Best and Worst of 2022 in Buffalo, NY- BoredomMD.com

Best

  1. Best Bands and Vocalists
    1. Best Band- Grosh
    2. Best Jazz- Will Holton
    3. Best Woman Vocalist- Alex McArthur
    4. Best Male Vocalist- Vin DeRosa
    5. Best Tribute Band- Queen City (Yeah, and Strictly Hip)
    6. Best Concert- Backroads Blues Fest at Artpark with Kingfish, Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
  2. Best Event- Plastiens Volant at Artpark
  3. Best National Musical Performance- Brian Culbertson (coming again in March to Kleinhans)
  4. Decline of covid cases and less severe than previous years
  5. Number of free summer outdoor concerts in Buffalo
  6. Best Plays – Nice Work if You Can Get It at Musicalfare and Misery at Kavinoky
  7. Buffalo Bills- great teamwork with many outstanding players, Buffalo Fans, new stadium
  8. Developer Douglas Jemal- from Senea One, Statler, Boulevard Mall, Hyatt Regency, Richardson Olmstsed Complex/Hotel Henry, Atrium Building, Butler Mansion at 672 Delaware. To date, he has done a terrific job developing and renovating these properties.
  9. Election of Hochul as Governor of NY State. Continuation of Polancarz as Erie County Executive
  10. New Ralph Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park development start

Worst

1.By far, the worst thing that happened in Buffalo was the mass shooting at Tops by an 18-year   old with an AR-15 style riffle from 200 miles away from Conklin, NY. Tragic, absolutely tragic.

2.Saga of ANOTHER group (Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Council) to decide what to do with Route 198. Last plan was shot down. How many times do we have to explore what to do with 198? Pathetic.  Traffic flow should be the imperative…just go to another city- traffic jams galore.

3.Canalside- amazing area that offered no major music or events in 2022. Just sad.

4.Silent Disco- Music with Headphones- every neighborhood applauds this.

5.Donald Trump Virtual Playing Cards. This is so bizarre on so many levels. (1) a former president hocking merchandise, (2) “virtual” trading cards- meaning you really get –yeah-nothing yet paid $99, and (3) that it sold out in one day netting $4.4 million. And, the cards have lost 72% of their value in one week. Our guess is that he needed money to pay his legal fees- just in August of 2022 his fees were $3.8 million and a lot of his assets are tied up in property.

6.Styles have hit bottom. First we endured men’s buzz cuts with long scraggly beards, now it is the marine cut with buzz cuts on the sides and a flop of hair in the middle. And, for women we have fake eyelashes that are so long you could consider them a ski jump and news anchors who wear sleeveless dresses in the winter. These are eye lash quotes that are funny. https://zolmi.com/lash/lash-quotes

7.Best Dance Troupe on America’s Got Talent- yeah, they are from Lebanon but awesome- Mayas—check them out.

8. Storms- November Snow and December Blizzard of 2022