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We are in Rochester this weekend for Hoochenanny, a music festival in Perinton sponsored by Iron and Smoke Distilling.
We considered Borderland this year but Hoochenanny offered My Morning Jacket and Modest Mouse as headliners and a cheaper ticket.
An added bonus Saturday was Guster. I would compare them to Vampire Weekend from last year’s Borderland but better.
As for MMJ, they rock. Hard. This was our third time seeing them. I hope they come back to Artpark. This year’s lineup in Lewiston did not include a single act we felt like seeing.
As for Jim James and his band, they are the innovators. There are imitators but sheesh is life one big wordless chorus.
Sunny, with a high of 75 and low of 67 degrees. Don't forget your umbrella! Partly Cloudy in the morning, light rain shower in the afternoon, mist for the evening, clear overnight.
This seems so ridiculously obvious, I wonder if the idea has ever been seriously broached before! If that revenue could be judiciously applied to also enhance the tourist experience, it would result in more visitor retention and even more $$$ spent on this side.
A great idea, but who would make sure such largesse, if actually obtained, is not wasted like so much has been over the decades? Waste like Urban Renewal of the 60's, a/k/a destruction of downtown, Wintergarden, then its demolition, Convention Center, now owned by the Senecas to settle the lawsuit, and on and on.