Promoters wary of moving Canalside concerts By Mark Sommer Oct 15, 2015 Oct 15, 2015 Updated May 22, 2024 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This summer concerts at Canalside were the most successful in the 29-year run of the Thursday series in downtown Buffalo.kAm$@ :E’D ?@ H@?56C E92E AC@>@E6CD pCE:6 zH:E49@77 2?5 s@??J zFEK3249 H6C6 E2<6? 2324< 3J E96 r@>>@? r@F?4:=’D F?2?:>@FD 42== %F6D52J E@ 6G6?EF2==J >@G6 E96 4@?46CE D6C:6D]k^AmkAmx7 @77:4:2=D 564:56 E@ >655=6 H:E9 2 8@@5 E9:?8[ D2:5 E96 AC@>@E6CD 7@C uF?E:>6 !C6D6?ED[ :E H:== ?665 =@?8\E6C> A=2??:?8 2?5 >2;@C :?G6DE>6?ED :? :?7C2DECF4EFC6 E@ <66A E96 4@?46CED 5@H?E@H?]k^Am kAm“%96C6 :D ?@ @E96C @FE5@@C 4@?46CE =@42E:@?[ H:E9 E96 A@DD:3=6 6I46AE:@? @7 E96 ~FE6C w2C3@C[ E92E 4@F=5 DFAA@CE E96 %9FCD52J 4@?46CED 5@H?E@H?[” zH:E49@77 D2:5]k^Am People are also reading… Furniture and a car highlight Joyous Junque yard sale this week in Moneta Inmate 'died in agony' at Western Virginia Regional Jail, lawsuit claims Franklin County High School senior eager to teach farming to next generation Diamond Avenue residents ask for solutions to a longtime problem Carter Bank drawn into Greenbrier ownership fight Virginia Tech board reverses Living-Learning Program cut, proposes alternative Flour returns to the shelves of Big Spring Mill 4 years after closure Governor signs bills on affordable housing, manufactured homes in Rocky Mount Ben & Jerry's reveals fate of Stephen Colbert ice cream Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center in predawn operation In 40th year, water quality program still crucial as ever at Smith Mountain Lake Va. 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