Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman headlined Batavia Downs last evening in front of a jam-packed crowd to close out their 2019 summer concert series. 

The national recording artists draw a mixture of music styles of country, post-grunge and hard rock.

In 2017 the band released a new album "Wake Up Call" that features the song "Rx (Medicate)." Other top hits performed last evening were "Bad Girlfriend," "Angel" and "Hate My Life."

UPDATE: The Southside Blues Brothers will also be in Jackson Square this evening.

Batavia Downs

Live Band: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Description: Screaming blues. This will be SRV's first time playing at the downs. Stop out early for autograph signing before the show.

Start Time: 9:00 p.m. - No Cover Charge

Billy Goats

Live Band: George Clinton & Paramount

Description: Who's got the funk, gotta have that funk. Who's got the funk, gotta get that funk. That's right, George Clinton's got that funk. Can you believe all the big stars playing Batavia lately?

Start Time: 10:00 p.m. - $3.00 Cover Charge

Center Street Smoke House

Live Band: PD3 & The Howard O. Sqad

Description: Punk Rock/Polka/Smooth Jazz Fusion. Are you confused yet? Stop on out to the Smoke House for a mind melting experience.

Start Time: 9:00 p.m. - $1,500.37 Cover Charge

Larrys Steak House

Live Band: 3 Blind Mice

Description: Nursery Rhymes from the 40's, 50's & 60's. The show starts early due the band members 8:00pm bed time. Stop out and BYOP (bring your own pillow)

Start Time: 4:00 p.m. - No Cover Charge

The Weekend Lineup is brought to you by:

The Genesee County Musicians Group

Batavia Downs - The Buffalo Road Show - Starts @ 9:00pm

Billy Goats - Live DJ – Starts @ 10:00pm

Center Street Smoke House - CT Scan – Starts @ 9:30pm

T.F. Brown’s - Live DJ – Starts @ 10:00pm

Saturday November 2nd

Batavia Downs - The Trolls – Starts @ 9:00pm

Billy Goats - Live DJ – Starts @ 10:00pm

Center Street Smoke House- Kick Start Rumble – Starts @ 9:30pm

City Slickers - Live DJ - 9:00pm

TF Browns – Live DJ & SoCo Girls - Starts @ 11:00pm

The Stumblin Inn - Terrible Ideas – Starts @ 9:30pm

Willowbend Inn - Time Machine – Starts @ 9:30pm

For more information -- including cost -- call the Performing Arts Center at 599-5040.

For more information -- including cost -- call the Performing Arts Center at 599-5040.

Batavia police tell me they don't have anything to report — I've called them twice today so far. We should probably consider that good news. Strange though, since a city councilman told me that the city was already 300 calls above where they were this time last year.

Still not much luck connecting with the busy city manager. I did get a couple City Council members on the phone today, but didn't make it much further than that. I'll be meeting with Sam Barone next week. Looking forward to it. Sam mentions fishing, bowling and reading under special interests on the city's Web site. I'm a fan of all three myself, though I'm only good at the last one.

Also, I found this fine shot of the bend in the Tonawanda River in my camera. Have those bulbs popped yet?

Then I met with Hal Kreter over at the county's Veterans Service Agency. He's a great guy — a longtime U.S. Marine himself — who works for an organization that fills the gap between the American veteran and the no doubt intimidating bureaucracy of the federal government.

That's about all for now. But here's a note before I go: The Batavian's MySpace is humming along. We've picked up 30 friends so far — honestly, I don't know if that's very many, but I'm excited about it. For those of you interested in that, please stop by and check it out. We'd be happy to be your friend. For those who aren't interested or just don't know much about the site, it's a social networking hub where anyone can register and create a personal profile for themselves, meet other folks, keep up remotely with friends. Music is big on MySpace, so we're hoping to link up with a few bands, maybe even put together a music video from time to time to bring back here to our site. Look for that in the future.