Rochester, NY

Water Street Music Hall

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Water Street Music Hall is a long-running Rochester concert operation with a 1,000-capacity main hall and a 500-capacity club room. Rock, indie, hip-hop, metal, and touring acts all fit, and the venue is all ages. The two-room setup gives it unusual flexibility, allowing artists to play an appropriately scaled space instead of forcing every show into one format. Professional production and a real promoter structure make it clearly band-oriented. For touring and regional acts, that makes Water Street a serious routing venue rather than a casual local stop.

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Capacity
1,000
Capacity notes
(main stage), 500 (The Club).
Age policy
All Ages
Genres
All Genres
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Address
204 N. Water Street, 14604, United States
Venue phone
(585) 471-8916

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