Award–winning country and pop vocalist LeAnn Rimes will start the New Year off with a twang, heading up the January entertainment lineup at Seneca Resorts & Casinos. Rimes and improvisational genius Wayne Brady will bring their talents to the Seneca Niagara Events Center, while the cozy Bear’s Den Showroom will hum with former Barenaked Ladies’ lead singer Steven Page, “American Pie” favorite Don McLean, Canadian country artist Michele Wright and several performances of Brandon Bennett’s “Elvis My Way”—the closest thing to the King in concert! The Seneca Allegany Events Center will see Grammy-winning rock group America perform, and Phil Vassar with Lyndsey Highlander will combine for a soulful Nashville sound.
Tickets for all January shows go on sale Friday, Oct. 3 at noon and are available at select Seneca Resort & Casino retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at 800-745-3000.
Three-time American Country Music award winner LeAnn Rimes will light up the Seneca Niagara Events Center on Saturday, January 9 at 8 p.m. Ticket prices start at $30. Rimes, with her remarkably similar Patsy Cline sound, shot to fame in 1996 at the ripe age of 13 with the debut hit single “Blue.” “Blue” reached number one on the Top Country albums charts, went multiplatinum and was a Top 10 hit. Rimes has won two Grammys, three American Country Music awards, a Country Music Award, 12 Billboard Music Awards and an American Music award.
The hilarious, multi-talented Wayne Brady will take the stage of the Seneca Niagara Events Center on January 31 at 8 p.m.; tickets start at $30. Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a variety, musical or comedy series for his on-the-spot improvisational work on the hit TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? In 2001 Brady starred in his own ABC-network variety show The Wayne Brady Variety Show and a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002, which won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Steven Page, formerly lead singer with Barenaked Ladies, will give what he calls a “theatrical and intimate” solo performance—perfectly slated for the up-close-and-personal experience fans can only get in the Bear’s Den Showroom on January 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25. Page, who stems from the northern side of the border in Canada, has released five solo albums since 2005. His solo work is upbeat and stylistically “all over the map,” ranging from power-pop to disco, to big band jazz to folk.
In celebration of Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday weekend, Brandon Bennett will bring his blue-suede-shoe “Elvis My Way” tribute show to the stage in the Bear’s Den for three dates: January 9 at 8 p.m., January 10 for two shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and January 11 at 3 p.m. Tickets start at just $15. Bennett is the closest thing to the King as perhaps anyone has achieved, having won the “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest” and the crown for the title of “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist” at Graceland. His tribute show and band “The Heartbreak Orchestra” performs across the country and has opened for Chuck Berry and Ronnie Milsap.
Don McLean will no doubt have the audience singing along to the perennial favorite pop-folk epic “American Pie” in the Bear’s Den on January 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Since 1971 McLean has amassed over 40 gold and platinum records world-wide and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. McLean has released a number of solo projects over the years and has re-recorded old favorites, along with a collection of classic pop, country and jazz covers.
Canadian country music artist, Michelle Wright will croon the night away in the Bear’s Den on January 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Wright is one of Canada’s most widely recognized and awarded female country singers. She is a two-time winner of the Canadian Country Music Awards Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year award. Her single, “Take it Like a Man” hit number one on the country music charts in Canada and hit the Top Ten on the Top 40 Billboard Hot Country song chart in the US.
Phil Vassar, who developed a reputation as the man behind the music, as one of Nashville’s top songwriters, combines talents with Lyndsey Highlander, a rising country music powerhouse at the Seneca Allegany Events Center on January 10. Tickets start at $25. Vassar, who charted 19 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, will put all his soulful vocals and talents on display to combine blue-grass, rhythm and blues and mountain music for his own brand of country sound. Highlander’s “Flowers Ain’t Gonna Fix This,” hit the number one spot on Country Music TV’s Pure 12-pack Countdown for eight straight weeks. The two have been bringing crowds to their feet since hitting the road together.
America, one of the most popular soft-rock bands of the ‘70s will bring their cool laid-back sound to the Seneca Allegany Events Center stage January 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $20. The former trio, now-duo, captivated US audiences with their Neil Young-like sound, winning them a Grammy, and landing them in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006. Their singles, “A Horse with No Name” and “Sister Golden Hair” both hit No. 1 on the charts, and five of their albums were in the Top Ten.
Not to be missed: the Bear’s Den Showroom will harvest laughter this October with the eight-week Comedy Series sponsored by 97 Rock that kicks off this Thursday, Oct. 2 with Ralphie May and wraps up Nov. 20 with Chris Distefano. Other shows and dates to note: Seneca Niagara Events Center welcomes Roger Hodgson – Legendary Singer-Songwriter, formerly of Supertramp on Nov. 7 and Steve Miller Band on Nov. 21.
A list of confirmed entertainment through December is as follows:
Entertainment at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Event / Date / Time / Venue / Starting Ticket Price
Ralphie May – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Macy Gray, Friday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $30 (on sale now)
Alanis Morissette: Live, Intimate and Acoustic, Saturday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events Center – LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
Robert Kelly – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Gino Vannelli, Friday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 – LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
Santana – The Corazón Tour, Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events Center, $71 – LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
Gino Vannelli, Saturday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 (on sale now)
Gino Vannelli, Sunday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 (on sale now)
Nikki Glaser – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Friday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 – LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
John Hiatt, Saturday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 – LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
Nick DiPaolo – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Marc Cohn, Friday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 (on sale now)
David Spade, Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events Center, $30 (on sale now)
Jim Breuer – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Thunderhand Joe & The Medicine Show, Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Colin Jost – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Roger Hodgson – Legendary Singer-Songwriter, Formerly of Supertramp, Friday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events Center, $35 (on sale now)
Coco Montoya, Saturday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Brent Morin – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
The Monkees Lead Singer Micky Dolenz, Friday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $35 (on sale now)
Williams & Ree: The Indian and the White Guy, Saturday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $15 (on sale now)
Williams & Ree: The Indian and the White Guy, Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Chris Distefano – part of the Comedy Series at the Bear’s Den, sponsored by 97 Rock, Thursday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $20 (on sale now)
Bobby Hendricks’ Drifters, Friday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m., Bear’s Den Showroom, $25 (on sale now)
Steve Miller Band, Friday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Events Center, $40 (on sale now)
Deana Martin, five dates: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 12, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; and Sunday Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. (on sale now)
Entertainment at Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino (Salamanca, N.Y.)
Event / Date / Time / Venue / Starting Ticket Price
Lewis Black, Saturday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Seneca Allegany Events Center, $25 (on sale now)
Thompson Square, Sunday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m., Seneca Allegany Events Center, $25 (on sale now)
Engelbert Humperdinck, Friday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Seneca Allegany Events Center, $35 (on sale now)
Bill Engvall, Sunday, Nov. 16, 5 p.m., Seneca Allegany Events Center, $25 (on sale now)
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Saturday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Seneca Allegany Events Center, $40 (on sale now)
Lorrie Morgan, five dates: Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 3 & 4, 2 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, Dec. 5 & 6 at 8pm; and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. (on sale now)
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