the Marshall Tucker Band with special guests and local favorites, Tailor Made, to the State Theatre in Ithaca on Friday, September 10th.  Tickets will go on sale with State Theatre subscriptions [...]

John Hiatt began his solo career in 1974 and over the next decade ran through a number of different styles from rock ‘n’ roll to new wave pop before he finally settled on a rootsy fusion of rock ‘n’ roll, country, blues and folk.  Several of his songs have become hits for other artists, including [...]

DSP is proud to announce that BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE with special guests THE SEA AND CAKE will play the State Theatre in Ithaca on Friday, September 24th at 8pm. Tickets will cost $26.50 and will go on sale Friday, May 14th at 10AM.  Tickets are available at the State Theatre Box Office, 105 West State [...]

DSP is happy to present the return of ROGUE WAVE to upstate NY at the Westcott Theater on Saturday, Sept. 25th. The band released their fourth LP, Permalight this spring on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. Joining them will be Midlake, returning to the area after a beautiful set in May at Castaways, and Peter Wolf [...]

You saw them opening for Railroad Earth last year at the State, now catch a full headlining set when the RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND returns to Castaways on Sept. 26th at 8:00PM. Tickets are on sale Friday for $10 adv. The band is currently opening for Martin Sexton and serving as his back-up band! They’ll play [...]

DSP is proud to present Mark Olson of The Jayhawks for an intimate evening at the Wildfire Lounge on Sept. 28th at 8:00pm. Tickets will be $12 adv and go on sale this Friday June 11th. The leader of the Jayhawks is prepping Many Colored Kite, his second album under his own name, to be [...]

How’s that for a pair? DSP is excited to present two of the best up and coming acts on the same night Sept. 29th at Castaways. Tickets are just $8 adv. and will go on sale Friday, June 18th. Get familiar below.

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BEAR IN HEAVEN:
Bear in Heaven started out as Jon Philpot, alone, in a [...]

DSP is excited to present pop rockers The Thermals with guests Cymbals Eat Guitars at Castaways on Oct. 10th. The Thermals will be out supporting their newest LP out this fall on Kill Rock Stars under the name Personal Life. Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 31st for $12 adv, click the link below [...]

What’s better than 2 great shows? 1 AWESOME show. So we’ve combined these two beautiful artists into one night. All tickets previously purchased for Sharon Van Etten will be automatically transferred to the Bowerbirds list. Tickets will still cost $12 adv and more at the door. Click the link below for tickets…

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BOWERBIRDS:
Bowerbirds’ debut album, [...]

Joan Baez will return to perform at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA on Thursday, October 21st and the Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, NY on Saturday October 23rd. Reserved seats are $49.50 and $42.50 (inclusive of facilites’ restoration fees), and are on sale this Friday, 6/18 at 10AM. A limited number of gold circle tickets [...]

DSP is excited to announce the return of Josh Ritter to the Haunt on October 24th. Ritter was one of the highlights of ‘09 when he earned an encore from a screaming crowd after an opening set! He’ll return this fall supporting his 7th studio album, So Runs the World Away, with the full Royal [...]

DSP in partnership with Massconcerts and Fun Time Presents is proud to welcome GUSTER back to the State Theatre in Ithaca on October 25th.  General Admission tickets will cost $27.50 (inclusive of theater restoration fees) go on sale July 2nd with State Theatre Subscriptions and to the general public on July 30.  They will be [...]

Band on Treadmills?
Now band in field with a marching band?
And finally the RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE… SICK videos…
Their videos are legendary and now DSP is proud to welcome OK GO back to central NY at the Westcott Theater in Syracuse after a SOLD OUT performance in April at the Haunt in Ithaca. Tickets will go [...]

DSP is happy to announce the stellar indie rock double bill of The Besnard Lakes and Wintersleep on October 26th at Castaways. These two Canadian rock bands have different styles but the same intensity. Both have released albums this year, Are The Roaring Night from The Besnard Lakes has been shortlisted for the coveted Polaris [...]

Dan Smalls Presents, Inc. is proud to welcome George Winston to Ithaca on Thursday, October 28th at the newly renovated Hangar Theatre. Tickets for the show will go on sale Monday, September 13 at 9am via the link below.  These will be will call only tickets (no paper tickets will be available) and seated [...]

Be afraid. Be very afraid… of missing this great triple bill on Halloween night at the State Theatre in Ithaca. Local heroes DONNA THE BUFFALO return to the State with jam-grass upstarts RAILROAD EARTH in tow. The Sim Redmond Band will kick off the show at 8pm… Tickets for this bonanza [...]

DSP is proud to present the long-awaited return of MICHAEL FRANTI and SPEARHEAD to Ithaca on November 3rd at the State Theatre.  You’ve asked for him since his 2006 appearance, and you’ve got it!  General Admission Tickets will go on sale July 2nd with State Theatre Subscriptions and to the general public on July 30. [...]

You can get anything you want… and after three years, the legend returns with special guests in tow.  ARLO GUTHRIE rides back into central NY for two big shows this fall – November 6th at the State Theatre in Ithaca and November 7th at the beautiful Harro East Ballroom in Rochester.  Two chances to partake [...]

DSP is excited to welcome SARAH HARMER to Ithaca on November 12th at Castaways.  Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10AM via the link below and cost $15 in advance.  Support acts will be announced shortly.  We’ve long been fans and it was great to have Sarah open for Neko in Rochester last [...]