Goodbye summer & hello fall. Sure we'll miss the bike rides, summer vacations, lemonade stands and everything else in between. But there's always been plenty to look forward to in autumn. Football,  apple cider, sweatshirt weather, getting lost in those stupid corn field mazes, etc. What's not to like about mother nature pressing forward. And if there is one thing that remains consistent with the changing of the seasons, it's the concert schedule. Plus with a September like this, you'll soon forget about all those free concerts you've been enjoying the past 3 months.

*those in bold indicate staff picks

 1 - Cookie Monsta @ Town Ballroom
 1 - Jony James Band - Tudor Lounge
 2 - Sam Roberts @ Artpark
 2 - Soul Asylum @ Seneca Niagara Casino
 2 - Big Tree @ Nietzsche's
 2 - Headtronics feat Steve Molitz & DJ Logic @ DBGBS
 2 - B-side Dubs, Cosmic Shakedown, Autopunch @ Mohawk Place
 2 - Great Lake Swimmers @ The Ninth Ward
 4 - The Rice Cakes @ The Vault
 4 - Capsized! Boat Cruise feat Carlo Lio @ Miss Buffalo II
 7 - STP @ The Rapid Theatre
 7 - Class Actress @ Mohawk Place
 8 - Genkin Philharmonics West @ UB
 8 - Black Francis @ Mohawk
 9 - Chae Hawk @ Soundlab
 9 - Punk Night @ Elmwood Lounge
 9  - Audioinflux, Wise Medicine, Slip Madigan @ Nietzsche's
10 - The Mumlers @ Mohawk Place
10 - The Zombies @ Seneca Niagara Casino
10 - Boombox @ Town Ballroom
10 - Skiffle Minstreals CD release @ Sportsmens Tavern
12 - Scott H Biram @ Mohawk Place
13 - Papadosio @ Mohawk Place
14 - Carbon Leaf @ The Tralf
14 - Motopony @ The Ninth Ward
15 - Cut Copy, Washed Out @ Town Ballroom
15 - Mayday! @ Sugar City
16 - RUN DMT @ Town Ballroom
16 - Xui Xui @ Mohawk Place
16 - Cosmic Shakedown, Bearhunter, White Bison @ Nietzsche's
16 - Little Mountain Band @ DBGBs
17 - Utah Jazz @ Sugar City
17 - Ari Shaffir @ Town Ballroom
17 - Quantic @ Soundlab
17 - Transmission Dance Party @ Mohawk Place
17 - Handsome Jack CD release @ Nietzsche's
18 - These United States @ The Ninth Ward
20 - The Human League, Men Without Hats @ Rivera Theatre
21 - Tapes n Tapes @ The Ninth Ward
22 - Mutemath @ Mohawk Place
22 - Barefoot on Bumble Bees @ The Vault
23 - Samiam @  Mohawk Place
23 - PUSHin the Envelope feat Alan Evans of Soulive @ DBGBs
24 - Paper Diamond @ Town Ballroom
24 - Hot Day At the Zoo @ Nietzsche's
24 - He Is We @ Mohawk Place
25 - The Fleshtones, Mark Morris and the Backpeddlers @ Mohawk Place
25 - Foo Fighters @ HSBC
27 - Nick 13 @ Mohawk Place
28 - Yuck @ The Ninth Ward
28 - Conspirator @ Town Ballroom
30 - Sean McCann @ Town Ballroom