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Before Madonna vogued, before RuPaul was a household name, before Beyoncé built a Renaissance, there were queens carving out space in a city that had none for them. Ballroom culture was alive and pulsing through New York's underground…

The Park Theater Foundation has announced the return of Adirondack Americana Music Series. Taking place at The Hub in Brant Lake, the free concerts will be on Saturdays from September 13 through October 11. Now in its second year, the…

Lincoln Center has announced its 2025–26 season, a wide-ranging lineup of performances and festivals that stretch across dance, theater, music, and family programming. True to recent years, most events are either free or available on a…

David Byrne has released a new single, “The Avant Garde,” from his upcoming album Who Is the Sky?, which drops September 5 on Matador Records. The track is out as Byrne prepares for the North American leg of his tour, which includes shows…

The Iroquois Museum in Howes Cave will host the 42nd Annual Iroquois Arts Festival on August 30 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event celebrates Haudenosaunee creativity through dance, storytelling, and an art market featuring both…

Saratoga Springs will welcome the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center on Saturday, December 13 at 5 p.m, presented by SPAC. The ensemble will perform all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at the Arthur Zankel Music Center at…

The Chainsmokers announced their upcoming release HELIUM during their recent one-night-only performance at Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge. The show included appearances from Love Island winner Amaya and Grammy-winning singer DAYA. …

When Davey Allen first propped his phone up in a Rochester stairwell to film an acoustic Alice in Chains cover, he figured it might be the dumbest thing he had ever done. A few posts later, those stairwell videos were pulling in thousands…

From August 28–30, Troy, NY will hold the 2025 TOPOS Music Festival, a program of experimental music presented by EMPAC at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at RPI.  Topos comes from the Greek word…

A decade after dropping their breakout debut VHS, X Ambassadors are revisiting the record that put them on the map. The band will release VHS(X), a full re-recorded version of the 2015 album on August 29 with stops in NY for their North…