PB&J: Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz

10/14/2026

CONCERT TONIGHT!!! Plattsburgh Blues & Jazz welcomes the award-winning and acclaimed Vanessa Collier and her band to Retro Live at 14 Margaret St, Plattsburgh NY, tonight at 7 p.m.! We bought in Kingfish last week, and this week we continue the streak of live concerts with Vanessa Collier!

Vanessa brings her “Keep It Saxy” world tour to Plattsburgh with powerhouse vocals, saxophone, and plenty of soul. A fifteen-time Blues Music Award nominee and five-time winner, she’s earned honors for her horn playing and as well as being crowned Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. In the band, Laura Chavez plays guitar and she is the Blues Music Award winner for Best Instrumentalist–Guitar!

We’re setting up Retro Live with tables, chairs, and room to dance. Come with friends, settle in, and enjoy a world-class band right here in town!

🎟️ Save by getting your tickets before the show, online or at Alpha Stereo and Jensen Vinyl:
https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vanessa-collier-2

📍 Retro Live, 14 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh
🕗 Tonight at 7 PM!

10/13/2026

I have ONE signed Kingfish poster from his unforgettable night at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh NY —and I’m giving it to the next person who buys FIVE tickets online for Vanessa Collier!

Get your friends together for tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 14, for the Vanessa Collier concert at Retro Live in Plattsburgh, and take home some special souvenirs:

🎶 FIRST five-ticket purchase:
• An 11-by-17-inch SIGNED Kingfish at the Strand poster—the only one I have available!
• An 11-by-17-inch signed Kingfish photograph.
• A poster signed by Vanessa Collier and her band.

🎶 SECOND five-ticket purchase:
• An unsigned Kingfish at the Strand poster.
• A signed Vanessa Collier poster.
• Signed photographs of both Vanessa and Kingfish.

I’ll have more posters and photos for additional five-ticket purchases while supplies last, but there’s only ONE signed Kingfish at the Strand poster in this offer!

Last week, Kingfish had the Strand on its feet. Tomorrow, PB&J brings you another great night real deal concert with Vanessa Collier and her band, with Laura Chavez back on guitar!

Vanessa is a fifteen-time Blues Music Award nominee and five-time winner, with awards for her horn playing and Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. Laura Chavez has also earned the Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist–Guitar.

Retro Live will be transformed into a live music club with tables, chairs, and room to dance. Come and experience Vanessa Collier live, she sells out shows worldwide and gives all to a concert performance not to be missed. Get discounted tickets online before the show at https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vanessa-collier-2 or at Alpha Stereo and Jensen Vinyl.

🎟️ Buy FIVE tickets online today, then message Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz or me, Laura Carbone, with your purchase confirmation to claim your prizes. The first and second packages go in order of online purchase.

https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vanessa-collier-2

Advance tickets are also available at Alpha Stereo and Jensen Vinyl. The five-ticket giveaway applies to online purchases.

Bring your friends—we’ll see you tomorrow night! The Fall Concert series continues!

10/13/2026

Thank you NYS Music for featuring the PB&J: Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz Fall Line-up! Click on the link and read all about who, where and when intensely Blues a Fall can be!

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram...you missed it! Vanessa Collier, coming up Wed Oct 14th, and the Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Greunling on Nov 21st! Follow the leaves and links to find out more about music across NYS this fall!

Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz, a collective dedicated to bringing the soul of music to life in the heart of the North Country, has announced three big shows this fall, all in Plattsburgh. Featuring shows including Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Vanessa Collier, and Nick Moss featuring Dennis Greunling, a...

10/12/2026

(Plattsburgh NY) - Vanessa Collier, renowned soulful blues saxophonist-vocalist-songwriter and winner of five prestigious Blues Music Awards, continues her year-long "Keep It Saxy" 2026 Tour with a local performance at Retro Live, 14 Margaret St., Wednesday, October 14. Show: 7:00pm. Tickets: $20. (advance), $25. (door). Info: https://www.plattsburghbluesandjazz.com.

Recognized as one of the most engaging live performers in the Blues world today, Collier is a fifteen-time Blues Music Award nominee and five-time winner, including nominations for the monumental Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, Horn Player of the Year, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for “Do It My Own Way”. Do It My Own Way shows her influences from soul artists like Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, James Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Aretha Franklin.

Don't miss this show! We turn Retro Live into a live music club with high-top tables, chairs, a wrap-around balcony, and a dance area with plenty of room to move around.

10/10/2026

Yahoo News pickedup the Press Rebublican article about Vanessa Collier coming to Retro Live in Plattsburgh Oct 14th! Read all anout it and make plans.

PLATTSBURGH — Five-time Blues Music Award winning saxophonist Vanessa Collier swings into the Lake City for a Plattsburgh Blues & Jazz appearance, Wednesday, Oct. 14, at RetroLive. Tickets are $25 adv...

10/08/2026

The Vanessa Collier show in Plattsburgh on Oct 14th made it into Vermont's Seven Days Magazine - Music to See, On the Beat column by Chris Farmsworth. Here is the link https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/musicnews/on-the-beat-the-show-must-go-on/
Its great to have the spotlight on Plattsburgh in this Vermont publication. Going to be an incredible show! Tickets are very reasonable in advance at https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vanessa-collier-2, or you can pick them up in person at Alpha Stereo or Jensen Vinyl.

10/08/2026

Hey everyone! Please share and tell your friends! Get ready for a powerhouse night of blues, soul, and funk with fiery saxophone when the incredible, critically acclaimed Vanessa Collier and her band take over Retro Live in Plattsburgh, NY, on Wednesday, Oct. 14th!. She is a fifteen-time Blues Music Award nominee and a five-time winner for both Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year and Best Instrumentalists in Horn, known as the blues world’s top horn player. Her live performances are dynamic, engaging and always full of energy and pure joy.
Retro Live will be transformed into a live music club with tables, chairs, and room to dance. Come and experience Vanessa Collier live, and you will understand why audiences around the world and us at Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz keep asking for her back.
Tickets are only 20 in advance and 25 at the door. Get them now online at https://sevendaystickets.ticketsauce.com/e/vanessa-collier-2 or in person at Jenson Vinyl or Alpha Stereo

Get ready for a powerhouse night of blues, soul, and funk with fiery saxophone when the incredible, critically acclaimed Vanessa Collier and her band take over Retro Live in Plattsburgh, NY on Wednsesday, Oct. 14th!.   She is  fifteen-time Blues Music Award nominee and five-time winner for Best I...

10/08/2026

Thank you Strand Center for the Arts for your support in making this concert happen. It was a great night!