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Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Moves Legendary NYC…
Grammy-winning pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra announced that their…
5th Annual Woofstock Music Festival Returns to Scotia in June
Bring the whole family - both the two and four-legged kind - for one of the Capital Region’s favorite outdoor…
Shakira Brings Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour to UBS Arena This July
Global superstar Shakira will return to the New York area this summer with a newly announced stop on…
Skaneateles Festival Announces 2026 Season
The Skaneateles Festival has announced its 2026 summer season, running Thursday, July 30 through Saturday, Aug. 22…
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival Announces 34th Annual Lineup
The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance returns to the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY…
Albany Announces 78th Annual Tulip Festival
Albany has announced its 78th Annual Tulip Festival, highlighting the City’s rich Dutch heritage and featuring an…
Hudson River Music Festival Returns to Croton Point Park
The Hudson River Music Festival announced its return to Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson on Sunday, June 21,…
Miles Davis Makes Instrumentation a Language at National Sawdust
Miles Davis imagined how the trumpet can communicate beyond words, drawing audiences into The Voice of Miles: A…
Albany Symphony Brings Free Canalside Concerts to NY This Summer
The two-time Grammy Award-winning Albany Symphony will present three free outdoor concerts along the New York…
Public Circuit Channel Brooklyn’s Underground Energy on Modern Church
New York City’s electronic underground has always thrived on collaboration, and few recent releases capture that…
PhanArt Returns to Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas This Spring
This spring, PhanArt will return to Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, bringing three distinctive installations. The events…
Michael Ward with Dogs and Fishes Bring West Coast Soul to The Bitter End on April…
New York City’s historic The Bitter End will host a night of seasoned musicianship on Wednesday, April 1, as…
Outlaw Music Festival 2026 Brings Willie Nelson and Co. to Jones Beach, SPAC,…
Entering its second decade, Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival returns with a star-studded cast of musicians,…
Hudson River Music Festival Announces Lineup for Return to Croton Point Park
The Hudson River Music Festival, inspired and grounded in Pete and Toshi Seeger’s folk picnics, and presented by…
Live Nation Lawsuit Reaches Tentative Settlement with Many States Still in…
The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 39 states against Live Nation has reached a tentative…
Oteil & Friends Expand Summer 2026 Tour with New August Dates
Acclaimed bassist Oteil Burbridge has announced an expanded run of Oteil & Friends shows for summer 2026,…
The Glimmerglass Festival Announces Touring Production of “Happy End,” Including…
The Glimmerglass Festival has announced full details and casting for its upcoming touring production of Happy End,…
Dark Star Orchestra Announces 2026 Summer Tour With Five New York Stops
Dark Star Orchestra has announced the first leg of their 2026 Summer Tour, and New York State fans have five…
Trombone Shorty, Tower of Power Headline 40th Syracuse International Jazz Fest
The Syracuse International Jazz Fest announced its 40th anniversary lineup at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards,…
CMAC 2026 Summer Shows Return to the Finger Lakes
As summer approaches in the Finger Lakes, the outdoor stage at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts…