Join ethnomusicologist Sally Schaefer and historian Tyler Bagwell for an evening of musical re-tellings, delicately plucked from Buffalo’s sordid past.

This program unearths forgotten narratives of a disorderly 19th century city, teeming with persons and places of ill repute, presented with vim and vigor by

The Travesties trio – comprised of Sally (fiddle), Tyler (guitar), and Patrick Jackson (of Folkfaces fame) on string bass. Featuring select burlesque performances by members of the Glam Vamps. Hear how the Erie Canal’s western terminus earned its seedy reputation as “the wickedest street in the world!”